Merrimack Valley High School
Public high school, grades 9 to 12 · Penacook, New Hampshire
Merrimack Valley High School in Penacook, New Hampshire enrolled 744 students in 2024-25 with 53.8 full-time teachers, 13.8 students per teacher against the New Hampshire high-school median of 11.5. It was eligible for Title I in 2021-22 but ran no program; it takes part in the National School Lunch Program (2024-25). On the state tests, 50-54% of its students tested were proficient in reading in 2021-22 and 15-19% proficient in math in 2022-23 (New Hampshire: 50.8% and 41.6%). Its four-year graduation rate for the class of 2023 was 90-94% (New Hampshire: 88.1%).
NCES Common Core of Data 2024-25 · Civil Rights Data Collection 2021-22 · Title I status CCD 2021-22 · method
Enrollment fell 5% from 2022-23 to 2024-25; full-time teachers fell 4%
784 students in 2022-23, 756 students in 2023-24, 744 students in 2024-25. Full-time teachers went from 56.0 to 53.8.
The numbers as a table
| School year | Students | Teachers (FTE) | Per teacher |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022-23 | 784 | 56.0 | 14.0 |
| 2023-24 | 756 | 54.0 | 14.0 |
| 2024-25 | 744 | 53.8 | 13.8 |
13.8 students per teacher, a higher ratio than 84 of every 100 New Hampshire high schools
Among the 95 New Hampshire high schools that reported teachers for 2024-25 the median is 11.5; the national median for high schools is 14.5. A ratio counts every teacher, so it is not the size of a class.
Source: NCES Common Core of Data membership and staff files, 2022-23, 2023-24, 2024-25; the comparison counts schools with a 2024-25 teacher count and a ratio from 3 to 99 (lower values are reporting errors).
4 AP courses and one counselor per 113 students in 2021-22
In the 2021-22 civil rights collection Merrimack Valley High School enrolled 790 students and had 7.0 counselors (full-time equivalent); it reported 78 out-of-school suspensions that year.
- Advanced Placement courses4
- Gifted and talented programNo
- Counselors (FTE)7.0, one per 113 of the 790 students enrolled in 2021-22
- Out-of-school suspensions78
- Chronically absent40.9% (2022-23)
Who attends
90.9% of students were White, 3.4% Hispanic, 2.6% of two or more races in 2024-25.
- White90.9%
- Hispanic3.4%
- Two or more races2.6%
- Black2.3%
- Asian0.8%
- American Indian0.1%
Source: U.S. Department of Education, Civil Rights Data Collection 2021-22; chronic absenteeism from EDFacts 2022-23; every count and the counselor ratio are for that school year. Who attends: NCES Common Core of Data 2024-25, membership by race and ethnicity.
State test results, 2021-22 and 2022-23
The students tested at Merrimack Valley High School scored proficient or above: 50-54% in reading in 2021-22 and 15-19% in math in 2022-23, against 50.8% in reading in 2021-22 and 41.6% in math in 2022-23 across New Hampshire. Each state writes its own test and sets its own proficiency bar, so compare these within New Hampshire, not across states. ED Data Express holds no district results after 2021-22, so the district column gives its 2021-22 figure.
| Subject and year | This school | Its district | New Hampshire |
|---|---|---|---|
| Reading and language arts, 2021-22 | 50‑54% | 46% | 50.8% |
| Math, 2022-23 | 15‑19% | 39% (2021-22) | 41.6% |
Source: U.S. Department of Education, EDFacts state assessment results 2021-22 and 2022-23, all students, from ED Data Express (2021-22 through the Data Rescue Project archive); for 2022-23 ED published math by school and reading only by state: ED shows school and district results as ranges (for example 20-24%) to protect small groups.
Graduation rate, class of 2023
90-94% of the 182 students in Merrimack Valley High School's class of 2023 graduated within four years, against 88.1% across New Hampshire. The four-year rate follows the students who started ninth grade in fall 2019, adjusted for those who moved in or out, and counts those who earned a regular diploma by 2023. Every state computes it the same way under federal law, though each sets its own diploma requirements.
| This school | Its district | New Hampshire | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Four-year graduation rate | 90‑94% | 90‑94% | 88.1% |
| Students in the class | 182 | 182 | 13,202 |
Source: U.S. Department of Education, EDFacts four-year adjusted-cohort graduation rates 2022-23, all students, from ED Data Express: ED shows school and district rates as ranges (for example 90-94%) and leaves out small classes.
