Brentwood Academy

As a minimally staffed senior high in Nashua, New Hampshire, Brentwood Academy hosts 26 students from grades 9 through 12, run under Nashua School District. By comparison, New Hampshire's public schools average about 496 students each, so Brentwood Academy sits 95% below that benchmark.

Nashua School District runs 21 schools in total, collectively educating 10,636 students. Brentwood Academy is one of those campuses.

For racial and ethnic makeup, Brentwood Academy lists that 69% of the student body identifies as White; the rest looks like 19% Hispanic, 8% Black, 4% multiracial. The wider county runs roughly 82% White, putting the school's mix considerably less White than the area baseline.

On the resource side, Staff filings list 6 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 4.3:1 students per teacher. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 11.2:1, putting Brentwood Academy tighter than the state norm the norm. About 50% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. Set against Hillsborough County (around 26%), the school's rate is noticeably above typical.

Zooming out to the county, ACS estimates for Hillsborough County put median household income runs about $103,545, about 42% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 4%. In all, Hillsborough County runs 127 public schools (combined enrollment of about 53,974 students), of which Brentwood Academy is one.

Nearest neighbor: Franklin Street School, around 0.0 miles off. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools.

Geographically, the school is in a high-density area.

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