Manz Elementary

Manz Elementary, a mid-tier primary school in Eau Claire, Wisconsin, overseen by Eau Claire Area School District, works with 342 students, covering grades K through 5.

Across the 23 schools in Eau Claire Area School District (10,687 students total), Manz Elementary accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

For racial and ethnic makeup, Manz Elementary logs that the largest single group is White, at 72% of enrollment. Other groups include 9% multiracial, 8% Hispanic, 7% Asian, 4% Black. The wider county runs roughly 88% White, putting the school's mix considerably less White than the area baseline.

In terms of school funding signals, Staff filings list 29 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 11.8:1 students per teacher. The state averages around 14.7:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. Roughly 39% of students at Manz Elementary qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, Manz Elementary sits in the top 10% of Wisconsin schools after the BeatsExpectations adjustment. Predicted proficiency for the school's FRL share is roughly 53.6%; actual is 70.2%, +16.6 points clear of the demographic baseline.

Across the wider county, Eau Claire County reports that median household income runs about $74,546, roughly 37% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 6% of residents live below the federal poverty line. In all, Eau Claire County runs 36 public schools (combined enrollment of about 14,002 students), of which Manz Elementary is one.

Memorial High is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.8 miles from this campus. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Among the 6 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Manz Elementary ranks 2nd on composite proficiency, higher than the local average of 59.3%.

The campus sits in a metropolitan setting.

Over the past 7-year window. Over the past 7-year window, the student count shrank 23%: 445 students in 2018 compared to 342 in 2025. Class-load math has tightened: from 14.6:1 in 2018 to 11.8:1 in 2025.

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