Weston Elementary School

Weston Elementary School is a sprawling elementary school in Manchester, New Hampshire, run under Manchester School District. The school serves 438 students in grades pre-K through 4. Compared to the state average of about 249 students per school, that is 76% above typical.

Manchester School District comprises 21 schools with combined enrollment of 12,295 students; Weston Elementary School is among them.

For racial and ethnic makeup, Weston Elementary School logs that 58% of the student body identifies as White; the rest comes out to 16% Hispanic, 8% Black, 8% Asian, 8% multiracial. By comparison, Hillsborough County as a whole is about 82% White, so the school skews meaningfully less White than its surroundings.

On the income-and-resources front, The school reports having 35 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 12.5:1. That figure is higher than the state norm's 11.0:1 average. Around 37% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. Set against Hillsborough County (around 26%), the school's rate is meaningfully above typical.

After controlling for student poverty, Weston Elementary School performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 39.8%, the actual is 28.0%, a residual of -11.8 points.

In the surrounding community, Hillsborough County reports that median household earnings sit near $103,545, roughly 42% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and the poverty rate sits near 4%. In all, Hillsborough County runs 127 public schools (combined enrollment of about 53,974 students), of which Weston Elementary School is one.

The closest other public school is Mill Falls Charter School, roughly 1.1 miles away. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Weston Elementary School at 4th of 8; the average score across the group is 28.5%.

Weston Elementary School operates from a high-density location.

Looking at the recent track record. Over the past 7-year window, the student count edged down 14%: 509 students in 2018 compared to 438 in 2025. Over the same period, the White share declined from 66% to 58%. The student-to-teacher ratio fell from 14.8:1 in 2018 to 12.5:1 today.

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