Pittsfield Middle School
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Test scores
NHSAS 2024-25 . % Above ProficientWhat this means: On the NHSAS, New Hampshire's statewide test, about 37 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 14 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all New Hampshire schools, those numbers are about 55 and 43.
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyWhat this means: About 27% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 30% typical for New Hampshire schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations measures results against demographically similar schools rather than by raw scores, and this school falls within the typical range, neither among New Hampshire's top nor bottom 10%.
7-year change
SY 2017-18 vs SY 2024-25About Pittsfield Middle School
Pittsfield Middle School, an one-room-style intermediate school in Pittsfield, New Hampshire, one of the schools within Pittsfield School District, instructs 103 students, covering grades 6 through 8. Compared to the state average of about 379 students per school, that is 73% smaller than typical.
Pittsfield Middle School is one of 3 schools operated by Pittsfield School District, a district that educates 479 students overall.
In terms of who attends, Pittsfield Middle School records that 84% of students identify as White, making the school strongly White-majority. The remainder reads as 8% Hispanic, 5% multiracial.
In terms of school funding signals, Around 52% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. Set against Merrimack County (around 25%), the school's rate is somewhat above typical.
Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, Pittsfield Middle School sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 29.6%; this one delivers 27.4%.
Zooming out to the county, ACS estimates for Merrimack County put median household income runs about $97,004, roughly 39% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 4% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Pittsfield Middle School is one of 61 public schools in Merrimack County (combined enrollment of about 17,429 students).
The closest other public school is Pittsfield High School, roughly 0.0 miles away. Within five miles, there are 4 other public schools. Among the 8 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Pittsfield Middle School ranks 6th on composite proficiency, beneath the local average of 39.3%.
Pittsfield Middle School operates from an outlying location.
Trend over the last 7 years. Over the past 7-year window, the student count climbed 34%: 77 students in 2018 compared to 103 in 2025. The White share of enrollment contracted from 95% to 84% over that span.
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