The Founders Academy Charter School (E)

The Founders Academy Charter School (E) is a modestly sized middle school in Manchester, New Hampshire, part of The Founders Academy Charter School. The school teaches 279 students in grades 5 through 8. That puts it 26% below the typical public school in New Hampshire, which averages around 379 students.

Within The Founders Academy Charter School, which oversees 2 schools and 431 students, The Founders Academy Charter School (E) is one campus in the system.

For racial and ethnic makeup, The Founders Academy Charter School (E) reports that the largest single group is White, at 76% of enrollment. Beyond that, the school reports 9% Hispanic, 8% Asian, 5% Black, 3% multiracial.

Looking at school resources, The Founders Academy Charter School (E) reports 27 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 10.3:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 11.1:1, putting The Founders Academy Charter School (E) tighter than the state norm the norm. Around 22% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, The Founders Academy Charter School (E) falls in the UNDERPERFORMING tier of the BeatsExpectations residual. Given its student profile, a typical campus would land near 49.6%; this one comes in at 29.1%, -20.6 points off the demographic line.

Zooming out to the county, community-level numbers for Hillsborough County indicate median household income runs about $103,545, 42% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 4%. In all, Hillsborough County runs 127 public schools (combined enrollment of about 53,974 students), of which The Founders Academy Charter School (E) is one.

The Founders Academy Charter School (H) is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.0 miles from this campus. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. On composite proficiency, The Founders Academy Charter School (E) comes 4th of 9 in the immediate cluster, beneath the nearby-schools average of 31.9%.

The school occupies a city-core site. The Founders Academy Charter School (E) is a charter school, which puts it inside the public-school system but outside the standard district-managed model.

Over the past 7-year window. Over the past 7-year window, the student count edged up 26%: 221 students in 2018 compared to 279 in 2025. The Hispanic share of enrollment increased from 4% to 9% over that span. Class-load math has tightened: from 12.3:1 in 2018 to 10.3:1 in 2025.

In the discussion threads here, posts here usually surface around open house dates, ride-share offers, and field-trip permission slips. Posting is open to anyone connected to the school.