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Elementary · Regular · Grades PK to 5

Manchester Elementary School, Manchester, ME

Manchester Elementary School is a public elementary school in Manchester, part of RSU 38. It enrolled 150 students in 2024-25, with 9.4 students per full-time teacher.

Enrollment and teachers

Students
150
Teachers (FTE)
16.0
Students per teacher
9.4
Grades
PK to 5

This school's ratio is 0.6 lower than the district figure of 10.0. The Maine average across schools is 11.5. Ratios count all teachers, including specialists, so they are lower than typical class sizes.

This school9.4
District10.0
Maine11.5
United States15.3

School details

Address
17 School St., Manchester, ME 04351
Phone
(207)622-2949
District
RSU 38
County
Kennebec County
Level
Elementary
Type
Regular
Status
Open
Charter
No
Virtual
No
Locale
Rural: Fringe
NCES school ID
231478800217
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
27
Reduced-price lunch
11
Free or reduced-price lunch
3825.3% of enrollment.
Direct certification
18Students certified through programs such as SNAP, without an application.
Community Eligibility Provision
No

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 RSU 38

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.