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Enrollment
818
Elementary
DISTRICT 520 · STATE 605
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·DOUGLAS COUNTY·NCES 130186002548
New Manchester Elementary School
2242 Old Lower River Rd, Douglasville, GA 30135 · (770) 651-4400 · Douglas County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL818 STUDENTS
B-
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Scored higher than 48% of Georgia public elementary schools
- B-Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- C+Beats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- B-Three-year trend Change in reading and math proficiency over the last three test years.
Grades compare a school only with schools in the same state, because every state gives its own test. How grades work · Top-graded Georgia public elementary schools
Student : Teacher
16.5:1
50 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 14.8:1 · STATE 13.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
74%
609 students
DISTRICT 75% · STATE 74%
Community
6
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other elementary schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Pre-K | 1 | 0% |
| Kindergarten | 117 | 14% |
| Grade 1 | 148 | 18% |
| Grade 2 | 121 | 15% |
| Grade 3 | 147 | 18% |
| Grade 4 | 133 | 16% |
| Grade 5 | 151 | 18% |
This year's kindergarten class (117) is 23% smaller than its 5th grade class (151).
Student demographics
33%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 60% · STATE 71% · US 70%
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. District, state, and US figures are each group's share of all public school students in that area (US excludes territories). Very small groups may be suppressed in the source, so categories do not always sum exactly to total enrollment.
Gender split
Test scores
Georgia Milestones 2024-25 . % Proficient or DistinguishedEnglish Language Arts
34.9%
GA avg 40.1% . -0.8pp since 2021
Math
37.4%
GA avg 44.6% . +6.2pp since 2021
What this means: On the Georgia Milestones, Georgia's statewide test, about 35 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 37 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Georgia schools, those numbers are about 40 and 45. Reading and writing scores have held steady since 2021, while math scores are up about 6 points.
Georgia Milestones results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 34.9% | 37.4% |
| 2023-24 | 38.9% | 36.6% |
| 2022-23 | 35.5% | 29.6% |
| 2021-22 | 35.7% | 31.3% |
% Proficient or Distinguished, all students and all tested grades.
Source: Georgia Milestones. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyTier
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
37.9%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
38.9%
based on GA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-1.0pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 38% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 39% typical for Georgia schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations measures results against demographically similar schools rather than by raw scores, and this school falls within the typical range, neither among Georgia's top nor bottom 10%.
BeatsExpectations runs a per-state regression of proficiency on free/reduced-lunch share, then scores each school by residual. How this is calculated →
Schools most like New Manchester Elementary School
New Manchester Elementary School's state test result (37.9% proficient) is higher than 4 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| New Manchester Elementary School this school | 818 | 74.4% | 37.9% |
| DeKalb Arts Academy Avondale Estates | 768 | 76.0% | 54.5% |
| Tussahaw Elementary McDonough | 886 | 78.4% | 19.7% |
| Walnut Creek Elementary McDonough | 712 | 74.7% | 21.9% |
| John Robert Lewis Elementary School Macon | 712 | 78.9% | 11.2% |
| Veterans Elementary School Macon | 715 | 73.7% | 13.2% |
Matched among Georgia elementary schools on enrollment, the share of students from low-income families (eligible for free or reduced-price lunch), and racial and ethnic makeup. Proficient is the average share of students meeting the state standard across all of the school's state tests in 2023-24 and 2024-25, the same combined score our test-score rankings use. Online schools and schools serving specialized populations are not matched.
Where New Manchester Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Georgia | In Douglas County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 37.9% | #597 of 1,208 | #7 of 21 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 37.4% | #672 of 1,215 ▲ 14 | #12 of 21 ▼ 4 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 34.9% | #594 of 1,215 ▼ 43 | #8 of 21 ▼ 2 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +2.7pp | #551 of 1,183 | #12 of 21 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 818 | #206 of 1,324 | #1 of 23 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 16.5:1 | #1,261 of 1,301 | #21 of 23 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 33.4% | #1,029 of 1,301 | #21 of 23 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 74.4% | #784 of 1,312 | #15 of 22 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -7.6% | #620 of 854 | #11 of 17 |
Ranked against other public elementary schools. Online schools are left out of every list, and test-score lists leave out schools that serve specialized populations. Each rank links to the full list. Arrows under a test-score rank show places moved since the prior test year, among schools tested both years.
