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Does Hillside Middle School have enough mental health and stress support?
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Enrollment
1,071
Middle
DISTRICT 876 · STATE 379
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·MANCHESTER SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 330459000251
Hillside Middle School
112 Reservoir Ave., Manchester, NH 03104 · (603) 624-6352 · Hillsborough County
GRADES 05–08MIDDLE12-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL1,071 STUDENTS
F
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 2% of New Hampshire public middle schools
- FTest 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 middle schools
Student : Teacher
11.8:1
91 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 10.7:1 · STATE 11.1:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
48%
516 students
DISTRICT 47% · STATE 26%
Community
1
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other middle schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Grade 5 | 234 | 22% |
| Grade 6 | 274 | 26% |
| Grade 7 | 280 | 26% |
| Grade 8 | 283 | 26% |
Student demographics
69%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
26.0%
NH avg 55.2%
Math
14.0%
NH avg 43.0%
What this means: On the NHSAS, New Hampshire's statewide test, about 26 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 14 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
UNDERPERFORMING
Bottom 10% of NH schools after controlling for student poverty
Actual proficiency
18.6%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
32.4%
based on NH schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-13.8pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 19% of students here test proficient in math and reading, below the roughly 32% typical for New Hampshire schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations compares each school with others at the same poverty level, not by raw scores, so a school lands here when its results trail those comparable schools, which is not the same as having low scores. A higher-scoring school can still fall in this tier if similar schools score higher still.
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 Hillside Middle School
Hillside Middle School's state test result (18.6% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 4 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hillside Middle School this school | 1,071 | 48.2% | 18.6% |
| Middle School At Parkside Manchester | 775 | 56.4% | 18.4% |
| Henry J. McLaughlin Jr. Middle School Manchester | 889 | 42.5% | 17.4% |
| Southside Middle School Manchester | 768 | 43.0% | 24.0% |
| Brian S. McCarthy Middle School NASHUA | 649 | 44.1% | N/A |
| Pennichuck Middle School Nashua | 768 | 46.6% | 29.9% |
Matched among New Hampshire middle 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 Hillside Middle School ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In New Hampshire | In Hillsborough County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 18.6% | #83 of 85 | #25 of 27 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 14.0% | #81 of 85 | #26 of 27 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 26.0% | #82 of 85 | #25 of 27 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 1,071 | #1 of 101 | #1 of 30 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 11.8:1 | #51 of 74 | #18 of 28 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 68.7% | #2 of 74 | #2 of 28 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 48.2% | #8 of 90 | #2 of 29 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +35.7% | #2 of 15 | #2 of 9 |
Ranked against other public middle 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
1,071
+280 (+35%) vs 2020
+50% since 1990-91, when it was 715
Student : Teacher
11.8:1
was 12.0:1
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 | 1,071 | 90.8 | 11.8:1 | 48% (516) |
| 2023-24 | 772 | 69.3 | 11.1:1 | 44% (343) |
| 2022-23 | 746 | 72.3 | 10.3:1 | 50% (375) |
| 2020-21 | 791 | 66 | 12.0:1 | 48% (382) |
| 2017-18 | 789 | 63.2 | 12.5:1 | 57% (449) |
| 2015-16 | 830 | 61 | 13.6:1 | 54% (446) |
| 2010-11 | 912 | 72 | 12.7:1 | 40% (364) |
| 2000-01 | 987 | 75 | 13.2:1 | 21% (203) |
| 1990-91 | 715 | 46 | 15.5:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Hillside Middle School.
Since 2017-18: students up 36% (789 to 1,071); teachers up 44% (63.2 to 90.8).
About Hillside Middle School
Hillside Middle School, located in Manchester, New Hampshire, is a high-enrollment middle-grades school. The school teaches grades 5 through 8 and enrolls 1,071 students. That puts enrollment 183% bigger than the 379-student average for middle schools in New Hampshire.
The 21 schools in Manchester School District enroll 12,295 students altogether, Hillside Middle School among them.
At Hillside Middle School, White students make up the biggest share, 46%. The remaining students are 27% Hispanic, 13% Black, 11% multiracial, and 3% Asian. Among people living in Hillsborough County, the White share is about 82%. Its diversity index, the chance that two randomly chosen students belong to different racial or ethnic groups, is 69%.
There are 90.8 full-time-equivalent teachers at the school, a ratio of 11.8:1. It is about the same as the 11.1:1 average for middle schools in New Hampshire. Of all students at Hillside Middle School, 48% are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. The gap from the 26% average for public schools in Hillsborough County is 22 points.
Hillside Middle School holds an F allk12 Grade, placing it above 2% of New Hampshire public middle schools.
On allk12's BeatsExpectations measure, Hillside Middle School is among the bottom 10% of schools in New Hampshire. Predicted: 32.4%. Actual: 18.6%.
Census data for Hillsborough County show the median household earns about $103,545 a year, roughly 42% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and about 4% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Counting Hillside Middle School, Hillsborough County has 127 public schools.
McDonough School is the nearest public school to Hillside Middle School, about 0.3 miles away. Hillside Middle School is one of several public schools in the area, with at least 8 others within five miles. Nearby schools with test data average 26.5% proficiency; Hillside Middle School posts 18.6%.
Its location is classified as City: Mid-size by the National Center for Education Statistics.
In 2020-21, Hillside Middle School enrolled 791 students. By 2024-25, that number had grown to 1,071.
The Hillside Middle School discussion page is a place for special education services, counseling, and support programs. Teachers and staff are welcome to share updates too.
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
- Henry J. McLaughlin Jr. Middle SchoolMiddle · 889 students
- Middle School At ParksideMiddle · 775 students
- Southside Middle SchoolMiddle · 768 students
- Manchester West High SchoolHigh · 764 students
Other schools in Manchester
- Manchester Memorial High SchoolHigh · 1,296 students
- Manchester Central High SchoolHigh · 1,130 students
- Henry J. McLaughlin Jr. Middle SchoolMiddle · 889 students
- Middle School At ParksideMiddle · 775 students
- Southside Middle SchoolMiddle · 768 students
- Manchester West High SchoolHigh · 764 students
Other Hillside Middle schools
5 other US public schools in 5 states are named Hillside Middle. Hillside Middle School is the 2nd largest of the 6.
- Hillside MiddleSimi Valley, CA · 1,138 students
- Hillside Middle SchoolNORTHVILLE, MI · 1,024 students
- Hillside Middle SchoolSeven Hills, OH · 717 students
- Hillside MiddleSALT LAKE CITY, UT · 485 students
- Hillside Middle SchoolKALAMAZOO, MI · 476 students
Nearby schools
- McDonough School0.3 mi · 534
- Smyth Road School0.5 mi · 344
- Manchester Central High School0.7 mi · 1,130
- Kreiva Academy Public Charter School (M)0.9 mi · 42
- Kreiva Academy Public Charter School (H)0.9 mi · 76
- Henry Wilson Elementary School0.9 mi · 388
Frequently asked questions
About Hillside Middle SchoolWhat is the total enrollment at Hillside Middle School?
Hillside Middle School enrolls approximately 1,071 students in grades 05-08.
Is Hillside Middle School an elementary, middle, or high school?
Hillside Middle School is a middle school covering grades 05-08.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Hillside Middle School?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Hillside Middle School is approximately 11.8:1 (91 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at Hillside Middle School?
At Hillside Middle School, the student body is approximately 46% White, 27% Hispanic, 13% Black, 3% Asian, 11% Two or more.
Is Hillside Middle School public or private?
Hillside Middle 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.