Manchester Elementary School

Set in Manchester, Maine, Manchester Elementary School is a small K-5 school, part of RSU 38. It serves 150 students across grades pre-K through 5. By comparison, Maine's public schools average about 229 students each, so Manchester Elementary School sits 34% below that benchmark.

RSU 38 runs 6 schools in total, collectively educating 1,160 students. Manchester Elementary School is one of those campuses.

On demographics, Manchester Elementary School logs that the student body is overwhelmingly White (93%); the rest consists of 5% multiracial. That mix tracks the wider county fairly closely.

On the income-and-resources front, On paper, Manchester Elementary School has 16 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 9.2:1. The state averages around 10.5:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. An estimated 25% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. Set against Kennebec County (around 45%), the school's rate is somewhat below typical.

In the broader community, census data for Kennebec County shows median household earnings sit near $69,077, about 32% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and roughly 7% of residents live below the federal poverty line. In all, Kennebec County runs 53 public schools (combined enrollment of about 15,649 students), of which Manchester Elementary School is one.

Nearest neighbor: Hall-Dale Elementary Sch, around 3.8 miles off. Within five miles, there are 5 other public schools.

Manchester Elementary School operates from an outlying location.

Looking at the recent track record. Manchester Elementary School's enrollment has fell 16% since 2018, when it stood at 179 (now 150). White enrollment moved from 97% to 93% across the same window. Class-load math has fell: from 11.7:1 in 2018 to 9.2:1 in 2025.

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