Winnacunnet High School - Hampton, New Hampshire/NH

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Winnacunnet High School

1 Alumni Dr, Hampton, NH, 03842-2283 -

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Definition of Terms

Winnacunnet High School

School Level

High school

Grades Offered

Grades 9 - 12

County

Rockingham County, NH

Students & Faculty

Total Students

1319 students

% Male / % Female

52% / 48%

Total Classroom Teachers

98 teachers

Students by Grade

Grade 9 - 388 students

Grade 10 - 342 students

Grade 11 - 283 students

Grade 12 - 275 students

Grade Not Listed - 31 students

This School

( NH ) School Average

Teacher : Student Ratio

1:13

1:14

Students by Ethnicity

This School

( NH ) School Average

% American Indian	n/a	n/a
% Asian	2%	2%
% Hispanic	1%	2%
% Black	1%	2%
% White	97%	92%

Additional Student Information

This School

( NH ) School Average

% Eligible for Free Lunch

12%

% Eligible for Reduced Lunch

% Migrant Students Enrolled

n/a

n/a

( NH ) Statewide Testing Performance

School Statewide Performance

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School District Name

Winnacunnet Coop School District

This School's Agency

( NH ) District Average

Number of Schools Managed	1	2
Number of Students Managed	1,319 students	576 students
District Total Revenue	$16,710,000	$8,182,000
District Expenditure	$23,260,000	$8,308,000
District Revenue / Student	$12,669	$16,123
District Expenditure / Student	$17,635	$15,644
District Graduation Rates	80%	80%

Winnacunnet High School is an American public high school located in Hampton, New Hampshire. It serves students in grades 9 through 12 who reside in the communities of Hampton, Seabrook, North Hampton, and Hampton Falls. Students from South Hampton have the option of attending either Winnacunnet or Amesbury High School. The name Winnacunnet is a Native American word that means "beautiful place in the pines".
History: Ground was broken for Winnacunnet High School on October 30, 1957, and it first opened in the fall of 1958 with an attendance of 474 students. Prior to 1958, area students attended the Hampton Academy and High School. The official Winnacunnet High dedication ceremony took place on October 26, 1958. The school has recently finished major construction and renovations.
The Pamela Smart murder case: The school was in the national news in 1990, when Pamela Smart, a media services coordinator at Winnacunnet and an adult volunteer with "Project Self-Esteem" at the high school, seduced 15-year old sophomore student William "Billy" Flynn and convinced him to murder her husband on May 1, 1990. Smart was convicted of first degree murder in March, 1991, and was sentenced to life imprisonment without possibility of parole.
The school's sports teams are called the Winnacunnet Warriors. The choice of Warriors was made by a vote of the student body in 1958 as a tribute to local Native Americans.
The school's colors are blue and white.
The school's logo is an Indian head.
Winnacunnet's rival team is the Exeter Blue Hawks, located at Exeter High School in Exeter, New Hampshire.
Winnacunnet's math team, led by coach Stephen Latvis, has won its division in the Tri-State Math League for the past eight consecutive years.
Winnacunnet has made it to the finals of Granite State Challenge twice, once in 2003 and again in 2006 airing on New Hampshire Public Television, in 2003 defeated by Hanover High School and in 2006 where they were defeated by Manchester West High School. The 2006 team was captained by Marie Cushing and included Victoria Mason, Meagan Munch and Zack Coburn.
James Thomson '62 is CEO of the Rand Corporation, a highly regarded research institution in Santa Monica, Ca.
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About This Zip Code (03842)

School Zip (03842)

(NH) State Average

Population (Approximate)	14,822 people	1,187,256 people
% (age 25+) w/College Degree	45%	35%
Population Average Age	41 years old	37.1 years old
Average Household size	2.3 persons	2.4 persons
Median Household Income	$54,419	$49,020
Avg. # of Rooms in Household	4.9 rooms	5.4 rooms
Median Age of Housing Structure	42 years old	42 years old
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% Owning / % Renting	68% / 32%	64% / 36%

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Nearby Schools:


1. Academy Of Strategic Learning Hmcs School - 50 students - view location
2. Amesbury High School - 740 students - view location
3. Exeter High School - 1545 students - view location
4. Newburyport High School - 795 students - view location
5. Portsmouth High School - 1091 students - view location
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