What New Hampshire School Districts Spend Per Student
The median New Hampshire school district spends $25,246 per student per year, $10,703 above the national median of $14,543, across all 161 districts the state reports. The 161 of them a ZIP code can reach are listed below, and their 160,220 students account for $3.4 billion of current spending in fiscal year 2022.
New Hampshire at a Glance
| Median district, per student | $25,246 |
|---|---|
| National median district | $14,543 |
| Districts listed | 161 of 161 |
| Students listed | 160,220 |
| Median district, math | ≈50% |
| Median district, reading | ≈58% |
Every New Hampshire District, by Enrollment
Spending is current spending divided by fall membership for fiscal year 2022. Proficiency and graduation rates are school year 2018-19, the last year before the pandemic interrupted state testing, so the money and the results are not from the same year. A figure marked ≈ is one the federal file published as a range rather than a value, so small groups of children stay unidentifiable; it is the middle of that range and within ten points of the real one. A dash means the federal files publish no value under that district's ID.
| District | Students | Per student | Math | Reading | Graduation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Manchester School District | 12,510 | $16,178 | 24% | 33% | 74% |
| Nashua School District | 10,215 | $17,617 | 39% | 46% | 84% |
| Bedford School District | 4,251 | $17,544 | 78% | 79% | 94% |
| Londonderry School District | 4,167 | $20,160 | 50% | 63% | 95% |
| Concord School District | 4,093 | $21,765 | 48% | 59% | 84% |
| Rochester School District | 3,975 | $17,400 | 42% | 49% | 81% |
| Dover School District | 3,848 | $17,466 | 43% | 55% | 89% |
| Merrimack School District | 3,621 | $20,427 | 54% | 57% | 89% |
| Salem School District | 3,580 | $19,382 | 51% | 58% | 93% |
| Timberlane Regional School District | 3,298 | $21,250 | 46% | 58% | 93% |
| Derry School District (elementary district) | 3,127 | $27,710 | 48% | 51% | — |
| Keene School District | 3,120 | $19,120 | 42% | 52% | 88% |
| Hudson School District | 3,046 | $18,508 | 45% | 53% | 88% |
| Windham School District | 3,032 | $17,070 | 74% | 75% | 95% |
| Goffstown School District | 2,768 | $16,330 | 54% | 63% | 93% |
| Portsmouth School District | 2,500 | $23,187 | 69% | 75% | 95% |
| Exeter Regional Cooperative School District | 2,486 | $23,903 | 54% | 70% | 95% |
| Merrimack Valley School District | 2,222 | $19,092 | 42% | 51% | ≈92% |
| Milford School District | 2,167 | $19,661 | 53% | 56% | 93% |
| Oyster River Cooperative School District | 2,135 | $21,762 | 74% | 74% | ≈98% |
| Governor Wentworth Regional School District | 2,112 | $24,826 | 43% | 53% | ≈92% |
| Contoocook Valley School District | 2,066 | $24,694 | 41% | 49% | ≈92% |
| Laconia School District | 1,840 | $21,216 | 32% | 38% | ≈87% |
| Kearsarge Regional School District | 1,730 | $23,822 | 59% | 63% | ≈92% |
| Claremont School District | 1,697 | $20,789 | 31% | 40% | ≈77% |
| Bow School District | 1,692 | $18,098 | 56% | 68% | ≈98% |
| Pelham School District | 1,677 | $18,196 | 45% | 52% | ≈98% |
| Lebanon School District | 1,635 | $25,977 | 60% | 66% | ≈98% |
| Monadnock Regional School District | 1,615 | $20,918 | 41% | 42% | ≈77% |
| Conway School District | 1,548 | $21,687 | 36% | 47% | 96% |
| Fall Mountain Regional School District | 1,448 | $22,487 | 43% | 54% | ≈92% |
| Sanborn Regional School District | 1,422 | $22,498 | 54% | 62% | ≈98% |
| Pembroke School District | 1,419 | $18,409 | 43% | 54% | ≈92% |
| Somersworth School District | 1,368 | $20,822 | 37% | 42% | ≈77% |
| Winnisquam Regional School District | 1,350 | $19,132 | 41% | 52% | ≈87% |
| Amherst School District (elementary district) | 1,319 | $23,106 | 68% | 69% | — |
| Jaffrey-Rindge Cooperative School District | 1,289 | $19,611 | 41% | 58% | ≈82% |
| Raymond School District | 1,237 | $20,057 | 41% | 50% | ≈92% |
