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Enrollment
343
Elementary
DISTRICT 408 · STATE 249
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·MANCHESTER SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 330459000248
Green Acres School
100 Jack Lovering Drive, Manchester, NH 03109 · (603) 624-6330 · Hillsborough County
GRADES PK–04ELEMENTARY12-CITYREGULAR SCHOOL343 STUDENTS
C-
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Scored higher than 18% of New Hampshire public elementary schools
- CTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- DBeats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- ·Three-year trend Not available for this school, so the grade uses the other parts.
Grades compare a school only with schools in the same state, because every state gives its own test. How grades work · Top-graded New Hampshire public elementary schools
Student : Teacher
11.6:1
30 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 11.5:1 · STATE 11.0:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
22%
77 students
DISTRICT 47% · STATE 26%
Community
1
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other elementary schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Pre-K | 10 | 3% |
| Kindergarten | 57 | 17% |
| Grade 1 | 60 | 17% |
| Grade 2 | 87 | 25% |
| Grade 3 | 61 | 18% |
| Grade 4 | 68 | 20% |
This year's kindergarten class (57) is 16% smaller than its 4th grade class (68).
Student demographics
50%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 68% · STATE 33% · US 70%
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. District, state, and US figures are each group's share of all public school students in that area (US excludes territories). Very small groups may be suppressed in the source, so categories do not always sum exactly to total enrollment.
Gender split
Test scores
NHSAS 2024-25 . % Above ProficientEnglish Language Arts
38.0%
NH avg 55.2%
Math
45.0%
NH avg 43.0%
What this means: On the NHSAS, New Hampshire's statewide test, about 38 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 45 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all New Hampshire schools, those numbers are about 55 and 43.
Source: NHSAS. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyTier
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
41.3%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
49.0%
based on NH schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-7.7pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 41% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 49% typical for New Hampshire schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations measures results against demographically similar schools rather than by raw scores, and this school falls within the typical range, neither among New Hampshire's top nor bottom 10%.
BeatsExpectations runs a per-state regression of proficiency on free/reduced-lunch share, then scores each school by residual. How this is calculated →
Schools most like Green Acres School
Green Acres School's state test result (41.3% proficient) is higher than 0 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Green Acres School this school | 343 | 22.4% | 41.3% |
| Mary A. Fisk Elementary School Salem | 272 | 19.1% | 49.5% |
| Frances G. Hopkins Elementary School at Horne Street Dover | 412 | 22.1% | 59.8% |
| Mill Falls Charter School Manchester | 168 | 17.9% | 54.3% |
| Broad Street Elementary School Nashua | 256 | 27.3% | 49.1% |
| New Searles School Nashua | 256 | 23.4% | 61.1% |
Matched among New Hampshire elementary schools on enrollment, the share of students from low-income families (eligible for free or reduced-price lunch), and racial and ethnic makeup. Proficient is the average share of students meeting the state standard across all of the school's state tests in 2023-24 and 2024-25, the same combined score our test-score rankings use. Online schools and schools serving specialized populations are not matched.
Where Green Acres School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In New Hampshire | In Hillsborough County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 41.3% | #142 of 209 | #32 of 51 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 45.0% | #118 of 209 | #29 of 51 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 38.0% | #174 of 210 | #37 of 52 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 343 | #84 of 300 | #36 of 68 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 11.6:1 | #104 of 179 | #22 of 52 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 50.3% | #28 of 181 | #26 of 52 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 22.4% | #126 of 240 | #31 of 60 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -27.9% | #14 of 139 | #6 of 40 |
Ranked against other public elementary schools. Online schools are left out of every list, and test-score lists leave out schools that serve specialized populations. Each rank links to the full list. Arrows under a test-score rank show places moved since the prior test year, among schools tested both years.
4-year change
SY 2020-21 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
343
-100 (-23%) vs 2020
-44% since 1990-91, when it was 613
Student : Teacher
11.6:1
was 12.3:1
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
Enrollment and staffing by year
| School year | Students | Teachers (FTE) | Students per teacher | Free and reduced lunch |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 343 | 29.5 | 11.6:1 | 22% (77) |
| 2023-24 | 433 | 32.5 | 13.3:1 | 24% (102) |
| 2022-23 | 435 | 31 | 14.0:1 | 22% (95) |
| 2020-21 | 443 | 36 | 12.3:1 | 21% (92) |
| 2017-18 | 476 | 32.4 | 14.7:1 | 25% (117) |
| 2015-16 | 549 | 34 | 16.1:1 | 28% (155) |
| 2010-11 | 561 | 34 | 16.5:1 | 15% (85) |
| 2000-01 | 595 | 39 | 15.3:1 | 7% (39) |
| 1990-91 | 613 | 30 | 20.4:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Green Acres School.