4-year change
SY 2020-21 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
818
+58 (+8%) vs 2020
+2% since 2010-11, when it was 805
Student : Teacher
16.5:1
was 15.8:1
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
Enrollment and staffing by year
| School year | Students | Teachers (FTE) | Students per teacher | Free and reduced lunch |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 818 | 49.5 | 16.5:1 | 74% (609) |
| 2023-24 | 866 | 49 | 17.7:1 | 79% (687) |
| 2022-23 | 848 | 48.2 | 17.6:1 | 72% (610) |
| 2020-21 | 760 | 48 | 15.8:1 | 62% (468) |
| 2017-18 | 885 | 55.4 | 16.0:1 | 66% (582) |
| 2015-16 | 885 | 51 | 17.4:1 | 66% (583) |
| 2010-11 | 805 | 54 | 14.9:1 | 65% (521) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for New Manchester Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students down 8% (885 to 818); teachers down 11% (55.4 to 49.5).
About New Manchester Elementary School
New Manchester Elementary School is a mid-sized elementary school in Douglasville, Georgia. It reports enrollment of 818 students in pre-K through 5. Across elementary schools in Georgia, the average enrollment is about 605.
New Manchester Elementary School is one school in a 35-school district, Douglas County, which enrolls 25,521 students.
New Manchester Elementary School is 81% Black by enrollment. The rest of enrollment is 10% Hispanic and 6% multiracial. Census estimates put the Black share of Douglas County's population at about 50%. On the diversity index, which measures the chance that two random students are from different groups, New Manchester Elementary School scores 33%.
The school lists 49.5 full-time-equivalent teachers and a student-to-teacher ratio of 16.5:1. The average for elementary schools in Georgia, 13.3:1, is lower. A total of 609 students, or 74%, are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch.
Among Georgia public elementary schools, New Manchester Elementary School outscored 48%, which works out to a B- on the allk12 Grade.
Schools in Georgia with a similar free or reduced-price lunch share are predicted to score about 38.9%. New Manchester Elementary School scores 37.9%.
The school is in Douglas County, where the median household earns about $82,984 a year, about 31% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and the poverty rate is about 9%. New Manchester Elementary School shares Douglas County with 36 other public schools.
Factory Shoals Middle School is the nearest public school to New Manchester Elementary School, about 1.2 miles away. Counting only straight-line distance, at least 8 other public schools are within five miles. Its average proficiency rate of 37.9% is above the 29.1% average for nearby schools.
The NCES locale for New Manchester Elementary School is Suburb: Large, which covers schools in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
From 2020-21 to 2024-25, enrollment increased from 760 to 818, an 8% rise.
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Douglas County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
147,888
Census ACS
Median income
$82,984
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
31%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
9%
Below federal line
Schools in county
37
26,121 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Douglas County
- Douglas County High SchoolHigh · 1,958 students
- New Manchester High SchoolHigh · 1,894 students
- Alexander High SchoolHigh · 1,830 students
- Chapel Hill High SchoolHigh · 1,646 students
- Lithia Springs Comprehensive High SchoolHigh · 1,460 students
- Chapel Hill Middle SchoolMiddle · 1,036 students
Other schools in Douglasville
- Douglas County High SchoolHigh · 1,958 students
- New Manchester High SchoolHigh · 1,894 students
- South Paulding High SchoolHigh · 1,881 students
- Alexander High SchoolHigh · 1,830 students
- Chapel Hill High SchoolHigh · 1,646 students
- Chapel Hill Middle SchoolMiddle · 1,036 students
Other New Manchester Elementary schools
One other US public school is named New Manchester Elementary. New Manchester Elementary School is the largest of the 2.
- New Manchester Elementary SchoolNew Cumberland, WV · 269 students
Nearby schools
- Factory Shoals Middle School1.2 mi · 833
- New Manchester High School2.3 mi · 1,894
- Factory Shoals Elementary School2.5 mi · 697
- Mount Carmel Elementary School3.1 mi · 425
- Sweetwater Elementary School3.2 mi · 473
- Chestnut Log Middle School3.3 mi · 719
Frequently asked questions
About New Manchester Elementary SchoolWhat is the total enrollment at New Manchester Elementary School?
New Manchester Elementary School enrolls approximately 818 students in grades PK-05.
What age range does New Manchester Elementary School serve?
New Manchester Elementary School serves students from grade PK through grade 05.
How many students per teacher at New Manchester Elementary School?
Approximately 16.5:1 students per teacher at New Manchester Elementary School.
What is the student diversity at New Manchester Elementary School?
Student demographics at New Manchester Elementary School are roughly 2% White, 10% Hispanic, 81% Black, 1% Asian, 6% Two or more.
Is New Manchester Elementary School public or private?
New Manchester Elementary School is a public K-12 school, overseen by Douglas County.
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