Henry Wilson Elementary School

Henry Wilson Elementary School operates as an expansive elementary-level community in Manchester, New Hampshire, run under Manchester School District. Current enrollment sits at 388 students spanning grades K through 5. By comparison, New Hampshire's public schools average about 249 students each, so Henry Wilson Elementary School sits 56% bigger than that benchmark.

Within Manchester School District, which oversees 21 schools and 12,295 students, Henry Wilson Elementary School is one campus in the system.

On demographics, Henry Wilson Elementary School shows that the most-represented group is Hispanic (37%), with the rest of the student body spread across multiple groups. Other groups include 33% White, 15% Black, 11% multiracial, 3% Asian. That is visibly more Hispanic than the county at large, where the share is closer to 9%.

Looking at the economic backdrop, Staff filings list 35 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 11.8:1 students per teacher. The state averages around 11.0:1, so this campus is higher than the state norm typical. About 68% of enrolled students meet the income threshold 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.

Zooming out to the county, community-level numbers for Hillsborough County indicate median household income runs about $103,545, roughly 42% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 4% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Across Hillsborough County's 127 public schools (combined enrollment of about 53,974 students), Henry Wilson Elementary School is one campus in the mix.

Nearest neighbor: Beech Street School, around 0.4 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Henry Wilson Elementary School.

The campus sits in a metropolitan setting.

Over the past 6-year window. Over the past 6-year window, the student count ticked down 13%: 444 students in 2018 compared to 388 in 2024. Over the same period, the Hispanic share fell from 43% to 37%. The student-to-teacher ratio tightened from 15.7:1 in 2018 to 11.2:1 today.

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