These Are The Best School Districts In New Hampshire, New Ranking Says

NEW HAMPSHIRE — SAU 70, the Hanover School District, has been ranked as the best in New Hampshire in Niche’s 2024 Best Schools and Districts rankings, released this week.

The district was No. 1 out of 90 school districts included in Niche’s ranking of 12,192 school districts nationwide. The list consisted of 364 newly ranked school districts.

Niche gave Hanover a letter grade of A+. Grades in specific categories were:

Academics: A+
Teachers: A+
Clubs and activities: A
Sports: A
Resources and facilities: A+
Diversity: C
College prep: A
Administration: B
Food: A+

The school district, which has around 1,038 students in grades 6 to 12 students in two buildings, received high marks from students, parents, and teachers.

For more information, read the full report on SAU 70 linked here.

The top 25 school districts in New Hampshire and the letter grades assigned by Niche include:

1. Hanover School District: A+
2. Academy for Science & Design Charter School in Nashua: A+
3. Bedford School District: A+
4. Hollis-Brookline Cooperative School District: A+
5. Bow School District: A
6. Portsmouth School District: A
7. Profile School District in Littleton: A
8. Virtual Learning Academy Charter School in Exeter: A-
9. Lebanon School District: A-
10. Exeter Region Cooperative School District: A-
11. Londonderry School District: A-
12. Salem School District: A-
13. Windham School District: A-
14. Goffstown School District: A-
15. Sunapee School District: A-
16. Moulttonborough School District: B+
17. Hopkinton School District: B+
18. Lincoln-Woodstock School District: B+
19. Kearsarge Regional School District in New London: B+
20. The Founders Academy Charter School District in Manchester: B
21. Newmarket School District: B
22. Dover School District: B
23. Gilford School District: B
24. Nashua School District: B
25. Concord School District: B

Read the full New Hampshire rankings listed here.

Niche also ranked 94,058 public schools and 30,809 private schools. The platform said its rankings were created to provide families with valuable quantitative and qualitative information on schools in their area or in a neighborhood they’re not familiar with yet.

The Top 25 high schools in the state, ranked here, featured some of the same communities featured in the SAU listing released by Niche.

The rankings differ from others that rely almost exclusively on test scores and academic performance and also included input from students, alumni, and parents, as well as quantitative data from sources such as the U.S. Department of Education to evaluate teachers, resources, and facilities.