| Hooksett School District (elementary district) | 1,232 | $26,530 | 55% | 57% | — |
| Litchfield School District | 1,230 | $18,504 | 54% | 63% | ≈98% |
| Shaker Regional School District | 1,202 | $20,336 | 41% | 55% | ≈87% |
| Hollis-Brookline Cooperative School District (high school district) | 1,194 | $18,936 | 64% | 79% | 95% |
| Newfound Area School District | 1,184 | $21,365 | 44% | 55% | ≈87% |
| Gilford School District | 1,127 | $21,089 | 61% | 63% | ≈87% |
| Winnacunnet Cooperative School District (high school district) | 1,119 | $23,713 | ≈52% | ≈72% | 94% |
| Mascoma Valley Regional School District | 1,088 | $25,246 | 41% | 50% | ≈92% |
| Berlin School District | 1,063 | $21,015 | 29% | 42% | ≈87% |
| Hillsboro-Deering Cooperative School District | 1,045 | $23,322 | 28% | 43% | ≈87% |
| Dresden School District | 1,038 | $23,858 | 76% | 84% | ≈92% |
| White Mountain Regional School District | 1,022 | $23,245 | 44% | 52% | ≈92% |
| Newmarket School District | 993 | $22,254 | 48% | 63% | ≈85% |
| Barrington School District (elementary district) | 973 | $26,240 | 52% | 58% | — |
| Hampton School District (elementary district) | 954 | $24,686 | 71% | 75% | — |
| Mascenic Regional School District | 940 | $18,780 | 50% | 58% | ≈92% |
| Inter-Lakes School District | 938 | $29,799 | 54% | 58% | ≈87% |
| Hopkinton School District | 928 | $22,192 | 61% | 72% | ≈92% |
| Franklin School District | 921 | $19,688 | 19% | 32% | ≈77% |
| Epping School District | 888 | $21,524 | 56% | 48% | ≈92% |
| Weare School District (elementary district) | 883 | $17,161 | 38% | 42% | — |
| Newport School District | 859 | $21,271 | 21% | 34% | ≈77% |
| Exeter School District (elementary district) | 851 | $25,851 | 67% | 71% | — |
| Hampstead School District (elementary district) | 811 | $33,557 | 57% | 67% | — |
| Farmington School District | 788 | $19,928 | 28% | 40% | ≈82% |
| Souhegan Cooperative School District (high school district) | 706 | $26,167 | ≈57% | ≈77% | ≈98% |
| Haverhill Cooperative School District | 680 | $21,210 | 36% | 51% | ≈95% |
| Littleton School District | 668 | $24,163 | 42% | 55% | ≈95% |
| Seabrook School District (elementary district) | 666 | $24,763 | 29% | 41% | — |
| Auburn School District (elementary district) | 636 | $21,318 | 63% | 65% | — |
| Pemi-Baker Regional School District (high school district) | 626 | $22,995 | ≈47% | ≈72% | ≈98% |
| Hollis School District (elementary district) | 613 | $21,114 | 73% | 75% | — |
| Brookline School District (elementary district) | 583 | $17,290 | 76% | 70% | — |
| John Stark Regional School District (high school district) | 583 | $22,676 | ≈42% | ≈62% | ≈92% |
| Wilton-Lyndeborough School District | 570 | $21,054 | 53% | 54% | ≈95% |
| Pittsfield School District | 551 | $20,486 | 35% | 42% | ≈75% |
| Stratham School District (elementary district) | 539 | $23,314 | 69% | 77% | — |
| Hinsdale School District | 533 | $27,218 | 37% | 42% | ≈95% |
| Milton School District | 528 | $21,763 | 15% | 35% | ≈85% |
| Deerfield School District (elementary district) | 527 | $27,571 | 52% | 52% | — |
| Moultonborough School District | 501 | $29,441 | 42% | 65% | ≈75% |
| New Boston School District (elementary district) | 498 | $32,026 | 64% | 63% | — |
| Hanover School District (elementary district) | 497 | $29,684 | 80% | 80% | — |
| Barnstead School District (elementary district) | 494 | $27,773 | 37% | 43% | — |
| Chester School District (elementary district) | 484 | $26,279 | 44% | 49% | — |
| Nottingham School District (elementary district) | 476 | $30,036 | 70% | 69% | — |
| Wakefield School District (elementary district) | 467 | $24,602 | 46% | 44% | — |
| Strafford School District (elementary district) | 418 | $26,770 | 55% | 57% | — |
| Alton School District (elementary district) | 410 | $38,334 | 34% | 42% | — |
| Gorham Randolph Shelburne Cooperative School District | 399 | $20,000 | 53% | 60% | ≈85% |
| Henniker School District (elementary district) | 399 | $20,887 | 47% | 58% | — |
