Manchester Jr-Sr High School

Manchester Jr-Sr High School operates as a small 9-12 campus in N Manchester, Indiana, operated by Manchester Community Schools. Current enrollment sits at 618 students spanning grades 7 through 12. By comparison, Indiana's public schools average about 816 students each, so Manchester Jr-Sr High School sits 24% smaller than that benchmark.

Manchester Jr-Sr High School is one of 3 schools operated by Manchester Community Schools, a district that works with 1,377 students overall.

Demographically, Manchester Jr-Sr High School shows that nearly all students (84%) are White; the rest reads as 11% Hispanic, 4% multiracial. By comparison, Wabash County as a whole is about 94% White, so the school skews considerably less White than its surroundings.

On the resource side, On paper, Manchester Jr-Sr High School has 39 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 15.9:1. The state averages about 16.6:1, putting this campus right in line with peers. An estimated 47% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy.

With demographic context factored in, Manchester Jr-Sr High School tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 42.3% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 36.2%.

Around the school, census data for Wabash County shows the typical household earns roughly $66,806 per year, 23% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 7%. In all, Wabash County runs 15 public schools (combined enrollment of about 5,096 students), of which Manchester Jr-Sr High School is one.

Nearest neighbor: Manchester Elementary School, around 1.1 miles off. Within five miles, there are 2 other public schools. On composite proficiency, Manchester Jr-Sr High School comes 5th of 8 in the immediate cluster, beneath the nearby-schools average of 40.9%.

Geographically, the school is in an outlying area.

Over the past 7-year window. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Manchester Jr-Sr High School has edged down 18%, going from 751 students in 2018 to 618 in 2025. Over the same period, the White share fell from 90% to 84%. The student-to-teacher ratio tightened from 19.5:1 in 2018 to 15.9:1 today.

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