Summary:
Manchester, Massachusetts has just one middle school in this data set: Manchester Essex Regional Middle School, which serves grades 6–8 with 279 students and belongs to the Manchester Essex Regional district. Because it is the only middle school in the city, the most useful comparisons are against state and district averages rather than against other local schools.
The school is a strong performer overall. It holds a 4-star rating in each reported year, with a district rank of 61 of 351 (83rd percentile) and school ranks of 114 of 478 (76th percentile) in 2025–26, 67 of 484 (86th percentile) in 2024–25, and 91 of 493 (82nd percentile) in 2023–24. Its strongest subject is English Language Arts: all-grade ELA was 59.4% proficient in 2025–26 versus 40.03% statewide, and 7th grade ELA reached 75% against 39.91% statewide — about 35 percentage points above the state. The school also exceeds state averages in all-grade math (51.15% vs. 41.11%) and science (44.94% vs. 40.98%). At the grade level, it is above the district in every reported 2025–26 subject.
There are watch items. The 2025–26 rank slipped from the 86th to the 76th percentile, still top quartile. 8th grade ELA came in at 40.22% versus 41.7% statewide, the only grade-level subject below state. Year over year, science fell from 62.89% to 44.94% and 8th grade civics from 74.19% to 46.51%, far larger shifts than statewide changes. With roughly 93 students per grade, small cohort swings can move results substantially. Structurally, the school reports a student-teacher ratio of 9.2 (2024–25) and per-student spending of $19,515 (2020–21), though the spending figure is not contemporaneous with 2025–26 results.
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