Summary:
Manchester Essex Regional is a Massachusetts district with four schools — two elementary, one middle, and one high school — serving 1,190 students, and it ranks 61st of 351 districts statewide (83rd percentile) with 4 stars, with all four of its schools currently holding 4-star ratings.
Within the district, Manchester Memorial Elementary is the strongest elementary performer, ranking 108 of 899 (88th percentile) with stable results, the highest reported science proficiency among the four schools in 2025–2026 (71.43%), and strong 4th-grade math (81.58%) and ELA (76.32%). Manchester Essex Regional High School posts the best outcome metrics — a 98.2% graduation rate and 1.8% dropout rate — with 10th-grade scores far above state levels (ELA 67.07%, math 69.05%, science 58.54%), though its rank slipped from 22nd with 5 stars to 53rd with 4 stars, and scores fell from 82.35% in ELA and math. Essex Elementary is the most improved, rising from 328th to 236th and from 3 to 4 stars; math is a strength at 59.62%, while ELA (53.40%) and science (48.65%) trail district averages. Manchester Essex Regional Middle School has the lowest student/teacher ratio at 9.2 but saw broad declines, with science dropping to 44.94% and 8th-grade civics to 46.51%.
Student/teacher ratios are low across the board, ranging from 9.2 to 10.0, and per-student spending (2020–21) runs from $19,515 to $24,199, averaging $21,551 — spending does not line up neatly with performance, and those figures predate the test scores. Free/reduced-lunch data is blank for all schools, so economic context is unavailable.
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