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Merrimack High School

Serves grades 9 - 12

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Raw data sources:
  • Test Scores: Edfacts (U.S. Department of Education), State departments of education.
  • Expenditures: National Center for Education Statistics.
  • Educational Environment: American Community Survey (U.S. Census Bureau).
Date(s) & Update Frequency:
  • Test data: Reflects 2021 – 2022 school year.
  • Expenditures: 2020
  • Educational Environment: 2021 (latest available). Updated annually.
  • All data updated July 2023

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School Overview

Address
38 Mc Elwain St.
Merrimack, NH 03054
Phone
(603) 424-6204
District
MERRIMACK SCHOOL DISTRICT
County
HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY
Type of School
Regular elementary or secondary
Magnet School
No
Charter School
No
Students Enrolled
1154
Classroom Teachers
96

School Quality Ratings

School Quality Compared to New Hampshire

6

(10 is best)

Better than 55.3% of all NH schools.

School Quality Compared to U.S.

6

(10 is best)

Merrimack High School Test Scores (No Child Left Behind Tests)

Grade 11

70 60 50 40 30 20 10 0
80 60 40 20 0
46%
46%
55%
59%
36%
34%
46%
46%
55%
59%
36%
34%
    Proficiency in Reading and Math
    Proficiency in Reading
    Proficiency in Math
School
State

Class Size (number of students per classroom teacher)

17.5 15 12.5 10 7.5 5 2.5 0
12
12
12
16
    AVG FOR THIS SCHOOL
    AVG FOR DISTRICT
    AVG FOR STATE
    AVG FOR NATION
SCHOOL ENROLLMENT BY GRADE NUMBER OF STUDENTS PERCENTAGE
Grade 9 263 22.8%
Grade 10 280 24.3%
Grade 11 270 23.4%
Grade 12 341 29.5%
Total 1154 100%

School enrollment by group

Ethnic/Racial Groups This School This District This State
White (non-hispanic) 90.1% 92.1% 86.5%
Black 1.9% 1.5% 2.4%
Hispanic 3.7% 3.2% 7.5%
Asian Or Pacific Islander 3.7% 2.6% 3.3%
American Indian Or Native Of Alaska 0.5% 0.6% 0.3%
Economic Groups This School This District This State
Economically disadvantaged 4.5% 6.9% 20.8%
Free lunch eligible 3.7% 5.9% 17.8%
Reduced lunch eligible 0.8% 1.1% 3.0%
POPULATION DISTRICT FOR THIS SCHOOL STATE
POPULATION 26,762 1,395,231
POPULATION DENSITY (per sq. mile) 800.9 155
POPULATION DISTRIBUTION BY AGE DISTRICT FOR THIS SCHOOL STATE
4 YEARS OLD AND BELOW 5.2% 4.6%
5-19 YEARS OLD 19.9% 16.7%
20-44 YEARS OLD 29.1% 30.9%
45-64 YEARS OLD 29.0% 28.9%
65 OR OLDER 16.9% 19.0%
HOUSEHOLD CHARACTERISTICS DISTRICT FOR THIS SCHOOL STATE
Number Of Households 10,009 545,116
Single Parent Households With Children 5.9% 6.4%
Adults With At Least A High School Diploma 96.5% 93.8%
Adults With At Least A Bachelor's Degree 48.1% 39.0%
HOUSEHOLD INCOME DISTRIBUTION DISTRICT FOR THIS SCHOOL STATE
$150,000 or more 32.1% 25.5%
$100,000 - $149,999 24.9% 19.9%
$75,000 - $99,999 12.4% 13.1%
$50,000 - $74,999 15.5% 15.1%
$30,000 - $49,999 7.4% 12.1%
$15,000 - $29,999 4.6% 8.5%
$15,000 or less 3.3% 5.8%

Education Expenditures

For this District Per Student Total % of Total
Instructional Expenditures $11,795 $44,632,280 61.2%
Support Expenditures
Student $1,644 $6,220,896 8.5%
Staff $510 $1,929,840 2.6%
General Administration $616 $2,330,944 3.2%
School Administration $909 $3,439,656 4.7%
Operation $1,358 $5,138,672 7.0%
Transportation $1,002 $3,791,568 5.2%
Other $261 $987,624 1.4%
Total Support $6,299 $23,835,416 32.7%
Non-instructional Expenditures $1,185 $4,484,040 6.1%
Total Expenditures $19,279 $72,951,736 100.0%
For the State Per Student Total % of Total
Instructional Expenditures $11,156 $1,895,999,215 55.8%
Support Expenditures
Student $1,472 $250,096,974 7.4%
Staff $588 $100,013,157 2.9%
General Administration $661 $112,410,714 3.3%
School Administration $1,048 $178,157,560 5.2%
Operation $1,455 $247,304,347 7.3%
Transportation $762 $129,540,600 3.8%
Other $253 $43,006,278 1.3%
Total Support $6,240 $1,060,516,622 31.2%
Non-instructional Expenditures $2,582 $438,893,911 12.9%
Total Expenditures $19,978 $3,395,412,653 100.0%
For the Nation Per Student Total % of Total
Instructional Expenditures $7,794 $384,567,026,223 49.5%
Support Expenditures
Student $841 $41,500,431,613 5.3%
Staff $665 $32,787,987,253 4.2%
General Administration $269 $13,273,339,703 1.7%
School Administration $756 $37,281,585,830 4.8%
Operation $1,191 $58,747,506,944 7.6%
Transportation $504 $24,858,475,672 3.2%
Other $491 $24,247,526,162 3.1%
Total Support $4,716 $232,696,768,378 29.9%
Non-instructional Expenditures $3,247 $160,183,697,619 20.6%
Total Expenditures $15,757 $777,446,989,564 100.0%