Enrollment
406
Elementary
DISTRICT 408 · STATE 249
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·MANCHESTER SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 330459000254
Parker-Varney School
223 James Pollack Dr., Manchester, NH 03102 · (603) 624-6338 · Hillsborough County
GRADES PK–04ELEMENTARY12-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL406 STUDENTS
F
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Scored higher than 2% 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.
- 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 elementary schools
Student : Teacher
12.4:1
33 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 11.5:1 · STATE 11.0:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
53%
215 students
DISTRICT 47% · STATE 26%
Community
0
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 | 69 | 17% |
| Kindergarten | 53 | 13% |
| Grade 1 | 83 | 20% |
| Grade 2 | 65 | 16% |
| Grade 3 | 76 | 19% |
| Grade 4 | 60 | 15% |
This year's kindergarten class (53) is 12% smaller than its 4th grade class (60).
Student demographics
68%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
20.0%
NH avg 55.2%
Math
23.0%
NH avg 43.0%
What this means: On the NHSAS, New Hampshire's statewide test, about 20 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 23 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
21.3%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
29.3%
based on NH schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-7.9pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 21% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 29% 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 Parker-Varney School
Parker-Varney School's state test result (21.3% proficient) is higher than 0 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Parker-Varney School this school | 406 | 53.0% | 21.3% |
| Northwest Elementary School Manchester | 487 | 49.5% | 29.8% |
| Webster School Manchester | 362 | 43.4% | 39.0% |
| Jewett School Manchester | 443 | 38.4% | 28.8% |
| Gossler Park School Manchester | 366 | 62.0% | 25.5% |
| Highland-Goffes Falls School Manchester | 336 | 32.7% | 45.5% |
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 Parker-Varney School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In New Hampshire | In Hillsborough County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 21.3% | #205 of 209 | #47 of 51 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 23.0% | #195 of 209 | #44 of 51 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 20.0% | #207 of 210 | #49 of 52 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 406 | #49 of 300 | #22 of 68 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 12.4:1 | #137 of 179 | #37 of 52 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 67.9% | #7 of 181 | #7 of 52 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 53.0% | #21 of 240 | #11 of 60 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -27.5% | #15 of 139 | #7 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
406
+37 (+10%) vs 2020
-38% since 1990-91, when it was 654
Student : Teacher
12.4:1
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 | 406 | 32.6 | 12.4:1 | 53% (215) |
| 2023-24 | 394 | 33 | 11.9:1 | 52% (204) |
| 2022-23 | 396 | 32 | 12.4:1 | 53% (211) |
| 2020-21 | 369 | 35 | 10.5:1 | 45% (165) |
| 2017-18 | 560 | 33.9 | 16.5:1 | 65% (363) |
| 2015-16 | 585 | 34 | 17.2:1 | 66% (385) |
| 2010-11 | 525 | 32 | 16.4:1 | 51% (270) |
| 2000-01 | 550 | 32 | 17.2:1 | 30% (166) |
| 1990-91 | 654 | 28 | 23.4:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Parker-Varney School.
Since 2017-18: students down 28% (560 to 406); teachers down 4% (33.9 to 32.6).
About Parker-Varney School
Parker-Varney School is a high-enrollment elementary school in Manchester, New Hampshire, administered by Manchester School District. It enrolled 406 students in pre-K through 4 for the 2024-25 school year. Enrollment is 63% higher than the average for elementary schools in New Hampshire, which is about 249.
Manchester School District counts 12,295 students in its 21 schools, and Parker-Varney School is one of them.
Federal enrollment data show White students as the largest group at Parker-Varney School, at 48%. The rest of enrollment is 23% Hispanic, 15% multiracial, 11% Black, and 3% Asian. Among all residents of Hillsborough County, the White share is about 82%. Parker-Varney School's diversity index is 68%, against a US figure of 70%.
Its 32.6 full-time-equivalent teachers give the school a ratio of 12.4:1. The school has more students per teacher than the 11.0:1 average for elementary schools in New Hampshire. The school's lunch program data list 53% of students as eligible for free or reduced-price meals. That is higher than the 26% average for public schools in Hillsborough County.
Measured against New Hampshire public elementary schools, Parker-Varney School receives an F. The grade weighs proficiency most heavily, then how results compare with what the school's low-income share predicts, then the three-year change.
Parker-Varney School scores 21.3% on state tests, averaged across results. The predicted figure, based on its student poverty level, is 29.3%.
Recent Census Bureau figures for Hillsborough County show that the median household income is $103,545, about 42% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and the poverty rate is about 4%. Besides Parker-Varney School, Hillsborough County has 126 other public schools.
Of nearby public schools, Manchester West High School is the closest, at about 0.9 miles. Parker-Varney School has at least 8 other public schools within five miles. The school's 21.3% average proficiency ranks 6th among 7 nearby schools.
Parker-Varney School falls in the City: Mid-size locale category, used for schools inside a principal city with a population between 100,000 and 250,000.
The school enrolled 406 students in 2024-25, 37 more than the 369 it had in 2020-21. There were more students per teacher in 2024-25 (12.4:1) than in 2020-21 (10.5:1).
The Parker-Varney School community page is open for posts about sports schedules, lunch menus, and spirit week. Anyone with firsthand experience at this school can post or comment.
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
- Manchester West High School0.9 mi · 764
- Middle School At Parkside1.0 mi · 775
- Gossler Park School1.1 mi · 366
- Bakersville School1.1 mi · 329
- Memorial School1.3 mi · 439
- Polaris Charter School1.5 mi · 119
Frequently asked questions
About Parker-Varney SchoolWhat is the total enrollment at Parker-Varney School?
Parker-Varney School enrolls approximately 406 students in grades PK-04.
What grades does Parker-Varney School serve?
Parker-Varney School serves grades PK-04.
How many teachers does Parker-Varney School have?
Parker-Varney School employs 33 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 12.4:1.
What is the racial breakdown of students at Parker-Varney School?
At Parker-Varney School, the student body is approximately 48% White, 23% Hispanic, 11% Black, 3% Asian, 15% Two or more.
Is Parker-Varney School public or private?
Parker-Varney 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.