Manhattan Jr High School

Manhattan Jr High School operates as a middle-of-the-pack intermediate school in Manhattan, Illinois, run under Manhattan SD 114. Current enrollment sits at 615 students spanning grades 6 through 8. By comparison, Illinois's public schools average about 462 students each, so Manhattan Jr High School sits 33% larger than that benchmark.

Manhattan SD 114 runs 4 schools in total, collectively educating 2,011 students. Manhattan Jr High School is one of those campuses.

Demographically, Manhattan Jr High School reports that the student body is overwhelmingly White (84%). Other groups include 10% Hispanic, 3% Black, 2% multiracial. By comparison, Will County as a whole is about 62% White, so the school skews considerably more White than its surroundings.

Looking at school resources, Manhattan Jr High School logs 44 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 13.9:1. That figure is higher than the state norm's 13.0:1 average. Roughly 17% of students at Manhattan Jr High School qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. That share is noticeably below Will County's rate of about 44%.

With demographic context factored in, Manhattan Jr High School tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 61.8% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 61.9%.

Around the school, the surrounding county (Will County) logs that median household earnings sit near $109,984, roughly 38% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and the poverty rate sits near 6%. In all, Will County runs 209 public schools (combined enrollment of about 113,008 students), of which Manhattan Jr High School is one.

Nearest neighbor: Manhattan Intermediate School, around 0.3 miles off. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Manhattan Jr High School at 3rd of 6; the average score across the group is 61.5%.

The school occupies a small-town site.

Over the past 7-year window. Manhattan Jr High School's enrollment has increased 30% since 2018, when it stood at 473 (now 615). The student-to-teacher ratio tightened from 15.7:1 in 2018 to 13.9:1 today.

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