Enrollment
399
High
DISTRICT 328 · STATE 496
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·SOMERSWORTH SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 330624000418
Somersworth High School
11 Memorial Dr., Somersworth, NH 03878 · (603) 692-2431 · Strafford County
GRADES 09–12HIGH23-SUBURBREGULAR SCHOOL399 STUDENTS
D
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Scored higher than 12% of New Hampshire public high schools
- DTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- C-Beats 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
11.4:1
35 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 11.7:1 · STATE 11.2:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
29%
114 students
DISTRICT 36% · STATE 26%
Community
0
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 | 113 | 28% |
| Grade 10 | 105 | 26% |
| Grade 11 | 96 | 24% |
| Grade 12 | 85 | 21% |
Student demographics
42%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 45% · 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 Somersworth School District. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
NHSAS 2024-25 . % Above ProficientEnglish Language Arts
45.0%
NH avg 55.2%
Math
17.0%
NH avg 43.0%
What this means: On the NHSAS, New Hampshire's statewide test, about 45 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 17 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
UNDERPERFORMING
Bottom 10% of NH schools after controlling for student poverty
Actual proficiency
30.7%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
45.1%
based on NH schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-14.4pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 31% of students here test proficient in math and reading, below the roughly 45% typical for New Hampshire schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations compares each school with others at the same poverty level, not by raw scores, so a school lands here when its results trail those comparable schools, which is not the same as having low scores. A higher-scoring school can still fall in this tier if similar schools score higher still.
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 Somersworth High School
Somersworth High School's state test result (30.7% proficient) is higher than 0 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Somersworth High School this school | 399 | 28.6% | 30.7% |
| Dover Senior High School Dover | 1,371 | 23.1% | 41.0% |
| Newmarket Jr.-Sr. High School Newmarket | 274 | 19.3% | 57.0% |
| Lebanon High School Lebanon | 606 | 13.9% | 58.3% |
| Conant Middle High School (H) Jaffrey | 336 | 23.2% | 35.3% |
| Stevens High School Claremont | 477 | 33.1% | 36.3% |
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 Somersworth High School ranks
Among high schools| Measure | This school | In New Hampshire | In Strafford County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 30.7% | #69 of 78 | #6 of 6 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 17.0% | #63 of 74 | N/A |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 45.0% | #71 of 78 | #6 of 6 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 399 | #46 of 103 | #4 of 7 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 11.4:1 | #27 of 68 | N/A |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 42.4% | #8 of 68 | N/A |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 28.6% | #26 of 80 | #3 of 6 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -8.9% | #34 of 60 | N/A |
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
399
-9 (-2%) vs 2020
-23% since 1990-91, when it was 516
Student : Teacher
11.4:1
was 11.0:1
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 | 399 | 34.9 | 11.4:1 | 29% (114) |
| 2023-24 | 410 | 36.1 | 11.4:1 | 29% (120) |
| 2022-23 | 394 | 34.4 | 11.4:1 | 30% (120) |
| 2020-21 | 408 | 37 | 11.0:1 | 24% (97) |
| 2017-18 | 438 | 41 | 10.7:1 | 36% (158) |
| 2015-16 | 479 | 40 | 12.0:1 | 41% (198) |
| 2010-11 | 566 | 43 | 13.2:1 | 29% (162) |
| 2000-01 | 610 | 41 | 14.9:1 | 13% (77) |
| 1990-91 | 516 | 41 | 12.6:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Somersworth High School.
Since 2017-18: students down 9% (438 to 399); teachers down 15% (41 to 34.9).
About Somersworth High School
Somersworth High School operates as a small high school in Somersworth, New Hampshire. Students in grades 9 through 12 attend, and enrollment is 399 students.
Somersworth High School falls under Somersworth School District, which has 4 schools enrolling 1,311 students.
By race and ethnicity, Somersworth High School is 75% White. After that, the student body is 10% Asian, 8% multiracial, 5% Hispanic, and 3% Black. Census figures show Strafford County is about 88% White. Somersworth High School has a diversity index of 42%, compared with 70% for all US public school students.
The school reported 34.9 full-time-equivalent teachers in 2024-25 and a ratio of 11.4:1. Across high schools in New Hampshire, the average ratio is about 11.2:1. Eligible students account for 29% of enrollment in the free or reduced-price lunch program.
Measured against New Hampshire public high schools, Somersworth High School receives a D. The grade weighs proficiency most heavily, then how results compare with what the school's low-income share predicts, then the three-year change.
BeatsExpectations compares each school's average proficiency rate on state tests with a prediction based on free or reduced-price lunch eligibility. Somersworth High School posts 30.7% against a 45.1% prediction, a bottom-10% result in New Hampshire.
Recent Census Bureau figures for Strafford County show that median household income is about $88,570, roughly 39% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and about 5% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Federal data list 39 public schools in Strafford County, with a combined enrollment of about 13,978.
The nearest public school is Somersworth Middle School, at less than a tenth of a mile. Somersworth High School has at least 8 other public schools within five miles. The nearest schools with test data average 40.7%, higher than Somersworth High School's 30.7%.
Somersworth High School is in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population under 100,000, a location NCES labels Suburb: Small.
Over 4 years, enrollment stayed close to where it was, going from 408 to 399.
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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 Somersworth School District
- Idlehurst Elementary SchoolElementary · 341 students
- Somersworth Middle SchoolMiddle · 286 students
- Maple Wood Elementary SchoolElementary · 285 students
Other schools in Somersworth
- Idlehurst Elementary SchoolElementary · 341 students
- Somersworth Middle SchoolMiddle · 286 students
- Maple Wood Elementary SchoolElementary · 285 students
Nearby schools
- Somersworth Middle School0.1 mi · 286
- Maple Wood Elementary School0.3 mi · 285
- Idlehurst Elementary School1.1 mi · 341
- Vivian E Hussey School1.8 mi · 370
- Rollinsford Grade School3.1 mi · 154
- Frances G. Hopkins Elementary School at Horne Street3.2 mi · 412
Frequently asked questions
About Somersworth High SchoolWhat is the total enrollment at Somersworth High School?
Somersworth High School enrolls approximately 399 students in grades 09-12.
What age range does Somersworth High School serve?
Somersworth High School serves students from grade 09 through grade 12.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Somersworth High School?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Somersworth High School is approximately 11.4:1 (35 FTE teachers).
How diverse is Somersworth High School?
Somersworth High School reports a student body of 75% White, 5% Hispanic, 3% Black, 10% Asian, 8% Two or more.
Who oversees Somersworth High School?
Somersworth High School is overseen by Somersworth School District in Strafford County.
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