Enrollment
342
Elementary
DISTRICT 340 · STATE 323
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·EAU CLAIRE AREA SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 550405000427
Manz Elementary
1000 E Fillmore Ave, Eau Claire, WI 54701 · (715) 852-3900 · Eau Claire County
GRADES KG–05ELEMENTARY13-CITYREGULAR SCHOOL342 STUDENTS
A
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Scored higher than 90% of Wisconsin public elementary schools
- A-Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- ABeats 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 Wisconsin public elementary schools
Student : Teacher
11.8:1
29 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 12.8:1 · STATE 14.7:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
39%
134 students
DISTRICT 40% · STATE 42%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Kindergarten | 61 | 18% |
| Grade 1 | 45 | 13% |
| Grade 2 | 55 | 16% |
| Grade 3 | 58 | 17% |
| Grade 4 | 57 | 17% |
| Grade 5 | 66 | 19% |
This year's kindergarten class (61) is 8% smaller than its 5th grade class (66).
Student demographics
46%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 46% · STATE 54% · 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
Forward Exam 2024-25 . % Meeting or AdvancedEnglish Language Arts
68.2%
WI avg 53.1% . -0.2pp since 2023
Math
65.9%
WI avg 54.8% . +2.1pp since 2023
What this means: On the Forward Exam, Wisconsin's statewide test, about 68 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 66 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Wisconsin schools, those numbers are about 53 and 55. Reading and writing scores have held steady since 2023, while math scores are up about 2 points.
Forward Exam results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 68.2% | 65.9% |
| 2023-24 | 68.4% | 63.8% |
% Meeting or Advanced, all students and all tested grades.
Source: Forward Exam. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyTier
OUTPERFORMING
Top 10% of WI schools after controlling for student poverty
Actual proficiency
70.2%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
53.6%
based on WI schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+16.6pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 70% of students here test proficient in math and reading, well above the roughly 54% typical for Wisconsin schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations ranks schools against others at the same poverty level, not by raw scores, so a school can post high scores and still fall short of its prediction, or post lower scores and still beat it. This school clears its prediction by about 17 points, placing it in Wisconsin's top 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 Manz Elementary
Manz Elementary's state test result (70.2% proficient) is higher than 4 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Manz Elementary this school | 342 | 39.2% | 70.2% |
| Coolidge Elementary Neenah | 329 | 39.5% | 66.0% |
| Magee Elementary Two Rivers | 317 | 38.5% | 53.8% |
| Spring Road Elementary Neenah | 299 | 36.5% | 61.4% |
| Meadowview Elementary Eau Claire | 385 | 34.3% | 71.8% |
| Putnam Heights Elementary Eau Claire | 422 | 39.3% | 55.9% |
Matched among Wisconsin 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 Manz Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Wisconsin | In Eau Claire County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 70.2% | #189 of 982 | #2 of 17 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 65.9% | #275 of 992 ▲ 80 | #2 of 17 ▲ 4 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 68.2% | #167 of 992 ▲ 15 | #1 of 17 ▲ 1 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 342 | #479 of 1,157 | #8 of 19 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 11.8:1 | #241 of 901 | #8 of 18 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 46.1% | #364 of 901 | #7 of 18 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 39.2% | #587 of 1,064 | #9 of 18 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -23.1% | #162 of 664 | #5 of 11 |
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
342
-42 (-11%) vs 2020
+8% since 1990-91, when it was 318
Student : Teacher
11.8:1
was 14.2:1
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 | 342 | 29 | 11.8:1 | 39% (134) |
| 2023-24 | 339 | 30.5 | 11.1:1 | 43% (146) |
| 2022-23 | 359 | 30.5 | 11.8:1 | 43% (155) |
| 2020-21 | 384 | 27 | 14.2:1 | 47% (181) |
| 2017-18 | 445 | 30.5 | 14.6:1 | 39% (173) |
| 2015-16 | 402 | 27 | 14.9:1 | 50% (200) |
| 2010-11 | 411 | 26 | 15.8:1 | 42% (172) |
| 2000-01 | 432 | 27 | 16.0:1 | 26% (111) |
| 1990-91 | 318 | 17 | 18.7:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Manz Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students down 23% (445 to 342); teachers down 5% (30.5 to 29).
