Enrollment
654
New Hampshire · 2024-25 NCES data
High school (grades 9-12) · Northwood, NH
Coe-Brown Northwood Academy
Federal NCES profile for Coe-Brown Northwood Academy, including enrollment, faculty, free-lunch eligibility, demographics, and resource indicators - Resource Investment Index 51/100.
2024-25 NCES dataHigh school (grades 9-12)NCES 330733000519
👥 S:T ratio 57
🌟 Gifted program 30
🎓 Counselors 74
📋 Attendance 43
Scored 0–100 from federal NCES and CRDC indicators, resource allocation, not test scores. Full methodology →
The verdict
Coe-Brown Northwood Academy earns 51/100 on the Resource Investment Index, with class sizes near the New Hampshire median.
- 51
- Resource Index · Higher
- 10.7:1
- students per teacher
- 3.5%
- free-lunch eligible
- 654
- students enrolled
Coe-Brown Northwood Academy has class sizes near the New Hampshire median. Computed live against every New Hampshire school reporting to NCES.
School address
NCES ID 330733000519 Verify on NCES CCD record →
Teachers (FTE)
61.0
Federal CCD staff survey
Students per teacher
10.7:1
vs 11.3:1 New Hampshire avg
-5% vs state
Free-lunch eligible
3.5%
vs 21.5% New Hampshire avg
-84% vs state
Student-teacher ratio in context
How Coe-Brown Northwood Academy compares with New Hampshire and U.S. medians
What stands out at Coe-Brown Northwood Academy
Scale and staffing sit near the state mainstream
Coe-Brown Northwood Academy is neither an extreme outlier in enrollment nor in student-teacher ratio among New Hampshire schools. Its profile therefore turns on the other dimensions rather than on scale alone: economic need, counselor coverage, program access, attendance, and district finance. This middle placement is useful because it prevents the campus from being mislabeled as unusually large, small, crowded, or teacher-dense when the federal comparison does not support that claim.
Lower need and stronger resource signals align
Coe-Brown Northwood Academy reports lower free-meal eligibility than most New Hampshire schools and an above-typical Resource Investment Index. The two measures move together, a pattern consistent with the resource advantages that often accompany a lower-need intake. That association should not be mistaken for a causal verdict about the school; it is a transparent description of how this campus sits on two independent federal-data dimensions.
Advanced coursework and guidance align
Coe-Brown Northwood Academy reports 8 Advanced Placement courses and about 131 students per counselor, within the ASCA-recommended 250:1 benchmark. Those signals point in the same direction: students have both a comparatively broad advanced-course menu and guidance capacity to help navigate it. The federal records do not measure course quality or participation equity, but they do show that access is not limited to a course list without corresponding counseling support.
Coe-Brown Northwood Academy is a lower-poverty, large high school in Northwood, New Hampshire, enrolling 654 students.
At 10.7:1, its student-teacher ratio sits close to the New Hampshire median, within a few percentage points of the 11.3:1 state norm, neither notably crowded nor notably small.
Comparatively few students face economic hardship here, 3.5% free-meal eligibility runs 84% below the New Hampshire average.
By headcount it is one of the larger campuses in New Hampshire, bigger than 90% of state schools at 654 students.
Its Resource Investment Index lands in the upper third of 500 scored New Hampshire schools.
Among 76 similarly sized, similarly resourced-need New Hampshire schools statewide, it ranks #7, a top-tier result once campus size and economic need are matched.
Its student body is predominantly White (95% of enrollment) (diversity index 10/100).
On the academic-pipeline side it reports 8 Advanced Placement courses.
Counselor coverage is strong, about 131 students per counselor, inside the American School Counselor Association's recommended 250:1.
Attendance runs somewhat below the norm, with 22.6% of students chronically absent per the 2021-22 civil-rights collection.
Coe-Brown Northwood Academy School District operates only this one school, so Coe-Brown Northwood Academy has no district-mates to compare against locally.
