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Elementary · Regular · Grades PK to 4

Waddell School, Manchester, CT

CEP schoolWaddell School is a public elementary school in Manchester, part of Manchester School District. It enrolled 476 students in 2024-25, with 11.9 students per full-time teacher.

Enrollment and teachers

Students
476
Teachers (FTE)
40.0
Students per teacher
11.9
Grades
PK to 4

This school's ratio is 1.6 higher than the district figure of 10.3. The Connecticut average across schools is 12.3. Ratios count all teachers, including specialists, so they are lower than typical class sizes.

This school11.9
District10.3
Connecticut12.3
United States15.3

School details

Address
163 Broad Street, Manchester, CT 06042
County
Capitol Planning Region
Level
Elementary
Type
Regular
Status
Open
Charter
No
Locale
Suburb: Large
NCES school ID
090231000430
Location from NCES coordinates. Map data OpenStreetMap contributors. Open larger map

School meals

Counts of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, as reported to NCES.
Free lunch
268
Reduced-price lunch
34
Free or reduced-price lunch
30263.4% of enrollment.
Community Eligibility Provision
Yes (CEP school)

Schools in the Community Eligibility Provision (CEP) serve free meals to all students, so their free lunch counts often reflect direct certification or total enrollment. Free and reduced lunch shares are not comparable between CEP and non-CEP schools.

Related schools

Other elementary schools in Manchester School District

Elementary schools elsewhere in Manchester

We publish official enrollment and staffing data, not ratings or test scores.

Source: NCES Common Core of Data 2024-25 and F-33 finance 2020, via the Urban Institute Education Data Portal. Last reviewed October 2026. Blank values are not available, not applicable or suppressed in the source. See the methodology.