Editing Merrimack, New Hampshire (section)

==Education==
[[File:Merrimack High School, Merrimack NH.jpg|thumb|[[Merrimack High School]]]]
The six [[public school (government funded)|public schools]] in Merrimack are managed by the [[Merrimack School District]] and include Thorntons Ferry Elementary School, Reeds Ferry Elementary School, James Mastricola Elementary School, James Mastricola Upper Elementary School, Merrimack Middle School and [[Merrimack High School]].

Merrimack High School has won one state championship in baseball (2007), three in softball (1980, 1988, 2001), one in football (1987), two in soccer (1998 girls, 2008 boys), three in indoor track (1999, 2007, 2008), four in outdoor track (2003, 2004, 2006, 2007), one in cross-country (2006), one in girls lacrosse (2012), one in skiing (1979), two in volleyball (2001, 2014), and four in basketball (1967, 2003, 2004, 2012).<ref>{{Cite web|title=NHIAA Champions |publisher=New Hampshire Interscholastic Athletic Association |url=http://nhiaa.org/PDFs/2602/Champions.pdf |access-date=February 25, 2010 }}{{dead link|date=May 2016|bot=medic}}{{cbignore|bot=medic}}
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The [[Academy for Science and Design]] was a charter school established for the 2007–2008 academic year; it was New Hampshire's first charter school to concentrate on science, math, engineering, and design and is free of tuition fees.<ref>[http://www.nhpr.org/node/13169 "New Hampshire May Soon Have a Science and Technology Charter School"], Sheryl Rich-Kern, New Hampshire Public Radio, June 18, 2007.</ref> The school has since moved to Nashua.<ref>{{cite web|title=Academy for Science and Design|url=http://www.asdnh.org/about_a_s_d/contact_us|website=asdnh.org|access-date=April 8, 2016}}</ref> In 2014, the Gate City Charter School for the Arts opened its doors to students.

Also within the town lies the [[Thomas More College of Liberal Arts]]. The college is consistently ranked among the top liberal arts schools in the country.{{Citation needed|date=April 2024}}