Enrollment
119
Elementary
STATE 249
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·POLARIS CHARTER SCHOOL·NCES 330329000706
Polaris Charter School
100 Coolidge Ave, Manchester, NH 03102 · (603) 634-0034 · Hillsborough County
GRADES KG–05ELEMENTARY12-CITYCHARTERREGULAR SCHOOL119 STUDENTS
C
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Scored higher than 29% of New Hampshire public elementary schools
- C+Test 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
13.5:1
9 FTE teachers
STATE 11.0:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
21%
25 students
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Kindergarten | 19 | 16% |
| Grade 1 | 22 | 18% |
| Grade 2 | 22 | 18% |
| Grade 3 | 22 | 18% |
| Grade 4 | 24 | 20% |
| Grade 5 | 10 | 8% |
This year's kindergarten class (19) is 90% larger than its 5th grade class (10).
Student demographics
55%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
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
46.0%
NH avg 55.2%
Math
43.0%
NH avg 43.0%
What this means: On the NHSAS, New Hampshire's statewide test, about 46 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 43 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
44.2%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
50.0%
based on NH schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-5.8pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 44% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 50% 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 Polaris Charter School
Polaris Charter School's state test result (44.2% proficient) is higher than 0 of the 4 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Polaris Charter School this school | 119 | 21.0% | 44.2% |
| Mill Falls Charter School Manchester | 168 | 17.9% | 54.3% |
| Jonathan Daniels School Keene | 93 | 24.7% | N/A |
| Bartlett Elementary School Manchester | 177 | 24.3% | 51.3% |
| Mary A. Fisk Elementary School Salem | 272 | 19.1% | 49.5% |
| 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 Polaris Charter School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In New Hampshire | In Hillsborough County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 44.2% | #126 of 209 | #31 of 51 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 43.0% | #127 of 209 | #30 of 51 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 46.0% | #136 of 210 | #31 of 52 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 119 | #230 of 300 | #59 of 68 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 21.0% | #133 of 240 | #33 of 60 |
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
119
+10 (+9%) vs 2020
Student : Teacher
13.5:1
was 15.6:1
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 | 119 | 8.8 | 13.5:1 | 21% (25) |
| 2023-24 | 122 | 9.6 | 12.7:1 | 25% (30) |
| 2022-23 | 120 | 9.8 | 12.2:1 | 31% (37) |
| 2020-21 | 109 | 7 | 15.6:1 | 16% (17) |
| 2017-18 | 107 | 7.6 | 14.1:1 | 14% (15) |
| 2015-16 | 112 | 7 | 16.0:1 | 12% (13) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Polaris Charter School.
Since 2017-18: students up 11% (107 to 119); teachers up 16% (7.6 to 8.8).
About Polaris Charter School
Polaris Charter School is a low-enrollment elementary school in New Hampshire, with an address in Manchester. It enrolls 119 students in 2024-25. The grades offered are kindergarten through 5. That puts enrollment 52% below the 249-student average for elementary schools in New Hampshire.
Polaris Charter School is its own local education agency in federal data.
The share of White students at Polaris Charter School is 64%, a majority. After that, the student body is 13% Hispanic, 11% multiracial, 9% Black, and 3% Asian. Census figures show Hillsborough County is about 82% White. On a 0 to 100 scale, the school's diversity index is 55, compared with 70 nationally.
For every teacher at Polaris Charter School, there are about 13.5 students; the school has 8.8 full-time-equivalent teachers. Statewide, elementary schools in New Hampshire average 11.0:1. The eligibility rate for free or reduced-price meals is 21%.
Among New Hampshire public elementary schools, Polaris Charter School outscored 29%, which works out to a C on the allk12 Grade.
Compared with New Hampshire schools that have similar shares of low-income students, Polaris Charter School's results are 5.8 points below predicted: 44.2% against 50.0%.
In the surrounding county, Hillsborough County, median household income comes to about $103,545, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 42% of adults, and the poverty rate is about 4%. The county has 127 public schools and about 53,974 students.
Gossler Park School is about 0.5 miles from Polaris Charter School, the shortest distance to any other public school. Other public schools within five miles: at least 8. Nearby schools with test data average 24.7% proficiency; Polaris Charter School posts 44.2%.
NCES lists the school's locale as City: Mid-size. That means it sits inside a principal city with a population between 100,000 and 250,000. Federal records list Polaris Charter School as a charter school.
In 2020-21, Polaris Charter School enrolled 109 students. By 2024-25, that number had grown to 119. The student-to-teacher ratio dropped from 15.6:1 in 2020-21 to 13.5:1 in 2024-25.
Parents, students, and staff can share information on athletics, class schedules, and weather closures here. Members of the school community can share what they know.
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
- 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
- Gossler Park School0.5 mi · 366
- Northwest Elementary School0.5 mi · 487
- Middle School At Parkside0.5 mi · 775
- Manchester West High School0.7 mi · 764
- Kreiva Academy Public Charter School (M)0.8 mi · 42
- Kreiva Academy Public Charter School (H)0.8 mi · 76
Frequently asked questions
About Polaris Charter SchoolHow many students attend Polaris Charter School?
Polaris Charter School enrolls approximately 119 students in grades KG-05.
What grades does Polaris Charter School serve?
Polaris Charter School serves grades KG-05.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Polaris Charter School?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Polaris Charter School is approximately 13.5:1 (9 FTE teachers).
What is the student diversity at Polaris Charter School?
Student demographics at Polaris Charter School are roughly 64% White, 13% Hispanic, 9% Black, 3% Asian, 11% Two or more.
Is Polaris Charter School public or private?
Polaris Charter School is a public K-12 school operated as a charter, overseen by Polaris Charter School.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.