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What's one thing Souhegan Coop High School gets right about preparing students for what comes next?
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Enrollment
696
High
STATE 496
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·SOUHEGAN COOPERATIVE SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 330626000034
Souhegan Coop High School
412 Boston Post Rd., Amherst, NH 03031 · (603) 673-9940 · Hillsborough County
GRADES 09–12HIGH41-RURALREGULAR SCHOOL696 STUDENTS
A-
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Scored higher than 82% of New Hampshire public high schools
- ATest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- A-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
10.4:1
67 FTE teachers
STATE 11.2:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
7%
48 students
STATE 26%
Community
1
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 | 172 | 25% |
| Grade 10 | 172 | 25% |
| Grade 11 | 181 | 26% |
| Grade 12 | 171 | 25% |
Student demographics
20%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
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
Test scores
NHSAS 2024-25 . % Above ProficientEnglish Language Arts
79.0%
NH avg 55.2%
Math
41.0%
NH avg 43.0%
What this means: On the NHSAS, New Hampshire's statewide test, about 79 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 41 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
59.3%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
59.1%
based on NH schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+0.2pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 59% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 59% 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 Souhegan Coop High School
Souhegan Coop High School's state test result (59.3% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Souhegan Coop High School this school | 696 | 6.9% | 59.3% |
| Kearsarge Regional High School North Sutton | 485 | 8.2% | 44.0% |
| Bow High School Bow | 622 | 5.1% | 56.0% |
| Goffstown High School Goffstown | 1,008 | 10.4% | 55.7% |
| Exeter High School EXETER | 1,348 | 7.2% | 60.3% |
| Oyster River High School Durham | 825 | 7.4% | 65.3% |
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 Souhegan Coop High School ranks
Among high schools| Measure | This school | In New Hampshire | In Hillsborough County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 59.3% | #10 of 78 | #3 of 21 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 41.0% | #15 of 74 | #4 of 20 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 79.0% | #10 of 78 | #3 of 21 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 696 | #27 of 103 | #11 of 25 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 10.4:1 | #13 of 68 | #3 of 20 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 19.8% | #36 of 68 | #14 of 20 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 6.9% | #73 of 80 | #19 of 22 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -11.6% | #24 of 60 | #8 of 19 |
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
696
-11 (-2%) vs 2020
-28% since 2000-01, when it was 970
Student : Teacher
10.4:1
was 10.3:1
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 | 696 | 67 | 10.4:1 | 7% (48) |
| 2023-24 | 691 | 67 | 10.3:1 | 6% (42) |
| 2022-23 | 698 | 68 | 10.3:1 | 8% (53) |
| 2020-21 | 707 | 69 | 10.3:1 | 6% (40) |
| 2017-18 | 787 | 72.8 | 10.8:1 | 5% (40) |
| 2015-16 | 831 | 76 | 10.9:1 | 6% (52) |
| 2010-11 | 876 | 89 | 9.8:1 | 5% (45) |
| 2000-01 | 970 | 81 | 12.0:1 | 2% (18) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Souhegan Coop High School.
Since 2017-18: students down 12% (787 to 696); teachers down 8% (72.8 to 67).
About Souhegan Coop High School
Souhegan Coop High School is a mid-sized high school found in Amherst, New Hampshire. The school covers grades 9 through 12 and reported 696 students in 2024-25. On average, high schools in New Hampshire enroll around 496, and this school is 40% above that mark.
Souhegan Coop High School is administered by Souhegan Cooperative School District.
White students are 89% of those enrolled at Souhegan Coop High School. Other groups make up 5% Hispanic and 3% Asian. Measured by the diversity index, the student body scores 20%.
Souhegan Coop High School has a student-to-teacher ratio of 10.4:1, with 67 full-time-equivalent teachers. Compared with the 11.2:1 average for high schools in New Hampshire, this school's ratio is lower. The school has 7% of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. By comparison, the figure for public schools in Hillsborough County is 26%.
On the allk12 Grade, Souhegan Coop High School lands at A-, ahead of 82% of New Hampshire public high schools.
Souhegan Coop High School's average proficiency rate across its state test results of 59.3% is within a point of the 59.1% the model predicts from its lunch-eligibility share.
For the population of Hillsborough County, median household income comes to about $103,545, 42% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 4% of people live in poverty. Hillsborough County's 127 public schools enroll about 53,974 students and include Souhegan Coop High School.
Of the public schools around it, Souhegan Coop High School is closest to Amherst Middle School, about 0.2 miles away. Souhegan Coop High School has at least 8 other public schools within five miles. Souhegan Coop High School ranks 4th of 7 among nearby schools on average proficiency, with 59.3% against a local average of 56.8%.
Souhegan Coop High School has an NCES locale of Rural: Fringe.
Compared with 2020-21, when it had 707 students, enrollment in 2024-25 was about the same at 696.
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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 Amherst
- Clark-Wilkins SchoolElementary · 676 students
- Amherst Middle SchoolMiddle · 635 students
Nearby schools
- Amherst Middle School0.2 mi · 635
- Thorntons Ferry School3.1 mi · 504
- Merrimack Middle School3.6 mi · 480
- Jacques Memorial Elementary School3.8 mi · 276
- Clark-Wilkins School3.9 mi · 676
- Milford Middle School3.9 mi · 445
Frequently asked questions
About Souhegan Coop High SchoolWhat is the total enrollment at Souhegan Coop High School?
Souhegan Coop High School enrolls approximately 696 students in grades 09-12.
Is Souhegan Coop High School an elementary, middle, or high school?
Souhegan Coop High School is a high school covering grades 09-12.
How many teachers does Souhegan Coop High School have?
Souhegan Coop High School employs 67 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 10.4:1.
What is the student diversity at Souhegan Coop High School?
Student demographics at Souhegan Coop High School are roughly 89% White, 5% Hispanic, 1% Black, 3% Asian, 1% Two or more.
Is Souhegan Coop High School public or private?
Souhegan Coop High School is a public K-12 school, overseen by Souhegan Cooperative School District.
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