B) School Costs
As noted above, 55.5% of the tax rate is allocated for schools. This high ratio is
typical in most New Hampshire communities and demonstrates that a high
percentage of local taxes go towards supporting the school system. Based on
the subject sites location, students living at Tara Heights will attend the
Bicentennial Elementary School, the Fairgrounds Middle School and Nashua
High South.
Schoo! Enrollment Trends
The City of Nashua has 17 schools within the community, 12 elementary schools,
three middle schools and two high schools. Over the last seven years, overall
enrollments have fairly level, with elementary schools enrollment declining 10.4%
(Bicentennial -8.8%) the middle schools decreasing 2.2% and the high schools
decreasing less than 1%; see Table Nine & Figure Four.
Table Nine
Enrollment History 2013 ~— 2019/20
2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 % Change 2020
Bicentennial 624 617 646 610 617 620 569 -8.81% 458
Total Elementary 5 635 5,501 5, 405 5,300 5,255 5,199 5,045 -10.47% 4,397
Middle School 2,512 2,414 2,425 2,349 2,381 2,415 2,456 -2.23% 2,318
High School 3,522 3,573 3,547 3,529 3,476 3,547 3,523 0.03% 3,450
Total Enrollment | 11.669 41,448 41,377 41.178 171.112 11.781 11,593 -0.65% 10,623
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