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Which teacher or staff member at Manchester Elementary School deserves more recognition?
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Enrollment
458
Elementary
DISTRICT 393 · STATE 380
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·SOUTH KITSAP SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 530816001350
Manchester Elementary School
1901 CALIFORNIA AVE E, PORT ORCHARD, WA 98366 · (360) 443-3230 · Kitsap County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY22-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL458 STUDENTS
B
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 61% of Washington public elementary schools
- BTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- B-Beats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- B+Three-year trend Change in reading and math proficiency over the last three test years.
Grades compare a school only with schools in the same state, because every state gives its own test. How grades work · Top-graded Washington public elementary schools
Student : Teacher
14.6:1
31 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 14.3:1 · STATE 17.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
47%
216 students
DISTRICT 47% · STATE 51%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Kindergarten | 67 | 15% |
| Grade 1 | 67 | 15% |
| Grade 2 | 97 | 21% |
| Grade 3 | 78 | 17% |
| Grade 4 | 83 | 18% |
| Grade 5 | 66 | 14% |
This year's kindergarten class (67) is about the same size as its 5th grade class (66).
Student demographics
50%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 56% · STATE 68% · 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
Smarter Balanced + WCAS 2024-25 . % Met or Exceeded StandardEnglish Language Arts
52.9%
WA avg 58.4% . +0.3pp since 2014
Math
50.7%
WA avg 51.2% . -4.2pp since 2014
What this means: On the Smarter Balanced + WCAS, Washington's statewide test, about 53 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 51 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Washington schools, those numbers are about 58 and 51. Reading and writing scores have held steady since 2014, while math scores are down about 4 points.
Smarter Balanced + WCAS results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 52.9% | 50.7% |
| 2023-24 | 48.9% | 49.3% |
| 2022-23 | 50.7% | 44.9% |
| 2021-22 | 52.4% | 41.0% |
| 2018-19 | 57.6% | 56.2% |
| 2017-18 | 64.7% | 59.3% |
| 2016-17 | 62.7% | 63.4% |
| 2015-16 | 59.6% | 61.8% |
| 2014-15 | 52.7% | 54.9% |
% Met or Exceeded Standard, all students and all tested grades.
Source: Smarter Balanced + WCAS. 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
51.3%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
48.6%
based on WA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+2.8pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 51% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 49% typical for Washington 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 Washington'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 Manchester Elementary School
Manchester Elementary School's state test result (51.3% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Manchester Elementary School this school | 458 | 47.2% | 51.3% |
| Happy Valley Elementary School Bellingham | 455 | 45.5% | 50.3% |
| Coupeville Elementary School Coupeville | 492 | 43.9% | 57.6% |
| Foothills Elementary Buckley | 470 | 49.8% | 53.0% |
| Liberty Ridge Elementary Sumner | 515 | 46.0% | 62.9% |
| Whittier Elementary Everett | 422 | 46.2% | 73.5% |
Matched among Washington 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 Manchester Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Washington | In Kitsap County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 51.3% | #403 of 936 | #21 of 38 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 50.7% | #437 of 1,103 ▲ 18 | #17 of 38 no change |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 52.9% | #447 of 1,102 ▲ 79 | #23 of 38 ▲ 3 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +5.1pp | #255 of 928 | #9 of 38 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 458 | #420 of 1,268 | #9 of 43 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 14.6:1 | #261 of 1,085 | #16 of 37 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 50.2% | #761 of 1,088 | #28 of 37 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 47.2% | #689 of 1,169 | #15 of 38 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +37.1% | #17 of 257 | N/A |
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
458
+45 (+11%) vs 2020
-30% since 1990-91, when it was 652
Student : Teacher
14.6:1
was 15.9:1
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 | 458 | 31.3 | 14.6:1 | 47% (216) |
| 2023-24 | 483 | 29.8 | 16.2:1 | 48% (232) |
| 2022-23 | 478 | 28.6 | 16.7:1 | 42% (199) |
| 2020-21 | 413 | 26 | 15.9:1 | 31% (128) |
| 2017-18 | 334 | 20.5 | 16.3:1 | 41% (137) |
| 2015-16 | 380 | 21 | 18.1:1 | 45% (171) |
| 2010-11 | 421 | 23 | 18.3:1 | 24% (99) |
| 2000-01 | 536 | 27 | 19.9:1 | N/A |
| 1990-91 | 652 | 30 | 21.7:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Manchester Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students up 37% (334 to 458); teachers up 53% (20.5 to 31.3).
