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Nashua School Ranked No. 2 In NH
A survey of New Hampshire's top public high school was recently released and one Nashua school made the cut.
NASHUA, NH — One Nashua school was ranked among the best public high schools in the state. The Academy for Science & Design in Nashua was ranked No. 2 on Niche's annual school rankings, which were released this month. Nashua High School North and Nashua High School South did not make the list.
This is how the Academy for Science & Design performed in key categories that Niche used to compile its rankings:
- Academics: A+
- Teachers: A+
- Clubs/activities: A+
- Administration: B+
- Food: B-
- Diversity: B-
- College prep: A+
- Health/safety: A+
- Sports: C-
- Facilities: A
Top 25 New Hampshire Public High Schools: Niche
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- Hanover High
- Academy for Science & Design
- Bedford High
- Souhegan Cooperative
- Bow High
- Hopkinton High
- Oyster River High
- Hollis-Brookline High
- Windham High
- Coe-Brown Northwood Academy
- Profile Senior High
- Portsmouth High
- Londonderry Senior High
- Pinkerton Academy
- Winnacunnet High
- Salem High
- Sunapee Senior High
- Inter-Lakes High
- Exeter High
- Moultonborough Academy
- Lebanon High
- Goffstown High
- Rivendell Academy
- Manchester Central High
- Concord High
You can see the full list here.
Niche’s data for its K-12 school district rankings comes from various sources including the U.S. Department of Education, the National Center for Education Statistics and the Civil Rights Data Collection. The rankings also rely on data that is self-reported by Niche users and schools. (Click here to learn more about where Niche’s data comes from.)
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To arrive at these rankings, Niche looked at data from the U.S. Department of Education as well as test scores, college data and ratings collected from Niche users. The methodology for each category of ranking varied. (Click here for more information on how Niche calculates its rankings.)
Niche assigns a standardized score for each factor, which is then weighted before an overall score is calculated for each school district. The overall scores are again standardized and some districts are disqualified from receiving a final letter grade if there isn’t enough data. School districts are then ranked numerically and assigned grades.
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