New Hampshire school board elections, 2021

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Main article: School board elections, 2021

Elections

The table below contains links to all school board elections covered by Ballotpedia in 2021 in this state. This list may not include all school districts that held elections in 2021. Ballotpedia's coverage included all school districts in the 100 largest cities by population and the 200 largest school districts by student enrollment across the country.

Editor's note: Some school districts choose to cancel the primary election, or both the primary and general election, if the number of candidates who filed does not meet a certain threshold. The table below does not reflect which primary or general elections were canceled. Please click through to each school district's page for more information.

2021 New Hampshire School Board Elections
District Primary General Election General Runoff Election Regular term length Seats up for election Total board seats 2016-17 enrollment
Manchester School District 9/21/2021 11/2/2021 N/A 2 14 14 14,219


Academic performance

See also: Public education in New Hampshire

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NAEP scores

See also: NAEP scores by state

The National Center for Education Statistics provides state-by-state data on student achievement levels in mathematics and reading in the National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP). The table below presents the percentage of fourth and eighth grade students that scored at or above proficient in reading and math during school year 2012-2013. Compared to three neighboring states (Maine, Massachusetts, and Vermont), New Hampshire had the highest percentage of fourth grade students score at or above proficient in math.[1]

Percent of students scoring at or above proficient, 2012-2013
Math - Grade 4 Math - Grade 8 Reading - Grade 4 Reading - Grade 8
New Hampshire 59% 47% 45% 44%
Maine 47% 40% 37% 38%
Massachusetts 58% 55% 47% 48%
Vermont 52% 47% 42% 45%
United States 41% 34% 34% 34%
Source: United States Department of Education, ED Data Express, "State Tables"

Graduation, ACT and SAT scores

See also: Graduation rates by groups in state and ACT and SAT scores in the United States

The following table shows the graduation rates and average composite ACT and SAT scores for New Hampshire and surrounding states during the 2012-2013 school year. All statements made in this section refer to that school year.[1][2][3]

In the United States, public schools reported graduation rates that averaged about 81.4 percent. About 54 percent of all students in the country took the ACT, while 50 percent reported taking the SAT. The average national composite scores for those tests were 20.9 out of a possible 36 for the ACT and 1498 out of a possible 2400 for the SAT.[4]

New Hampshire schools reported a graduation rate of 87.3 percent during the 2012-2013 school year, highest among its neighboring states.

In New Hampshire, more students took the SAT than the ACT in 2013, earning an average SAT score of 1567.

Comparison table for graduation rates and test scores, 2012-2013
State Graduation rate, 2013 Average ACT composite, 2013 Average SAT composite, 2013
Percent Quintile ranking** Score Participation rate Score Participation rate
New Hampshire 87.3% First 23.8 19% 1567 70%
Maine 86.4% First 23.5 8% 1380 95%
Massachusetts 85% Second 24.1 22% 1553 83%
Vermont 86.6% First 23 26% 1540 61%
United States 81.4% 20.9 54% 1498 50%
**Graduation rates for states in the first quintile ranked in the top 20 percent nationally. Similarly, graduation rates for states in the fifth quintile ranked in the bottom 20 percent nationally.
Sources:
United States Department of Education, "ED Data Express"
ACT.org, "2013 ACT National and State Scores"
The Commonwealth Foundation, "SAT scores by state, 2013"

Dropout rate

See also: Public high school dropout rates by state for a full comparison of dropout rates by group in all states

The high school event dropout rate indicates the proportion of students who were enrolled at some time during the school year and were expected to be enrolled in grades nine through 12 in the following school year but were not enrolled by October 1 of the following school year. Students who have graduated, transferred to another school, died, moved to another country, or who are out of school due to illness are not considered dropouts. The average public high school event dropout rate for the United States remained constant at 3.3 percent for both school year 2010-2011 and school year 2011-2012. The event dropout rate for New Hampshire was lower than the national average at 1.3 percent in the 2010-2011 school year and 1.3 percent in the 2011-2012 school year.[5]

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