Manchester Elementary School

Manchester Elementary School is an elementary-level community of reasonably sized scale in N Manchester, Indiana, operated by Manchester Community Schools, caters to 474 students in grades pre-K through 3.

Within Manchester Community Schools, which oversees 3 schools and 1,377 students, Manchester Elementary School is one campus in the system.

For racial and ethnic makeup, Manchester Elementary School shows that the largest single group is White, at 80% of enrollment; the rest looks like 15% Hispanic, 4% multiracial. That is visibly less White than the county at large, where the share is closer to 94%.

In terms of school funding signals, On paper, Manchester Elementary School has 30 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 15.9:1. The state averages about 15.5:1, putting this campus right in line with peers. Roughly 49% of students at Manchester Elementary School qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal.

After controlling for student poverty, Manchester Elementary School tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 40.6% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 47.9%.

Around the school, ACS estimates for Wabash County put the typical household earns roughly $66,806 per year, roughly 23% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and the poverty rate sits near 7%. In all, Wabash County runs 15 public schools (combined enrollment of about 5,096 students), of which Manchester Elementary School is one.

Manchester Jr-Sr High School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 1.1 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 2 other public schools cluster around Manchester Elementary School. Among the 8 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Manchester Elementary School ranks 2nd on composite proficiency, above the local average of 39.2%.

Geographically, the school is in a town-center area.

Five-year trend. Over the past 7-year window, the student count stayed largely flat: 483 students in 2018 compared to 474 in 2025. Over the same period, the White share decreased from 89% to 80%. The student-to-teacher ratio tightened from 19.3:1 in 2018 to 15.9:1 today.

In the discussion threads here, members of the Manchester Elementary School community share and discuss enrollment questions, classroom assignments, and PTA news. The community welcomes input from current and former families.