Hillside Middle School

Located at 112 Reservoir Ave., in Manchester, New Hampshire, Hillside Middle School is a sprawling junior high that educates 1,071 students (grades 5 through 8), run under Manchester School District. Compared to the state average of about 379 students per school, that is 183% bigger than typical.

Across the 21 schools in Manchester School District (12,295 students total), Hillside Middle School accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

On demographics, Hillside Middle School records that the largest single group is White at 46%, but no single group is in the majority. Other groups include 27% Hispanic, 13% Black, 11% multiracial, 3% Asian. The wider county runs roughly 82% White, putting the school's mix visibly less White than the area baseline.

On the income-and-resources front, Staff filings list 91 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 11.8:1 students per teacher. The state averages about 11.1:1, putting this campus right in line with peers. Roughly 48% of students at Hillside Middle School qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. Set against Hillsborough County (around 26%), the school's rate is meaningfully above typical.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), On a poverty-adjusted basis, Hillside Middle School sits in the bottom 10% statewide. Predicted proficiency from the FRL regression is roughly 32.4%; actual is 18.6%, a gap of -13.8 points.

In the broader community, 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 census figures put the poverty rate at about 4%. Hillside Middle School is one of 127 public schools in Hillsborough County (combined enrollment of about 53,974 students).

The closest other public school is McDonough School, roughly 0.3 miles away. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Hillside Middle School. Among the 5 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Hillside Middle School ranks 4th on composite proficiency, behind the local average of 26.5%.

The campus sits in a city-core setting.

Looking at the recent track record. Hillside Middle School's enrollment has rose 36% since 2018, when it stood at 789 (now 1,071). The White share of enrollment shrank from 57% to 46% over that span.

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