Regular local school district · Strafford County
Somersworth School District, NH: schools, enrollment and spending
Somersworth School District runs 4 public schools with 1,323 students in grades PK to 12. Its ratio of 11.7 students per teacher is about the same as the New Hampshire figure of 11.3.
At a glance
- Schools
- 4
- Students
- 1,323
- Teachers (FTE)
- 113
- Students per teacher
- 11.7
- NH: 11.3 · US: 15.3
- Address
- 51 West High Street, Somersworth, NH 03878
- Phone
- (603)692-4450
- County
- Strafford County
- Locale
- Suburb: Small
- Grades offered
- PK to 12
- Agency type
- Regular local school district
- NCES district ID
- 3306240
- State district ID
- NH-491
- Total staff (FTE)
- 258
- School counselors (FTE)
- 9.0About 147 students per counselor.
- School administrators (FTE)
- 8.0
Students per teacher compared
This district11.7
New Hampshire11.3
United States15.3
2020 finance data
From the F-33 School District Finance Survey for fiscal year 2020, in nominal dollars. Enrollment used for per-pupil figures is the finance survey count (1,356), which can differ from 2024-25 enrollment.
- Total revenue
- $31.0 million
- Federal revenue
- $2.7 million
- State revenue
- $12.9 million
- Local revenue
- $15.4 million
- Total spending
- $29.9 million
- Spending per pupil
- $22,047
- Salaries
- $12.3 million41.0% of total spending.
- Long-term debt (end of year)
- $9.5 million
Where revenue came from
- Federal: 8.6%
- State: 41.7%
- Local: 49.7%
New Hampshire overall
- Federal: 6.9%
- State: 30.0%
- Local: 63.1%
Spending per pupil compared
This district$22,047
New Hampshire$21,936
United States$16,826
Schools in Somersworth School District
By level: 1 high, 1 middle, 2 elementary. A CEP school serves free meals to all students.
| Idlehurst Elementary School | Elementary | PK to 2 | 341 | 13.1 |
| Maple Wood Elementary School | Elementary | 3 to 5 | 285 | 12.4 |
| Somersworth High School | High | 9 to 12 | 399 | 11.7 |
| Somersworth Middle School | Middle | 6 to 8 | 286 | 9.9 |
Nearby and related
Other districts in Strafford County
- Rochester School District 3,828 students
- Dover School District 3,537 students
- Oyster River Coop School District 2,102 students
- Barrington School District 945 students
- Farmington School District 738 students
- Milton School District 516 students
- Strafford School District 379 students
- Seacoast Charter School 287 students
- Rollinsford School District 155 students
More in New Hampshire
Source: NCES Common Core of Data 2024-25 and F-33 finance 2020, via the Urban Institute Education Data Portal. Last reviewed October 2026. Finance figures are 2020 finance data in nominal dollars, not adjusted for inflation. Blank values are not available, not applicable or suppressed in the source. See the methodology.