NCES CCD 2024-25 11 schools TN

Best-Resourced Schools in Manchester, TN

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11 public K-12 schools in Manchester from NCES Common Core of Data: enrollment, grade span, demographics, and Civil Rights Data Collection statistics for every active campus.

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Schools
5,298
Students
47.4/100
Avg Resource Index
13.8:1
Avg Student-Teacher Ratio

National city placement

Middle-of-corpus city profile

According to NCES CCD 2024-25, Manchester has more public-school enrollment than 58% of the 4,487 US cities in this directory. Manchester sits in the broad middle of the national city distribution rather than at a single obvious extreme. Its scale, average Resource Investment Index, and staffing position need to be read together: a middle placement on one measure does not cancel a stronger or weaker result on another. The percentile panel makes those dimensions explicit, and the school table shows where the city aggregate breaks into materially different campus profiles.

Combined-grade campuses shape the local portfolio

7 of Manchester's 11 listed schools use NCES's combined or “other” grade-level classification. Citywide averages therefore blend campuses serving unusually broad or nonstandard grade spans with conventional elementary, middle, and high schools. Grade configuration is a first-order comparison here, not a minor label.

Campus spread matters more than the city mean

The 31-point gap between New Union Elementary and College Street Elementary shows the range hidden by Manchester's average Resource Investment Index. The city figure is useful for national placement, but families ultimately choose among campuses with different grade spans, enrollment, district affiliations, and reported support fields. Start with schools serving the relevant grade level, then compare the index components rather than assuming the city average describes any one classroom.

City enrollment
Top 42%
School count
Top 35%
Resource Index average
79th percentile
Teacher staffing
69th percentile

Coffee County Central High School accounts for 23.8% of all Manchester public-school enrollment

That concentration means Manchester-wide averages can mask substantial variation outside the largest entity. Grade level: High. The share measures enrollment concentration only; it does not establish how districts allocate programs, capital, or staff. Enrollment-weighted aggregates give this entity more weight than any smaller peer, while an unweighted entity average treats every record equally.

Source: NCES Common Core of Data

Manchester school enrollment varies 25× across entities

Manchester school enrollment ranges from 51 students (lowest) to 1,262 students (highest), a spread of 1,211 students. That spread is wider than typical and predicts noticeable gaps in service quality between the highest and lowest areas. Per-school staffing and program breadth can differ sharply at opposite ends of that enrollment range, so the city average should not be treated as a typical campus.

Source: NCES Common Core of Data

Manchester student-teacher ratio is 13.8:1 — low (typically associated with smaller schools or per-school staffing investment that often correlates with stronger per-student supports)

student-teacher ratio is the simplest comparative metric but it does not capture the full picture: the ratio counts FTE classroom teachers against total enrollment, push-in specialists, English-language aides, special-education co-teachers, and counselors are not included in most reporting Lower values often correlate with smaller scale and population characteristics rather than higher resource budgets per se.

Source: NCES Common Core of Data, Public School Universe

# School Score
1. New Union Elementary 61
2. Coffee County Virtual Academy 60
3. Coffee County Middle School 55
4. East Coffee Elementary 52
5. North Coffee Elementary 51
6. Deerfield Elementary School 49
7. Coffee County Raider Academy 48
8. Coffee County Central High School 43
9. Westwood Middle School 37
10. Westwood Elementary 35
11. College Street Elementary 30

Most racially and ethnically mixed schools in Manchester

Ranked by the Simpson student-body diversity index (0-100) from NCES race and ethnicity data, where higher means a more evenly mixed student body. It measures mix, not quality.

  1. 1 Westwood Elementary 57.0/100
  2. 2 Westwood Middle School 53.0/100
  3. 3 College Street Elementary 45.9/100
  4. 4 Coffee County Raider Academy 43.1/100
  5. 5 New Union Elementary 40.2/100

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Which Manchester school has the highest Resource Investment Index? ▼

New Union Elementary has the highest Resource Investment Index among the Manchester schools in this federal-data comparison at 61/100. The index summarizes reported staffing, counseling, gifted-program, and attendance inputs; it is not an academic rating.

How many schools are in Manchester, TN? ▼

Manchester has 11 public schools with a total enrollment of 5,298 students. Average student-teacher ratio: 13.8:1.

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Data from NCES Common Core of Data (CCD) 2024-25 and Civil Rights Data Collection (CRDC) 2021-22. The Resource Investment Index uses reported student-teacher ratio, counselor access, gifted programs, and attendance; it is not an academic rating. Cities must include at least five schools to be listed. This public-data comparison is for informational purposes: verify current enrollment, attendance boundaries, and programs with the school district before acting. See the guide to understanding NCES data.