Bowers School

Bowers School is a middle-of-the-pack primary school in Manchester, Connecticut, part of Manchester School District. The school enrolls 376 students in grades pre-K through 5.

Manchester School District comprises 11 schools with combined enrollment of 5,968 students; Bowers School is among them.

Looking at the student body, Bowers School records that the largest single group is Hispanic at 47%, but no single group is in the majority. The remainder looks like 22% White, 21% Black, 5% multiracial, 4% Asian. By comparison, Capitol Planning Region as a whole is about 18% Hispanic, so the school skews noticeably more Hispanic than its surroundings.

On the income-and-resources front, The school employs 32 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 11.9:1. That tracks the state average closely. An estimated 67% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. That share is above Capitol Planning Region's rate of about 43%.

In the broader community, community-level numbers for Capitol Planning Region indicate median household earnings sit near $93,394, about 42% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 7%. Across Capitol Planning Region's 286 public schools (combined enrollment of about 137,047 students), Bowers School is one campus in the mix.

The closest other public school is Illing Middle School, roughly 0.2 miles away. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius.

Bowers School operates from a suburban location.

Looking at the recent track record. Bowers School's enrollment has decreased 10% since 2018, when it stood at 416 (now 376). White enrollment moved from 45% to 22% across the same window. The student-to-teacher ratio pulled in from 13.3:1 in 2018 to 11.9:1 today.

Within the allk12 community for this school, posts here usually surface around pickup logistics, teacher feedback, and after-school programs. The community welcomes input from current and former families.