High schools in Penacook
2 public high schools in Penacook report 2024-25 enrollment; Merrimack Valley High School is the largest.
| School | Students | Per teacher | Free lunch |
|---|---|---|---|
| Merrimack Valley High School | 744 | 13.8 | 18.8% |
| CSI Charter School | 34 | 16.2 | 11.8% |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data 2024-25.
What to look at next about Merrimack Valley High School
- CSI Charter SchoolThe nearest public high school, 0.6 miles away: 34 students, 16.2 per teacher (2024-25).0.6 mi
- Concord High SchoolThe next nearest public high school, 5.5 miles away: 1,394 students, 13.0 per teacher (2024-25).5.5 mi
- Compare Merrimack Valley High School with CSI Charter SchoolStudents, teachers, meals, test results and who attends, side by side.
- How much Merrimack Valley School District spends per student$19,273 per student on current operations in fiscal year 2022-23 (U.S. $16,260), with its revenue sources and teacher pay.$19,273
- The largest public schools in New HampshireMerrimack Valley High School is the number 24 by size of 96 New Hampshire high schools open in 2024-25.#24 of 96
- New Hampshire schools by students per teacher13.8 students per teacher here against the New Hampshire median of 11.5 for high schools.13.8:1
- Find the school district for an addressA home's district, not its city, decides which public schools it can enroll in.
Source: NCES Common Core of Data 2024-25 (locations, enrollment, teachers); NCES F-33 finance survey, fiscal year 2022-23. Distances are straight lines between the schools' NCES coordinates, not travel routes.
Questions about Merrimack Valley High School
How many students attend Merrimack Valley High School?
744 in the 2024-25 school year, according to the NCES Common Core of Data; 784 in 2022-23. It is a high school in Penacook, NH.What is the student-teacher ratio at Merrimack Valley High School?
13.8 students per full-time teacher (2024-25); the New Hampshire median for high schools is 11.5. A ratio counts every teacher, so it is not the size of a class.Is Merrimack Valley High School a Title I school?
Merrimack Valley High School was eligible for Title I in 2021-22 but ran no Title I program (2021-22 is the last year NCES published school Title I status).How do students at Merrimack Valley High School do on state tests?
The students tested at Merrimack Valley High School scored proficient or above: 50-54% in reading in 2021-22 and 15-19% in math in 2022-23, against 50.8% in reading in 2021-22 and 41.6% in math in 2022-23 across New Hampshire. New Hampshire's own test sets what proficient means, so results compare within the state, not across states. Source: U.S. Department of Education, EDFacts state assessment results, 2021-22 and 2022-23; ED publishes school results as ranges to protect small groups.What is the graduation rate at Merrimack Valley High School?
90-94% of the 182 students in Merrimack Valley High School's class of 2023 graduated within four years, against 88.1% across New Hampshire. The rate counts the students who started ninth grade in fall 2019, adjusted for those who moved in or out, and the share of them with a regular diploma by 2023. Source: U.S. Department of Education, EDFacts four-year adjusted-cohort graduation rates, 2022-23; ED publishes school rates as ranges to protect small groups.What district is Merrimack Valley High School in?
Merrimack Valley School District, NCES district ID 3304760. The first seven digits of the school's NCES ID 330476000284 are the district's.
Reading these figures: how to choose a school district, what Title I means and what an absenteeism rate means. They are for information and are not a substitute for the school's or district's own records.
Sources
Every federal file behind this record
- NCES Common Core of Data, 2024-25: directory, membership, staff and lunch files. nces.ed.gov
- NCES Common Core of Data, 2021-22 school characteristics: Title I status. nces.ed.gov
- Civil Rights Data Collection, 2021-22: AP courses, gifted programs, counselors, discipline. civilrightsdata.ed.gov
- EDFacts, 2022-23: chronic absenteeism. ed.gov
- EDFacts state assessment results, 2021-22 and 2022-23: reading and math proficiency for the school, its district and its state (ED Data Express). eddataexpress.ed.gov
- EDFacts four-year adjusted-cohort graduation rates, 2022-23: the class of 2023 for the school, its district and its state (ED Data Express). eddataexpress.ed.gov
- NCES F-33 School District Finance Survey, fiscal year 2022-23: district spending and revenue. nces.ed.gov
- U.S. Census Bureau geocoder and TIGER school districts: the district boundary used by the district finder. census.gov
Source: NCES Common Core of Data Directory, membership, staff and lunch files · 2024-25
Source: Civil Rights Data Collection School-level files (AP, gifted, counselors, discipline) · 2021-22
District spending on the district page is from the NCES F-33 finance survey, fiscal year 2022-23.