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Nashua High School South

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 2018 – 2019 school year [note on school closures TBD].
  • Expenditures: 2018
  • Educational Environment: 2018 (latest available). Updated annually.

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School Overview

Address
36 Riverside Dr.
Nashua, NH 03062
Phone
(603) 966-1100
District
NASHUA SCHOOL DISTRICT
County
HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY
Type of School
Regular elementary or secondary
Magnet School
No
Charter School
No
Students Enrolled
1832
Classroom Teachers
142

School Quality Ratings

School Quality Compared to New Hampshire

5

(10 is best)

Better than 41.6% of all NH schools.

School Quality Compared to U.S.

6

(10 is best)

Nashua High School South Test Scores (No Child Left Behind Tests)

Grade 10

70 60 50 40 30 20 10 0
80 60 40 20 0
46%
51%
57%
61%
34%
40%
46%
51%
57%
61%
34%
40%
    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
13
12
11
16
    AVG FOR THIS SCHOOL
    AVG FOR DISTRICT
    AVG FOR STATE
    AVG FOR NATION
SCHOOL ENROLLMENT BY GRADE NUMBER OF STUDENTS PERCENTAGE
Grade 9 547 29.9%
Grade 10 443 24.2%
Grade 11 436 23.8%
Grade 12 406 22.2%
Total 1832 100%

School enrollment by group

Ethnic/Racial Groups This School This District This State
White (non-hispanic) 55.0% 56.8% 87.2%
Black 4.5% 3.8% 2.3%
Hispanic 26.7% 29.6% 6.8%
Asian Or Pacific Islander 13.8% 9.7% 3.4%
American Indian Or Native Of Alaska 0.1% 0.1% 0.3%
Economic Groups This School This District This State
Economically disadvantaged 21.6% 31.0% 21.1%
Free lunch eligible 18.7% 26.6% 18.0%
Reduced lunch eligible 2.9% 4.5% 3.1%
POPULATION DISTRICT FOR THIS SCHOOL STATE
POPULATION 89,052 1,388,992
POPULATION DENSITY (per sq. mile) 2,815.2 155
POPULATION DISTRIBUTION BY AGE DISTRICT FOR THIS SCHOOL STATE
4 YEARS OLD AND BELOW 5.9% 4.6%
5-19 YEARS OLD 15.6% 17.2%
20-44 YEARS OLD 34.5% 30.5%
45-64 YEARS OLD 27.5% 29.4%
65 OR OLDER 16.5% 18.2%
HOUSEHOLD CHARACTERISTICS DISTRICT FOR THIS SCHOOL STATE
Number Of Households 36,446 540,498
Single Parent Households With Children 8.4% 6.7%
Adults With At Least A High School Diploma 91.2% 93.6%
Adults With At Least A Bachelor's Degree 37.1% 38.2%
HOUSEHOLD INCOME DISTRIBUTION DISTRICT FOR THIS SCHOOL STATE
$150,000 or more 17.4% 21.7%
$100,000 - $149,999 18.2% 19.6%
$75,000 - $99,999 13.5% 13.7%
$50,000 - $74,999 16.4% 15.9%
$30,000 - $49,999 16.7% 13.3%
$15,000 - $29,999 10.2% 9.5%
$15,000 or less 7.5% 6.3%

Education Expenditures

For this District Per Student Total % of Total
Instructional Expenditures $9,091 $101,401,014 60.6%
Support Expenditures
Student $1,254 $13,987,116 8.4%
Staff $508 $5,666,232 3.4%
General Administration $298 $3,323,892 2.0%
School Administration $671 $7,484,334 4.5%
Operation $1,310 $14,611,740 8.7%
Transportation $656 $7,317,024 4.4%
Other $175 $1,951,950 1.2%
Total Support $4,871 $54,331,134 32.5%
Non-instructional Expenditures $1,036 $11,555,544 6.9%
Total Expenditures $14,998 $167,287,692 100.0%
For the State Per Student Total % of Total
Instructional Expenditures $11,005 $1,859,429,443 54.4%
Support Expenditures
Student $1,426 $240,939,320 7.1%
Staff $571 $96,478,839 2.8%
General Administration $638 $107,756,983 3.2%
School Administration $1,014 $171,397,955 5.0%
Operation $1,461 $246,897,029 7.2%
Transportation $818 $138,171,005 4.0%
Other $245 $41,349,696 1.2%
Total Support $6,173 $1,043,009,730 30.5%
Non-instructional Expenditures $3,036 $512,992,644 15.0%
Total Expenditures $20,215 $3,415,430,130 100.0%
For the Nation Per Student Total % of Total
Instructional Expenditures $7,549 $372,153,103,143 49.7%
Support Expenditures
Student $792 $39,020,154,935 5.2%
Staff $618 $30,487,652,661 4.1%
General Administration $258 $12,720,931,842 1.7%
School Administration $730 $35,978,592,512 4.8%
Operation $1,169 $57,607,988,317 7.7%
Transportation $527 $26,002,463,553 3.5%
Other $459 $22,633,739,814 3.0%
Total Support $4,553 $224,451,138,461 30.0%
Non-instructional Expenditures $3,074 $151,519,765,183 20.3%
Total Expenditures $15,176 $748,124,887,521 100.0%

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