Kingswood Regional High School is a public secondary school

Secondary school

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 located in Wolfeboro, New Hampshire

Wolfeboro, New Hampshire

Wolfeboro is a town in Carroll County, New Hampshire, United States. The population was 6,269 at the 2010 census. A venerable resort area situated beside Lake Winnipesaukee, Wolfeboro includes the village of Wolfeboro Falls...

. It serves the communities of Brookfield

Brookfield, New Hampshire

Brookfield is a town in Carroll County, New Hampshire, United States. The population was 712 at the 2010 census.-History:Settled in 1726 by Scottish-Irish immigrants, the town was first named Coleraine. Fertile ground made it popular with farmers. It was later renamed Brookfield, after...

, Effingham

Effingham, New Hampshire

Effingham is a town in Carroll County, New Hampshire, United States. As of the 2010 census, the town population was 1,465. Effingham includes the villages of Effingham Falls, Effingham , Center Effingham , and South Effingham...

, Ossipee

Ossipee, New Hampshire

Ossipee is a town in Carroll County, New Hampshire, United States. The population was 4,345 at the 2010 census. It is the county seat of Carroll County...

, New Durham

New Durham, New Hampshire

New Durham is a town in Strafford County, New Hampshire, United States. The population was 2,638 at the 2010 census. It is drained by the Merrymeeting and Ela rivers, and is known for Merrymeeting Lake. New Durham is home to the Powder Mill Fish Hatchery...

, Tuftonboro

Tuftonboro, New Hampshire

Tuftonboro is a town in Carroll County, New Hampshire, United States. The population was 2,387 at the 2010 census. Bounded on the southwest by Lake Winnipesaukee, Tuftonboro includes the villages of Tuftonboro Corner, Center Tuftonboro, Melvin Corner, Melvin Village and Mirror...

, and Wolfeboro. There are approximately 1,000 students currently enrolled in the school, which is part of the Governor Wentworth Regional School District.

Also on the premises is the Region 9 Vocational Center, which serves several surrounding schools including Prospect Mountain

Prospect Mountain High School

Prospect Mountain High School is in Alton, New Hampshire, USA, and is attended by students from Alton and Barnstead. It has been in operation since 2004....

.

The athletic teams are known as the Kingswood Knights and are rivals with Kennett

Kennett High School (New Hampshire)

Kennett High School is an American high school located at 409 Eagles Way in North Conway, New Hampshire, near the village of Redstone. The present school building opened in 2007, replacing the former A. Crosby Kennett High School located at 176 Main Street in Conway, which is now a middle school...

 in Conway

Conway, New Hampshire

Conway is a town, the largest in Carroll County, New Hampshire, United States. The population was 10,115 at the 2010 census. Parts of the White Mountain National Forest are in the west and north. Cathedral Ledge and Echo Lake State Park are in the west...

.

Student body

Currently, there are 932 students enrolled at KRHS. Of those students, 926 are Caucasian

White people

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, 4 are African American

African American

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, and 2 are Asian

Asian people

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/Pacific Islander

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. 50.8% of the students are male and 49.2% are female. With the full time of equivalent of 69.2 classroom teachers, the student-teacher ratio

Student-teacher ratio

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 is 13.468:1.

Renovations

The Kingswood complex (high school, middle school, vocational center and athletic fields) is currently undergoing a major renovation. Priced at over $60 million, it includes constructing over 300 geothermal wells to offset heating costs, a multipurpose auditorium and Arts Center (opened in December 2010) separate from the school buildings, expansions to all three existing buildings, and a complete exterior refacing. It is estimated to be complete in time for the 2012 school year to begin.