Enrollment
279
Middle
DISTRICT 216 · STATE 379
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·THE FOUNDERS ACADEMY CHARTER SCHOOL·NCES 330329800713
The Founders Academy Charter School (E)
5 Perimeter Rd, Manchester, NH 03103 · (603) 952-4705 · Hillsborough County
GRADES 05–08MIDDLE12-CITYCHARTERREGULAR SCHOOL279 STUDENTS
F
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Scored higher than 4% of New Hampshire public middle schools
- DTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- FBeats 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 middle schools
Student : Teacher
10.3:1
27 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 11.5:1 · STATE 11.1:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
22%
60 students
DISTRICT 17% · STATE 26%
Community
0
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other middle schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Grade 5 | 55 | 20% |
| Grade 6 | 64 | 23% |
| Grade 7 | 86 | 31% |
| Grade 8 | 74 | 27% |
Student demographics
41%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 39% · 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
School pathway
Students here typically continue to
The Founders Academy Charter School (E)→The Founders Academy Charter School (H)
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NHSAS 2024-25 . % Above ProficientEnglish Language Arts
40.0%
NH avg 55.2%
Math
18.0%
NH avg 43.0%
What this means: On the NHSAS, New Hampshire's statewide test, about 40 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 18 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
UNDERPERFORMING
Bottom 10% of NH schools after controlling for student poverty
Actual proficiency
29.1%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
49.6%
based on NH schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-20.6pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 29% of students here test proficient in math and reading, below the roughly 50% typical for New Hampshire schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations compares each school with others at the same poverty level, not by raw scores, so a school lands here when its results trail those comparable schools, which is not the same as having low scores. A higher-scoring school can still fall in this tier if similar schools score higher still.
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 The Founders Academy Charter School (E)
The Founders Academy Charter School (E)'s state test result (29.1% proficient) is higher than 0 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| The Founders Academy Charter School (E) this school | 279 | 21.5% | 29.1% |
| Lebanon Middle School Lebanon | 464 | 25.2% | 50.7% |
| Newmarket Jr.-Sr. High (Elem) Newmarket | 225 | 17.3% | 55.6% |
| Portsmouth Middle School Portsmouth | 486 | 17.3% | 64.1% |
| Hampton Academy Hampton | 313 | 19.5% | 61.3% |
| Gilbert H. Hood Middle School Derry | 696 | 24.6% | 38.8% |
Matched among New Hampshire middle 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 The Founders Academy Charter School (E) ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In New Hampshire | In Hillsborough County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 29.1% | #73 of 85 | #23 of 27 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 18.0% | #77 of 85 | #24 of 27 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 40.0% | #70 of 85 | #21 of 27 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 279 | #59 of 101 | #23 of 30 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 10.3:1 | #28 of 74 | #11 of 28 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 40.6% | #12 of 74 | #10 of 28 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 21.5% | #50 of 90 | #14 of 29 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +26.2% | #4 of 15 | #4 of 9 |
Ranked against other public middle 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
279
+43 (+18%) vs 2020
Student : Teacher
10.3:1
was 11.8:1
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 | 279 | 27 | 10.3:1 | 22% (60) |
| 2023-24 | 263 | 24.2 | 10.9:1 | 20% (52) |
| 2022-23 | 285 | 26.3 | 10.8:1 | 23% (65) |
| 2020-21 | 236 | 20 | 11.8:1 | 19% (46) |
| 2017-18 | 221 | 18 | 12.3:1 | 10% (22) |
| 2015-16 | 179 | 11 | 16.3:1 | 8% (15) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for The Founders Academy Charter School (E).
Since 2017-18: students up 26% (221 to 279); teachers up 50% (18 to 27).
About The Founders Academy Charter School (E)
Manchester, New Hampshire, is home to The Founders Academy Charter School (E), a low-enrollment middle-grades school. The school runs grades 5 through 8 and enrolls 279 students. Middle schools in New Hampshire have about 379 students on average; enrollment here is 26% lower.
District-wide, The Founders Academy Charter School has 2 schools and 431 students.
White students are 76% of those enrolled at The Founders Academy Charter School (E). The next largest groups are 9% Hispanic, 8% Asian, 5% Black, and 3% multiracial. A diversity index of 41% means there is a 41% chance two randomly chosen students at The Founders Academy Charter School (E) are from different groups.
Teacher count: 27 full-time equivalents. Student-to-teacher ratio: 10.3:1. Across middle schools in New Hampshire, the average ratio is 11.1:1. Roughly 22% of students come from households that qualify for free or reduced-price lunch.
The Founders Academy Charter School (E) holds an F allk12 Grade, placing it above 4% of New Hampshire public middle schools.
On BeatsExpectations, which compares test results with what a school's student poverty level would predict, The Founders Academy Charter School (E) ranks in the bottom 10% in New Hampshire. Its average proficiency rate across its state test results is 29.1%, against a prediction of 49.6%.
The school is in Hillsborough County, where median household income comes to about $103,545, roughly 42% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 4%. Hillsborough County counts 127 public schools with about 53,974 students.
The Founders Academy Charter School (H) sits less than a tenth of a mile from The Founders Academy Charter School (E). Around the school, at least 8 other public schools are within five miles. Among the 9 closest schools with test data, this one included, The Founders Academy Charter School (E) ranks 4th on average proficiency.
The school's federal locale classification is City: Mid-size. The school is classified as a charter school in federal data.
The school grew from 236 students in 2020-21 to 279 in 2024-25. The student-to-teacher ratio dropped from 11.8:1 in 2020-21 to 10.3:1 in 2024-25.
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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 The Founders Academy Charter School
- The Founders Academy Charter School (H)High · 152 students
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
- The Founders Academy Charter School (H)0.0 mi · 152
- Highland-Goffes Falls School0.6 mi · 336
- Manchester School of Technology (High School)1.1 mi · 302
- Manchester Memorial High School1.4 mi · 1,296
- Southside Middle School1.5 mi · 768
- Green Acres School1.6 mi · 343
Frequently asked questions
About The Founders Academy Charter School (E)What is the total enrollment at The Founders Academy Charter School (E)?
The Founders Academy Charter School (E) enrolls approximately 279 students in grades 05-08.
What grades does The Founders Academy Charter School (E) serve?
The Founders Academy Charter School (E) serves grades 05-08.
How many students per teacher at The Founders Academy Charter School (E)?
Approximately 10.3:1 students per teacher at The Founders Academy Charter School (E).
How diverse is The Founders Academy Charter School (E)?
The Founders Academy Charter School (E) reports a student body of 76% White, 9% Hispanic, 5% Black, 8% Asian, 3% Two or more.
What district is The Founders Academy Charter School (E) in?
The Founders Academy Charter School (E) is part of The Founders Academy Charter School.
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