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Parents: what's one thing you'd want the Ross A. Lurgio Middle School administration to hear?
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Enrollment
646
Middle
DISTRICT 633 · STATE 379
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·BEDFORD SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 330174000681
Ross A. Lurgio Middle School
47A Nashua Rd., Bedford, NH 03110 · (603) 310-9100 · Hillsborough County
GRADES 07–08MIDDLE22-SUBURBREGULAR SCHOOL646 STUDENTS
A+
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Scored higher than 95% of New Hampshire public middle schools
- ATest 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 middle schools
Student : Teacher
11.4:1
56 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 12.2:1 · STATE 11.1:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
6%
39 students
DISTRICT 7% · 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 7 | 306 | 47% |
| Grade 8 | 340 | 53% |
Student demographics
37%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 38% · 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
Students here typically continue to
Ross A. Lurgio Middle School→Bedford High School
Feeds from
Based on grade levels within Bedford School District. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
NHSAS 2024-25 . % Above ProficientEnglish Language Arts
78.0%
NH avg 55.2%
Math
69.0%
NH avg 43.0%
What this means: On the NHSAS, New Hampshire's statewide test, about 78 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 69 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
69.3%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
59.7%
based on NH schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+9.6pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 69% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 60% 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 Ross A. Lurgio Middle School
Ross A. Lurgio Middle School's state test result (69.3% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ross A. Lurgio Middle School this school | 646 | 6.0% | 69.3% |
| McKelvie Intermediate School Bedford | 619 | 6.9% | 71.1% |
| Oyster River Middle School Durham | 585 | 10.4% | 67.4% |
| Windham Center School Windham | 426 | 3.5% | 70.4% |
| Windham Middle School Windham | 414 | 3.1% | 71.6% |
| Frances C. Richmond School Hanover | 369 | 1.1% | 76.8% |
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 Ross A. Lurgio Middle School ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In New Hampshire | In Hillsborough County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 69.3% | #6 of 85 | #3 of 27 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 69.0% | #5 of 85 | #3 of 27 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 78.0% | #4 of 85 | #2 of 27 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 646 | #18 of 101 | #10 of 30 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 11.4:1 | #45 of 74 | #15 of 28 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 37.3% | #18 of 74 | #12 of 28 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 6.0% | #80 of 90 | #25 of 29 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -14.3% | #24 of 57 | #10 of 17 |
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
646
-56 (-8%) vs 2020
-15% since 2010-11, when it was 756
Student : Teacher
11.4:1
was 11.7:1
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 | 646 | 56.4 | 11.4:1 | 6% (39) |
| 2023-24 | 680 | 56.4 | 12.1:1 | 5% (33) |
| 2022-23 | 700 | 56.7 | 12.3:1 | 5% (35) |
| 2020-21 | 702 | 60 | 11.7:1 | 4% (28) |
| 2017-18 | 754 | 59.2 | 12.7:1 | 6% (47) |
| 2015-16 | 751 | 56 | 13.4:1 | 5% (41) |
| 2010-11 | 756 | 56 | 13.5:1 | 6% (44) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Ross A. Lurgio Middle School.
Since 2017-18: students down 14% (754 to 646); teachers down 5% (59.2 to 56.4).
About Ross A. Lurgio Middle School
At 47A Nashua Rd. in Bedford, New Hampshire, Ross A. Lurgio Middle School operates as a large middle-grades school. The latest federal count shows 646 students in grades 7 through 8. The average for middle schools in New Hampshire is about 379 students, so this school is 70% larger than average.
Bedford School District serves 3,970 students across 6 schools.
White students make up a majority at Ross A. Lurgio Middle School, at 78%. The remaining students are 9% multiracial, 8% Asian, and 4% Hispanic. For comparison, Hillsborough County is about 82% White. Ross A. Lurgio Middle School's diversity index is 37%, against a US figure of 70%.
At Ross A. Lurgio Middle School, 56.4 full-time-equivalent teachers work with students, a ratio of about 11.4:1. That matches the 11.1:1 average for middle schools in New Hampshire fairly closely. Roughly 6% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price lunch. That is 20 points below the 26% average for public schools in Hillsborough County.
Measured against New Hampshire public middle schools, Ross A. Lurgio Middle School receives an A+. The grade weighs proficiency most heavily, then how results compare with what the school's low-income share predicts, then the three-year change.
The allk12 BeatsExpectations score for Ross A. Lurgio Middle School is +9.6 points: 69.3% actual, 59.7% predicted.
Recent Census Bureau figures for Hillsborough County show that the median household income is $103,545, roughly 42% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 4%. Ross A. Lurgio Middle School is one of 127 public schools in the county.
The school nearest to Ross A. Lurgio Middle School is Bedford High School, at a distance of less than a tenth of a mile. Other public schools within five miles number at least 8. Ross A. Lurgio Middle School is 4th of 8 nearby schools by average proficiency rate.
The school's locale code, Suburb: Mid-size, means it is in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population between 100,000 and 250,000.
The school enrolled 646 students in 2024-25, 56 fewer than the 702 it had in 2020-21.
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Hillsborough County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
426,378
Census ACS
Median income
$103,545
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
42%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
4%
Below federal line
Schools in county
127
53,974 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Bedford School District
- Bedford High SchoolHigh · 1,360 students
- McKelvie Intermediate SchoolMiddle · 619 students
- Riddle Brook SchoolElementary · 478 students
- Memorial SchoolElementary · 439 students
- Peter Woodbury SchoolElementary · 428 students
Other schools in Bedford
- Bedford High SchoolHigh · 1,360 students
- McKelvie Intermediate SchoolMiddle · 619 students
- Riddle Brook SchoolElementary · 478 students
- Memorial SchoolElementary · 439 students
- Peter Woodbury SchoolElementary · 428 students
Nearby schools
- Bedford High School0.0 mi · 1,360
- McKelvie Intermediate School0.8 mi · 619
- Peter Woodbury School1.9 mi · 428
- Memorial School2.1 mi · 439
- Riddle Brook School2.4 mi · 478
- Parker-Varney School3.1 mi · 406
Frequently asked questions
About Ross A. Lurgio Middle SchoolHow many students attend Ross A. Lurgio Middle School?
Ross A. Lurgio Middle School enrolls approximately 646 students in grades 07-08.
Is Ross A. Lurgio Middle School an elementary, middle, or high school?
Ross A. Lurgio Middle School is a middle school covering grades 07-08.
How many students per teacher at Ross A. Lurgio Middle School?
Approximately 11.4:1 students per teacher at Ross A. Lurgio Middle School.
What is the student diversity at Ross A. Lurgio Middle School?
Student demographics at Ross A. Lurgio Middle School are roughly 78% White, 4% Hispanic, 1% Black, 8% Asian, 9% Two or more.
Who oversees Ross A. Lurgio Middle School?
Ross A. Lurgio Middle School is overseen by Bedford School District in Hillsborough County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.