These Are The Top 25 Public High Schools In NH, New Ranking Say

NEW HAMPSHIRE ? According to new rankings from the education platform Niche, several Granite State schools are among the best public schools in America.

Niche?s 2024 Best Schools and Districts rankings include data on 94,058 public schools, 30,809 private schools, and 12,192 school districts.

This year?s rankings include 7,375 newly ranked public schools. Below are the top 25 public high schools in New Hampshire, according to Niche:

1. Academy for Science & Design (Nashua)
2. Hanover High School
3. Hollis-Brookline High School
4. Bedford High School
5. Portsmouth High School
6. Souhegan Cooperative High School (Amherst)
7. Windham High School
8. Coe-Brown Northwood Academy
9. Londonderry Senior High School
10. Bow High School
11. Sunapee Senior High School
12. Nashua High School South
13. Profile Senior High School (Bethlehem)
14. Lebanon High School
15. Moultonborough Academy High School
16. Exeter High School
17. Hopkinton High School
18. Goffstown High School
19. Winnacunnet High School (Hampton)
20. Salem High School
21. Kearsarge Regional High School (Sutton)
22. Dover Senior High School
23. Manchester Central High School
24. Nashua High School North
25. Concord High School

You can view the full rankings here.

Niche said its rankings, now in the ninth year, differ from others that rely almost exclusively on test scores and academic performance in that it also includes 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.

The company 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.

As in previous years, the Best Schools rankings include categories for boarding, charter, and magnet schools as well as schools for STEM and the arts, among many others.

Check back with Patch this week for coverage of New Hampshire?s best school districts and best private schools.