Manchester Central High School

Overview

Manchester Central High School, founded in 1846, is a public high school in downtown Manchester, part of the Manchester School District -- one of four public high schools in New Hampshire's largest city. The school was named Manchester High School until 1922, when Manchester West High School opened.

Academics

No independently verified New Hampshire state assessment data (via the state's iPlatform reporting system) was located for this profile; check the New Hampshire Department of Education's site directly for current school-level results.

Neighborhood

The school is located in downtown Manchester, in Hillsborough County -- New Hampshire's most populous county.

Crime & safety

Manchester's crime data shows a genuinely consistent pattern across most sources, worth naming explicitly since it's not the norm in this directory: multiple sources agree Manchester's crime rate is elevated relative to the New Hampshire state average (roughly 155% above the state rate by one source), while several also describe it as roughly average or somewhat below the national average overall (violent crime specifically at the 84th safety percentile nationally, an A- grade, per one source; total crime rate below the national average per another). One source specifically frames this apparent tension directly: Manchester looks much worse compared to New Hampshire's very low statewide baseline than it does compared to national urban norms. Multiple sources also agree crime is concentrated in specific areas (Piscataquog, Corey Square) while roughly 84-100% of individually graded neighborhoods score A or B.

Our calculated rating

We don't publish a single proprietary score. Based on the 1 of 3 possible components we could source for this school (safety, unusually well-explained here), we're still not showing a partial numeric rating -- 1 of 3 remains below our threshold. See our ratings methodology.

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