About Manchester Elementary School
Manchester Elementary School is a medium-sized elementary school in South Kitsap School District, located in PORT ORCHARD, Washington. A federal count lists 458 students at the school, in pre-K through 5. An average school in this group (elementary schools in Washington) has about 380 students.
South Kitsap School District (17 schools, 9,326 students) runs Manchester Elementary School.
Manchester Elementary School is 68% White by enrollment. The remaining students are 13% multiracial and 13% Hispanic. Manchester Elementary School's diversity index is 50%, against a US figure of 70%.
Manchester Elementary School's 31.3 full-time-equivalent teachers put its ratio at 14.6:1. That is lower than the 17.3:1 average for elementary schools in Washington. Eligibility for subsidized school meals is 47%.
The allk12 Grade for Manchester Elementary School is B. Compared with Washington public elementary schools, the school scored higher than 61% on a mix of test scores, poverty-adjusted results, and recent trend.
Compared with Washington schools that have similar shares of low-income students, Manchester Elementary School's results are 2.8 points above predicted: 51.3% against 48.6%.
Across Kitsap County, the median household income is $104,158, about 38% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and roughly 5% of residents are in poverty. In all, Kitsap County has 77 public schools and roughly 34,233 students.
The closest public school, South Colby Elementary, is about 2.3 miles from Manchester Elementary School. Other public schools within five miles: at least 8. On average proficiency, Manchester Elementary School is 3rd of 6 nearby schools with test data.
The National Center for Education Statistics classifies the school's location as Suburb: Mid-size, meaning it is in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population between 100,000 and 250,000.
Federal data show an 11% enrollment increase, from 413 in 2020-21 to 458 in 2024-25. From 2020-21 to 2024-25, the ratio fell from 15.9:1 to 14.6:1.
The allk12 site hosts a discussion page for Manchester Elementary School covering things like sports tryouts, band and choir, and theater. Reviews and ratings from people who know the school are welcome.
Kitsap County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
277,881
Census ACS
Median income
$104,158
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
38%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
5%
Below federal line
Schools in county
77
34,233 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in South Kitsap School District
- South Kitsap High SchoolHigh · 2,448 students
- John Sedgwick Middle SchoolMiddle · 731 students
- Cedar Heights Middle SchoolMiddle · 689 students
- Marcus Whitman Middle SchoolMiddle · 623 students
- Orchard Heights ElementaryElementary · 529 students
- Sunnyslope Elementary SchoolElementary · 503 students
Other schools in PORT ORCHARD
- South Kitsap High SchoolHigh · 2,448 students
- John Sedgwick Middle SchoolMiddle · 731 students
- Cedar Heights Middle SchoolMiddle · 689 students
- Marcus Whitman Middle SchoolMiddle · 623 students
- Orchard Heights ElementaryElementary · 529 students
- Sunnyslope Elementary SchoolElementary · 503 students
Other Manchester Elementary schools
11 other US public schools in 11 states are named Manchester Elementary. Manchester Elementary School is the 3rd largest of the 12.
- Manchester ElementaryManchester, MD · 671 students
- Manchester Elementary SchoolN Manchester, IN · 474 students
- MANCHESTER ELEMENTARY SCHOOLOMAHA, NE · 444 students
- Manchester Elementary SchoolManchester, KY · 409 students
- Manchester ElementaryPinewood, SC · 378 students
Nearby schools
- South Colby Elementary2.3 mi · 276
- Madrona Heights2.6 mi · 56
- Discovery2.6 mi · 224
- Orchard Heights Elementary2.6 mi · 529
- Marcus Whitman Middle School2.7 mi · 623
- Catalyst Public Schools3.0 mi · 504
Frequently asked questions
About Manchester Elementary SchoolWhat is the total enrollment at Manchester Elementary School?
Manchester Elementary School enrolls approximately 458 students in grades PK-05.
What age range does Manchester Elementary School serve?
Manchester Elementary School serves students from grade PK through grade 05.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Manchester Elementary School?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Manchester Elementary School is approximately 14.6:1 (31 FTE teachers).
How diverse is Manchester Elementary School?
Manchester Elementary School reports a student body of 68% White, 13% Hispanic, 2% Black, 1% Asian, 13% Two or more.
Who oversees Manchester Elementary School?
Manchester Elementary School is overseen by South Kitsap School District in Kitsap County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.