Summary:
Zip code 01944 covers Manchester, Massachusetts and is served by three public schools — one elementary, one middle, and one high school — all belonging to the Manchester Essex Regional district, which ranks 61st of 351 Massachusetts districts, placing it in the 83rd percentile with 4 stars. Total enrollment across the three schools is 975: Manchester Memorial Elementary (PK–5, 304 students), Manchester Essex Regional Middle School (6–8, 279 students), and Manchester Essex Regional High School (9–12, 392 students).
Each school has a different profile. Manchester Memorial Elementary is the most consistent performer, holding in the 86th–88th percentile for three straight years and posting the strongest all-grade Science result in 2025–2026 at 71.43%, roughly 30 points above the state. Manchester Essex Regional High School has the highest peak, reaching 22nd of 349 (94th percentile, 5 stars) in 2024–2025, with a 98.2% graduation rate and 1.8% dropout rate, though its 10th grade ELA, Math, and Science scores fell by roughly 13–17 points the following year. Manchester Essex Regional Middle School is the area to watch: it slipped to the 76th percentile and sits below the district average in all-grade ELA, Math, and Science, with 8th grade Civics dropping from 74.19% to 46.51%.
Performance varies notably within schools — 4th grade Math at the elementary school is 81.58% while 3rd grade Math is 50%, and middle school 7th grade ELA is 75% versus 40.22% in 8th grade. Spending data, available only for 2020–2021, shows the elementary school highest at $22,893 per student, compared with $19,597 at the high school and $19,515 at the middle school, and student-teacher ratios are low across all three (9.2 to 10.0). Free/reduced-lunch figures are unavailable, so socioeconomic comparisons are not possible.
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