McDonough School

McDonough School operates as a well-populated elementary school in Manchester, New Hampshire, run under Manchester School District. Current enrollment sits at 534 students spanning grades pre-K through 4. Enrollment runs roughly 114% bigger than the state mean of about 249.

Manchester School District comprises 21 schools with combined enrollment of 12,295 students; McDonough School is among them.

On demographics, McDonough School shows that 37% of students identify as Hispanic, with the remaining enrollment distributed across several groups; the rest breaks down as 35% White, 13% Black, 13% multiracial. That is meaningfully more Hispanic than the county at large, where the share is closer to 9%.

On the income-and-resources front, On paper, McDonough School has 47 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 11.3:1. The state averages about 11.0:1, putting this campus right in line with peers. About 65% of enrolled students meet the income threshold 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.

With demographic context factored in, McDonough School sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 21.4%; this one delivers 16.3%.

In the area at large, ACS estimates for Hillsborough County put median household earnings sit near $103,545, 42% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 4%. McDonough School is one of 127 public schools in Hillsborough County (combined enrollment of about 53,974 students).

Hillside Middle School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.3 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around McDonough School. Among the 5 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), McDonough School ranks 5th on composite proficiency, below the local average of 27.1%.

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

Trend over the last 7 years. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at McDonough School has showed little movement, going from 547 students in 2018 to 534 in 2025. White enrollment moved from 50% to 35% across the same window. Class-load math has narrowed: from 14.2:1 in 2018 to 11.3:1 in 2025.

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