Manhattan Intermediate School

As an average-sized K-5 school in Manhattan, Illinois, Manhattan Intermediate School works with 417 students from grades 4 through 5, operated by Manhattan SD 114.

Manhattan Intermediate School is one of 4 schools operated by Manhattan SD 114, a district that teaches 2,011 students overall.

On the student-mix side, Manhattan Intermediate School reports that 84% of students identify as White, making the school strongly White-majority. Beyond that, the school logs 11% Hispanic, 3% Black. That is considerably more White than the county at large, where the share is closer to 62%.

Looking at the economic backdrop, Manhattan Intermediate School reports 27 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 15.4:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 13.9:1, putting Manhattan Intermediate School higher than the state norm the norm. Around 15% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. That share is lower than Will County's rate of about 44%.

Zooming out to the county, census data for Will County shows the typical household earns roughly $109,984 per year, roughly 38% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 6%. In all, Will County runs 209 public schools (combined enrollment of about 113,008 students), of which Manhattan Intermediate School is one.

Manhattan Jr High School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.3 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Manhattan Intermediate School.

The school occupies a town-center site.

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