| Greenland School District (elementary district) | 393 | $29,939 | 74% | 85% | — |
| Rye School District (elementary district) | 391 | $36,389 | 82% | 83% | — |
| Fremont School District (elementary district) | 386 | $30,935 | 36% | 53% | — |
| Epsom School District (elementary district) | 381 | $31,071 | 44% | 67% | — |
| Sunapee School District | 378 | $31,950 | 69% | 70% | ≈95% |
| Plymouth School District (elementary district) | 369 | $23,640 | 49% | 56% | — |
| Gilmanton School District (elementary district) | 365 | $31,036 | 70% | 73% | — |
| Winchester School District (elementary district) | 364 | $32,912 | 20% | 33% | — |
| Northwood School District (elementary district) | 348 | $34,296 | 51% | 60% | — |
| Allenstown School District (elementary district) | 339 | $31,345 | 40% | 45% | — |
| Northumberland School District | 327 | $19,502 | ≈27% | ≈42% | ≈90% |
| Campton School District (elementary district) | 319 | $21,288 | ≈42% | ≈47% | — |
| Colebrook School District | 318 | $21,296 | ≈32% | ≈47% | ≈95% |
| Lisbon Regional School District | 309 | $21,935 | ≈47% | ≈52% | ≈90% |
| North Hampton School District (elementary district) | 301 | $30,183 | 66% | 82% | — |
| Brentwood School District (elementary district) | 289 | $19,083 | ≈67% | ≈77% | — |
| Candia School District (elementary district) | 282 | $30,823 | 53% | 59% | — |
| Grantham School District (elementary district) | 277 | $33,798 | ≈82% | ≈77% | — |
| Chesterfield School District (elementary district) | 274 | $30,763 | ≈47% | ≈67% | — |
| Lincoln-Woodstock School District | 270 | $28,763 | ≈42% | ≈42% | ≈90% |
| Dunbarton School District (elementary district) | 236 | $34,064 | ≈72% | ≈72% | — |
| Profile School District (high school district) | 232 | $24,444 | ≈67% | ≈77% | ≈95% |
| Mont Vernon School District (elementary district) | 216 | $25,602 | ≈52% | ≈72% | — |
| Plainfield School District (elementary district) | 214 | $30,449 | ≈62% | ≈67% | — |
| Andover School District (elementary district) | 212 | $26,575 | ≈42% | ≈67% | — |
| Chichester School District (elementary district) | 201 | $31,537 | ≈62% | ≈62% | — |
| Lyme School District (elementary district) | 198 | $38,232 | ≈67% | ≈77% | — |
| Tamworth School District (elementary district) | 194 | $36,490 | ≈27% | ≈27% | — |
| Thornton School District (elementary district) | 189 | $26,249 | ≈67% | ≈67% | — |
| Hampton Falls School District (elementary district) | 183 | $34,858 | ≈67% | ≈77% | — |
| Bartlett School District (elementary district) | 168 | $46,595 | ≈62% | ≈67% | — |
| Ashland School District (elementary district) | 166 | $22,181 | ≈37% | ≈62% | — |
| Marlborough School District (elementary district) | 160 | $32,475 | ≈32% | ≈32% | — |
| Holderness School District (elementary district) | 144 | $31,764 | ≈47% | ≈67% | — |
| Bethlehem School District (elementary district) | 140 | $26,450 | ≈67% | ≈67% | — |
| East Kingston School District (elementary district) | 137 | $22,978 | ≈67% | ≈62% | — |
| Rollinsford School District (elementary district) | 134 | $41,881 | ≈52% | ≈42% | — |
| Madison School District (elementary district) | 132 | $56,939 | ≈22% | ≈52% | — |
| Kensington School District (elementary district) | 128 | $29,422 | ≈75% | ≈75% | — |
| Cornish School District (elementary district) | 124 | $32,831 | ≈65% | ≈85% | — |
| Lempster School District (elementary district) | 121 | $27,496 | ≈27% | ≈37% | — |
| Newfields School District (elementary district) | 116 | $24,440 | ≈45% | ≈65% | — |
| Milan School District (elementary district) | 114 | $30,447 | ≈57% | ≈42% | — |
| Westmoreland School District (elementary district) | 110 | $35,309 | ≈47% | ≈82% | — |
| Unity School District (elementary district) | 94 | $30,245 | ≈37% | ≈62% | — |
| Lafayette Regional School District (elementary district) | 92 | $31,217 | ≈72% | ≈77% | — |
| Mason School District (elementary district) | 92 | $28,641 | ≈65% | ≈75% | — |
| Monroe School District (elementary district) | 89 | $41,989 | ≈75% | ≈65% | — |
