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Amherst Middle School

Grades: 5-8
Students: 639
Type: Public
7/10
GreatSchools Rating
Student-Teacher Ratio: 11:1
Student-Counselor Ratio: 202:1
Certified Teachers: 100%
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Amherst School District
14 Cross Road
Amherst, NH 03031
(603) 673-8944
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Additional GreatSchools Ratings
8/10
Test Scores
3/10
Equity
NA
Academic Progress
NA
College Readiness
6/10
Student Growth

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We have not had a good experience at this school. The facilities are in my opinion poorly run and managed, causing the school to try to ask the town to foot the bill for improvements each year with sizable tax increases. This has happened every year we've lived here. Many of these tax requests get r
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Posted by a parent on 1/11/2026
Great experience for my 3 kids. Teachers were supportive, thoughtful, and creative in their instruction. Wonderful and caring guidance counselors! The building itself definitely needs some renovations though.
Posted by a parent on 12/30/2025
As a former student, this school really set me back academically and emotionally. Students have a vocabulary so limited tot the point they o understand basic English terms and phrases, the math program hold's kids back even in the advanced one (that starts in seventh grade when really it should star
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Posted by a community member on 4/1/2024
It has been a unmitigated nightmare and if I could get my student into another school, I would do so before you could say the word, "go".
Posted by a parent on 8/23/2019
Very disappointed in the Amherst school system. Especially, the middle school. No authority and it is run like a zoo. I wouldn’t send my house cat to this school.
Posted by a parent on 5/31/2019
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Amherst schools - Amherst Middle School is located at 14 Cross Road, Amherst NH 03031. Amherst Middle School is in the Amherst School District. Amherst Middle School is a Public school that serves grade levels 5-8.

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