Beech Street School

Located at 333 Beech St., in Manchester, New Hampshire, Beech Street School is a substantial elementary-level community that serves 524 students (grades K through 4), one of the schools within Manchester School District. That puts it 110% above the typical public school in New Hampshire, which averages around 249 students.

Beech Street School is one of 21 schools operated by Manchester School District, a district that enrolls 12,295 students overall.

For racial and ethnic makeup, Beech Street School records that the largest single group is Hispanic at 39%, but no single group is in the majority. Other groups include 29% White, 17% Black, 15% multiracial. By comparison, Hillsborough County as a whole is about 9% Hispanic, so the school skews noticeably more Hispanic than its surroundings.

On the income-and-resources front, Beech Street School shows 51 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 10.3:1. The state averages around 11.0:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. Around 67% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. That share is higher than Hillsborough County's rate of about 26%.

In the area at large, community-level numbers for Hillsborough County indicate the typical household earns roughly $103,545 per year, 42% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and roughly 4% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Beech Street School is one of 127 public schools in Hillsborough County (combined enrollment of about 53,974 students).

The closest other public school is Henry Wilson Elementary School, roughly 0.4 miles away. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius.

Beech Street School operates from a city-core location.

Trend over the last 7 years. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Beech Street School has shrank 9%, going from 578 students in 2018 to 524 in 2025. The student-to-teacher ratio fell from 13.6:1 in 2018 to 10.3:1 today.

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