| South Hampton School District (elementary district) | 87 | $33,161 | ≈65% | ≈65% | — |
| Pittsburg School District | 81 | $38,247 | ≈25% | ≈35% | — |
| Rumney School District (elementary district) | 71 | $39,901 | ≈52% | ≈62% | — |
| Wentworth School District (elementary district) | 69 | $26,971 | ≈65% | ≈55% | — |
| Warren School District (elementary district) | 68 | $34,471 | ≈55% | ≈65% | — |
| Bath School District (elementary district) | 67 | $42,269 | ≈65% | ≈65% | — |
| Stewartstown School District (elementary district) | 62 | $40,855 | ≈35% | ≈45% | — |
| Nelson School District (elementary district) | 61 | $31,803 | ≈70% | ≈70% | — |
| Stoddard School District (elementary district) | 61 | $51,230 | ≈55% | ≈55% | — |
| Stratford School District (elementary district) | 60 | $36,933 | ≈35% | ≈35% | — |
| Piermont School District (elementary district) | 56 | $37,821 | ≈65% | ≈55% | — |
| Waterville Valley School District (elementary district) | 55 | $26,509 | — | — | — |
| Harrisville School District (elementary district) | 54 | $38,019 | ≈30% | ≈50% | — |
| Washington School District (elementary district) | 52 | $59,173 | ≈30% | ≈50% | — |
| Newington School District (elementary district) | 51 | $44,706 | ≈50% | ≈70% | — |
| Hill School District (elementary district) | 49 | $43,163 | ≈55% | ≈65% | — |
| Marlow School District (elementary district) | 48 | $42,417 | ≈50% | ≈50% | — |
| Jackson School District (elementary district) | 44 | $65,386 | ≈50% | ≈70% | — |
| Croydon School District (elementary district) | 41 | $32,756 | — | — | — |
| Freedom School District (elementary district) | 36 | $93,583 | ≈35% | ≈55% | — |
| New Castle School District (elementary district) | 26 | $76,385 | ≈95% | ≈95% | — |
| Stark School District (elementary district) | 26 | $40,885 | ≈50% | ≈70% | — |
| Landaff School District (elementary district) | 23 | $47,043 | — | — | — |
| Errol School District (elementary district) | 8 | $68,375 | — | — | — |
Sources
Spending and enrollment come from the NCES School District Finance Survey (F-33) for fiscal year 2022. Proficiency and graduation rates come from EDFacts for school year 2018-19. Districts are matched to ZIP codes through the NCES EDGE geographic relationship file. Nothing on this page is estimated or modelled: a figure is read from a federal source file or it is left blank.
Questions About New Hampshire School Spending
How much does the average New Hampshire school district spend per student?
The middle, or median, New Hampshire district spent $25,246 per student in fiscal year 2022, $10,703 above the national median of $14,543. The median is the better summary here: a few very small districts spend several times what a large one does, and an average would follow them. That median covers all 161 districts the state reports. Across the 161 a ZIP code can reach, which are the ones listed on this page, 160,220 students account for $3.4 billion of current spending.
Which New Hampshire districts spend the most and least per student?
Freedom School District reports the highest figure in the table at $93,583 per student for 36 students, and Manchester School District the lowest at $16,178 for 12,510 students. Enrollment is the denominator, so a small district with one building and one bus route honestly produces a high figure; read the two columns together.
Why are some New Hampshire districts missing from this table?
Every New Hampshire district with federal finance data appears in this table.
Does this money follow a child who is homeschooled?
No. The figure is what the district spends on a seat in its own schools, funded from local property tax, state formula aid and federal programs. Withdrawing a child removes the child from the count rather than sending the money home. TheHomeschoolingCompany is $1,788 for one student for a school year by comparison, less for each child after the first.
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