Profile Junior High School

Profile Junior High School is a very small intermediate school in Bethlehem, New Hampshire, part of Profile School District. The school hosts 83 students in grades 7 through 8. That puts it 78% leaner than the typical public school in New Hampshire, which averages around 379 students.

Profile Junior High School is one of 2 schools operated by Profile School District, a district that teaches 216 students overall.

On the student-mix side, Profile Junior High School logs that nearly all students (92%) are White. The remainder breaks down as 4% multiracial, 2% Hispanic, 2% Asian. That mix tracks the wider county fairly closely.

Looking at school resources, On paper, Profile Junior High School has 9 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 8.9:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 11.1:1, putting Profile Junior High School tighter than the state norm the norm. Roughly 16% of students at Profile Junior High School qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. That share is noticeably below Grafton County's rate of about 25%.

After controlling for student poverty, Profile Junior High School tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 53.4% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 57.8%.

In the area at large, census data for Grafton County shows median household earnings sit near $88,261, roughly 47% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 7%. Across Grafton County's 53 public schools (combined enrollment of about 10,161 students), Profile Junior High School is one campus in the mix.

The closest other public school is Profile Senior High School, roughly 0.0 miles away. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. On composite proficiency, Profile Junior High School comes 3rd of 7 in the immediate cluster, higher than the nearby-schools average of 48.1%.

Geographically, the school is in a low-density area.

Five-year trend. Over the past 7-year window, the student count stayed largely flat: 85 students in 2018 compared to 83 in 2025.

In the discussion threads here, posts here usually surface around enrollment questions, classroom assignments, and PTA news. The community welcomes input from current and former families.