Henry J. McLaughlin Jr. Middle School

Henry J. McLaughlin Jr. Middle School is an intermediate school of sprawling scale in Manchester, New Hampshire, part of Manchester School District, caters to 889 students in grades 5 through 8. Compared to the state average of about 379 students per school, that is 135% above typical.

Manchester School District runs 21 schools in total, collectively educating 12,295 students. Henry J. McLaughlin Jr. Middle School is one of those campuses.

On the student-mix side, Henry J. McLaughlin Jr. Middle School shows that the most-represented group is White (49%), with the rest of the student body spread across multiple groups; the rest comes out to 26% Hispanic, 10% multiracial, 10% Black, 5% Asian. The wider county runs roughly 82% White, putting the school's mix noticeably less White than the area baseline.

Looking at the economic backdrop, On paper, Henry J. McLaughlin Jr. Middle School has 80 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 11.1:1. The state averages about 11.1:1, putting this campus right in line with peers. About 43% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. That share is noticeably above Hillsborough County's rate of about 26%.

After controlling for student poverty, Henry J. McLaughlin Jr. Middle School is in the bottom 10% of New Hampshire public schools. The BeatsExpectations model predicts schools with this FRL share to land around 36.0%; Henry J. McLaughlin Jr. Middle School posts 17.4%, -18.6 points below that line.

Zooming out to the county, ACS estimates for Hillsborough County put median household income runs about $103,545, roughly 42% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and the poverty rate sits near 4%. Across Hillsborough County's 127 public schools (combined enrollment of about 53,974 students), Henry J. McLaughlin Jr. Middle School is one campus in the mix.

Nearest neighbor: Green Acres School, around 0.1 miles off. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. On composite proficiency, Henry J. McLaughlin Jr. Middle School comes 9th of 9 in the immediate cluster, beneath the nearby-schools average of 34.5%.

Geographically, the school is in an inner-city area.

Looking at the recent track record. Over the past 7-year window, the student count expanded 20%: 742 students in 2018 compared to 889 in 2025. The White share of enrollment decreased from 61% to 49% over that span. The student-to-teacher ratio pulled in from 12.2:1 in 2018 to 11.1:1 today.

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