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What advice would you give to incoming students at Plymouth Regional High School?
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Enrollment
651
High
STATE 496
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·PEMI-BAKER REGIONAL SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 339996500369
Plymouth Regional High School
86 Old Ward Brg. Rd., Plymouth, NH 03264 · (603) 536-1444 · Grafton County
GRADES 09–13HIGH33-TOWNREGULAR SCHOOL651 STUDENTS
A
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Scored higher than 86% of New Hampshire public high schools
- A-Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- ABeats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- ·Three-year trend Not available for this school, so the grade uses the other parts.
Grades compare a school only with schools in the same state, because every state gives its own test. How grades work · Top-graded New Hampshire public high schools
Student : Teacher
12.8:1
51 FTE teachers
STATE 11.2:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
20%
133 students
STATE 26%
Community
1
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other high schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Grade 9 | 168 | 26% |
| Grade 10 | 145 | 22% |
| Grade 11 | 158 | 24% |
| Grade 12 | 176 | 27% |
Student demographics
17%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
STATE 33% · US 70%
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. District, state, and US figures are each group's share of all public school students in that area (US excludes territories). Very small groups may be suppressed in the source, so categories do not always sum exactly to total enrollment.
Gender split
Test scores
NHSAS 2024-25 . % Above ProficientEnglish Language Arts
72.0%
NH avg 55.2%
Math
37.0%
NH avg 43.0%
What this means: On the NHSAS, New Hampshire's statewide test, about 72 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 37 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all New Hampshire schools, those numbers are about 55 and 43.
Source: NHSAS. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyTier
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
56.0%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
50.4%
based on NH schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+5.7pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 56% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 50% 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%.
BeatsExpectations runs a per-state regression of proficiency on free/reduced-lunch share, then scores each school by residual. How this is calculated →
Schools most like Plymouth Regional High School
Plymouth Regional High School's state test result (56.0% proficient) is higher than 5 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Plymouth Regional High School this school | 651 | 20.4% | 56.0% |
| Conval Regional High School Peterborough | 645 | 22.8% | 36.3% |
| Prospect Mountain High School Alton | 402 | 21.1% | 45.3% |
| Pembroke Academy Pembroke | 744 | 24.7% | 39.0% |
| Monadnock Regional High School SWANZEY | 448 | 24.6% | 33.3% |
| Merrimack Valley High School Penacook | 744 | 24.1% | 48.0% |
Matched among New Hampshire high schools on enrollment, the share of students from low-income families (eligible for free or reduced-price lunch), and racial and ethnic makeup. Proficient is the average share of students meeting the state standard across all of the school's state tests in 2023-24 and 2024-25, the same combined score our test-score rankings use. Online schools and schools serving specialized populations are not matched.
Where Plymouth Regional High School ranks
Among high schools| Measure | This school | In New Hampshire | In Grafton County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 56.0% | #16 of 78 | #3 of 8 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 37.0% | #20 of 74 | #4 of 8 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 72.0% | #18 of 78 | #2 of 8 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 651 | #31 of 103 | #2 of 13 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 12.8:1 | #48 of 68 | #7 of 7 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 17.1% | #47 of 68 | #4 of 7 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 20.4% | #44 of 80 | #6 of 9 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -3.8% | #57 of 60 | #5 of 6 |
Ranked against other public high schools. Online schools are left out of every list, and test-score lists leave out schools that serve specialized populations. Each rank links to the full list. Arrows under a test-score rank show places moved since the prior test year, among schools tested both years.
