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How has Manchester Elementary changed in the last five years, for better or worse?
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Enrollment
671
Elementary
DISTRICT 527 · STATE 481
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·CARROLL COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOLS·NCES 240021000536
Manchester Elementary
3224 York Street, Manchester, MD 21102 · (410) 751-3410 · Carroll County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY31-TOWNREGULAR SCHOOL671 STUDENTS
A
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Scored higher than 85% of Maryland public elementary schools
- A-Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- A-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 Maryland public elementary schools
Student : Teacher
15.8:1
42 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 14.4:1 · STATE 13.8:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
32%
212 students
DISTRICT 31% · STATE 54%
Community
5
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other elementary schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Pre-K | 20 | 3% |
| Kindergarten | 91 | 14% |
| Grade 1 | 95 | 14% |
| Grade 2 | 115 | 17% |
| Grade 3 | 129 | 19% |
| Grade 4 | 103 | 15% |
| Grade 5 | 118 | 18% |
This year's kindergarten class (91) is 23% smaller than its 5th grade class (118).
Student demographics
28%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 40% · STATE 73% · 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
Test scores
MCAP 2024-25 . % Proficient (Levels 3-4)English Language Arts
68.2%
MD avg 50.6% . +5.5pp since 2023
Math
71.2%
MD avg 34.8% . +8.5pp since 2023
What this means: On the MCAP, Maryland's statewide test, about 68 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 71 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Maryland schools, those numbers are about 51 and 35. Reading and writing scores are up about 6 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 9 points.
MCAP results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 68.2% | 71.2% |
| 2023-24 | 62.7% | 62.7% |
% Proficient (Levels 3-4), all students and all tested grades.
Source: MCAP. 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
66.2%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
55.5%
based on MD schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+10.7pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 66% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 56% typical for Maryland 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 Maryland'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 Elementary
Manchester Elementary's state test result (66.2% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Manchester Elementary this school | 671 | 31.6% | 66.2% |
| Showell Elementary Berlin | 638 | 32.3% | 71.7% |
| Runnymede Elementary Westminster | 625 | 34.4% | 62.8% |
| Sandymount Elementary Finksburg | 640 | 28.0% | 65.8% |
| Ebb Valley Elementary Manchester | 563 | 27.4% | 65.4% |
| Boonsboro Elementary Boonsboro | 514 | 30.7% | 69.4% |
Matched among Maryland elementary 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 Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Maryland | In Carroll County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 66.2% | #137 of 853 | #7 of 21 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 71.2% | #80 of 853 ▲ 71 | #8 of 21 ▲ 7 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 68.2% | #167 of 853 ▲ 41 | #8 of 21 no change |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 671 | #124 of 898 | #3 of 23 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 15.8:1 | #683 of 857 | #17 of 22 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 28.3% | #740 of 857 | #16 of 22 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 31.6% | #699 of 885 | #9 of 22 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +6.0% | #192 of 294 | #14 of 20 |
Ranked against other public elementary 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
671
+72 (+12%) vs 2020
-29% since 1990-91, when it was 941
Student : Teacher
15.8:1
was 14.6:1
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 | 671 | 42.5 | 15.8:1 | 32% (212) |
| 2023-24 | 663 | 40.4 | 16.4:1 | 27% (180) |
| 2022-23 | 673 | 40.8 | 16.5:1 | 26% (177) |
| 2020-21 | 599 | 41 | 14.6:1 | 19% (113) |
| 2017-18 | 633 | 41 | 15.4:1 | 22% (141) |
| 2015-16 | 603 | 38 | 15.9:1 | 24% (145) |
| 2010-11 | 591 | 41 | 14.4:1 | 16% (97) |
| 2000-01 | 730 | 37 | 19.7:1 | 10% (74) |
| 1990-91 | 941 | 41 | 22.9:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Manchester Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students up 6% (633 to 671); teachers up 4% (41 to 42.5).
About Manchester Elementary
Manchester, Maryland, is home to Manchester Elementary, a mid-sized elementary school. The school offers pre-K through 5 and enrolls 671 students. Across elementary schools in Maryland, the average enrollment is about 481.
Manchester Elementary is a school in Carroll County Public Schools. The district has 43 schools and 26,141 students.
At Manchester Elementary, 84% of students are White. Smaller groups are 7% Hispanic and 6% multiracial. Census estimates put Carroll County at about 86% White, close to the school's figure. The diversity index for Manchester Elementary is 28%. For US public schools as a whole it is 70%.
There are about 15.8 students for every full-time-equivalent teacher at Manchester Elementary, which has 42.5. Elementary schools in Maryland have an average ratio of 13.8:1. Eligibility for free or reduced-price lunch stands at 32%.
Manchester Elementary holds an A allk12 Grade, placing it above 85% of Maryland public elementary schools.
Manchester Elementary scores 66.2% on state tests, averaged across results. The predicted figure, based on its student poverty level, is 55.5%.
Census data for Carroll County show the median household earns about $118,211 a year, 41% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 4% of people live in poverty. Counting Manchester Elementary, Carroll County has 44 public schools.
Manchester Valley High is about 0.7 miles away, making it the nearest public school. Within five miles of Manchester Elementary, there are 5 other public schools. The average proficiency across nearby scored schools is 59.0%; Manchester Elementary's is 66.2%, ranking 2nd of 9.
NCES lists the school's locale as Town: Fringe. That means it sits in a town close to an urbanized area.
Enrollment increased by 12% across 4 years, from 599 in 2020-21 to 671 in 2024-25. The ratio was 14.6:1 in 2020-21 and 15.8:1 in 2024-25.
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Carroll County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
175,321
Census ACS
Median income
$118,211
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
41%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
4%
Below federal line
Schools in county
44
26,141 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Carroll County Public Schools
- Westminster HighHigh · 1,477 students
- Manchester Valley HighHigh · 1,339 students
- Winters Mill HighHigh · 1,156 students
- Century HighHigh · 1,101 students
- Liberty HighHigh · 1,007 students
- South Carroll HighHigh · 933 students
Other schools in Manchester
- Manchester Valley HighHigh · 1,339 students
- Ebb Valley ElementaryElementary · 563 students
Other Manchester Elementary schools
11 other US public schools in 11 states are named Manchester Elementary. Manchester Elementary is the largest of the 12.
- Manchester Elementary SchoolN Manchester, IN · 474 students
- Manchester Elementary SchoolPORT ORCHARD, WA · 458 students
- MANCHESTER ELEMENTARY SCHOOLOMAHA, NE · 444 students
- Manchester Elementary SchoolManchester, KY · 409 students
- Manchester ElementaryPinewood, SC · 378 students
Nearby schools
- Manchester Valley High0.7 mi · 1,339
- Ebb Valley Elementary1.0 mi · 563
- North Carroll Middle1.7 mi · 626
- Hampstead Elementary4.4 mi · 400
- Shiloh Middle4.6 mi · 631
- Spring Garden Elementary5.4 mi · 439
Frequently asked questions
About Manchester ElementaryHow large is Manchester Elementary?
Manchester Elementary enrolls approximately 671 students in grades PK-05.
What age range does Manchester Elementary serve?
Manchester Elementary serves students from grade PK through grade 05.
How many teachers does Manchester Elementary have?
Manchester Elementary employs 42 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 15.8:1.
What is the student diversity at Manchester Elementary?
Student demographics at Manchester Elementary are roughly 84% White, 7% Hispanic, 2% Black, 1% Asian, 6% Two or more.
What district is Manchester Elementary in?
Manchester Elementary is part of Carroll County Public Schools.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.