Sourced from NCES CCD, CRDC, and F-33 (federal records, not a quality verdict). How we source and compute this.
Source: National Center for Education Statistics Common Core of Data + CRDC + F-33 · 2024-25
How Coe-Brown Northwood Academy compares
Coe-Brown Northwood Academy on the metrics families compare, against New Hampshire and U.S. means.
| Metric | This school | vs New Hampshire | New Hampshire avg | U.S. avg |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Students per teacher | 10.7:1 | ▼ 5% | 11.3:1 | 15.7:1 |
| Free-lunch eligible | 3.5% | ▼ 84% | 21.5% | 51.7% |
| Enrollment | 654 | top 10% | - | - |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data School-level CCD + state/national means from Public School Universe · 2024-25
10.7:1
Leaner classes than 85% of US schools, among the more generously staffed nationally.
654
Bigger than 77% of US schools by enrollment, mid-sized for the country.
Equity indicators (what these measure)
Economic need
3.5%
free-lunch eligible
- 84% below the New Hampshire average of 21.5%
Below the 40% Title I threshold, among the lower-need profiles in the state; federal aid targets individual qualifying students rather than schoolwide programs.
Staffing depth
10.7:1
students per teacher
- 5% below state mean
Top 46% in New Hampshire - lower ratio than 54% of state schools
Well under the widely cited 15:1 individualized-attention benchmark, among the leaner class loads nationally.
Engagement
22.6%
chronically absent (missed 10%+ of school days)
At or above 20%, the commonly used threshold for "high" chronic absenteeism, signaling significant barriers to regular attendance.
Support staff
Counselors5.0 FTE
Per 131 students, the combined health-and-guidance staffing load for this school.
Discipline context
55
in-school suspensions + 20 out-of-school
Suspension rate: 8.4 per 100 students. Combined in-school and out-of-school rate: 11.5 per 100 students. Reported via the Civil Rights Data Collection.
Student demographics
White 94.6%
Hispanic or Latino 2.9%
Two or More 2.1%
African American 0.2%
Asian 0.2%
Largest group: White at 94.6% of enrollment.
Student-body diversity index 10.4/100
Simpson diversity index - at 10.4, Coe-Brown Northwood Academy is less mixed than the New Hampshire school average of 24.3.
Programs
AP courses offered 8
Similar high schools statewide
Matched by enrollment size and by staffing ratio across all of New Hampshire, not just this city - a different peer set than the local comparisons above.
Similar enrollment (~654 students)
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Frequently asked questions about Coe-Brown Northwood Academy
How many students attend Coe-Brown Northwood Academy?
Coe-Brown Northwood Academy has 654 students enrolled. It is a high school in Northwood, NH.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Coe-Brown Northwood Academy?
The student-teacher ratio at Coe-Brown Northwood Academy is 10.7:1, which is 5% lower than the New Hampshire average of 11.3:1 and 32% lower than the national average of 15.7:1. Lower ratios generally mean more individual attention per student.
What percentage of students receive free lunch at Coe-Brown Northwood Academy?
3.5% of students at Coe-Brown Northwood Academy are eligible for free lunch, compared to the New Hampshire average of 21.5%.
What is the racial and ethnic makeup of Coe-Brown Northwood Academy?
The largest demographic group at Coe-Brown Northwood Academy is White at 94.6% of enrollment, in Northwood, NH.
What is the Resource Investment Index for Coe-Brown Northwood Academy?
Coe-Brown Northwood Academy has a Resource Investment Index of 51/100 (higher reported resources relative to schools nationally) based on 4 factors: student-teacher ratio, gifted-program reporting, counselor availability, chronic absenteeism. Not a test-score or academic measure (national median ~41/100, see methodology).
What other schools are in Coe-Brown Northwood Academy School District?
None reported; Coe-Brown Northwood Academy School District operates only Coe-Brown Northwood Academy as a public school district in NCES's records.
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