Brian S. McCarthy Middle School

Brian S. McCarthy Middle School is a 6-8 campus of big scale in NASHUA, New Hampshire, part of Nashua School District, teacheing 649 students in grades 6 through 8. Compared to the state average of about 379 students per school, that is 71% larger than typical.

Within Nashua School District, which oversees 21 schools and 10,636 students, Brian S. McCarthy Middle School is one campus in the system.

For racial and ethnic makeup, Brian S. McCarthy Middle School lists that 48% of students identify as White, with the remaining enrollment distributed across several groups. Beyond that, the school logs 35% Hispanic, 8% multiracial, 5% Asian, 4% Black. By comparison, Hillsborough County as a whole is about 82% White, so the school skews noticeably less White than its surroundings.

Looking at school resources, Staff filings list 58 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 11.2:1 students per teacher. The state averages about 11.1:1, putting this campus right in line with peers. Roughly 44% of students at Brian S. McCarthy Middle School qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. By comparison, Hillsborough County runs at roughly 26%, so the school's eligibility rate is meaningfully above the surrounding baseline.

In the broader community, Hillsborough County reports that median household earnings sit near $103,545, 42% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 4%. Brian S. McCarthy Middle School is one of 127 public schools in Hillsborough County (combined enrollment of about 53,974 students).

Main Dunstable School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.9 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Brian S. McCarthy Middle School.

The campus sits in a downtown setting.

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