Smyth Road School

Located at 245 Bruce Rd., in Manchester, New Hampshire, Smyth Road School is a middle-of-the-pack K-5 school that educates 344 students (grades pre-K through 4), part of Manchester School District. Compared to the state average of about 249 students per school, that is 38% bigger than typical.

Smyth Road School is one of 21 schools operated by Manchester School District, a district that educates 12,295 students overall.

On the student-mix side, Smyth Road School logs that the largest single group is White, at 62% of enrollment; the rest breaks down as 18% Hispanic, 11% multiracial, 6% Black, 3% Asian. By comparison, Hillsborough County as a whole is about 82% White, so the school skews visibly less White than its surroundings.

Looking at the economic backdrop, Staff filings list 31 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 11.0:1 students per teacher. The state averages about 11.0:1, putting this campus right in line with peers. Roughly 36% of students at Smyth Road School qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. By comparison, Hillsborough County runs at roughly 26%, so the school's eligibility rate is higher than the surrounding baseline.

With demographic context factored in, Smyth Road School tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 40.0% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 37.3%.

In the broader community, census data for Hillsborough County shows the typical household earns roughly $103,545 per year, about 42% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 4%. Smyth Road School is one of 127 public schools in Hillsborough County (combined enrollment of about 53,974 students).

Nearest neighbor: Hillside Middle School, around 0.5 miles off. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Smyth Road School at 2nd of 5; the average score across the group is 24.6%.

Smyth Road School operates from an urban location.

Looking at the recent track record. Smyth Road School's enrollment has shrank 8% since 2018, when it stood at 375 (now 344). White enrollment moved from 66% to 62% across the same window. The student-to-teacher ratio narrowed from 12.8:1 in 2018 to 11.0:1 today.

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