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Bow 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 2022 – 2023 school year.
  • Expenditures: 2021
  • Educational Environment: 2022 (latest available). Updated annually.
  • All data updated July 2024

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School Overview

Address
55 Falcon Way
Bow, NH 03304
Phone
(603) 228-2210
District
Bow School District
County
MERRIMACK COUNTY
Type of School
Regular elementary or secondary
Magnet School
No
Charter School
No
Students Enrolled
604
Classroom Teachers
35

School Quality Ratings

School Quality Compared to New Hampshire

9

(10 is best)

Better than 80.6% of all NH schools.

School Quality Compared to U.S.

9

(10 is best)

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

Grade 11

80 60 40 20 0
59%
45%
69%
57%
49%
33%
    Proficiency in Reading and Math
    Proficiency in Reading
    Proficiency in Math
School
State

Class Size (number of students per classroom teacher)

20 15 10 5 0
17
18
12
16
    AVG FOR THIS SCHOOL
    AVG FOR DISTRICT
    AVG FOR STATE
    AVG FOR NATION
SCHOOL ENROLLMENT BY GRADE NUMBER OF STUDENTS PERCENTAGE
Grade 9 155 25.7%
Grade 10 146 24.2%
Grade 11 144 23.8%
Grade 12 159 26.3%
Total 604 100%

School enrollment by group

Ethnic/Racial Groups This School This District This State
White (non-hispanic) 92.7% Unreported 86.3%
Black 0.9% Unreported 2.4%
Hispanic 3.6% Unreported 7.8%
Asian Or Pacific Islander 2.7% Unreported 3.2%
American Indian Or Native Of Alaska 0.2% Unreported 0.3%
Economic Groups This School This District This State
Economically disadvantaged 4.3% 4.3% 23.3%
Free lunch eligible 3.8% 3.8% 19.2%
Reduced lunch eligible 0.5% 0.5% 4.1%
POPULATION DISTRICT FOR THIS SCHOOL STATE
POPULATION 8,235 1,395,231
POPULATION DENSITY (per sq. mile) 292.3 155
POPULATION DISTRIBUTION BY AGE DISTRICT FOR THIS SCHOOL STATE
4 YEARS OLD AND BELOW 7.6% 4.6%
5-19 YEARS OLD 20.1% 16.7%
20-44 YEARS OLD 27.2% 30.9%
45-64 YEARS OLD 28.7% 28.9%
65 OR OLDER 16.5% 19.0%
HOUSEHOLD CHARACTERISTICS DISTRICT FOR THIS SCHOOL STATE
Number Of Households 2,895 545,116
Single Parent Households With Children 4.1% 6.4%
Adults With At Least A High School Diploma 98.7% 93.8%
Adults With At Least A Bachelor's Degree 62.1% 39.0%
HOUSEHOLD INCOME DISTRIBUTION DISTRICT FOR THIS SCHOOL STATE
$150,000 or more 49.0% 25.5%
$100,000 - $149,999 26.4% 19.9%
$75,000 - $99,999 7.2% 13.1%
$50,000 - $74,999 7.6% 15.1%
$30,000 - $49,999 3.5% 12.1%
$15,000 - $29,999 3.9% 8.5%
$15,000 or less 2.6% 5.8%

Education Expenditures

For this District Per Student Total % of Total
Instructional Expenditures $11,304 $18,821,000 63.8%
Support Expenditures
Student $1,502 $2,501,000 8.5%
Staff $604 $1,006,000 3.4%
General Administration $616 $1,026,000 3.5%
School Administration $877 $1,461,000 4.9%
Operation $1,402 $2,335,000 7.9%
Transportation $489 $814,000 2.8%
Other $0 $0 0.0%
Total Support $5,491 $9,143,000 31.0%
Non-instructional Expenditures $936 $1,558,000 5.3%
Total Expenditures $17,731 $29,522,000 100.0%
For the State Per Student Total % of Total
Instructional Expenditures $11,514 $1,944,332,000 55.1%
Support Expenditures
Student $1,553 $262,259,000 7.4%
Staff $582 $98,336,000 2.8%
General Administration $696 $117,496,000 3.3%
School Administration $1,072 $180,955,000 5.1%
Operation $1,632 $275,620,000 7.8%
Transportation $774 $130,645,000 3.7%
Other $286 $48,338,000 1.4%
Total Support $6,595 $1,113,649,000 31.6%
Non-instructional Expenditures $2,789 $470,930,000 13.3%
Total Expenditures $20,897 $3,528,911,000 100.0%
For the Nation Per Student Total % of Total
Instructional Expenditures $8,505 $421,432,149,000 50.1%
Support Expenditures
Student $912 $45,189,184,320 5.4%
Staff $715 $35,442,027,000 4.2%
General Administration $282 $13,997,625,000 1.7%
School Administration $800 $39,661,338,000 4.7%
Operation $1,302 $64,530,934,000 7.7%
Transportation $501 $24,826,324,680 3.0%
Other $567 $28,090,428,000 3.3%
Total Support $5,081 $251,737,861,000 29.9%
Non-instructional Expenditures $3,383 $167,614,653,000 19.9%
Total Expenditures $16,969 $840,784,663,000 100.0%

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