4-year change
SY 2020-21 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
651
+13 (+2%) vs 2020
-25% since 2000-01, when it was 869
Student : Teacher
12.8:1
was 12.5:1
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
Enrollment and staffing by year
| School year | Students | Teachers (FTE) | Students per teacher | Free and reduced lunch |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 651 | 51 | 12.8:1 | 20% (133) |
| 2023-24 | 642 | 53 | 12.1:1 | 21% (138) |
| 2022-23 | 646 | 51.5 | 12.5:1 | 28% (184) |
| 2020-21 | 638 | 51 | 12.5:1 | 28% (177) |
| 2017-18 | 677 | 52.4 | 12.9:1 | 27% (184) |
| 2015-16 | 682 | 48 | 14.2:1 | 44% (301) |
| 2010-11 | 714 | 58 | 12.3:1 | 40% (289) |
| 2000-01 | 869 | 71 | 12.2:1 | 20% (175) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Plymouth Regional High School.
Since 2017-18: students down 4% (677 to 651); teachers down 3% (52.4 to 51).
About Plymouth Regional High School
Plymouth Regional High School is a medium-sized high school in Pemi-Baker Regional School District, located in Plymouth, New Hampshire. The school's enrollment of 651 students covers grades 9 through 13. Statewide, high schools in New Hampshire average about 496 students each.
The local education agency for Plymouth Regional High School is Pemi-Baker Regional School District.
The large majority of students at Plymouth Regional High School, 91%, are White. Next come 4% multiracial and 3% Hispanic. County-wide, about 88% of residents are White. The chance that two students picked at random at Plymouth Regional High School belong to different racial or ethnic groups, known as the diversity index, is 17%.
Plymouth Regional High School employs 51 full-time-equivalent teachers. That gives a ratio of about 12.8:1. The average ratio among high schools in New Hampshire is 11.2:1, lower than at this school. Plymouth Regional High School's free or reduced-price lunch eligibility rate is 20%.
Plymouth Regional High School is graded A by allk12, scoring above 86% of New Hampshire public high schools once test results, poverty-adjusted performance, and the recent trend are combined.
The school's average proficiency rate on state tests is 56.0%. For its free or reduced-price lunch share, the predicted value is 50.4%.
According to the American Community Survey, in Grafton County, median household income is about $88,261, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 47%, and about 7% of people live in poverty. A total of 53 public schools operate in Grafton County, serving about 10,161 students.
The school nearest to Plymouth Regional High School is Plymouth Elementary School, at a distance of about 0.2 miles. Within five miles of Plymouth Regional High School, there are 3 other public schools. Compared with its nearest neighbors, Plymouth Regional High School ranks 6th of 9 on average proficiency.
The NCES locale for Plymouth Regional High School is Town: Remote, which covers schools in a town far from an urbanized area.
Enrollment has been fairly stable: 638 in 2020-21 and 651 in 2024-25.
Topics for discussion here include school safety, transportation, and start times. Anyone with firsthand experience at this school can post or comment.
Grafton County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
92,120
Census ACS
Median income
$88,261
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
47%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
7%
Below federal line
Schools in county
53
10,161 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Plymouth
- Plymouth Elementary SchoolElementary · 365 students
- Mountain Village Charter SchoolElementary · 117 students
Nearby schools
- Plymouth Elementary School0.2 mi · 365
- Mountain Village Charter School3.2 mi · 117
- Holderness Central School4.3 mi · 156
- Ashland Elementary School5.6 mi · 159
- Russell Elementary School5.9 mi · 84
- Campton Elementary School6.9 mi · 265
Frequently asked questions
About Plymouth Regional High SchoolHow many students attend Plymouth Regional High School?
Plymouth Regional High School enrolls approximately 651 students in grades 09-13.
What grades does Plymouth Regional High School serve?
Plymouth Regional High School serves grades 09-13.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Plymouth Regional High School?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Plymouth Regional High School is approximately 12.8:1 (51 FTE teachers).
How diverse is Plymouth Regional High School?
Plymouth Regional High School reports a student body of 91% White, 3% Hispanic, 1% Black, 2% Asian, 4% Two or more.
Who oversees Plymouth Regional High School?
Plymouth Regional High School is overseen by Pemi-Baker Regional School District in Grafton County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.