About Manz Elementary
Families in Eau Claire, Wisconsin, are served by Manz Elementary, a medium-sized elementary school. The school's 342 students are in kindergarten through 5.
Eau Claire Area School District serves 10,687 students across 23 schools.
Manz Elementary's enrollment is 72% White. Other groups include 9% multiracial, 8% Hispanic, 7% Asian, and 4% Black. By comparison, Eau Claire County residents are about 88% White. The chance that two students picked at random at Manz Elementary belong to different racial or ethnic groups, known as the diversity index, is 46%.
Dividing enrollment by its 29 full-time-equivalent teachers gives a ratio of about 11.8:1. Among elementary schools in Wisconsin, the typical ratio is 14.7:1. Eligible students account for 39% of enrollment in the free or reduced-price lunch program. That is close to the 37% average for public schools in Eau Claire County.
allk12 grades Manz Elementary an A. The grade compares the school only with Wisconsin public elementary schools, because each state gives its own test.
Manz Elementary ranks in the top 10% of Wisconsin schools after adjusting test results for student poverty. Actual: 70.2%. Predicted: 53.6%. Difference: 16.6 points.
Eau Claire County has about 107,116 residents, and median household income is about $74,546, about 37% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and roughly 6% of residents are in poverty. Federal data list 36 public schools in Eau Claire County, with a combined enrollment of about 14,002.
Memorial High is the public school closest to Manz Elementary, about 0.8 miles away. Inside a five-mile radius, there are at least 8 other public schools. On average proficiency, Manz Elementary is 2nd of 6 nearby schools with test data.
Locale: City: Small. In NCES terms, the school is inside a principal city with a population under 100,000.
Federal counts put enrollment at 384 in 2020-21 and 342 in 2024-25, an 11% decrease. There were fewer students per teacher in 2024-25 (11.8:1) than in 2020-21 (14.2:1).
Topics for discussion here include school safety, transportation, and start times. Anyone with firsthand experience at this school can post or comment.
Eau Claire County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
107,116
Census ACS
Median income
$74,546
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
37%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
6%
Below federal line
Schools in county
36
14,002 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Eau Claire Area School District
- North HighHigh · 1,567 students
- Memorial HighHigh · 1,558 students
- DeLong MiddleMiddle · 893 students
- South MiddleMiddle · 797 students
- Northstar MiddleMiddle · 529 students
- Robbins ElementaryElementary · 522 students
Other schools in Eau Claire
- North HighHigh · 1,567 students
- Memorial HighHigh · 1,558 students
- DeLong MiddleMiddle · 893 students
- South MiddleMiddle · 797 students
- Northstar MiddleMiddle · 529 students
- Robbins ElementaryElementary · 522 students
Nearby schools
- Memorial High0.8 mi · 1,558
- South Middle0.9 mi · 797
- Flynn Elementary1.0 mi · 198
- Putnam Heights Elementary1.0 mi · 422
- Second Avenue School1.5 mi · 16
- Eau Claire Community Sites1.6 mi · 435
Frequently asked questions
About Manz ElementaryHow large is Manz Elementary?
Manz Elementary enrolls approximately 342 students in grades KG-05.
What grades does Manz Elementary serve?
Manz Elementary serves grades KG-05.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Manz Elementary?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Manz Elementary is approximately 11.8:1 (29 FTE teachers).
What is the student diversity at Manz Elementary?
Student demographics at Manz Elementary are roughly 72% White, 8% Hispanic, 4% Black, 7% Asian, 9% Two or more.
What district is Manz Elementary in?
Manz Elementary is part of Eau Claire Area School District.
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