Middle · Regular · Grades 7 to 8

Gilbert H. Hood Middle School, Derry, NH

Gilbert H. Hood Middle School is a public middle school in Derry, part of Derry Cooperative School District. It enrolled 696 students in 2024-25, with 12.9 students per full-time teacher.

Enrollment and teachers

Students: 696
Teachers (FTE): 54.0
Students per teacher: 12.9
Grades: 7 to 8

This school's ratio is about the same as the district figure of 12.5. The New Hampshire average across schools is 11.3. Ratios count all teachers, including specialists, so they are lower than typical class sizes.

This school12.9

District12.5

New Hampshire11.3

United States15.3

School details

Address: 5 Hood Rd., Derry, NH 03038
Phone: (603)432-1224
District: Derry Cooperative School District
County: Rockingham County
Level: Middle
Type: Regular
Status: Open
Charter: No
Virtual: No
Locale: Suburb: Midsize
NCES school ID: 330261000086

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School meals

Counts of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, as reported to NCES.

Free lunch: 128
Reduced-price lunch: 43
Free or reduced-price lunch: 17124.6% of enrollment.
Community Eligibility Provision: No

Schools in the Community Eligibility Provision (CEP) serve free meals to all students, so their free lunch counts often reflect direct certification or total enrollment. Free and reduced lunch shares are not comparable between CEP and non-CEP schools.

Related schools

Other middle schools in Derry Cooperative School District

West Running Brook Intermediate School 639 students

We publish official enrollment and staffing data, not ratings or test scores.

Source: NCES Common Core of Data 2024-25 and F-33 finance 2020, via the Urban Institute Education Data Portal. Last reviewed October 2026. Blank values are not available, not applicable or suppressed in the source. See the methodology.