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Swanzey, New Hampshire - 7 schools
An equity score of 46/100 ranks Monadnock Regional School District #67 of 114 districts in New Hampshire (state average 51). Derived live from how evenly resources are distributed across the district's schools.
At $20,918 per pupil, Monadnock Regional School District ranks #126 of 161 New Hampshire districts by per-pupil spending (New Hampshire districts). NCES F-33 finance data.
1,634
Total Enrollment
7
Schools
$20,918
Per-Pupil Spending
Combined, Elementary
School Types
District-Level NCES Analysis
Monadnock Regional School District operates 7 public schools serving 1,634 students, placing it among the smallest districts in New Hampshire. The school portfolio breaks down into 3 combined, 2 elementary, 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 Cheshire County.
Per-pupil expenditure runs $20,918 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 49.5% local, 38.3% state, and 12.2% 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 46/100, ranked #67 of 114 in New Hampshire against a state average of 51, in line with the typical spread seen across the state for how evenly funding reaches its schools.
Academic infrastructure includes 1 of 7 schools offering Advanced Placement (4 AP courses district-wide), a 203.3:1 student-counselor ratio, that meets the ASCA-recommended benchmark, and 50.4% chronic absenteeism from the 2021-22 Civil Rights Data Collection. Demographically, the student body averages 90.7% White, 2.6% Hispanic or Latino, 1.9% Asian across the district's schools. Its most demographically mixed campus is Gilsum Steam Academy, with a diversity index of 28.7/100.
Its largest campus is Monadnock Regional High School, enrolling 448 students (28% of the district's total enrollment). Its smallest is Gilsum Steam Academy, at 50 students, a 9x enrollment spread across the district's campuses.
Monadnock Regional High School accounts for 27.4% of all Monadnock Regional School District student enrollment
That dominant concentration means Monadnock Regional 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.
Monadnock Regional School District school enrollment varies 9.0× across entities
Monadnock Regional School District school enrollment ranges from 50 students (lowest) to 448 students (highest), a spread of 398 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.
Monadnock Regional School District student-counselor ratio is 203:1 — 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.
Monadnock Regional School District chronic absenteeism rate is 50.4% — 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.
Comparisons are relative to Monadnock Regional School District's own figures; each column derives from NCES Common Core of Data and the F-33 Finance Survey.
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How many schools are in Monadnock Regional School District?
Monadnock Regional School District has 7 schools, including 1 high, 2 elementary, 3 combined, 1 middle. Total enrollment is 1,634 students.
How much does Monadnock Regional School District spend per student?
Monadnock Regional School District spends $20,918 per student. The district has an equity score of 46/100, ranking #67 in New Hampshire.
What is the demographic composition of Monadnock Regional School District?
Monadnock Regional School District students are 90.7% White, 2.6% Hispanic or Latino, 1.9% Asian, 0.7% African American, averaged across 7 schools. Source: NCES CCD Membership 2024-25.
What is the equity score for Monadnock Regional School District?
Monadnock Regional School District has an equity score of 46/100, ranking #67 out of 114 districts in New Hampshire.