Summary:
Elementary schools in ZIP code 03104 in Manchester, New Hampshire, include four Manchester School District schools serving Pre-K through Grade 4: McDonough School, Weston Elementary School, Webster School, and Smyth Road School. Together, they enroll 1,678 students and offer a wide range of academic results. The schools operate within the Manchester School District, which ranks below the statewide midpoint, although school-level performance varies considerably across the ZIP code.
Webster School is the strongest overall performer, ranking 157th of 230 schools and earning the highest rating among the four. It has the best reading results, with 49% of students proficient, and leads Grade 4 in both math and reading. Smyth Road School ranks a close second and has the strongest mathematics performance, with 47% proficiency overall and 55% in Grade 3 math. It also has the lowest student-teacher ratio, at 11.0. Both schools are the leading academic options in the area, though neither reaches the statewide reading comparison rate.
Weston Elementary School is improving steadily, gaining 17 ranking positions over three years and increasing proficiency in both subjects from the prior year. It remains behind Webster and Smyth Road, however. McDonough School is the main concern: it ranks 228th of 230 and has the lowest results in nearly every comparison, despite recent gains in math and reading. McDonough also has the highest free/reduced-lunch participation rate, suggesting a greater level of economic need that parents may wish to consider alongside academic results. Overall, all four schools improved year over year, but the gap between the strongest and weakest schools remains substantial.
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