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Enrollment
618
High
DISTRICT 459 · STATE 816
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·MANCHESTER COMMUNITY SCHOOLS·NCES 180627001103
Manchester Jr-Sr High School
1 Squire Dr, N Manchester, IN 46962 · (260) 982-2196 · Wabash County
GRADES 07–12HIGH41-RURALTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL618 STUDENTS
B+
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Scored higher than 72% of Indiana public high schools
- BTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- B+Beats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- ·Three-year trend Not available for this school, so the grade uses the other parts.
Grades compare a school only with schools in the same state, because every state gives its own test. How grades work · Top-graded Indiana public high schools
Student : Teacher
15.9:1
39 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 16.4:1 · STATE 16.6:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
47%
290 students
DISTRICT 48% · STATE 50%
Community
6
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other high schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Grade 7 | 100 | 16% |
| Grade 8 | 100 | 16% |
| Grade 9 | 82 | 13% |
| Grade 10 | 121 | 20% |
| Grade 11 | 109 | 18% |
| Grade 12 | 106 | 17% |
Student demographics
29%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 30% · STATE 57% · US 70%
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. District, state, and US figures are each group's share of all public school students in that area (US excludes territories). Very small groups may be suppressed in the source, so categories do not always sum exactly to total enrollment.
Gender split
School pathway
Feeds from
Based on grade levels within Manchester Community Schools. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
ILEARN 2024-25 . % At or Above ProficiencyEnglish Language Arts
34.2%
IN avg 39.2%
Math
38.3%
IN avg 41.1%
What this means: On the ILEARN, Indiana's statewide test, about 34 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 38 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Indiana schools, those numbers are about 39 and 41.
Source: ILEARN. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyTier
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
36.2%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
42.3%
based on IN schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-6.1pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 36% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 42% typical for Indiana schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations measures results against demographically similar schools rather than by raw scores, and this school falls within the typical range, neither among Indiana's top nor bottom 10%.
BeatsExpectations runs a per-state regression of proficiency on free/reduced-lunch share, then scores each school by residual. How this is calculated →
Schools most like Manchester Jr-Sr High School
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Manchester Jr-Sr High School this school | 618 | 46.9% | 36.2% |
| Fountain Central High School Veedersburg | 532 | 46.6% | 29.2% |
| North Newton Jr-Sr High School Morocco | 486 | 48.1% | 30.8% |
| Maconaquah High School Bunker Hill | 550 | 48.9% | N/A |
| Knox Community High School Knox | 500 | 47.2% | N/A |
| Scottsburg Senior High School Scottsburg | 678 | 48.8% | N/A |
Matched among Indiana high schools on enrollment, the share of students from low-income families (eligible for free or reduced-price lunch), and racial and ethnic makeup. Proficient is the average share of students meeting the state standard across all of the school's state tests in 2023-24 and 2024-25, the same combined score our test-score rankings use. Online schools and schools serving specialized populations are not matched.
Where Manchester Jr-Sr High School ranks
Among high schools| Measure | This school | In Indiana |
|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 36.2% | #38 of 103 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 38.3% | #28 of 104 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 34.2% | #55 of 104 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 618 | #162 of 392 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 15.9:1 | #231 of 359 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 29.0% | #168 of 360 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 46.9% | #163 of 373 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -17.7% | #33 of 201 |
Ranked against other public high schools. Online schools are left out of every list, and test-score lists leave out schools that serve specialized populations. Each rank links to the full list. Arrows under a test-score rank show places moved since the prior test year, among schools tested both years.
