Highland Park School

Located at 397 Porter St., in Manchester, Connecticut, Highland Park School is a cozy elementary campus that caters to 300 students (grades pre-K through 4), run under Manchester School District. Enrollment runs roughly 21% below the state mean of about 378.

Manchester School District runs 11 schools in total, collectively educating 5,968 students. Highland Park School is one of those campuses.

In terms of who attends, Highland Park School lists that the largest single group is Hispanic at 34%, but no single group is in the majority; the rest reads as 33% White, 21% Black, 7% Asian, 5% multiracial. By comparison, Capitol Planning Region as a whole is about 18% Hispanic, so the school skews visibly more Hispanic than its surroundings.

Looking at the economic backdrop, Highland Park School shows 29 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 10.3:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 12.6:1 average. Roughly 54% of students at Highland Park School qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. That share is higher than Capitol Planning Region's rate of about 43%.

Across the wider county, community-level numbers for Capitol Planning Region indicate median household income runs about $93,394, about 42% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and the poverty rate sits near 7%. Highland Park School is one of 286 public schools in Capitol Planning Region (combined enrollment of about 137,047 students).

Nearest neighbor: Illing Middle School, around 1.3 miles off. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools.

The school occupies an outer-ring site.

Trend over the last 7 years. Highland Park School's enrollment has ticked up 7% since 2018, when it stood at 281 (now 300). The White share of enrollment fell from 48% to 33% over that span. Class-load math has fell: from 12.9:1 in 2018 to 10.3:1 in 2025.

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