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Keene, New Hampshire - 7 schools
An equity score of 31/100 ranks Keene School District #93 of 114 districts in New Hampshire (state average 51). Derived live from how evenly resources are distributed across the district's schools.
At $19,120 per pupil, Keene School District ranks #143 of 161 New Hampshire districts by per-pupil spending (New Hampshire districts). NCES F-33 finance data.
3,064
Total Enrollment
7
Schools
$19,120
Per-Pupil Spending
Elementary, High
School Types
District-Level NCES Analysis
Keene School District operates 7 public schools serving 3,064 students, placing it among the smallest districts in New Hampshire. The school portfolio breaks down into 4 elementary, 1 high, 1 middle, 1 combined 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 Cheshire County.
Per-pupil expenditure runs $19,120 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 65.5% local, 25.6% state, and 8.9% federal, a local-revenue-heavy mix that leaves the district more exposed to property-tax swings and local ballot measures than state-funded peers. The district's equity score is 31/100, ranked #93 of 114 in New Hampshire against a state average of 51, notably less even than the typical district in the state for how evenly funding reaches its schools.
Academic infrastructure includes 1 of 7 schools offering Advanced Placement (11 AP courses district-wide), a 225.3:1 student-counselor ratio, that meets the ASCA-recommended benchmark, and 47.2% chronic absenteeism from the 2021-22 Civil Rights Data Collection. Demographically, the student body averages 85.0% White, 5.7% Hispanic or Latino, 2.7% Asian across the district's schools. Its most demographically mixed campus is Franklin Elementary School, with a diversity index of 35.2/100.
Its largest campus is Keene High School, enrolling 1,288 students (43% of the district's total enrollment). Its smallest is Jonathan Daniels School, at 93 students, a 14x enrollment spread across the district's campuses.
Keene High School accounts for 42.0% of all Keene School District student enrollment
That dominant concentration means Keene School District-wide averages can mask substantial variation outside the dominant entity. Grade band: high. 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.
Keene School District school enrollment varies 14× across entities
Keene School District school enrollment ranges from 93 students (lowest) to 1,288 students (highest), a spread of 1,195 students. That spread reflects typical mixed-portfolio variation between specialty programs and large neighbourhood schools. Per-school staffing ratios, programme availability, and capital-renovation cycles often diverge inside the same district based on enrollment shape.
Keene School District student-counselor ratio is 225:1 — 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.
Keene School District chronic absenteeism rate is 47.2% — 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.
Keene School District has 7 schools, including 1 high, 1 middle, 4 elementary, 1 combined. Total enrollment is 3,064 students.
How much does Keene School District spend per student?
Keene School District spends $19,120 per student. The district has an equity score of 31/100, ranking #93 in New Hampshire.
What is the demographic composition of Keene School District?
Keene School District students are 85.0% White, 5.7% Hispanic or Latino, 2.7% Asian, 2.4% African American, averaged across 7 schools. Source: NCES CCD Membership 2024-25.
What is the equity score for Keene School District?
Keene School District has an equity score of 31/100, ranking #93 out of 114 districts in New Hampshire.