New Manchester High School

As a big high school in Douglasville, Georgia, New Manchester High School works with 1,894 students from grades 9 through 12, part of Douglas County. By comparison, Georgia's public schools average about 1,120 students each, so New Manchester High School sits 69% bigger than that benchmark.

Within Douglas County, which oversees 35 schools and 25,521 students, New Manchester High School is one campus in the system.

Demographically, New Manchester High School logs that 76% of the student body identifies as Black. Other groups include 15% Hispanic, 4% White, 4% multiracial. By comparison, Douglas County as a whole is about 50% Black, so the school skews noticeably more Black than its surroundings.

On the income-and-resources front, The school reports having 103 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 18.5:1. The state averages around 15.2:1, so this campus is higher than the state norm typical. About 66% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment.

After controlling for student poverty, New Manchester High School is in the bottom 10% of Georgia public schools. The BeatsExpectations model predicts schools with this FRL share to land around 43.5%; New Manchester High School posts 27.0%, -16.5 points below that line.

In the area at large, Douglas County reports that median household income runs about $82,984, roughly 31% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 9% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Across Douglas County's 37 public schools (combined enrollment of about 26,121 students), New Manchester High School is one campus in the mix.

Nearest neighbor: New Manchester Elementary School, around 2.3 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around New Manchester High School. Among the 9 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), New Manchester High School ranks 8th on composite proficiency, below the local average of 35.1%.

The school occupies a bedroom-community site.

Five-year trend. Over the past 7-year window, the student count increased 16%: 1,630 students in 2018 compared to 1,894 in 2025. The Hispanic share of enrollment climbed from 10% to 15% over that span. The student-to-teacher ratio grew from 16.3:1 in 2018 to 18.5:1 today.

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