Enrollment
101
Middle
DISTRICT 133 · STATE 379
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·SUNAPEE SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 330654000101
Sunapee Middle High School
10 North Rd., Sunapee, NH 03782 · (603) 763-5615 · Sullivan County
GRADES 06–08MIDDLE42-RURALREGULAR SCHOOL101 STUDENTS
A
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 85% of New Hampshire public middle schools
- A-Test 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 middle schools
Student : Teacher
11.1:1
9 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 10.7:1 · STATE 11.1:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
18%
18 students
DISTRICT 19% · STATE 26%
Community
0
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 | 39 | 39% |
| Grade 7 | 31 | 31% |
| Grade 8 | 31 | 31% |
Student demographics
15%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 18% · 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
Sunapee Middle High School→Sunapee Sr. High School
Feeds from
Based on grade levels within Sunapee School District. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
NHSAS 2024-25 . % Above ProficientEnglish Language Arts
68.0%
NH avg 55.2%
Math
66.0%
NH avg 43.0%
What this means: On the NHSAS, New Hampshire's statewide test, about 68 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 66 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
60.4%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
52.0%
based on NH schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+8.4pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 60% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 52% 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 Sunapee Middle High School
Sunapee Middle High School's state test result (60.4% proficient) is higher than 5 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sunapee Middle High School this school | 101 | 17.8% | 60.4% |
| Profile Junior High School Bethlehem | 83 | 15.7% | 57.8% |
| Moultonborough Middle Level Moultonborough | 109 | 22.0% | 44.6% |
| Walpole Elementary School Walpole | 123 | 22.0% | 52.2% |
| Lin-Wood Public School (Middle) Lincoln | 58 | 19.0% | 58.1% |
| Wilton-Lyndeboro Middle School Wilton | 130 | 23.8% | 37.5% |
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 Sunapee Middle High School ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In New Hampshire |
|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 60.4% | #15 of 85 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 66.0% | #11 of 85 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 68.0% | #18 of 85 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 101 | #90 of 101 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 17.8% | #58 of 90 |
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
101
+4 (+4%) vs 2020
-35% since 2000-01, when it was 155
Student : Teacher
11.1:1
was 9.7:1
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 | 101 | 9.1 | 11.1:1 | 18% (18) |
| 2023-24 | 85 | 8.3 | 10.2:1 | 16% (14) |
| 2022-23 | 85 | 8.7 | 9.8:1 | 16% (14) |
| 2020-21 | 97 | 10 | 9.7:1 | 18% (17) |
| 2017-18 | 107 | 10.1 | 10.6:1 | 16% (17) |
| 2015-16 | 109 | 10 | 10.9:1 | 18% (20) |
| 2010-11 | 103 | 10 | 10.3:1 | 15% (15) |
| 2000-01 | 155 | 10 | 15.5:1 | 18% (28) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Sunapee Middle High School.
Since 2017-18: students down 6% (107 to 101); teachers down 10% (10.1 to 9.1).
About Sunapee Middle High School
Sunapee Middle High School is a very small middle-grades school in New Hampshire, located in Sunapee. It offers grades 6 through 8 and has 101 students enrolled. By comparison, middle schools in New Hampshire enroll about 379 students on average.
The 3 schools in Sunapee School District enroll 400 students altogether, Sunapee Middle High School among them.
Sunapee Middle High School is 92% White by enrollment. The remaining shares are 3% Asian. That is in line with Sullivan County, where about 92% of residents are White. On the diversity index, which measures the chance that two random students are from different groups, Sunapee Middle High School scores 15%.
Sunapee Middle High School reports a ratio of 11.1 students per teacher, from 9.1 full-time-equivalent teachers. The 11.1:1 average for middle schools in New Hampshire is close to this figure. Student poverty is often measured by lunch eligibility; at Sunapee Middle High School, 18% qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. The gap from the 37% average for public schools in Sullivan County is 19 points.
On the allk12 Grade, Sunapee Middle High School lands at A, ahead of 85% of New Hampshire public middle schools.
Based on its free or reduced-price lunch share, the BeatsExpectations model predicts an average proficiency rate across its state test results of 52.0% for Sunapee Middle High School. The school posts 60.4%, 8.4 points above the prediction.
Sullivan County is the school's county. There, median household income comes to about $80,858, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 30%, and roughly 6% of residents are in poverty. There are 29 public schools in the county, enrolling about 4,498, Sunapee Middle High School among them.
Sunapee Sr. High School is less than a tenth of a mile from Sunapee Middle High School, the shortest distance to any other public school. The five-mile area around Sunapee Middle High School holds 7 other public schools. Nearby schools with test data average 39.7% proficiency; Sunapee Middle High School posts 60.4%.
NCES lists the school's locale as Rural: Distant. That means it sits in rural territory some distance from an urban area.
Enrollment figures show a rise of 4 students from 2020-21 to 2024-25. The ratio was 9.7:1 in 2020-21 and 11.1:1 in 2024-25.
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Sullivan County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
43,715
Census ACS
Median income
$80,858
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
30%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
6%
Below federal line
Schools in county
29
4,498 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Sunapee School District
- Sunapee Central SchoolElementary · 168 students
- Sunapee Sr. High SchoolHigh · 131 students
Other schools in Sunapee
- Sunapee Central SchoolElementary · 168 students
- Sunapee Sr. High SchoolHigh · 131 students
Nearby schools
- Sunapee Sr. High School0.0 mi · 131
- Sunapee Central School0.4 mi · 168
- Richards Elementary School4.0 mi · 273
- Newport Middle High School (High)4.2 mi · 291
- Newport Middle School4.2 mi · 138
- Newport SOAR Middle School4.2 mi · 3
Frequently asked questions
About Sunapee Middle High SchoolHow large is Sunapee Middle High School?
Sunapee Middle High School enrolls approximately 101 students in grades 06-08.
What grades does Sunapee Middle High School serve?
Sunapee Middle High School serves grades 06-08.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Sunapee Middle High School?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Sunapee Middle High School is approximately 11.1:1 (9 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at Sunapee Middle High School?
At Sunapee Middle High School, the student body is approximately 92% White, 2% Hispanic, 1% Black, 3% Asian, 2% Two or more.
What district is Sunapee Middle High School in?
Sunapee Middle High School is part of Sunapee School District.
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