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Whitefield, New Hampshire - 3 schools
An equity score of 79/100 ranks White Mountains Regional School District #8 of 114 districts in New Hampshire (state average 51). Derived live from how evenly resources are distributed across the district's schools.
At $23,245 per pupil, White Mountains Regional School District ranks #97 of 161 New Hampshire districts by per-pupil spending (New Hampshire districts). NCES F-33 finance data.
979
Total Enrollment
3
Schools
$23,245
Per-Pupil Spending
Combined, High
School Types
District-Level NCES Analysis
White Mountains Regional School District operates 3 public schools serving 979 students, placing it among the smallest districts in New Hampshire. The school portfolio breaks down into 2 combined, 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 Coos County.
Per-pupil expenditure runs $23,245 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 47.1% local, 38.4% state, and 14.5% 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 79/100, ranked #8 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 (7 AP courses district-wide), a 190.2:1 student-counselor ratio, that meets the ASCA-recommended benchmark, and 53.1% chronic absenteeism from the 2021-22 Civil Rights Data Collection. Demographically, the student body averages 90.7% White, 3.4% Hispanic or Latino, 0.9% African American across the district's schools. Its most demographically mixed campus is Whitefield Elementary School, with a diversity index of 25.5/100.
White Mountains Regional High School accounts for 32.6% of all White Mountains Regional School District student enrollment
That dominant concentration means White Mountains 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.
White Mountains Regional School District student-counselor ratio is 190:1 — 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.
White Mountains Regional School District chronic absenteeism rate is 53.1% — 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 White Mountains 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 White Mountains Regional School District?
White Mountains Regional School District has 3 schools, including 1 high, 2 combined. Total enrollment is 979 students.
How much does White Mountains Regional School District spend per student?
White Mountains Regional School District spends $23,245 per student. The district has an equity score of 79/100, ranking #8 in New Hampshire.
What is the demographic composition of White Mountains Regional School District?
White Mountains Regional School District students are 90.7% White, 3.4% Hispanic or Latino, 0.9% African American, 0.8% Asian, averaged across 3 schools. Source: NCES CCD Membership 2024-25.
What is the equity score for White Mountains Regional School District?
White Mountains Regional School District has an equity score of 79/100, ranking #8 out of 114 districts in New Hampshire.