About Us

Who should consider New Hampshire Adult Education?

• Adults who need help learning English to help them in their daily lives or to get a better job.
• Adults looking to improve math skills for a job or build digital literacy skills to prepare for future learning and the high school equivalency test (HiSET).
• Adults looking to earn their diploma or high school equivalency for a promotion, a job change, entry into college or the military.
• Opportunities for adults to learn basic technology skills or pre-requisites for specific training programs.

Facts About Adult Education

Many Adults Need Better Basic Skills For Success At Home And Work

• The national Adult Literacy Survey studied literacy levels of Americans on real-life tasks like addressing an envelope and reading a street map. The Survey placed people on one of five literacy levels.
• New Hampshire adults scored better than the national average, but more than 295,000 people scored at the lowest literacy levels (level 1 and 2).
• 12% of New Hampshire adults scored at literacy level 1, needing a lot of improvement.
• 25% of New Hampshire adults scored at literacy level 2, needing some improvement.

Many Adults Lack A High School Diploma

• In the U.S., 34 million people 18 and older (16 percent of the population) have not graduated from high school.
• New Hampshire has one of the highest percentages of high school graduates in the nation (only 7.4% non-graduates) but there are still 69,300 adults (over the age of 25) without high school credentials.
• In New Hampshire, high school graduates earn an average $10,000 more than those without a high school diploma or equivalency.

Many Adults Want To Learn English

• English for Speakers of Other Languages (ESL) is the fastest growing group of adult education students in the country.
• ESL students make up 59% of New Hampshire adult education students.