Manchester Elementary School

As a minimally staffed primary school in Aurora, Indiana, Manchester Elementary School instructs 145 students from grades K through 6, part of South Dearborn Community Sch Corp. By comparison, Indiana's public schools average about 436 students each, so Manchester Elementary School sits 67% smaller than that benchmark.

Across the 5 schools in South Dearborn Community Sch Corp (1,849 students total), Manchester Elementary School accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

For racial and ethnic makeup, Manchester Elementary School records that the student body is overwhelmingly White (97%). The remainder reads as 2% multiracial. That mix tracks the wider county fairly closely.

On the resource side, The school reports having 10 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 14.5:1. The state averages around 15.5:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. About 46% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. Set against Dearborn County (around 33%), the school's rate is noticeably above typical.

After controlling for student poverty, Manchester Elementary School sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 43.3%; this one delivers 38.5%.

In the area at large, the surrounding county (Dearborn County) logs that median household income runs about $84,735, about 25% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 5%. Manchester Elementary School is one of 14 public schools in Dearborn County (combined enrollment of about 7,326 students).

Aurora Elementary School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 6.3 miles from this campus. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a ten-mile radius, suggesting a relatively low-density school footprint. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Manchester Elementary School at 1st of 7; the average score across the group is 32.9%.

Manchester Elementary School operates from a small-town location.

Five-year trend. Manchester Elementary School's enrollment has declined 44% since 2018, when it stood at 259 (now 145).

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