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Manoa El Sch
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SY 2017-18 vs SY 2024-25About Manoa El Sch
As a substantial elementary campus in Havertown, Pennsylvania, Manoa El Sch teaches 706 students from grades K through 5, run under Haverford Township SD. Enrollment runs roughly 59% above the state mean of about 443.
Haverford Township SD runs 7 schools in total, collectively educating 6,477 students. Manoa El Sch is one of those campuses.
On the student-mix side, Manoa El Sch records that White students make up the majority at 72%. Beyond that, the school records 12% Asian, 7% Black, 5% Hispanic, 4% multiracial. By comparison, Delaware County as a whole is about 63% White, so the school skews noticeably more White than its surroundings.
In terms of school funding signals, On paper, Manoa El Sch has 47 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 15.1:1. That figure is higher than the state norm's 13.1:1 average. An estimated 23% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. By comparison, Delaware County runs at roughly 58%, so the school's eligibility rate is lower than the surrounding baseline.
On a demographically-adjusted basis, Manoa El Sch performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 67.6%, the actual is 79.3%, a residual of +11.7 points.
In the broader community, census data for Delaware County shows median household income runs about $89,546, about 42% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and roughly 7% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Across Delaware County's 113 public schools (combined enrollment of about 74,663 students), Manoa El Sch is one campus in the mix.
Nearest neighbor: Lynnewood El Sch, around 1.0 miles off. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. On composite proficiency, Manoa El Sch comes 3rd of 9 in the immediate cluster, ahead of the nearby-schools average of 60.7%.
Geographically, the school is in an outer-ring area.
Trend over the last 7 years. Manoa El Sch's enrollment has climbed 4% since 2018, when it stood at 676 (now 706). White enrollment moved from 84% to 72% across the same window. The student-to-teacher ratio tightened from 16.8:1 in 2018 to 15.1:1 today.
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