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Hooksett, NH schools

Hooksett’s public schools score above New Hampshire’s averages: 56% of students are proficient in reading against 51.7% statewide. Kids attend Fred C. Underhill School through grade 2, then Hooksett Memorial School and David R. Cawley Middle School.

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

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Hooksett’s School Grade: A-

The public schools Hooksett’s kids attend outperform 75% of New Hampshire’s districts on state tests. Among towns with similar incomes, they rank near the top.

A-Test scores
New Hampshire school districts we grade (166)Better than 75%
Lower resultsHigher results
New Hampshire towns with similar household incomes (136)Better than 80%
Towns in Merrimack County (24)Better than 88%
High confidence. Built on 725 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.
School path

Where Hooksett kids go to school

Grades PK–2
Fred C. Underhill School 418 students · Hooksett Hooksett School District
Grades 3–5
A-Hooksett Memorial School 431 students · Hooksett Hooksett School District
Grades 6–8
B+David R. Cawley Middle School 428 students · Hooksett Hooksett School District

Based on district boundaries from the U.S. Department of Education. Check with the district before you enroll.

Test scores · 2020–21

Above the state in reading

Reading (grades PK–8, Hooksett School District)56%
State average 51.7%
Math (grades PK–8, Hooksett School District)54%
State average 37.7%
Districts

The district serving Hooksett

Each district’s own page has its spending, test scores, enrollment and every school.

Every school

All 3 schools in Hooksett

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School data from the U.S. Department of Education (NCES). Ratings are from neighbors on TownTapestry.

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