Verplanck School

Verplanck School operates as a medium-sized elementary campus in Manchester, Connecticut, operated by Manchester School District. Current enrollment sits at 466 students spanning grades pre-K through 4. By comparison, Connecticut's public schools average about 378 students each, so Verplanck School sits 23% larger than that benchmark.

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

Looking at the student body, Verplanck School shows that the most-represented group is Hispanic (50%), with the rest of the student body spread across multiple groups. The remainder reads as 23% Black, 14% White, 6% Asian, 5% multiracial. That is considerably more Hispanic than the county at large, where the share is closer to 18%.

On the income-and-resources front, The school currently runs with 40 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 11.7:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 12.6:1, putting Verplanck School tighter than the state norm the norm. An estimated 77% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. That share is north of Capitol Planning Region's rate of about 43%.

Across the wider county, census data for Capitol Planning Region shows median household earnings sit near $93,394, 42% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 7%. Verplanck School is one of 286 public schools in Capitol Planning Region (combined enrollment of about 137,047 students).

The closest other public school is Odyssey Community School, roughly 0.6 miles away. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Verplanck School.

The school occupies a residential site.

Five-year trend. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Verplanck School has increased 25%, going from 373 students in 2018 to 466 in 2025. Over the same period, the Hispanic share grew from 41% to 50%.

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