Elm Street Middle School

Elm Street Middle School is one of the roomy 6-8 campuss in Nashua, New Hampshire, overseen by Nashua School District, with 895 students on its rolls from grades 6 through 8. That puts it 136% above the typical public school in New Hampshire, which averages around 379 students.

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

On demographics, Elm Street Middle School records that the largest single group is White at 51%, but no single group is in the majority; the rest reads as 33% Hispanic, 8% multiracial, 4% Asian, 4% Black. By comparison, Hillsborough County as a whole is about 82% White, so the school skews visibly less White than its surroundings.

Looking at school resources, Elm Street Middle School records 75 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 9.9:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 11.1:1 average. Roughly 47% of students at Elm Street Middle School qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. Set against Hillsborough County (around 26%), the school's rate is north of typical.

Across the wider county, Hillsborough County reports that median household income runs about $103,545, about 42% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and the poverty rate sits near 4%. Elm Street Middle School is one of 127 public schools in Hillsborough County (combined enrollment of about 53,974 students).

Nearest neighbor: Franklin Street School, around 0.8 miles off. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools.

The school occupies a city-core site.

Five-year trend. Elm Street Middle School's enrollment has declined 14% since 2018, when it stood at 1,039 (now 895). The White share of enrollment edged down from 63% to 51% over that span.

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