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Manchester, NH public schools

Enrollment, school count, staffing and per-pupil spending for Manchester School District — federal education data, not a star rating.

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Quick answer

Manchester School District is the primary public district for Manchester, NH. It enrolls 12,105 students in 21 schools with 1,038 full-time-equivalent teachers, and spends $15,136 per pupil, 13% below the $17,320 median across the metros covered here.

Students enrolled
12,105NCES Common Core of Data, 2021-22
Schools in the district
21Operating school count
Students per teacher
11.7Enrollment ÷ FTE teachers, not class size
Spending per pupil
$15,136Total current expenditure, FY2020

Who pays for schools in Manchester

Where the district's money comes from, FY2020.

Local revenue
43%
$90,738,000
State revenue
43.7%
$92,353,000
Federal revenue
13.3%
$28,171,000

Local revenue is mostly property tax, which is why the Manchester property tax rate and school funding move together. Of every dollar spent, about 65 cents reaches instruction — teacher salaries, benefits and classroom materials — with the rest covering transport, buildings, food service and administration.

Reading the Manchester numbers

What the 2021-22 NCES and FY2020 Census finance numbers say about this district.

$15,136 per pupil is 13% below the $17,320 metro median; only 35% of tracked districts spend less. Instruction absorbs 65 cents of every dollar ($9,889 per student), an unusually classroom-heavy split.

Funding is split roughly evenly — 43% local, 43.7% state — so both the local tax base and the NH aid formula matter to what this district can spend. Federal aid contributes 13.3%, near the typical share for a large urban district.

12,105 students across 21 schools averages 576 students per building, and the district is smaller than the typical district covered here (44,998 students). Staffing is generous: 11.7 students per FTE teacher versus the 15.2 median, 3.5 fewer students per teacher.

What this data covers

Read this before comparing districts.

Figures cover Manchester School District (LEAID 3304590) as one unit, not any single school in Manchester. Independently authorised charter schools, private schools and regional vocational programs are counted separately by NCES and are not in these totals. Enrollment is the 2021-22 NCES collection; dollars are the FY2020 Census F-33 survey, the latest complete national release. The two years differ, so per-pupil spending is a stable indicator rather than a live budget line.

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Source: NCES Common Core of Data + Census F-33, via Urban Institute Education Data · rates as published for 2021-22 / FY2020

NCES LEAID 3304590. Finance figures are Census Annual Survey of School System Finances (F-33) totals as redistributed by the Urban Institute Education Data API.