Manchester Township Elementary School

Manchester Township Elementary School is a primary school of average-sized scale in MANCHESTER, New Jersey, one of the schools within Manchester Township School District, hosting 573 students in grades pre-K through 5. By comparison, New Jersey's public schools average about 405 students each, so Manchester Township Elementary School sits 41% bigger than that benchmark.

Across the 6 schools in Manchester Township School District (2,904 students total), Manchester Township Elementary School accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

Looking at the student body, Manchester Township Elementary School reports that the most-represented group is Hispanic (43%), with the rest of the student body spread across multiple groups. The remainder looks like 39% White, 8% Black, 6% multiracial, 4% Asian. The wider county runs roughly 11% Hispanic, putting the school's mix considerably more Hispanic than the area baseline.

On the income-and-resources front, On paper, Manchester Township Elementary School has 50 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 11.5:1. The state averages about 11.4:1, putting this campus right in line with peers. An estimated 60% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy. By comparison, Ocean County runs at roughly 44%, so the school's eligibility rate is higher than the surrounding baseline.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), Manchester Township Elementary School tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 33.4% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 31.7%.

In the surrounding community, community-level numbers for Ocean County indicate the typical household earns roughly $89,863 per year, roughly 34% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and the poverty rate sits near 7%. Manchester Township Elementary School is one of 117 public schools in Ocean County (combined enrollment of about 66,051 students).

The closest other public school is Manchester Township High School, roughly 1.0 miles away. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Among the 7 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Manchester Township Elementary School ranks 3rd on composite proficiency, above the local average of 27.8%.

Geographically, the school is in a bedroom-community area.

Over the past 7-year window. Over the past 7-year window, the student count edged up 4%: 550 students in 2018 compared to 573 in 2025. Hispanic enrollment moved from 16% to 43% across the same window.

On the community side, the feed for Manchester Township Elementary School typically covers sports schedules, lunch menu changes, and school spirit week. Posting is open to anyone connected to the school.