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Nashua, New Hampshire - 2 schools
543
Total Enrollment
2
Schools
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Per-Pupil Spending
Middle, High
School Types
District-Level NCES Analysis
Academy for Science and Design Charter School operates 2 public schools serving 543 students, placing it among the smallest districts in New Hampshire. The school portfolio breaks down into 1 middle, 1 high schools, a small enough portfolio that most families will interact with nearly every campus in the district at some point. These enrollment and school figures come from the NCES Common Core of Data (CCD) 2024-25 release, and the district is based in Hillsborough County.
a 168:1 student-counselor ratio, that meets the ASCA-recommended benchmark, and 8.0% chronic absenteeism from the 2021-22 Civil Rights Data Collection. Demographically, the student body averages 46.6% White, 36.3% Asian, 5.1% Hispanic or Latino across the district's schools.
Academy for Science and Design Charter (M) accounts for 60.7% of all Academy for Science and Design Charter School student enrollment
That is an overwhelming concentration, leaving the rest of Academy for Science and Design Charter School a distant remainder — means Academy for Science and Design Charter School-wide averages can mask substantial variation outside the dominant entity. Grade band: middle. A single dominant campus often anchors a district's program offerings and staffing patterns; the share helps explain why district-wide averages may not reflect the typical neighbourhood-school experience. When one entity dominates a region's footprint, its programmatic and budget decisions effectively set policy for a majority of the affected population.
Academy for Science and Design Charter School student-counselor ratio is 168:1 — low (typically associated with meeting or exceeding the American School Counselor Association (ASCA) recommended 250:1 benchmark, which correlates with stronger college and career counseling capacity)
student-counselor ratio is the simplest comparative metric but it does not capture the full picture: the ratio counts FTE counselors against total enrollment, districts that contract intervention or social-emotional staff outside the counselor classification may be under-counted Lower values often correlate with smaller scale and population characteristics rather than higher resource budgets per se.
Academy for Science and Design Charter School chronic absenteeism rate is 8.0% — well below typical (typically associated with unusually small scale or exceptionally high per-unit investment)
chronic absenteeism rate is the simplest comparative metric but it does not capture the full picture: a student is chronically absent if they miss ≥10% of enrolled days for any reason, illness, family obligations, or disengagement Values this far below typical often correlate with unusually small scale or population characteristics rather than higher resource budgets per se — worth checking whether the underlying denominator is itself an outlier.
Comparisons are relative to Academy for Science and Design Charter School's own figures; each column derives from NCES Common Core of Data and the F-33 Finance Survey.
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How many schools are in Academy for Science and Design Charter School?
Academy for Science and Design Charter School has 2 schools, including 1 middle, 1 high. Total enrollment is 543 students.
What is the demographic composition of Academy for Science and Design Charter School?
Academy for Science and Design Charter School students are 46.6% White, 36.3% Asian, 5.1% Hispanic or Latino, 2.8% African American, averaged across 2 schools. Source: NCES CCD Membership 2024-25.