High school (grades 9-12) · Alton, NH

Prospect Mountain High School

Federal NCES profile for Prospect Mountain High School, including enrollment, faculty, free-lunch eligibility, demographics, and resource indicators - Resource Investment Index 42/100.

2024-25 NCES dataHigh school (grades 9-12)NCES 330004900619
0/100100/10042/100
🌟 Gifted program
30
🎓 Counselors
73
📋 Attendance
22
Scored 0–100 from federal NCES and CRDC indicators, resource allocation, not test scores. Full methodology →

The verdict

Prospect Mountain High School earns 42/100 on the Resource Investment Index on federal resource data.

42
Resource Index · Typical
17.8%
free-lunch eligible
402
students enrolled

CCD year-over-year · 2022-23 → 2023-24

+18 students YoY

Prospect Mountain High School held near 405 students from 2022-23 to 2023-24 (+18 headcount).

Source: NCES Common Core of Data public-school universe (2022-23, 2023-24).

Steady CCD campus

+18 students YoY 330004900619 · Alton, NH High · SMALL · TRAD

402 enr · 17.8% lunch · RII 42

Nearest enrollment peer: Benson High School (402 students)

Prospect Mountain High School held near 405 students from 2022-23 to 2023-24 (+18 headcount). NCES Common Core of Data stamps for this campus. Read with this school → · District book → · New Hampshire schools → · Find another →

How Prospect Mountain High School compares

Prospect Mountain High School held steady on CCD headcount: ratios and free-lunch share vs New Hampshire and U.S. means.

Metric This school vs New Hampshire New Hampshire avg U.S. avg
Free-lunch eligible 17.8% ▼ 17% 21.5% 51.7%
Enrollment 402 top 27% - -

Source: NCES Common Core of Data School-level CCD + state/national means from Public School Universe · 2024-25

402
Bigger than 48% of US schools by enrollment, mid-sized for the country.

Equity indicators methodology

Economic need
17.8%
free-lunch eligible - 17% below the New Hampshire average of 21.5%
Below the 40% Title I threshold; federal aid targets individual qualifying students rather than schoolwide programs.
Engagement
31.3%
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
Counselors3.0 FTE
Per 134 students, the combined health-and-guidance staffing load for this school.
Discipline context
39
in-school suspensions + 12 out-of-school
Suspension rate: 9.7 per 100 students. Combined in-school and out-of-school rate: 12.7 per 100 students. Reported via the Civil Rights Data Collection.

Student demographics

White 93.0%
Hispanic or Latino 3.0%
Two or More 2.5%
African American 0.7%
Asian 0.7%

Largest group: White at 93.0% of enrollment.

Student-body diversity index 13.3/100

Simpson diversity index - at 13.3, Prospect Mountain High School is less mixed than the New Hampshire school average of 24.3.

Programs

AP courses offered 2

Nationwide high schools with similar size or staffing

Out-of-state peers matched by enrollment and by student-teacher ratio, not the same-city or same-district lists above.

Frequently asked questions about Prospect Mountain High School

How many students attend Prospect Mountain High School?

Prospect Mountain High School has 402 students enrolled. It is a high school in Alton, NH. CCD year-over-year: 387 (2022-23) → 405 (2023-24), nearly flat (+18).

What percentage of students receive free lunch at Prospect Mountain High School?

17.8% of students at Prospect Mountain High School are eligible for free lunch, compared to the New Hampshire average of 21.5%.

What is the racial and ethnic makeup of Prospect Mountain High School?

The largest demographic group at Prospect Mountain High School is White at 93.0% of enrollment, in Alton, NH.

What is the Resource Investment Index for Prospect Mountain High School?

Prospect Mountain High School has a Resource Investment Index of 42/100 (typical reported resources relative to schools nationally) based on 3 factors: 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 Prospect Mountain Jma School District?

None reported; Prospect Mountain Jma School District operates only Prospect Mountain High School as a public school district in NCES's records.

Source: National Center for Education Statistics (NCES) CCD + Public School Universe (2024-25), CRDC (2021-22), F-33 District Finance Survey (FY 2022-23) · 2024-25 Data as of the 2024-25 school year. Coverage from U.S. Department of Education NCES Common Core of Data. Varies by entity type; administrative districts and certain charter networks may report only a subset of fields.

All federal data sources used on this page

Full source list and how we compute each figure: methodology page.