Sunapee Middle High School

Sunapee Middle High School operates as a very small junior high in Sunapee, New Hampshire, one of the schools within Sunapee School District. Current enrollment sits at 101 students spanning grades 6 through 8. By comparison, New Hampshire's public schools average about 379 students each, so Sunapee Middle High School sits 73% smaller than that benchmark.

Sunapee School District comprises 3 schools with combined enrollment of 400 students; Sunapee Middle High School is among them.

Looking at the student body, Sunapee Middle High School reports that 92% of students identify as White, making the school strongly White-majority. Beyond that, the school lists 3% Asian. That mix tracks the wider county fairly closely.

On the income-and-resources front, Sunapee Middle High School reports 9 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 11.1:1. The state averages about 11.1:1, putting this campus right in line with peers. An estimated 18% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. That share is noticeably below Sullivan County's rate of about 37%.

With demographic context factored in, Sunapee Middle High School performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 52.0%, the actual is 60.4%, a residual of +8.4 points.

Across the wider county, Sullivan County reports that the typical household earns roughly $80,858 per year, about 30% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and the poverty rate sits near 6%. In all, Sullivan County runs 29 public schools (combined enrollment of about 4,498 students), of which Sunapee Middle High School is one.

The closest other public school is Sunapee Sr. High School, roughly 0.0 miles away. Within five miles, there are 7 other public schools. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Sunapee Middle High School at 2nd of 6; the average score across the group is 39.7%.

Sunapee Middle High School operates from a countryside location.

Over the past 7-year window. Over the past 7-year window, the student count declined 6%: 107 students in 2018 compared to 101 in 2025. Over the same period, the White share fell from 98% to 92%.

In the discussion threads here, posts here usually surface around pickup logistics, teacher feedback, and after-school programs. The community welcomes input from current and former families.