Haverhill Cooperative Middle School, North Haverhill NH

Original Research by School Decision on Haverhill Cooperative Middle School

Haverhill Cooperative Middle School sits in North Haverhill, New Hampshire, serving grades four through eight as a regular public school in the Haverhill Cooperative School District. It is a small school by any measure, with roughly five dozen or fewer students per grade level. The student body is almost entirely white, with only a handful of students identifying as Hispanic, multiracial, American Indian or Alaska Native, or Black. A moderate share of students qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. Data on individualized education programs and English learners was not reported, so those figures are absent here rather than assumed.

The most recent New Hampshire state assessment results, from the current school year, paint a mixed picture that tilts toward concern in mathematics. Fourth-grade math starts at a moderate level, with roughly two-fifths of tested students reaching proficiency. From fifth grade onward, math proficiency drops sharply. Sixth grade stands out as particularly low, with almost no students clearing the proficient bar, and seventh and eighth grade remain well below where most schools would want to be. Participation was strong across every grade and subject, so the results reflect nearly the full student body rather than a skewed subset.

English language arts tells a more encouraging story. Fourth grade again performs reasonably well, and while fifth and sixth grade dip, seventh and eighth grade recover to levels comparable to the fourth-grade starting point. Reading and writing appear to be relative strengths here compared with the math results. Science, tested only in fifth and eighth grade, shows low proficiency in both, consistent with the broader pattern of weaker quantitative and analytical outcomes.

A parent reading these results may want to look into how the school supports math instruction across the middle-grade transition, particularly between fifth and sixth grade where the drop is steepest. The ELA results suggest the school can move students to proficiency in literacy; the question is whether similar momentum is possible in math with different scaffolding or curriculum support. The school did not report staffing, course access, discipline, or attendance data, so there is little here to contextualize what classroom conditions look like day to day.

Because this is a middle school serving grades four through eight, there is no graduation rate, no AP or dual-credit data, and no college-readiness metric to report. Those simply do not apply to this grade band. Program offerings were not included in the available data, so nothing can be said about electives, extracurriculars, or special initiatives. The same goes for Title I status, which was not reported.

North Haverhill sits in Grafton County, a largely rural stretch of western New Hampshire along the Connecticut River valley. No locale brief was provided, so specific community detail is limited. What the housing data shows is a county market where listings have been moving at a moderate pace, with median days on market sitting around the two-month mark. The county's median listing price runs well below the state benchmark but somewhat above the national one, reflecting the broader pattern of New Hampshire housing costing more than much of the country while remaining cheaper than the Seacoast or southern tier. The zip-code-level home value estimate for the immediate area is lower still, suggesting North Haverhill itself is more affordable than the county average. Estimated monthly mortgage costs at current rates are modest by state standards. Inventory in Grafton County has been climbing year over year, with active listings up substantially, which may give incoming families more options than in recent years.

The district brief returned little of lasting impact. A search for recent parent-relevant changes such as referendums, curriculum shifts, or property tax movements found nothing substantive, so that gap is named rather than filled.

What this school appears to offer is a small, fairly homogeneous rural middle school where literacy instruction holds its own but mathematics outcomes are a clear soft spot. Families considering Haverhill Cooperative Middle School would benefit from asking the school directly about its math curriculum, intervention supports, and any recent changes to how the middle grades are staffed or scheduled. The data here raises fair questions without answering them, and the school itself is the right place to take those questions next.

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Academic performance

How students perform on state tests, by grade, set against the district.

Math

Grade 438%

School 38% · District 38%

▼ 12 pts below state median · ▼ 21 pts below county median

Grade 513%

School 13% · District 13%

▼ 26 pts below state median · ▼ 32 pts below county median

Grade 63%

School 3% · District 3%

▼ 37 pts below state median · ▼ 42 pts below county median

Grade 714%

School 14% · District 14%

▼ 24 pts below state median · ▼ 29 pts below county median

Grade 815%

School 15% · District 15%

▼ 21 pts below state median · ▼ 32 pts below county median

English language arts

Grade 440%

School 40% · District 40%

▼ 13 pts below state median · ▼ 23 pts below county median

Grade 530%

School 30% · District 30%

▼ 28 pts below state median · ▼ 33 pts below county median

Grade 624%

School 24% · District 24%

▼ 28 pts below state median · ▼ 37 pts below county median

Grade 741%

School 41% · District 41%

▼ 15 pts below state median · ▼ 22 pts below county median

Grade 838%

School 38% · District 38%

▼ 15 pts below state median · ▼ 21 pts below county median

Science

Grade 517%

School 17% · District 17%

▼ 18 pts below state median · ▼ 26 pts below county median

Grade 819%

School 19% · District 19%

▼ 17 pts below state median · ▼ 28 pts below county median

This schoolHaverhill Cooperative School District, same grade

Graduation rate (ACGR) reflects the federally published Adjusted Cohort Graduation Rate for the most recent year available. We refresh this data annually at the close of each academic year in June. The federal source publishes a banded rate (for example, "90-94%") instead of an exact number for cohorts small enough to risk identifying individual students. The state distribution chart, where shown, plots every school in the state with a published rate or band; schools whose rate is federally suppressed are excluded. Where the federal source publishes a band rather than an exact rate, the school is placed within its band using a stable, ID-derived offset, so its position is consistent across visits.

Proficiency by household income

English language arts

Grade 5Lower-income20%Higher-income37%17 pp gap

Grade 6Lower-income14%Higher-income32%18 pp gap

Grade 7Lower-income30%Higher-income48%18 pp gap

Mathematics

Grade 5Lower-income10%Higher-income15%5 pp gap

Grade 6Lower-income0%Higher-income6%6 pp gap

Grade 7Lower-income5%Higher-income19%14 pp gap