Portsmouth Middle School

Portsmouth Middle School is a mid-sized junior high in Portsmouth, New Hampshire, one of the schools within Portsmouth School District. The school teaches 486 students in grades 6 through 8. That puts it 28% above the typical public school in New Hampshire, which averages around 379 students.

Across the 6 schools in Portsmouth School District (2,427 students total), Portsmouth Middle School accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

In terms of who attends, Portsmouth Middle School reports that the largest single group is White, at 75% of enrollment. The remainder comes out to 11% multiracial, 8% Asian, 5% Hispanic. By comparison, Rockingham County as a whole is about 91% White, so the school skews meaningfully less White than its surroundings.

Looking at the economic backdrop, The school currently runs with 47 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 10.3:1. The state averages around 11.1:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. Around 17% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, Portsmouth Middle School performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 52.4%, the actual is 64.1%, a residual of +11.7 points.

Zooming out to the county, ACS estimates for Rockingham County put the typical household earns roughly $118,331 per year, about 46% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 3%. In all, Rockingham County runs 99 public schools (combined enrollment of about 41,753 students), of which Portsmouth Middle School is one.

Little Harbour School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.6 miles from this campus. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. Among the 5 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Portsmouth Middle School ranks 5th on composite proficiency, below the local average of 74.1%.

The school occupies a commuter-belt site.

Over the past 7-year window. Portsmouth Middle School's enrollment has contracted 9% since 2018, when it stood at 536 (now 486). Over the same period, the White share contracted from 80% to 75%.

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