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Berlin, New Hampshire - 3 schools
An equity score of 64/100 ranks Berlin School District #31 of 114 districts in New Hampshire (state average 51). Derived live from how evenly resources are distributed across the district's schools.
At $21,015 per pupil, Berlin School District ranks #125 of 161 New Hampshire districts by per-pupil spending (New Hampshire districts). NCES F-33 finance data.
1,023
Total Enrollment
3
Schools
$21,015
Per-Pupil Spending
Combined, High
School Types
District-Level NCES Analysis
Berlin School District operates 3 public schools serving 1,023 students, placing it among the smallest districts in New Hampshire. The school portfolio breaks down into 1 combined, 1 high, 1 middle schools, a small enough portfolio that most families will interact with nearly every campus in the district at some point. These enrollment and school figures come from the NCES Common Core of Data (CCD) 2024-25 release, and the district is based in Coos County.
Per-pupil expenditure runs $21,015 according to the NCES F-33 School District Finance Survey, in the lower half of 161 New Hampshire districts by per-pupil spending. See how New Hampshire compares in our national per-pupil spending analysis. The funding mix is 29.9% local, 49.8% state, and 20.4% federal, a balanced mix across local, state, and federal sources, spreading budget risk across funding cycles rather than concentrating it in one. The district's equity score is 64/100, ranked #31 of 114 in New Hampshire against a state average of 51, notably more even than the typical district in the state for how evenly funding reaches its schools.
Academic infrastructure includes 1 of 3 schools offering Advanced Placement (4 AP courses district-wide), a 203.8:1 student-counselor ratio, that meets the ASCA-recommended benchmark, and 53.2% chronic absenteeism from the 2021-22 Civil Rights Data Collection. Demographically, the student body averages 90.5% White, 3.7% Hispanic or Latino, 1.0% African American across the district's schools. Its most demographically mixed campus is Berlin Elementary School, with a diversity index of 18.2/100.
Its largest campus is Berlin Elementary School, enrolling 412 students (43% of the district's total enrollment).
Berlin Elementary School accounts for 40.3% of all Berlin School District student enrollment
That dominant concentration means Berlin School District-wide averages can mask substantial variation outside the dominant entity. Grade band: combined. A single dominant campus often anchors a district's program offerings and staffing patterns; the share helps explain why district-wide averages may not reflect the typical neighbourhood-school experience. When one entity dominates a region's footprint, its programmatic and budget decisions effectively set policy for a majority of the affected population.
Berlin School District student-counselor ratio is 204:1 — low (typically associated with meeting or exceeding the American School Counselor Association (ASCA) recommended 250:1 benchmark, which correlates with stronger college and career counseling capacity)
student-counselor ratio is the simplest comparative metric but it does not capture the full picture: the ratio counts FTE counselors against total enrollment, districts that contract intervention or social-emotional staff outside the counselor classification may be under-counted Lower values often correlate with smaller scale and population characteristics rather than higher resource budgets per se.
Berlin School District chronic absenteeism rate is 53.2% — well above typical (typically associated with unusually large scale or acute resource constraints)
chronic absenteeism rate is the simplest comparative metric but it does not capture the full picture: a student is chronically absent if they miss ≥10% of enrolled days for any reason, illness, family obligations, or disengagement Values this far above typical often signal acute resource constraints or a structurally different scale than most peers — worth reading alongside the underlying counts, not the ratio alone.
Berlin School District has 3 schools, including 1 combined, 1 high, 1 middle. Total enrollment is 1,023 students.
How much does Berlin School District spend per student?
Berlin School District spends $21,015 per student. The district has an equity score of 64/100, ranking #31 in New Hampshire.
What is the demographic composition of Berlin School District?
Berlin School District students are 90.5% White, 3.7% Hispanic or Latino, 1.0% African American, 1.0% Asian, averaged across 3 schools. Source: NCES CCD Membership 2024-25.
What is the equity score for Berlin School District?
Berlin School District has an equity score of 64/100, ranking #31 out of 114 districts in New Hampshire.