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Enrollment
803
Middle
DISTRICT 378 · STATE 379
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·ROCHESTER SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 330594000395
Rochester Middle School
47 Brock St., Rochester, NH 03867 · (603) 332-4090 · Strafford County
GRADES 06–08MIDDLE23-SUBURBREGULAR SCHOOL803 STUDENTS
D
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 8% of New Hampshire public middle schools
- DTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- DBeats 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 middle schools
Student : Teacher
13.4:1
60 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 11.3:1 · STATE 11.1:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
36%
287 students
DISTRICT 36% · STATE 26%
Community
1
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other middle schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Grade 6 | 279 | 35% |
| Grade 7 | 266 | 33% |
| Grade 8 | 258 | 32% |
Student demographics
26%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 25% · 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
School pathway
Feeds from
Based on grade levels within Rochester School District. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
NHSAS 2024-25 . % Above ProficientEnglish Language Arts
34.0%
NH avg 55.2%
Math
24.0%
NH avg 43.0%
What this means: On the NHSAS, New Hampshire's statewide test, about 34 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 24 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
27.8%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
40.4%
based on NH schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-12.6pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 28% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 40% 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 Rochester Middle School
Rochester Middle School's state test result (27.8% proficient) is higher than 0 of the 4 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rochester Middle School this school | 803 | 35.7% | 27.8% |
| Keene Middle School Keene | 626 | 31.8% | 42.6% |
| Merrimack Valley Middle School Penacook | 466 | 32.2% | 41.8% |
| Winnisquam Regional Middle School Tilton | 361 | 37.4% | 39.3% |
| Laconia Middle School Laconia | 414 | 43.0% | 34.8% |
| West Running Brook Intermediate School DERRY | 639 | 26.8% | N/A |
Matched among New Hampshire middle 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 Rochester Middle School ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In New Hampshire | In Strafford County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 27.8% | #74 of 85 | #7 of 7 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 24.0% | #69 of 85 | #5 of 7 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 34.0% | #76 of 85 | #7 of 7 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 803 | #8 of 101 | #2 of 7 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 13.4:1 | #67 of 74 | #5 of 6 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 25.8% | #35 of 74 | #4 of 6 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 35.7% | #25 of 90 | #4 of 7 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -12.4% | #32 of 57 | #4 of 6 |
Ranked against other public middle 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
803
-110 (-12%) vs 2020
+32% since 1990-91, when it was 607
Student : Teacher
13.4:1
was 11.6:1
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 | 803 | 60 | 13.4:1 | 36% (287) |
| 2023-24 | 774 | 57 | 13.6:1 | 37% (286) |
| 2022-23 | 847 | 66 | 12.8:1 | 37% (313) |
| 2020-21 | 913 | 79 | 11.6:1 | 44% (399) |
| 2017-18 | 917 | 80 | 11.5:1 | 44% (401) |
| 2015-16 | 891 | 77 | 11.6:1 | 48% (426) |
| 2010-11 | 967 | 82 | 11.8:1 | 50% (479) |
| 2000-01 | 1,033 | 80 | 12.9:1 | 22% (226) |
| 1990-91 | 607 | 40 | 15.2:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Rochester Middle School.
Since 2017-18: students down 12% (917 to 803); teachers down 25% (80 to 60).
About Rochester Middle School
Rochester Middle School is a large middle school in Rochester, New Hampshire, one of the schools in Rochester School District. The school had 803 students in grades 6 through 8 in 2024-25. Average enrollment for middle schools in New Hampshire is about 379, so this school runs 112% bigger than that.
Rochester School District runs 10 schools with a combined 3,778 students. Rochester Middle School is one of them.
White students are the large majority at Rochester Middle School, with 86% of enrollment. The remaining shares are 6% multiracial, 4% Hispanic, and 3% Asian. The White share in Strafford County as a whole is similar, at about 88%. Rochester Middle School has a diversity index of 26%, compared with 70% for all US public school students.
The teaching staff at Rochester Middle School is 60 full-time-equivalent teachers, and the ratio is 13.4:1. The average ratio among middle schools in New Hampshire is 11.1:1, lower than at this school. About 36% of students, or 287, qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. That rate is above the 26% average among public schools in Strafford County.
The allk12 Grade for Rochester Middle School is D. Compared with New Hampshire public middle schools, the school scored higher than 8% on a mix of test scores, poverty-adjusted results, and recent trend.
Test results at Rochester Middle School are 12.6 points below what its free or reduced-price lunch share predicts (27.8% actual, 40.4% predicted).
Strafford County has about 132,575 residents, and median household income is about $88,570, about 39% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and roughly 5% of residents are in poverty. Federal data list 39 public schools in Strafford County, with a combined enrollment of about 13,978.
The shortest distance from Rochester Middle School to another public school is about 0.2 miles, to McClelland School. A five-mile radius around the school includes at least 8 other public schools. Among the 8 closest schools with test data, this one included, Rochester Middle School ranks 8th on average proficiency.
Federal data place Rochester Middle School in the Suburb: Small locale, which means it is in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population under 100,000.
Federal counts put enrollment at 913 in 2020-21 and 803 in 2024-25, a 12% decrease. There were more students per teacher in 2024-25 (13.4:1) than in 2020-21 (11.6:1).
Community posts for Rochester Middle School can cover science fairs, picture day, and bus routes. Questions from prospective families are welcome too.
Strafford County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
132,575
Census ACS
Median income
$88,570
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
39%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
5%
Below federal line
Schools in county
39
13,978 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Rochester School District
- Spaulding High SchoolHigh · 1,298 students
- Chamberlain Street SchoolElementary · 316 students
- McClelland SchoolElementary · 310 students
- East Rochester SchoolElementary · 300 students
- William Allen SchoolElementary · 280 students
- Gonic SchoolElementary · 211 students
Other schools in Rochester
- Spaulding High SchoolHigh · 1,298 students
- Chamberlain Street SchoolElementary · 316 students
- McClelland SchoolElementary · 310 students
- William Allen SchoolElementary · 280 students
- Maple Street Magnet SchoolElementary · 114 students
- Bud Carlson AcademyHigh · 96 students
Other Rochester Middle schools
2 other US public schools in 3 states are named Rochester Middle. Rochester Middle School is the largest of the 3.
- Rochester Middle SchoolRochester, WA · 535 students
- Rochester Middle SchoolRochester, PA · 181 students
Nearby schools
- McClelland School0.2 mi · 310
- Maple Street Magnet School0.8 mi · 114
- William Allen School0.8 mi · 280
- School Street School1.4 mi · 50
- Gonic School1.4 mi · 211
- Spaulding High School1.5 mi · 1,298
Frequently asked questions
About Rochester Middle SchoolHow large is Rochester Middle School?
Rochester Middle School enrolls approximately 803 students in grades 06-08.
Is Rochester Middle School an elementary, middle, or high school?
Rochester Middle School is a middle school covering grades 06-08.
How many students per teacher at Rochester Middle School?
Approximately 13.4:1 students per teacher at Rochester Middle School.
What is the racial breakdown of students at Rochester Middle School?
At Rochester Middle School, the student body is approximately 86% White, 4% Hispanic, 1% Black, 3% Asian, 6% Two or more.
Is Rochester Middle School public or private?
Rochester Middle School is a public K-12 school, overseen by Rochester School District.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.