Since 2017-18: students down 28% (476 to 343); teachers down 9% (32.4 to 29.5).
About Green Acres School
Green Acres School operates as a mid-sized elementary school in Manchester, New Hampshire. The school enrolls 343 students in pre-K through 4. On average, elementary schools in New Hampshire enroll around 249, and this school is 38% bigger than that mark.
Manchester School District is made up of 21 schools with 12,295 students in all.
Federal enrollment data show Green Acres School is 69% White. The next largest groups are 11% Hispanic, 10% multiracial, 6% Asian, and 4% Black. The school's White share is 13 points below the 82% share among Hillsborough County residents. Its diversity index, the chance that two randomly chosen students belong to different racial or ethnic groups, is 50%.
The school lists 29.5 full-time-equivalent teachers and a student-to-teacher ratio of 11.6:1. It is about the same as the 11.0:1 average for elementary schools in New Hampshire. A total of 77 students, or 22%, are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch.
Green Acres School earns a C- on the allk12 Grade, which blends test scores, results against poverty-based expectations, and the three-year trend. It scored higher than 18% of New Hampshire public elementary schools.
The BeatsExpectations prediction for Green Acres School is 49.0%, and its average proficiency rate across its state test results is 41.3%.
In the surrounding county, Hillsborough County, the median household earns about $103,545 a year, 42% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 4% of residents live below the federal poverty line. The county's public schools total 127, with about 53,974 students.
Green Acres School's closest public school neighbor is Henry J. McLaughlin Jr. Middle School, about 0.1 miles away. Counting only straight-line distance, at least 8 other public schools are within five miles. On proficiency, Green Acres School is ahead of the 31.4% nearby average, ranking 3rd of 9.
Its NCES locale code is City: Mid-size: the school is inside a principal city with a population between 100,000 and 250,000.
The school shrank from 443 students in 2020-21 to 343 in 2024-25.
This page is set up for the Green Acres School community to discuss homework, tutoring, and testing dates. Members of the school community can share what they know.
Hillsborough County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
426,378
Census ACS
Median income
$103,545
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
42%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
4%
Below federal line
Schools in county
127
53,974 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Manchester School District
- Manchester Memorial High SchoolHigh · 1,296 students
- Manchester Central High SchoolHigh · 1,130 students
- Hillside Middle SchoolMiddle · 1,071 students
- Henry J. McLaughlin Jr. Middle SchoolMiddle · 889 students
- Middle School At ParksideMiddle · 775 students
- Southside Middle SchoolMiddle · 768 students
Other schools in Manchester
- Manchester Memorial High SchoolHigh · 1,296 students
- Manchester Central High SchoolHigh · 1,130 students
- Hillside Middle SchoolMiddle · 1,071 students
- Henry J. McLaughlin Jr. Middle SchoolMiddle · 889 students
- Middle School At ParksideMiddle · 775 students
- Southside Middle SchoolMiddle · 768 students
Other Green Acres schools
2 other US public schools in 3 states are named Green Acres. Green Acres School is the 2nd largest of the 3.
- Green Acres SchoolOGDEN, UT · 496 students
- Green Acres SchoolLebanon, OR · 293 students
Nearby schools
- Henry J. McLaughlin Jr. Middle School0.1 mi · 889
- Manchester School of Technology (High School)0.7 mi · 302
- Manchester Memorial High School0.8 mi · 1,296
- Southside Middle School0.9 mi · 768
- Mill Falls Charter School1.0 mi · 168
- Jewett School1.0 mi · 443
Frequently asked questions
About Green Acres SchoolHow many students attend Green Acres School?
Green Acres School enrolls approximately 343 students in grades PK-04.
Is Green Acres School an elementary, middle, or high school?
Green Acres School is an elementary school covering grades PK-04.
How many teachers does Green Acres School have?
Green Acres School employs 30 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 11.6:1.
How diverse is Green Acres School?
Green Acres School reports a student body of 69% White, 11% Hispanic, 4% Black, 6% Asian, 10% Two or more.
Is Green Acres School public or private?
Green Acres School is a public K-12 school, overseen by Manchester School District.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.