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Enrollment
993
High
STATE 496
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·WINNACUNNET COOPERATIVE SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 330723000463
Winnacunnet High School
1 Alumni Dr., Hampton, NH 03842 · (603) 926-3395 · Rockingham County
GRADES 09–13HIGH23-SUBURBREGULAR SCHOOL993 STUDENTS
B
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Scored higher than 59% of New Hampshire public high schools
- B+Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- B-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
10.1:1
98 FTE teachers
STATE 11.2:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
16%
157 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 | 247 | 25% |
| Grade 10 | 282 | 28% |
| Grade 11 | 239 | 24% |
| Grade 12 | 224 | 23% |
Student demographics
13%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
64.0%
NH avg 55.2%
Math
33.0%
NH avg 43.0%
What this means: On the NHSAS, New Hampshire's statewide test, about 64 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 33 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
46.0%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
53.3%
based on NH schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-7.3pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 46% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 53% 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 Winnacunnet High School
Winnacunnet High School's state test result (46.0% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Winnacunnet High School this school | 993 | 15.8% | 46.0% |
| John Stark Regional High School WEARE | 612 | 15.2% | 44.3% |
| Milford High School Milford | 655 | 14.4% | 39.3% |
| Goffstown High School Goffstown | 1,008 | 10.4% | 55.7% |
| Timberlane Regional High School Plaistow | 944 | 10.7% | 37.7% |
| Londonderry Senior High School Londonderry | 1,289 | 10.9% | 55.3% |
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 Winnacunnet High School ranks
Among high schools| Measure | This school | In New Hampshire | In Rockingham County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 46.0% | #27 of 78 | #8 of 14 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 33.0% | #24 of 74 | #8 of 14 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 64.0% | #42 of 78 | #11 of 14 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 993 | #17 of 103 | #6 of 17 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 10.1:1 | #10 of 68 | #3 of 13 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 12.7% | #57 of 68 | #12 of 13 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 15.8% | #50 of 80 | #4 of 14 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -5.5% | #51 of 60 | #10 of 11 |
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
993
-107 (-10%) vs 2020
+7% since 1990-91, when it was 930
Student : Teacher
10.1:1
was 11.2:1
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 | 993 | 98 | 10.1:1 | 16% (157) |
| 2023-24 | 1,055 | 99 | 10.7:1 | 16% (170) |
| 2022-23 | 1,063 | 99 | 10.7:1 | 17% (178) |
| 2020-21 | 1,100 | 98 | 11.2:1 | 7% (78) |
| 2017-18 | 1,051 | 96 | 10.9:1 | 19% (201) |
| 2015-16 | 1,083 | 99 | 10.9:1 | 22% (238) |
| 2010-11 | 1,248 | 102 | 12.2:1 | 23% (286) |
| 2000-01 | 1,128 | 86 | 13.1:1 | 10% (118) |
| 1990-91 | 930 | 83 | 11.2:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Winnacunnet High School.
Since 2017-18: students down 6% (1,051 to 993); teachers up 2% (96 to 98).
About Winnacunnet High School
Located in Hampton, New Hampshire, Winnacunnet High School is a large high school. Enrollment in 2024-25 was 993 students in grades 9 through 13. The average for high schools in New Hampshire is about 496 students, so this school is 100% bigger than average.
Federal records list Winnacunnet Cooperative School District as the district for Winnacunnet High School.
White students are the large majority at Winnacunnet High School, with 93% of enrollment. Other groups include 4% Hispanic. The county population is about 91% White, within a few points of the school. By the diversity index, Winnacunnet High School comes in at 13%.
Its teaching staff equals 98 full-time positions, a ratio of 10.1:1. For comparison, high schools in New Hampshire average 11.2:1. Free and reduced-price lunch eligibility, a common measure of family income, is 16%. Across public schools in Rockingham County, the average is about the same, 13%.
Winnacunnet High School is graded B by allk12, scoring above 59% of New Hampshire public high schools once test results, poverty-adjusted performance, and the recent trend are combined.
A school with Winnacunnet High School's lunch-eligibility share in New Hampshire is predicted to score 53.3%. Winnacunnet High School scores 46.0%, 7.3 points below that line.
Winnacunnet High School is located in Rockingham County, where median household income is about $118,331, roughly 46% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and about 3% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Federal data list 99 public schools in Rockingham County, with a combined enrollment of about 41,753.
The closest public school, Hampton Centre School, is about 0.4 miles from Winnacunnet High School. Within five miles are at least 8 other public schools. Ranked by average proficiency, Winnacunnet High School places 6th out of 8 schools in its immediate area.
By NCES locale, the school is Suburb: Small, or in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population under 100,000.
From 2020-21 to 2024-25, Winnacunnet High School went from 1,100 students to 993. The ratio was 11.2:1 in 2020-21 and 10.1:1 in 2024-25.
Threads on this page can be about enrollment questions, class placement, and PTA news. Alumni can share how the school prepared them.
Rockingham County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
319,082
Census ACS
Median income
$118,331
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
46%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
3%
Below federal line
Schools in county
99
41,753 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Hampton
- Hampton AcademyMiddle · 313 students
- Adeline C. Marston SchoolElementary · 303 students
- Hampton Centre SchoolElementary · 282 students
Nearby schools
- Hampton Centre School0.4 mi · 282
- Hampton Academy0.5 mi · 313
- Adeline C. Marston School0.6 mi · 303
- Lincoln Akerman School2.1 mi · 190
- North Hampton School2.8 mi · 268
- Seabrook Elementary School3.6 mi · 302
Frequently asked questions
About Winnacunnet High SchoolHow large is Winnacunnet High School?
Winnacunnet High School enrolls approximately 993 students in grades 09-13.
Is Winnacunnet High School an elementary, middle, or high school?
Winnacunnet High School is a high school covering grades 09-13.
How many teachers does Winnacunnet High School have?
Winnacunnet High School employs 98 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 10.1:1.
What is the racial breakdown of students at Winnacunnet High School?
At Winnacunnet High School, the student body is approximately 93% White, 4% Hispanic, 1% Black, 1% Asian, 1% Two or more.
Is Winnacunnet High School public or private?
Winnacunnet High School is a public K-12 school, overseen by Winnacunnet Cooperative School District.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.