Enrollment
159
Elementary
DISTRICT 305 · STATE 443
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·PITTSBURGH SD·NCES 421917006750
Pittsburgh Manchester K-8
1612 Manhattan St, Pittsburgh, PA 15233 · (412) 529-3100 · Allegheny County
GRADES PK–08ELEMENTARY11-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL159 STUDENTS
D
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Scored higher than 12% of Pennsylvania public elementary schools
- DTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- DBeats 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 Pennsylvania public elementary schools
Student : Teacher
9.8:1
16 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 12.1:1 · STATE 13.1:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
103%
164 students
DISTRICT 99% · STATE 75%
Community
0
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 | 10 | 6% |
| Kindergarten | 26 | 16% |
| Grade 1 | 12 | 8% |
| Grade 2 | 22 | 14% |
| Grade 3 | 12 | 8% |
| Grade 4 | 8 | 5% |
| Grade 5 | 14 | 9% |
| Grade 6 | 19 | 12% |
| Grade 7 | 16 | 10% |
| Grade 8 | 20 | 13% |
This year's kindergarten class (26) is 30% larger than its 8th grade class (20).
Student demographics
42%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 66% · STATE 59% · 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
Test scores
PSSA + Keystone 2024-25 . % Proficient or AdvancedEnglish Language Arts
22.0%
PA avg 51.1% . -4.2pp since 2023
Math
15.0%
PA avg 43.0% . -4.4pp since 2023
What this means: On the PSSA + Keystone, Pennsylvania's statewide test, about 22 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 15 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 4 points since 2023, while math scores are down about 4 points.
PSSA + Keystone results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 22.0% | 15.0% |
| 2023-24 | 26.2% | 19.4% |
% Proficient or Advanced, all students and all tested grades.
Source: PSSA + Keystone. 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
20.5%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
33.4%
based on PA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-12.9pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 21% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 33% typical for Pennsylvania 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 Pennsylvania'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 →
Where Pittsburgh Manchester K-8 ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Pennsylvania | In Allegheny County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 20.5% | #1,287 of 1,396 | #118 of 129 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 15.0% | #1,349 of 1,511 ▼ 79 | #127 of 141 ▼ 12 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 22.0% | #1,330 of 1,511 ▲ 1 | #121 of 141 ▲ 3 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 159 | #1,579 of 1,638 | #150 of 156 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 103% | #167 of 1,600 | #17 of 152 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -22.4% | #234 of 1,045 | #17 of 73 |
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
159
-38 (-19%) vs 2020
-42% since 2010-11, when it was 274
Student : Teacher
9.8:1
was 7.9:1
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 | 159 | 16.2 | 9.8:1 | N/A |
| 2023-24 | 163 | 19 | 8.6:1 | N/A |
| 2022-23 | 188 | 21.3 | 8.8:1 | 97% (183) |
| 2020-21 | 197 | 25 | 7.9:1 | 99% (196) |
| 2017-18 | 205 | 25.7 | 8.0:1 | 90% (184) |
| 2015-16 | 202 | 24 | 8.4:1 | 75% (152) |
| 2010-11 | 274 | 22 | 12.4:1 | 89% (245) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Pittsburgh Manchester K-8.
Since 2017-18: students down 22% (205 to 159); teachers down 37% (25.7 to 16.2).
About Pittsburgh Manchester K-8
Pittsburgh Manchester K-8 is a small elementary school. Its address is in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. The school counts 159 students across pre-K through 8. The typical figure for elementary schools in Pennsylvania is about 443 students.
Pittsburgh SD oversees Pittsburgh Manchester K-8 and 55 other schools, with 19,211 students in total.
By race and ethnicity, Pittsburgh Manchester K-8 is 74% Black. The school is also 12% multiracial and 10% White. That is higher than the 13% Black share among all Allegheny County residents. By the diversity index, Pittsburgh Manchester K-8 comes in at 42%.
At Pittsburgh Manchester K-8, 16.2 full-time-equivalent teachers work with students, a ratio of about 9.8:1. That ratio is under the 13.1:1 average for elementary schools in Pennsylvania.
allk12 grades Pittsburgh Manchester K-8 a D. The grade compares the school only with Pennsylvania public elementary schools, because each state gives its own test.
Compared with Pennsylvania schools that have similar shares of low-income students, Pittsburgh Manchester K-8's results are 12.9 points below predicted: 20.5% against 33.4%.
Among Allegheny County residents, median household income is about $78,548, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 46%, and about 7% of people live in poverty. Pittsburgh Manchester K-8 is one of 277 public schools in Allegheny County, which together enroll about 141,392 students.
Of nearby public schools, Manchester Academic CS is the closest, at about 0.2 miles. The count of other public schools within five miles is at least 8. On proficiency, Pittsburgh Manchester K-8 is behind the 26.1% nearby average, ranking 2nd of 5.
Its NCES locale code is City: Large: the school is inside a principal city with a population of 250,000 or more.
Between 2020-21 and 2024-25, the student count dropped from 197 to 159. From 2020-21 to 2024-25, the ratio rose from 7.9:1 to 9.8:1.
Families, students, and staff can use this page to discuss science fairs, picture day, and bus routes at Pittsburgh Manchester K-8. Alumni can share how the school prepared them.
Allegheny County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
1,238,177
Census ACS
Median income
$78,548
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
46%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
7%
Below federal line
Schools in county
277
141,392 students
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Frequently asked questions
About Pittsburgh Manchester K-8What is the total enrollment at Pittsburgh Manchester K-8?
Pittsburgh Manchester K-8 enrolls approximately 159 students in grades PK-08.
Is Pittsburgh Manchester K-8 an elementary, middle, or high school?
Pittsburgh Manchester K-8 is an elementary school covering grades PK-08.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Pittsburgh Manchester K-8?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Pittsburgh Manchester K-8 is approximately 9.8:1 (16 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at Pittsburgh Manchester K-8?
At Pittsburgh Manchester K-8, the student body is approximately 10% White, 2% Hispanic, 74% Black, 1% Asian, 12% Two or more.
Who oversees Pittsburgh Manchester K-8?
Pittsburgh Manchester K-8 is overseen by Pittsburgh SD in Allegheny County.
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