4-year change
SY 2020-21 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
618
-77 (-11%) vs 2020
+11% since 1990-91, when it was 556
Student : Teacher
15.9:1
was 18.8:1
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
Enrollment and staffing by year
| School year | Students | Teachers (FTE) | Students per teacher | Free and reduced lunch |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 618 | 38.8 | 15.9:1 | 47% (290) |
| 2023-24 | 666 | 45.2 | 14.7:1 | 48% (322) |
| 2022-23 | 672 | 44 | 15.3:1 | 50% (334) |
| 2020-21 | 695 | 37 | 18.8:1 | 39% (269) |
| 2017-18 | 751 | 38.5 | 19.5:1 | 44% (332) |
| 2015-16 | 736 | 37 | 19.9:1 | 45% (330) |
| 2010-11 | 642 | 33 | 19.4:1 | 45% (288) |
| 2000-01 | 522 | 27 | 19.3:1 | 17% (87) |
| 1990-91 | 556 | 25 | 22.2:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Manchester Jr-Sr High School.
About Manchester Jr-Sr High School
Manchester Jr-Sr High School is a small high school in N Manchester, Indiana. The school runs grades 7 through 12 and enrolls 618 students. High schools in Indiana average about 816 students, which makes this school 24% below average.
Within Manchester Community Schools, Manchester Jr-Sr High School is one of 3 schools. The district enrolls 1,377 students.
Roughly 84% of students at Manchester Jr-Sr High School are White. Other students are 11% Hispanic and 4% multiracial. By comparison, Wabash County residents are about 94% White. On the diversity index, which measures the chance that two random students are from different groups, Manchester Jr-Sr High School scores 29%.
The school has 38.8 full-time-equivalent teachers and a ratio of 15.9 students per teacher. That is in line with the 16.6:1 average for high schools in Indiana. Of all students at Manchester Jr-Sr High School, 47% are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch.
Manchester Jr-Sr High School earns a B+ on the allk12 Grade, which blends test scores, results against poverty-based expectations, and the three-year trend. It scored higher than 72% of Indiana public high schools.
On a poverty-adjusted basis, Manchester Jr-Sr High School falls in the middle 80% of Indiana schools: 36.2% actual against 42.3% predicted.
Wabash County is the school's county. There, median household income comes to about $66,806, 23% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 7% of people live in poverty. There are 15 public schools in the county, enrolling about 5,096, Manchester Jr-Sr High School among them.
Manchester Elementary School, about 1.1 miles away, is the closest public school. Within five miles of Manchester Jr-Sr High School, there are 2 other public schools. On average proficiency, Manchester Jr-Sr High School is 5th of 8 nearby schools with test data.
The federal government classifies Manchester Jr-Sr High School's location as Rural: Fringe.
An 11% decrease took enrollment from 695 in 2020-21 to 618 in 2024-25. The student-to-teacher ratio went down from 18.8:1 to 15.9:1.
The allk12 page for Manchester Jr-Sr High School lets the school community talk about pickup and drop-off, after-school programs, and teacher feedback. You can also rate the school on this page.
Wabash County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
30,844
Census ACS
Median income
$66,806
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
23%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
7%
Below federal line
Schools in county
15
5,096 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Manchester Community Schools
- Manchester Elementary SchoolElementary · 474 students
- Manchester Intermediate SchoolMiddle · 285 students
Other schools in N Manchester
- Manchester Elementary SchoolElementary · 474 students
Nearby schools
- Manchester Elementary School1.1 mi · 474
- Manchester Intermediate School3.9 mi · 285
- Whitko Jr/Sr High School8.8 mi · 505
- South Whitley Elementary School8.8 mi · 300
- Claypool Elementary School9.9 mi · 253
- Northfield Jr-Sr High School10.7 mi · 429
Frequently asked questions
About Manchester Jr-Sr High SchoolHow large is Manchester Jr-Sr High School?
Manchester Jr-Sr High School enrolls approximately 618 students in grades 07-12.
What age range does Manchester Jr-Sr High School serve?
Manchester Jr-Sr High School serves students from grade 07 through grade 12.
How many teachers does Manchester Jr-Sr High School have?
Manchester Jr-Sr High School employs 39 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 15.9:1.
What is the student diversity at Manchester Jr-Sr High School?
Student demographics at Manchester Jr-Sr High School are roughly 84% White, 11% Hispanic, 1% Black, 0% Asian, 4% Two or more.
What district is Manchester Jr-Sr High School in?
Manchester Jr-Sr High School is part of Manchester Community Schools.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.