Manchester Academic CS
Test scores
PSSA + Keystone 2024-25 . % Proficient or AdvancedWhat this means: On the PSSA + Keystone, Pennsylvania's statewide test, about 30 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 20 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Pennsylvania schools, those numbers are about 51 and 43. Reading and writing scores are down about 3 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 5 points.
7-year change
SY 2017-18 vs SY 2024-25About Manchester Academic CS
As a reasonably sized primary school in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, Manchester Academic CS instructs 384 students from grades K through 8, overseen by Manchester Academic CS.
Manchester Academic CS sits inside Manchester Academic CS, the local public-school operator responsible for the campus.
Looking at the student body, Manchester Academic CS reports that the student body is overwhelmingly Black (90%). The remainder reads as 7% multiracial. By comparison, Allegheny County as a whole is about 13% Black, so the school skews considerably more Black than its surroundings.
In terms of school funding signals, On paper, Manchester Academic CS has 31 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 12.4:1. That tracks the state average closely.
In the area at large, community-level numbers for Allegheny County indicate median household income runs about $78,548, about 46% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 7%. Manchester Academic CS is one of 277 public schools in Allegheny County (combined enrollment of about 141,392 students).
The closest other public school is Pittsburgh Manchester K-8, roughly 0.2 miles away. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Manchester Academic CS.
Geographically, the school is in a metropolitan area. Manchester Academic CS is a charter school, which puts it inside the public-school system but outside the standard district-managed model.
Over the past 7-year window. Manchester Academic CS's enrollment has grew 5% since 2018, when it stood at 366 (now 384). The Black share of enrollment ticked down from 95% to 90% over that span.
On the community side, members of the Manchester Academic CS community share and discuss fundraisers, lost-and-found posts, and report-card season. Posting is open to anyone connected to the school.
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