Manchester Elementary

Manchester Elementary is a mid-tier K-5 school in Manchester, Maryland, overseen by Carroll County Public Schools. The school teaches 671 students in grades pre-K through 5. Compared to the state average of about 481 students per school, that is 40% above typical.

Carroll County Public Schools runs 43 schools in total, collectively educating 26,141 students. Manchester Elementary is one of those campuses.

For racial and ethnic makeup, Manchester Elementary shows that 84% of students identify as White, making the school strongly White-majority. Beyond that, the school records 7% Hispanic, 6% multiracial. That composition is broadly in line with Carroll County as a whole.

On the income-and-resources front, On paper, Manchester Elementary has 42 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 15.8:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 13.8:1, putting Manchester Elementary higher than the state norm the norm. About 32% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), Manchester Elementary tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 55.5% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 66.2%.

In the area at large, Carroll County reports that median household income runs about $118,211, 41% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 4%. Manchester Elementary is one of 44 public schools in Carroll County (combined enrollment of about 26,141 students).

Manchester Valley High is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.7 miles from this campus. Within five miles, there are 5 other public schools. On composite proficiency, Manchester Elementary comes 2nd of 9 in the immediate cluster, higher than the nearby-schools average of 59.0%.

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

Looking at the recent track record. Over the past 7-year window, the student count grew 6%: 633 students in 2018 compared to 671 in 2025. White enrollment moved from 90% to 84% across the same window.

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