Summary:
Elementary Schools located in Manchester Essex Regional consist of two schools serving a combined 519 students: Manchester Memorial Elementary, which serves grades PK–5 with 304 students, and Essex Elementary, which serves grades K–5 with 215 students. The district as a whole ranks 61st of 351 districts in Massachusetts, placing it in the 83rd percentile with 4 stars, and both schools exceed state averages in most reported subjects. Free and reduced lunch data is blank for both schools, so economic context is unknown, and the available spending figures date back to 2020–2021.
Manchester Memorial Elementary is the stronger and more consistent performer. It ranked 108 of 899 schools in 2025–2026, in the 88th percentile with 4 stars, and has stayed in the top 12–14% of ranked elementary schools for three years running. In 2025–2026 it scored above both the district and the state in all three all-grade subjects: 69.57% in ELA, 63.83% in math, and 71.43% in science, with especially strong 4th-grade math at 81.58% and 4th-grade ELA at 76.32%.
Essex Elementary is the improvement story, climbing 92 positions and moving from 3 stars to 4 stars, with all-grade math up +8.79 points to 59.62% and ELA up +5.07 points to 53.40%. Its 3rd-grade math score of 68.75% beats both the district and Manchester Memorial. However, science is the largest gap between the schools — 71.43% versus 48.65%, a 22.78-point difference — and by 5th grade Essex trails sharply, with 5th-grade math at 39.47%, essentially at the state level. Parents should note that small grade-level cohorts can cause percentages to swing from year to year.
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