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B+

Amherst School District

Public school districtGrades PK–8

Serves Amherst.

Amherst’s School Grade B+ better than 74% of New Hampshire school districts

Students
1,311
Schools
2
Spent per student
$23,171
NH $23,296
Students per teacher
11:1
Free or reduced lunch
7%
Debt
$1M
fiscal 2024
The gist

What stands out about Amherst School District

  • Its letter, B+: results better than 72% of New Hampshire districts
  • Math proficiency 15 pts above the state
  • Reading proficiency 7 pts above the state
  • 11 students per teacher
  • Debt of $1M, about $732 per student
The School Grade

What this district adds to its towns’ grade

B+: better than 72% of the 172 New Hampshire school districts we grade. Each town’s School Grade weighs its districts by the students they test; spending and class size are shown but don’t count.

Test scoresReading and math well above the state, 2021–22
B+
The town it serves, and its School Grade
B+Amherst 11,985

How TownRatings grades schools →

Where would my kid go?

The school path for Amherst. Grade by grade →

PK–4Clark-Wilkins SchoolThis district
5–8Amherst Middle SchoolThis district
9–12Souhegan Coop High SchoolSouhegan Cooperative School District

Test scores vs. NH

2021–22
Math proficiency55%
State average 40.5% · 875 students tested
Reading / language arts58%
State average 50.8% · 868 students tested

94% of students in the tested grades sat the 2022 tests.

Graduation rate 98% at Souhegan Cooperative School District, which runs the high school (state 88.1%) · class of 2023.

Reported to the U.S. Department of Education (EDFacts via ED Data Express and the Urban Institute); the newest year for each measure.

Where the money goes

fiscal 2024
$23,171 per student · 1% below NH
Spending
Classroom instruction 61%Support & administration 36%Other 2%
Paid for by
Local (mostly property tax) 80%State 18%Federal 2%

Fiscal 2022–24 includes federal pandemic relief (ESSER).

U.S. Census Bureau, Annual Survey of School System Finances.

Enrollment over time
1,256’20
1,319’21
1,347’22
1,341’23
1,311’24

Up 4.4% since 2020–21.

Students
White 88%Hispanic 5%Two or more races 5%Asian 1%Black <1%American Indian/Alaska Native <1%

Schools in the district

2 public schools. Each public school’s letter compares its own 2020–21 reading and math results with New Hampshire’s other public schools.

Clark-Wilkins School
Elementary · Grades PK–4 · Amherst
A
676 students10:1
Amherst Middle School
Middle · Grades 5–8 · Amherst
B+
635 students12:1

Nearby districts

Compare spending and schools next door.

Bedford School DistrictBedford
$19,694per student
Hollis School DistrictHollis
$21,675per student
Hollis-Brookline Cooperative School DistrictHollis
$22,388per student
Merrimack School DistrictMerrimack
$23,018per student

District facts: U.S. Department of Education (NCES school directory 2024–25 and district boundaries) and the U.S. Census Bureau’s school finance survey. Test scores and graduation: state results reported to the U.S. Department of Education (EDFacts via ED Data Express and the Urban Institute). The letters are our own summary, graded within New Hampshire.