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Derry, New Hampshire - 1 schools
3,060
Total Enrollment
1
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Per-Pupil Spending
High
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District-Level NCES Analysis
Pinkerton Academy School District operates 1 public schools serving 3,060 students, placing it among the smallest districts in New Hampshire. The school portfolio breaks down into 1 high 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 Rockingham County.
Academic infrastructure includes 1 of 1 schools offering Advanced Placement (20 AP courses district-wide), a 119.6:1 student-counselor ratio, that meets the ASCA-recommended benchmark, and 29.6% chronic absenteeism from the 2021-22 Civil Rights Data Collection. Demographically, the student body averages 86.8% White, 5.2% Hispanic or Latino, 2.5% Asian across the district's schools.
Its largest campus is Pinkerton Academy, enrolling 2,990 students (100% of the district's total enrollment).
Pinkerton Academy accounts for 97.7% of all Pinkerton Academy School District student enrollment
That is an overwhelming concentration, leaving the rest of Pinkerton Academy School District a distant remainder — means Pinkerton Academy 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.
Pinkerton Academy School District student-counselor ratio is 120:1 — well below typical (typically associated with unusually small scale or exceptionally high per-unit investment)
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 Values this far below typical often correlate with unusually small scale or population characteristics rather than higher resource budgets per se — worth checking whether the underlying denominator is itself an outlier.
Pinkerton Academy School District chronic absenteeism rate is 29.6% — near the typical range (US average ~28) — aligned with the national post-pandemic baseline of roughly 28% chronic absenteeism
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 Variation between sub-units within Pinkerton Academy School District is typically wider than the Pinkerton Academy School District-aggregate figure suggests.
Comparisons are relative to Pinkerton Academy 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 Pinkerton Academy School District?
Pinkerton Academy School District has 1 school, including 1 high. Total enrollment is 3,060 students.
What is the demographic composition of Pinkerton Academy School District?
Pinkerton Academy School District students are 86.8% White, 5.2% Hispanic or Latino, 2.5% Asian, 1.3% African American, averaged across 1 school. Source: NCES CCD Membership 2024-25.