Summary:
Manchester, Massachusetts, is a coastal community north of Boston whose public schools are all part of the Manchester Essex Regional district. Three schools serve students from pre-kindergarten through 12th grade: Manchester Memorial Elementary (PK–5), Manchester Essex Regional Middle School (6–8), and Manchester Essex Regional High School (9–12), with 975 students enrolled in total. The district is ranked 61st out of 351 in Massachusetts, placing it in the 83rd percentile with 4 stars.
The elementary school is the strongest relative performer. In 2025–2026, its all-grade ELA proficiency was 69.57% against a state figure of 40.03%, math was 63.83% against 41.11%, and science was 71.43% against 40.98%. Fourth-grade math reached 81.58%. It also holds the highest and steadiest individual rank of the three, at 88th percentile with 4 stars. The high school pairs strong proficiency with strong completion outcomes: a 98.2% graduation rate and 1.8% dropout rate for 2024–2025, plus 10th-grade ELA at 67.07%, math at 69.05%, science at 58.54%, and Biology End of Course at 63.33%, all well above state averages. Its rank slipped from 22nd out of 349 (94th percentile, 5 stars) in 2024–2025 to 53rd out of 353 (85th percentile, 4 stars) in 2025–2026.
The middle school has the smallest student-teacher ratio at 9.2, yet the weakest relative results: all-grade ELA at 59.40%, math at 51.15%, and science at 44.94%. It stays above the state in every all-grade subject but trails the district in math and science, and its rank percentile fell from 86 to 76, though it still earns 4 stars. Its science and 8th-grade civics scores also dropped sharply year over year. Notably, all three schools remain above state averages in their headline results.
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