NCES CCD 2024-25 7 schools NH

Best-Resourced Schools in Merrimack, NH

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7 public K-12 schools in Merrimack from NCES Common Core of Data: enrollment, grade span, demographics, and Civil Rights Data Collection statistics for every active campus.

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7
Schools
3,613
Students
47/100
Avg Resource Index
12.2:1
Avg Student-Teacher Ratio

National city placement

Middle-of-corpus city profile

According to NCES CCD 2024-25, Merrimack has more public-school enrollment than 38% of the 4,487 US cities in this directory. Merrimack sits in the broad middle of the national city distribution rather than at a single obvious extreme. Its scale, average Resource Investment Index, and staffing position need to be read together: a middle placement on one measure does not cancel a stronger or weaker result on another. The percentile panel makes those dimensions explicit, and the school table shows where the city aggregate breaks into materially different campus profiles.

Combined-grade campuses shape the local portfolio

3 of Merrimack's 7 listed schools use NCES's combined or “other” grade-level classification. Citywide averages therefore blend campuses serving unusually broad or nonstandard grade spans with conventional elementary, middle, and high schools. Grade configuration is a first-order comparison here, not a minor label.

Campus spread matters more than the city mean

The 24-point gap between Merrimack High School and Thorntons Ferry School shows the range hidden by Merrimack's average Resource Investment Index. The city figure is useful for national placement, but families ultimately choose among campuses with different grade spans, enrollment, district affiliations, and reported support fields. Start with schools serving the relevant grade level, then compare the index components rather than assuming the city average describes any one classroom.

City enrollment
Top 62%
School count
Top 65%
Resource Index average
78th percentile
Teacher staffing
87th percentile

Merrimack High School accounts for 29.3% of all Merrimack public-school enrollment

That dominant concentration means Merrimack-wide averages can mask substantial variation outside the largest entity. Grade level: High. The share measures enrollment concentration only; it does not establish how districts allocate programs, capital, or staff. Enrollment-weighted aggregates give this entity more weight than any smaller peer, while an unweighted entity average treats every record equally.

Source: NCES Common Core of Data

Merrimack school enrollment varies 6.6× across entities

Merrimack school enrollment ranges from 160 students (lowest) to 1,057 students (highest), a spread of 897 students. That relatively narrow ratio reflects an unusually homogeneous school portfolio for a city this size. Per-school staffing and program breadth can differ sharply at opposite ends of that enrollment range, so the city average should not be treated as a typical campus.

Source: NCES Common Core of Data

Merrimack student-teacher ratio is 12.2:1 — low (typically associated with smaller schools or per-school staffing investment that often correlates with stronger per-student supports)

student-teacher ratio is the simplest comparative metric but it does not capture the full picture: the ratio counts FTE classroom teachers against total enrollment, push-in specialists, English-language aides, special-education co-teachers, and counselors are not included in most reporting Lower values often correlate with smaller scale and population characteristics rather than higher resource budgets per se.

Source: NCES Common Core of Data, Public School Universe

1 of Merrimack's 7 listed schools are charters

14% of the city's listed public-school campuses are reported as charter schools in NCES CCD. Charter status identifies a different governance arrangement; it does not establish admissions availability, academic quality, or the share of city students enrolled in those campuses. Open each school record to compare enrollment and staffing directly.

Source: NCES Common Core of Data

# School Score
1. Merrimack High School 61
2. Merrimack Middle School 52
3. James Mastricola Upper Elementary School 50
4. Gate City Charter School for the Arts 47
5. James Mastricola Elementary School 42
6. Reeds Ferry School 40
7. Thorntons Ferry School 37

Most racially and ethnically mixed schools in Merrimack

Ranked by the Simpson student-body diversity index (0-100) from NCES race and ethnicity data, where higher means a more evenly mixed student body. It measures mix, not quality.

  1. 1 Reeds Ferry School 34.1/100
  2. 2 Gate City Charter School for the Arts 31.7/100
  3. 3 James Mastricola Upper Elementary School 28.2/100
  4. 4 Thorntons Ferry School 25.8/100
  5. 5 James Mastricola Elementary School 23.9/100

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Which Merrimack school has the highest Resource Investment Index? ▼

Merrimack High School has the highest Resource Investment Index among the Merrimack schools in this federal-data comparison at 61/100. The index summarizes reported staffing, counseling, gifted-program, and attendance inputs; it is not an academic rating.

How many schools are in Merrimack, NH? ▼

Merrimack has 7 public schools with a total enrollment of 3,613 students. 1 are charter schools. Average student-teacher ratio: 12.2:1.

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Data from NCES Common Core of Data (CCD) 2024-25 and Civil Rights Data Collection (CRDC) 2021-22. The Resource Investment Index uses reported student-teacher ratio, counselor access, gifted programs, and attendance; it is not an academic rating. Cities must include at least five schools to be listed. This public-data comparison is for informational purposes: verify current enrollment, attendance boundaries, and programs with the school district before acting. See the guide to understanding NCES data.