Summary:
Elementary schools serving ZIP code 03102 include five schools serving grades pre-K through 5 across the Manchester School District, Goffstown School District, and Polaris Charter School, with 1,555 students and substantial differences in academic performance, school size, and student needs.
The strongest academic results come from Bartlett Elementary School and Polaris Charter School. Bartlett reports 63% mathematics and 60% reading proficiency, ranking in the 73rd statewide percentile, while Polaris reports 55% mathematics and 62% reading proficiency, ranking in the 58th percentile. Both exceed statewide averages in math and reading. Bartlett also has the lowest student–teacher ratio, at 9.8, and has improved dramatically in statewide ranking over the past three years. Polaris shows especially strong reading results through fifth grade, although its science proficiency is only 19%, well below the 38% statewide rate. Bartlett’s fourth-grade results are particularly strong, with 70% proficiency in both math and reading.
The three Manchester schools serve most students in the ZIP code and have lower overall results. Northwest Elementary School is the strongest of the three, with 29% math and 34% reading proficiency, followed closely by Parker-Varney School at 30% and 34%. Parker-Varney’s reading score improved by 14 points in one year. Gossler Park School has the lowest results, at 19% math and 18% reading, and ranks last statewide. Overall, the ZIP code’s enrollment-weighted proficiency is about 33% in math and 35% in reading, below statewide levels of 44% and 55%, respectively.
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