Schools · Hampstead

Hampstead, NH schools

Hampstead’s public schools score well above New Hampshire’s averages: 60% of students are proficient in reading against 51.7% statewide. Kids attend Hampstead Central School through grade 4, then Hampstead Middle School.

Grades, test scores, graduation, spending and every school, from U.S. Department of Education data.

B-School Grade #49Best schools in NH (of 120)

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Hampstead’s School Grade: B-

The public schools Hampstead’s kids attend trail 51% of New Hampshire’s districts on state tests. Among towns with similar incomes, they sit near the middle.

B-Test scores

New Hampshire school districts we grade (166)Better than 49%

Lower resultsHigher results

New Hampshire towns with similar household incomes (150)Better than 50%

Towns in Rockingham County (34)Better than 21%

High confidence. Built on 501 tested students; ordinary year-to-year swings are unlikely to change the grade.

How the School Grade works

Results, not inputs. Math and reading proficiency on New Hampshire’s state tests, each against the state average. Spending and class size are shown below but don’t count toward the grade. Tests: 2020–21; graduation: class of 2020.
The whole path. A town’s grade follows its kids: every district that serves it, weighted by the number of students tested in each.
Graded within the state. Each state writes its own tests, so districts are lined up against the rest of New Hampshire only. A+ top 5%A next 10%A- next 10%B B+ to B−, next 30%C C+ to C−, next 30%D D and D−, bottom 15%
Individual schools are graded the same way on their own test results, against every public school in New Hampshire with 25+ students. Private schools aren’t graded: they don’t take the state tests.
What a grade can’t tell you. Test results track family income closely, so a high grade partly reflects who lives in a town. That’s why we also compare towns with similar incomes. Visit, ask other parents, and read neighbor reviews. It’s our own summary of U.S. Department of Education data, not an official rating.