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Enrollment
630
Elementary
DISTRICT 622 · STATE 467
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·ROANOKE RAPIDS CITY SCHOOLS·NCES 370390001565
Manning Elementary School
940 Park Avenue, Roanoke Rapids, NC 27870 · (252) 519-7400 · Halifax County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY32-TOWNTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL630 STUDENTS
B-
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Scored higher than 53% of North Carolina public elementary schools
- B-Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- BBeats 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 North Carolina public elementary schools
Student : Teacher
15.3:1
41 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 15.7:1 · STATE 14.9:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
100%
627 students
DISTRICT 99% · STATE 82%
Community
1
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 | 53 | 8% |
| Kindergarten | 92 | 15% |
| Grade 1 | 104 | 17% |
| Grade 2 | 103 | 16% |
| Grade 3 | 102 | 16% |
| Grade 4 | 80 | 13% |
| Grade 5 | 96 | 15% |
This year's kindergarten class (92) is about the same size as its 5th grade class (96).
Student demographics
64%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 64% · STATE 71% · 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
School pathway
Students here typically continue to
Manning Elementary School→Chaloner Middle School
Based on grade levels within Roanoke Rapids City Schools. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
NC EOG / EOC 2024-25 . % Grade Level Proficient (Level 3+)English Language Arts
45.6%
NC avg 50.9%
Math
60.1%
NC avg 52.2%
What this means: On the NC EOG / EOC, North Carolina's statewide test, about 46 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 60 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all North Carolina schools, those numbers are about 51 and 52.
Source: NC EOG / EOC. 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
55.3%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
48.5%
based on NC schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+6.8pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 55% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 48% typical for North Carolina 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 North Carolina'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 Manning Elementary School
Manning Elementary School's state test result (55.3% proficient) is higher than 0 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Manning Elementary School this school | 630 | 99.5% | 55.3% |
| Belmont Elementary School Roanoke Rapids | 614 | 99.5% | 55.8% |
| Lyons Farm Elementary Durham | 608 | 99.5% | 69.5% |
| Jefferson Elementary Winston-Salem | 560 | 99.5% | 75.9% |
| Jesse Wharton Elem Greensboro | 521 | 99.4% | 71.8% |
| John Van Lindley Elementary Greensboro | 521 | 99.4% | 64.8% |
Matched among North Carolina 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 Manning Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In North Carolina | In Halifax County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 55.3% | #654 of 1,297 | #2 of 9 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 60.1% | #609 of 1,296 | #1 of 9 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 45.6% | #768 of 1,300 | #2 of 9 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 630 | #302 of 1,485 | #1 of 10 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 15.3:1 | #834 of 1,377 | #3 of 6 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 64.3% | #514 of 1,379 | #1 of 6 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 99.5% | #117 of 1,414 | #1 of 10 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -2.8% | #857 of 937 | #7 of 7 |
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
630
+32 (+5%) vs 2020
-15% since 1990-91, when it was 741
Student : Teacher
15.3:1
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 | 630 | 41.3 | 15.3:1 | 100% (627) |
| 2023-24 | 653 | 44 | 14.8:1 | 100% (650) |
| 2022-23 | 647 | 40.2 | 16.1:1 | 100% (644) |
| 2020-21 | 598 | 41 | 14.6:1 | 59% (350) |
| 2017-18 | 648 | 43.5 | 14.9:1 | 56% (366) |
| 2015-16 | 676 | 44 | 15.4:1 | 62% (418) |
| 2010-11 | 739 | 42 | 17.6:1 | 46% (340) |
| 2000-01 | 717 | 56 | 12.8:1 | 35% (248) |
| 1990-91 | 741 | 49 | 15.1:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Manning Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students down 3% (648 to 630); teachers down 5% (43.5 to 41.3).
About Manning Elementary School
Manning Elementary School is a mid-sized elementary school in North Carolina, with an address in Roanoke Rapids. The school runs pre-K through 5 and enrolls 630 students. Elementary schools in North Carolina average about 467 students, which makes this school 35% above average.
Roanoke Rapids City Schools oversees Manning Elementary School and 4 other schools, with 2,744 students in total.
The share of White students at Manning Elementary School is 51%, a majority. The remaining students are 27% Black, 12% Hispanic, 6% multiracial, and 3% Asian. Census figures show Halifax County is about 37% White. On a 0 to 100 scale, the school's diversity index is 64, compared with 70 nationally.
Staffing at Manning Elementary School comes to 41.3 full-time-equivalent teachers, or 15.3:1. The average for elementary schools in North Carolina is about 14.9:1. On the income side, 100% of students qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. Public schools in Halifax County average a similar 99%.
On the allk12 Grade, Manning Elementary School lands at B-, ahead of 53% of North Carolina public elementary schools.
On the allk12 BeatsExpectations measure, Manning Elementary School is 6.8 points above the average proficiency rate across its state test results predicted for its free or reduced-price lunch share: 55.3% actual, 48.5% predicted. That is outside both the top and bottom 10% in North Carolina.
Looking at the county, Halifax County, the median household earns about $45,590 a year, 16% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 18% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Counting Manning Elementary School, Halifax County has 23 public schools.
Straight-line distance to the nearest public school, Roanoke Rapids Early College High, is about 0.7 miles. Around the school, at least 8 other public schools are within five miles. By average proficiency, Manning Elementary School is 4th among 9 schools close by.
Manning Elementary School has an NCES locale of Town: Distant.
The 2020-21-to-2024-25 change in enrollment was a 5% increase, from 598 to 630.
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Halifax County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
47,675
Census ACS
Median income
$45,590
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
16%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
18%
Below federal line
Schools in county
23
6,803 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Roanoke Rapids City Schools
- Roanoke Rapids High SchoolHigh · 776 students
- Belmont Elementary SchoolElementary · 614 students
- Chaloner Middle SchoolMiddle · 605 students
- Roanoke Rapids Early College HighHigh · 119 students
Other schools in Roanoke Rapids
- Roanoke Rapids High SchoolHigh · 776 students
- Belmont Elementary SchoolElementary · 614 students
- Chaloner Middle SchoolMiddle · 605 students
- Everetts Elementary S.T.E.M. AcademyElementary · 254 students
- William R Davie Middle S.T.E.M. AcademyMiddle · 243 students
- Roanoke Rapids Early College HighHigh · 119 students
Other Manning Elementary schools
3 other US public schools in 4 states are named Manning Elementary. Manning Elementary School is the largest of the 4.
- Manning ElementaryManning, SC · 473 students
- Manning Elementary SchoolJamaica Plain, MA · 159 students
- MANNING ELEMENTARY SCHOOLBismarck, ND · 12 students
Nearby schools
- Roanoke Rapids Early College High0.7 mi · 119
- Roanoke Rapids High School0.8 mi · 776
- Chaloner Middle School1.1 mi · 605
- Belmont Elementary School2.0 mi · 614
- Roanoke Valley Early College2.2 mi · 114
- Northampton Early College2.2 mi · 148
Frequently asked questions
About Manning Elementary SchoolHow large is Manning Elementary School?
Manning Elementary School enrolls approximately 630 students in grades PK-05.
Is Manning Elementary School an elementary, middle, or high school?
Manning Elementary School is an elementary school covering grades PK-05.
How many students per teacher at Manning Elementary School?
Approximately 15.3:1 students per teacher at Manning Elementary School.
How diverse is Manning Elementary School?
Manning Elementary School reports a student body of 51% White, 12% Hispanic, 27% Black, 3% Asian, 6% Two or more.
Who oversees Manning Elementary School?
Manning Elementary School is overseen by Roanoke Rapids City Schools in Halifax County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.