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Alumni: what's one memory from Manchester Elementary School that still sticks with you?
Community prompt from u/allk12. Replies below.
Reading
78.0%
State avg 47.9%
District avg 62.0%
County avg 62.0%
District avg 62.0%
County avg 62.0%
Test scores
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KSA (K-PREP), SY 2024-25
All grades, all students. % Proficient/Distinguished.Mathematics
68.3%
State avg 42.8%
District avg 57.2%
County avg 57.2%
District avg 57.2%
County avg 57.2%
Science
60.0%
State avg 33.1%
District avg 40.3%
County avg 40.3%
District avg 40.3%
County avg 40.3%
Social Studies
52.0%
State avg 38.6%
District avg 46.2%
County avg 46.2%
District avg 46.2%
County avg 46.2%
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyTier
OUTPERFORMING
Top 10% of KY schools after controlling for student poverty
Actual proficiency
68.2%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
38.4%
based on KY schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+29.9pp
above demographic expectation
BeatsExpectations runs a per-state regression of proficiency on free/reduced-lunch share, then scores each school by residual. How this is calculated →
1-year history
All grades, all students. Manchester Kentucky avgReading
| Year | School | District | County | State |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| SY 2024-25 | 78.0% | 62.0% | 62.0% | 47.9% |
Mathematics
| Year | School | District | County | State |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| SY 2024-25 | 68.3% | 57.2% | 57.2% | 42.8% |
Science
| Year | School | District | County | State |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| SY 2024-25 | 60.0% | 40.3% | 40.3% | 33.1% |
Social Studies
| Year | School | District | County | State |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| SY 2024-25 | 52.0% | 46.2% | 46.2% | 38.6% |
Recent discussions
From the Manchester Elementary School community.How to read these scores
What is KSA (K-PREP)?
KSA (K-PREP) is the statewide standardized test administered by Kentucky public schools.
What does "% Proficient/Distinguished" mean?
It is the share of students at the school who performed at grade level or above on the test, summed across the top two of four performance levels. A higher number is better.
What does 78.0% mean for Reading at Manchester Elementary School?
It means about 78.0 percent of students tested at Manchester Elementary School performed at grade level or above on the KSA (K-PREP) Reading test in 2024-25. The statewide average for Kentucky that year was 47.9%. The other students fell into the lower performance levels.
How is the state average calculated?
It is a weighted average, not a simple average of each school's number. We multiply each public school's score by how many of its students tested, add those together for all schools in Kentucky, and divide by the total students tested that year. This way a big school with 1,500 students counts more than a small school with 50 students, which is the right way to ask "how did the typical student do this year?". District and county averages on this page use the same method, just scoped to that district or county.
Where does this data come from?
Kentucky Department of Education, Kentucky Summative Assessment (KSA / K-PREP). School-level All Students subgroup from the KDE Open House supplemental datasets. Headline metric is the cumulative "Proficient + Distinguished" rate (top 2 of 4 KSA levels: Novice / Apprentice / Proficient / Distinguished).
How often is it updated?
KSA (K-PREP) is administered once a year (spring). Results are released by the state in the summer or early fall. We refresh this page after each annual release.