Summary:
The The Founders Academy Charter School (H) is the only high school in the The Founders Academy Charter School area, serving grades 9–12 in Manchester, New Hampshire, with 152 students and a 12.6-to-1 student-teacher ratio. Its small size may offer a close-knit environment and potentially more individual attention, although the available data cannot confirm how instruction or support services are organized.
The school’s strongest academic areas are reading and science. In 2025–2026, 87% of students were proficient in reading, compared with 55% statewide, while 63% were proficient in science, compared with 38% statewide. Reading proficiency increased 11 percentage points from the previous year, and science improved by 20 points. The school also outperformed its reported district comparison in all three subjects and ranked 15th out of 89 New Hampshire schools, placing it in the 83rd percentile. These results indicate that students who remain enrolled generally demonstrate particularly strong literacy and science performance.
Mathematics is the clearest area needing improvement. Only 30% of students were proficient in math, compared with 44% statewide, and the result was essentially unchanged from the prior year. The school’s 84.3% graduation rate is reasonably strong but slightly below the state’s 87.0%; more concerning is its 9.3% dropout rate, about four times New Hampshire’s 2.3% rate. Families evaluating the school should therefore look beyond its strong ranking and reading and science scores, asking about math support, student retention, and the reasons some students leave before graduating. The school’s low free/reduced-price lunch participation rate, 11.84%, is another important context when comparing results with schools serving different student populations.
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