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How has Middle School At Parkside changed in the last five years, for better or worse?
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Enrollment
775
Middle
DISTRICT 876 · STATE 379
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·MANCHESTER SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 330459000255
Middle School At Parkside
75 Parkside Ave., Manchester, NH 03102 · (603) 624-6356 · Hillsborough County
GRADES 05–08MIDDLE12-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL775 STUDENTS
D
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Scored higher than 5% 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.
- 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 middle schools
Student : Teacher
9.5:1
82 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 10.7:1 · STATE 11.1:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
56%
437 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 | 198 | 26% |
| Grade 6 | 193 | 25% |
| Grade 7 | 193 | 25% |
| Grade 8 | 191 | 25% |
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
23.0%
NH avg 55.2%
Math
15.0%
NH avg 43.0%
What this means: On the NHSAS, New Hampshire's statewide test, about 23 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 15 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
18.4%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
27.0%
based on NH schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-8.7pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 18% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 27% 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 Middle School At Parkside
Middle School At Parkside's state test result (18.4% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 4 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Middle School At Parkside this school | 775 | 56.4% | 18.4% |
| Hillside Middle School Manchester | 1,071 | 48.2% | 18.6% |
| 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 Middle School At Parkside ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In New Hampshire | In Hillsborough County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 18.4% | #84 of 85 | #26 of 27 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 15.0% | #80 of 85 | #25 of 27 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 23.0% | #83 of 85 | #26 of 27 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 775 | #9 of 101 | #5 of 30 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 9.5:1 | #9 of 74 | #3 of 28 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 68.9% | #1 of 74 | #1 of 28 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 56.4% | #3 of 90 | #1 of 29 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +20.3% | #5 of 15 | #5 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
775
-109 (-12%) vs 2020
+36% since 1990-91, when it was 569
Student : Teacher
9.5:1
was 10.8:1
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 | 775 | 81.5 | 9.5:1 | 56% (437) |
| 2023-24 | 801 | 83.5 | 9.6:1 | 55% (442) |
| 2022-23 | 858 | 81.5 | 10.5:1 | 61% (521) |
| 2020-21 | 884 | 82 | 10.8:1 | 51% (454) |
| 2017-18 | 644 | 59.9 | 10.8:1 | 67% (430) |
| 2015-16 | 634 | 56 | 11.3:1 | 70% (446) |
| 2010-11 | 713 | 62 | 11.5:1 | 60% (430) |
| 2000-01 | 799 | 64 | 12.5:1 | 25% (202) |
| 1990-91 | 569 | 39 | 14.6:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Middle School At Parkside.
Since 2017-18: students up 20% (644 to 775); teachers up 36% (59.9 to 81.5).
About Middle School At Parkside
Middle School At Parkside is a large middle school in Manchester, New Hampshire, administered by Manchester School District. Total enrollment is 775 students, and the grades served are 5 through 8. Middle schools in New Hampshire have about 379 students on average; enrollment here is 104% higher.
Manchester School District runs Middle School At Parkside along with 20 other schools, enrolling 12,295 students in total.
White students make up 45% of enrollment at Middle School At Parkside, the largest share of any group. The remaining shares are 28% Hispanic, 12% multiracial, 11% Black, and 3% Asian. Census estimates put the White share of Hillsborough County's population at about 82%. On a 0 to 100 scale, the school's diversity index is 69, compared with 70 nationally.
Its staff includes 81.5 full-time-equivalent teachers, for about 9.5 students per teacher. Across middle schools in New Hampshire, the average ratio is 11.1:1. Middle School At Parkside has a free or reduced-price lunch rate of 56%. The average for public schools in Hillsborough County is 26%.
Middle School At Parkside holds a D allk12 Grade, placing it above 5% of New Hampshire public middle schools.
The BeatsExpectations prediction for Middle School At Parkside is 27.0%, and its average proficiency rate across its state test results is 18.4%.
The county, Hillsborough County, is where the school is located. Median household income comes to about $103,545, 42% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 4% of people live in poverty. The county has 127 public schools and about 53,974 students.
Of the public schools around it, Middle School At Parkside is closest to Gossler Park School, less than a tenth of a mile away. The count of other public schools within five miles is at least 8. Compared with its nearest neighbors, Middle School At Parkside ranks 7th of 7 on average proficiency.
Locale: City: Mid-size. In NCES terms, the school is inside a principal city with a population between 100,000 and 250,000.
The school shrank from 884 students in 2020-21 to 775 in 2024-25. The student-to-teacher ratio went down from 10.8:1 to 9.5:1.
This page is a place to ask questions and share updates about athletics, class schedules, and weather closures at Middle School At Parkside. 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
- 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
- Hillside Middle SchoolMiddle · 1,071 students
- Henry J. McLaughlin Jr. Middle SchoolMiddle · 889 students
- Southside Middle SchoolMiddle · 768 students
- Manchester West High SchoolHigh · 764 students
Other Middle School At Parkside schools
One other US public school is named Middle School At Parkside. Middle School At Parkside is the largest of the 2.
- Middle School at ParksideJACKSON, MI · 750 students
Nearby schools
- Gossler Park School0.1 mi · 366
- Manchester West High School0.3 mi · 764
- Polaris Charter School0.5 mi · 119
- Northwest Elementary School0.8 mi · 487
- Parker-Varney School1.0 mi · 406
- Kreiva Academy Public Charter School (H)1.1 mi · 76
Frequently asked questions
About Middle School At ParksideWhat is the total enrollment at Middle School At Parkside?
Middle School At Parkside enrolls approximately 775 students in grades 05-08.
What grades does Middle School At Parkside serve?
Middle School At Parkside serves grades 05-08.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Middle School At Parkside?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Middle School At Parkside is approximately 9.5:1 (82 FTE teachers).
What is the student diversity at Middle School At Parkside?
Student demographics at Middle School At Parkside are roughly 45% White, 28% Hispanic, 11% Black, 3% Asian, 12% Two or more.
What district is Middle School At Parkside in?
Middle School At Parkside is part of Manchester School District.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.