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Schools in Dalton

Dalton’s public schools

White Mountain Regional School District has no state test or graduation results we can use, so there is no Schools grade for Dalton. Each school below is shown with its own results.

—Not gradedK–12Where will my kid go?0/3schools above New Hampshire’s middle

Tests spring 2022, when 94% of students in New Hampshire’s tested grades sat them, and the class of 2023’s graduation rate (U.S. Department of Education). How TownRatings grades schools

Reading proficiency
38%
2021–22
Math proficiency
25%
2021–22
Graduate on time
87%
class of 2023
Spent per student
$25.7K
▲ 10% vs NH $23.3K
FY2024
Students per teacher
8.2
NH 11.2 · smaller classes
Schools in town
0
885 students on the public path
In brief

Dalton’s schools, in brief

School by school

0 of Dalton’s 3 district schools with test results score above the middle of New Hampshire’s 439 public schools. White Mountains Regional High School places highest (better than 36%); Lancaster Elementary School lowest (16%). See the path ↓

Which school depends on your street

Two elementary schools serve Dalton, graded from C− to C, so it’s worth checking the specific school. Then one high school: White Mountains Regional High School. See the path ↓

Written from the figures on this page. Tests are from 2021–22, graduation from the class of 2023; each school’s own letter uses 2020–21 results.

Where will my kid go?

Pick a grade. These are the public schools in Dalton, with each school’s own grade.

The path, start to finish
PK–82 schoolsDepends on your addressC− to C
9–12White Mountains Regional High Schoolin WhitefieldC+

Which school depends on your address. To confirm it, ask the White Mountain Regional School District.

The district

Spending and class size are shown but don’t count toward the grade. Each district’s own page has every school.

White Mountain Regional School DistrictGrades PK–12 · 3 schools · 885 students, down 11% since 2020–21 · 8.2 per teacher (NH 11.2)
$25,693NH $23,296 · FY2024
C−
Test scores · 2021–22

Well below the state in reading

Reading38%
State average 50.8% · 460 students tested
Math25%
State average 40.5% · 460 students tested

Dalton vs. its neighbors

Schools grades for the New Hampshire towns that share Dalton’s borders.

Schools next door
TownSchoolsMain districts
Dalton—White Mountain Regional
LittletonC+Littleton
WhitefieldC−White Mountain Regional
LancasterC−White Mountain Regional

2 of the 3 neighbors share White Mountain Regional with Dalton, so their letters differ mainly through other districts. Concord, VT and Lunenburg, VT border Dalton but are graded on their own state’s tests, so they’re left out.

Every school in Dalton

3 schools. Each public school’s letter compares its own 2020–21 reading and math results with New Hampshire’s other public schools (the newest school-level results we have).

Also serving Daltonin other towns
Lancaster Elementary School
Elementary · Grades PK–8 · Lancaster
C−
310 students8:1Rate it →
Whitefield Elementary School
Elementary · Grades PK–8 · Whitefield
C
256 students9:1Rate it →
White Mountains Regional High School
High · Grades 9–12 · Whitefield
C+
319 students8:1Rate it →

Questions about Dalton’s schools

Are Dalton’s schools good?

There’s no Schools grade for Dalton. White Mountain Regional School District has no state test or graduation results we can use, so there is no Schools grade for Dalton. Each school below is shown with its own results. School by school, 0 of its 3 district schools with test results score above the middle of New Hampshire’s public schools on their 2020–21 results.

What school district is Dalton in?

White Mountain Regional School District.

Where do Dalton kids go to high school?

White Mountains Regional High School.

Parents talk

What Dalton families are saying about school.

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School data: state test results (2021–22, with participation) and four-year graduation rates (class of 2023) reported to the U.S. Department of Education (EDFacts via ED Data Express); each school’s own letter uses its 2020–21 results (EDFacts via the Urban Institute); schools and enrollment from NCES (2024–25; private schools 2023–24); spending from the Census Bureau’s school finance survey (FY2024). Stars are from neighbors.