Enrollment
96
High
STATE 496
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·SPARK ACADEMY OF ADVANCED TECHNOLOGIES·NCES 330331500736
Spark Academy of Advanced Technologies Charter School
1066 Front St., Manchester, NH 03102 · (603) 316-1170 · Hillsborough County
GRADES 09–12HIGH12-CITYCHARTERREGULAR SCHOOL96 STUDENTS
A-
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Scored higher than 81% of New Hampshire public high schools
- ATest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- B+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 high schools
Student : Teacher
12.0:1
8 FTE teachers
STATE 11.2:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
3%
3 students
STATE 26%
Community
0
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other high schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Grade 9 | 25 | 26% |
| Grade 10 | 26 | 27% |
| Grade 11 | 21 | 22% |
| Grade 12 | 24 | 25% |
Student demographics
30%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
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NHSAS 2024-25 . % Above ProficientEnglish Language Arts
75.0%
NH avg 55.2%
Math
45.0%
NH avg 43.0%
What this means: On the NHSAS, New Hampshire's statewide test, about 75 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 45 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
62.7%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
61.6%
based on NH schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+1.1pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 63% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 62% 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 Spark Academy of Advanced Technologies Charter School
Spark Academy of Advanced Technologies Charter School's state test result (62.7% proficient) is higher than 5 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Spark Academy of Advanced Technologies Charter School this school | 96 | 3.1% | 62.7% |
| Sunapee Sr. High School Sunapee | 131 | 14.5% | 59.0% |
| Hopkinton High School Contoocook | 284 | 7.0% | 57.0% |
| Arts Academy of New Hampshire Chartered Public High School Salem | 106 | 10.4% | 46.0% |
| Kearsarge Regional High School North Sutton | 485 | 8.2% | 44.0% |
| Campbell High School LITCHFIELD | 343 | 13.4% | 33.7% |
Matched among New Hampshire high 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 Spark Academy of Advanced Technologies Charter School ranks
Among high schools| Measure | This school | In New Hampshire | In Hillsborough County |
|---|---|---|---|
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 96 | #82 of 103 | #23 of 25 |
Ranked against other public high 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
96
+62 (+182%) vs 2020
Student : Teacher
12.0:1
was 5.7:1
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 | 96 | 8 | 12.0:1 | 3% (3) |
| 2023-24 | 87 | 9 | 9.7:1 | 5% (4) |
| 2022-23 | 88 | 6 | 14.7:1 | 7% (6) |
| 2020-21 | 34 | 6 | 5.7:1 | 9% (3) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Spark Academy of Advanced Technologies Charter School.
About Spark Academy of Advanced Technologies Charter School
Spark Academy of Advanced Technologies Charter School is classified as a high school. It is located in Manchester, New Hampshire. The school enrolls 96 students, from grades 9 through 12. An average school in this group (high schools in New Hampshire) has about 496 students.
Spark Academy of Advanced Technologies Charter School is run by Spark Academy of Advanced Technologies.
Spark Academy of Advanced Technologies Charter School enrolls a student body that is 83% White. Beyond that, enrollment is 6% multiracial, 4% Hispanic, 4% Asian, and 2% Black. The White share in Hillsborough County as a whole is similar, at about 82%. By the diversity index, Spark Academy of Advanced Technologies Charter School comes in at 30%.
Spark Academy of Advanced Technologies Charter School employs 8 full-time-equivalent teachers. That gives a ratio of about 12.0:1. The average ratio among high schools in New Hampshire is 11.2:1, lower than at this school. Spark Academy of Advanced Technologies Charter School's free or reduced-price lunch eligibility rate is 3%. The gap from the 26% average for public schools in Hillsborough County is 23 points.
Spark Academy of Advanced Technologies Charter School is graded A- by allk12, scoring above 81% of New Hampshire public high schools once test results, poverty-adjusted performance, and the recent trend are combined.
Spark Academy of Advanced Technologies Charter School's average proficiency rate on state tests of 62.7% is 1.1 points above the 61.6% the model predicts from its lunch-eligibility share.
Among Hillsborough County residents, median household income is about $103,545, about 42% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and roughly 4% of residents are in poverty. Spark Academy of Advanced Technologies Charter School is one of 127 public schools in Hillsborough County, which together enroll about 53,974 students.
Nearby, Webster School is about 0.8 miles away. Spark Academy of Advanced Technologies Charter School is one of several public schools in the area, with at least 8 others within five miles. Spark Academy of Advanced Technologies Charter School's average proficiency of 62.7% compares with 34.7% for its nearest scored neighbors.
The school's locale code, City: Mid-size, means it is inside a principal city with a population between 100,000 and 250,000. The school is a charter school, funded with public money and operated under a charter agreement.
The school counted 34 students in 2020-21 and 96 in 2024-25. A shift in the grades offered could account for part of the difference. From 2020-21 to 2024-25, the ratio rose from 5.7:1 to 12.0:1.
Conversations here can range across science fairs, picture day, and bus routes. Posting is open to anyone connected to the school.
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
- Webster School0.8 mi · 362
- Northwest Elementary School1.3 mi · 487
- Polaris Charter School1.6 mi · 119
- Gossler Park School2.0 mi · 366
- Kreiva Academy Public Charter School (M)2.0 mi · 42
- Kreiva Academy Public Charter School (H)2.0 mi · 76
Frequently asked questions
About Spark Academy of Advanced Technologies Charter SchoolHow many students attend Spark Academy of Advanced Technologies Charter School?
Spark Academy of Advanced Technologies Charter School enrolls approximately 96 students in grades 09-12.
What age range does Spark Academy of Advanced Technologies Charter School serve?
Spark Academy of Advanced Technologies Charter School serves students from grade 09 through grade 12.
How many students per teacher at Spark Academy of Advanced Technologies Charter School?
Approximately 12.0:1 students per teacher at Spark Academy of Advanced Technologies Charter School.
What is the student diversity at Spark Academy of Advanced Technologies Charter School?
Student demographics at Spark Academy of Advanced Technologies Charter School are roughly 83% White, 4% Hispanic, 2% Black, 4% Asian, 6% Two or more.
Who oversees Spark Academy of Advanced Technologies Charter School?
Spark Academy of Advanced Technologies Charter School is overseen by Spark Academy of Advanced Technologies in Hillsborough County.
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