Manchester Elem School

Manchester Elem School is a minimally staffed K-5 school in Poplar Grove, Illinois, overseen by North Boone CUSD 200. The school educates 136 students in grades K through 4. Enrollment runs roughly 64% leaner than the state mean of about 381.

Manchester Elem School is one of 6 schools operated by North Boone CUSD 200, a district that teaches 1,470 students overall.

On the student-mix side, Manchester Elem School shows that White students make up the majority at 65%. Other groups include 29% Hispanic, 7% multiracial.

On the income-and-resources front, The school lists 10 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 13.3:1. That tracks the state average closely. About 43% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. That share is lower than Boone County's rate of about 53%.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), Manchester Elem School performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 46.9%, the actual is 50.9%, a residual of +4.0 points.

In the area at large, community-level numbers for Boone County indicate the typical household earns roughly $84,571 per year, about 24% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 7%. Across Boone County's 17 public schools (combined enrollment of about 8,993 students), Manchester Elem School is one campus in the mix.

North Boone High School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 3.5 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 3 other public schools cluster around Manchester Elem School. On composite proficiency, Manchester Elem School comes 4th of 8 in the immediate cluster, ahead of the nearby-schools average of 49.4%.

The school occupies an outlying site.

Looking at the recent track record. Manchester Elem School's enrollment has fell 17% since 2018, when it stood at 164 (now 136). Hispanic enrollment moved from 18% to 29% across the same window. Class-load math has narrowed: from 14.9:1 in 2018 to 13.3:1 in 2025.

Inside the community feed, recent activity here tends to focus on school events, parent volunteer needs, and clubs. The community welcomes input from current and former families.