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Which teacher or staff member at McDonough School deserves more recognition?
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Enrollment
534
Elementary
DISTRICT 408 · STATE 249
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·MANCHESTER SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 330459000485
McDonough School
550 Lowell St., Manchester, NH 03104 · (603) 624-6373 · Hillsborough County
GRADES PK–04ELEMENTARY12-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL534 STUDENTS
F
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Scored higher than 4% of New Hampshire public elementary schools
- FTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- C-Beats 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
11.3:1
47 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 11.5:1 · STATE 11.0:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
65%
348 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 | 26 | 5% |
| Kindergarten | 87 | 16% |
| Grade 1 | 91 | 17% |
| Grade 2 | 122 | 23% |
| Grade 3 | 111 | 21% |
| Grade 4 | 97 | 18% |
This year's kindergarten class (87) is 10% smaller than its 4th grade class (97).
Student demographics
70%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
16.0%
NH avg 55.2%
Math
16.0%
NH avg 43.0%
What this means: On the NHSAS, New Hampshire's statewide test, about 16 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 16 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
16.3%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
21.4%
based on NH schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-5.0pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 16% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 21% 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 McDonough School
McDonough School's state test result (16.3% proficient) is higher than 0 of the 4 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| McDonough School this school | 534 | 65.2% | 16.3% |
| Gossler Park School Manchester | 366 | 62.0% | 25.5% |
| Beech Street School Manchester | 524 | 66.8% | N/A |
| Bakersville School Manchester | 329 | 62.3% | 24.8% |
| Parker-Varney School Manchester | 406 | 53.0% | 21.3% |
| Northwest Elementary School Manchester | 487 | 49.5% | 29.8% |
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 McDonough School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In New Hampshire | In Hillsborough County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 16.3% | #209 of 209 | #51 of 51 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 16.0% | #204 of 209 | #48 of 51 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 16.0% | #209 of 210 | #51 of 52 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 534 | #8 of 300 | #4 of 68 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 11.3:1 | #93 of 179 | #20 of 52 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 70.3% | #5 of 181 | #5 of 52 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 65.2% | #7 of 240 | #7 of 60 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -2.4% | #130 of 139 | #39 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
534
+104 (+24%) vs 2020
+3% since 1990-91, when it was 519
Student : Teacher
11.3:1
was 10.5:1
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 | 534 | 47.2 | 11.3:1 | 65% (348) |
| 2023-24 | 457 | 42 | 10.9:1 | 59% (270) |
| 2022-23 | 446 | 42 | 10.6:1 | 62% (277) |
| 2020-21 | 430 | 41 | 10.5:1 | 55% (235) |
| 2017-18 | 547 | 38.5 | 14.2:1 | 75% (410) |
| 2015-16 | 559 | 39 | 14.3:1 | 76% (426) |
| 2010-11 | 551 | 38 | 14.5:1 | 69% (382) |
| 2000-01 | 582 | 35 | 16.6:1 | 42% (244) |
| 1990-91 | 519 | 25 | 20.8:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for McDonough School.
Since 2017-18: students down 2% (547 to 534); teachers up 23% (38.5 to 47.2).
About McDonough School
McDonough School operates as a large elementary school in Manchester, New Hampshire. The school serves pre-K through 4. Enrollment is 534 students. That is 114% bigger than the average of about 249 students for elementary schools in New Hampshire.
Manchester School District has 12,295 students in 21 schools, and McDonough School is one of those schools.
Hispanic students make up 37% of enrollment at McDonough School, the largest share of any group. The remaining shares are 35% White, 13% Black, and 13% multiracial. Census estimates put the Hispanic share of Hillsborough County's population at about 9%. Its diversity index, the chance that two randomly chosen students belong to different racial or ethnic groups, is 70%.
McDonough School has 47.2 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of about 11.3:1. It is about the same as the 11.0:1 average for elementary schools in New Hampshire. Eligibility for free or reduced-price lunch, often used to gauge student poverty, is 65%. Public schools in Hillsborough County average 26%.
McDonough School holds an F allk12 Grade, placing it above 4% of New Hampshire public elementary schools.
The model predicts 21.4% for a school in New Hampshire with McDonough School's free or reduced-price lunch share. McDonough School posts 16.3%.
Five-year Census Bureau estimates for Hillsborough County show that the median household earns about $103,545 a year, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 42%, and roughly 4% of residents are in poverty. Across Hillsborough County, 127 public schools serve about 53,974 students.
McDonough School is about 0.3 miles from Hillside Middle School, its nearest public school. McDonough School has at least 8 other public schools within five miles. Local comparison: McDonough School ranks 5th of 5 nearby schools, at 16.3% versus a 27.1% average.
The school is inside a principal city with a population between 100,000 and 250,000, according to its NCES locale (City: Mid-size).
Enrollment in 2024-25 stood at 534, compared with 430 in 2020-21.
This page is a place to ask questions and share updates about athletics, class schedules, and weather closures at McDonough School. Parents, students, alumni, and staff are welcome to post.
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
Nearby schools
- Hillside Middle School0.3 mi · 1,071
- Manchester Central High School0.7 mi · 1,130
- Henry Wilson Elementary School0.7 mi · 388
- Smyth Road School0.8 mi · 344
- Kreiva Academy Public Charter School (H)1.0 mi · 76
- Kreiva Academy Public Charter School (M)1.0 mi · 42
Frequently asked questions
About McDonough SchoolHow large is McDonough School?
McDonough School enrolls approximately 534 students in grades PK-04.
Is McDonough School an elementary, middle, or high school?
McDonough School is an elementary school covering grades PK-04.
How many teachers does McDonough School have?
McDonough School employs 47 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 11.3:1.
What is the student diversity at McDonough School?
Student demographics at McDonough School are roughly 35% White, 37% Hispanic, 13% Black, 2% Asian, 13% Two or more.
What district is McDonough School in?
McDonough School is part of Manchester School District.
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