New Hampshire · NCES F-33 finance data

Highest Spending Districts in New Hampshire

The 50 New Hampshire districts that spend the most per student, ranked from NCES F-33 finance data (2022-23). Only districts enrolling 500 or more students are included.

$28,194
Top per-pupil spend
$23,246
Avg across top 50
50
Districts listed

The spending picture in one line

Hampstead School District spends $28,194 per student, the most of any New Hampshire district listed, against an average of $23,246 across the top 50.

$28,194
top spend (Hampstead School District)
$19,705
lowest on this list
1.4×
spread across the listed districts
836
students in the top district
#DistrictPer-Pupil $
1Hampstead School DistrictHampstead$28,194
2Hinsdale School DistrictHinsdale$27,254
3Contoocook Valley School DistrictPeterborough$27,086
4Exeter School DistrictExeter$26,906
5Littleton School DistrictLittleton$26,757
6White Mountains Regional School DistrictWhitefield$26,287
7Dresden School DistrictHanover$26,057
8Seabrook School DistrictHampton$25,916
9Lebanon School DistrictWest Lebanon$25,858
10Stratham School DistrictExeter$25,603
11Mascoma Valley Regional School DistrictEnfield$25,410
12Hampton School DistrictHampton$25,125
13Portsmouth School DistrictPortsmouth$25,059
14Kearsarge Regional School DistrictNew London$24,958
15Governor Wentworth Regional School DistrictWolfeboro Falls$24,829
16Sanborn Regional School DistrictKingston$24,731
17Concord School DistrictConcord$24,406
18Fall Mountain Regional School DistrictLangdon$23,881
19Newport School DistrictNewport$23,673
20Newmarket School DistrictNewmarket$23,454
21Hopkinton School DistrictContoocook$23,087
22Claremont School DistrictClaremont$23,049
23Berlin School DistrictBerlin$23,015
24Pemi-Baker Regional School DistrictPlymouth$22,991
25Oyster River Coop School DistrictDurham$22,976
26Conway School DistrictConway$22,818
27Epping School DistrictEpping$22,737
28Amherst School DistrictAmherst$22,365
29Raymond School DistrictRaymond$22,322
30Milton School DistrictMilton$22,300
31Somersworth School DistrictSomersworth$22,157
32Deerfield School DistrictPembroke$22,053
33Laconia School DistrictLaconia$21,953
34Monadnock Regional School DistrictSwanzey$21,918
35Pittsfield School DistrictPittsfield$21,890
36John Stark Regional School DistrictHenniker$21,845
37Shaker Regional School DistrictBelmont$21,789
38Merrimack School DistrictMerrimack$21,779
39Gilford School DistrictGilford$21,371
40Hollis School DistrictHollis$21,260
41Timberlane Regional School DistrictPlaistow$21,048
42Hooksett School DistrictHooksett$21,035
43Newfound Area School DistrictBristol$21,003
44Farmington School DistrictFarmington$20,954
45Londonderry School DistrictLondonderry$20,750
46Milford School DistrictMilford$20,617
47Franklin School DistrictFranklin$20,230
48Keene School DistrictKeene$19,936
49Salem School DistrictSalem$19,887
50Winnisquam Regional School DistrictTilton$19,705

Methodology

Per-pupil expenditure data comes from the NCES F-33 Finance Survey. Only districts with 500 or more students are included to ensure meaningful comparisons. Spending figures include all current operational expenditures divided by total enrollment.

Per-pupil spending figures come from the National Center for Education Statistics F-33 School District Finance Survey for fiscal year 2022-23, the federal government's annual census of revenues and expenditures across more than 13,000 public school districts. Only districts enrolling 500 or more students are ranked, to keep small-district outliers from distorting the comparison.