Concord
Only 21 Traditional Districts Are Growing
Bow gained 244 students over 15 years. That makes it the fastest-growing traditional public school district in New Hampshire, a state where 148 of 173 traditional districts have lost enrollment since ...
Concord Lost One in Five Students Since 2012
The city of Concord has gained nearly 2,000 residents since 2014. Its school district has lost more than 1,000 students in roughly the same period. That divergence (a growing city with a shrinking sch...
86 NH Districts Hit Record Lows
Manchester enrolled 11,712 students this fall. Nashua enrolled 9,501. Both are the lowest totals either district has posted in 15 years of state enrollment data. They are not outliers. They are not ev...
COVID Erased Four Years of Decline in a Single Year
New Hampshire's public schools had been bleeding students for years before the pandemic. Between 2016 and 2020, the state lost 5,171 students across four school years, a steady trickle of roughly 1,30...