Southside Middle School

Set in Manchester, New Hampshire, Southside Middle School is a large middle school, run under Manchester School District. It educates 768 students across grades 5 through 8. By comparison, New Hampshire's public schools average about 379 students each, so Southside Middle School sits 103% larger than that benchmark.

Within Manchester School District, which oversees 21 schools and 12,295 students, Southside Middle School is one campus in the system.

In terms of who attends, Southside Middle School reports that the most-represented group is White (49%), with the rest of the student body spread across multiple groups. The remainder breaks down as 29% Hispanic, 9% multiracial, 9% Black, 5% Asian. The wider county runs roughly 82% White, putting the school's mix visibly less White than the area baseline.

In terms of school funding signals, Southside Middle School reports 75 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 10.2:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 11.1:1 average. Roughly 43% of students at Southside Middle School qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. By comparison, Hillsborough County runs at roughly 26%, so the school's eligibility rate is above the surrounding baseline.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), Southside Middle School tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 35.7% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 24.0%.

In the broader community, Hillsborough County reports that median household income runs about $103,545, roughly 42% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 4%. Southside Middle School is one of 127 public schools in Hillsborough County (combined enrollment of about 53,974 students).

Nearest neighbor: Jewett School, around 0.2 miles off. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. On composite proficiency, Southside Middle School comes 5th of 7 in the immediate cluster, behind the nearby-schools average of 26.8%.

The school occupies an inner-city site.

Looking at the recent track record. Over the past 7-year window, the student count stayed largely flat: 769 students in 2018 compared to 768 in 2025. Class-load math has fell: from 11.9:1 in 2018 to 10.2:1 in 2025.

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