What Goes in a New Hampshire Homeschool Portfolio

Required hours

No state minimum

Required subjects

12 subjects

Notice

Required

Testing / evaluation

Parent's choice (testing, portfolio, or evaluation)

Portfolio

Required

Jump to the full New Hampshire requirements for plain-English detail on each of these.

The New Hampshire portfolio checklist

Assembled from New Hampshire's own requirements. Work down it once a term and the spring review stops being an event.

• A dated log of educational activities

  What you covered and which subject it served, written as you go. Reconstructing a year of this in the week before a review is the single most common portfolio scramble.

• A reading list, by title

  Every book and material named. This is the piece families most often rebuild from memory, and the piece a reviewer can check fastest.

• Samples of your student's work

  Writings, worksheets, workbooks, and creative work. A few pieces per subject spread across the year reads as evidence; a stack from one good week does not.

• The assessment or evaluation record

  New Hampshire lets you choose between testing, a portfolio review, and an evaluation. Keep the result filed with the portfolio rather than loose, since the two get asked for together.

• A copy of anything you filed

  Your notice of intent and any correspondence with the district, dated. If a question ever comes up, dated proof that you filed on time closes it.

What New Hampshire actually requires

Under RSA 193-A, families keep a portfolio containing a reading log and samples of the student's work — writings, worksheets, workbooks, and creative materials — for two years. The portfolio isn't submitted.

Who sees it, and when

You keep the portfolio. New Hampshire does not collect it, and nothing is submitted unless someone asks. New Hampshire lets you choose between testing, a portfolio review, and an evaluation. That result is the part that normally travels, while the portfolio stays with you as the evidence behind it.

What Homeschool Fox tracks for New Hampshire

Everything New Hampshire expects you to keep, in one place — no spreadsheets, no lost notebooks.

• Required hours or days
• Required subjects & core hours
• Daily activity logs
• Attendance records
• Notes & portfolio records
• Printable PDF reports
• High school transcripts
• State-specific progress tracking

More New Hampshire guides

• New Hampshire Homeschool Requirements Hours, notice, assessment, and subjects at a glance.
• How to Start Homeschooling in New Hampshire A step-by-step guide from withdrawal to your first logged day.
• Homeschooling High School in New Hampshire Credits, GPA, transcripts, and graduation.
• Record Keeping in New Hampshire What to document, how to organize it, and staying compliant.
• How to Withdraw From School in New Hampshire The steps, the letter, and timing to avoid truancy issues.
• Moving to New Hampshire What to file when you arrive and whether your records transfer.
• Public School Sports in New Hampshire Whether homeschoolers can play, what it takes, and who to ask.
• Required Subjects in New Hampshire The list, how much time each needs, and proving you taught them.
• New Hampshire Letter of Intent Who to file with, when it's due, and a free generator.
• New Hampshire Year End Report What goes in it, when it's due, and who reviews it.
• Homeschool Testing in New Hampshire What the state asks for, when, and low-score rules.
• ESA & School Choice in New Hampshire Funding amounts, who qualifies, and the trade-offs.