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Manchester School District, CT: schools, enrollment and spending
Manchester School District runs 10 public schools with 6,122 students in grades PK to 12. Its ratio of 10.3 students per teacher is 2.0 lower than the Connecticut figure of 12.3.
At a glance
- Schools
- 10
- Students
- 6,122
- Teachers (FTE)
- 594
- Students per teacher
- 10.3
- CT: 12.3 · US: 15.3
- Address
- 45 North School Street, Manchester, CT 06042
- Phone
- (860)647-3441
- County
- Capitol Planning Region
- Locale
- Suburb: Large
- Grades offered
- PK to 12
- Agency type
- Regular local school district
- NCES district ID
- 0902310
- State district ID
- CT-0770011
- Total staff (FTE)
- 1,459
- School counselors (FTE)
- 28.0About 219 students per counselor.
- School administrators (FTE)
- 38.0
Students per teacher compared
This district10.3
Connecticut12.3
United States15.3
2020 finance data
From the F-33 School District Finance Survey for fiscal year 2020, in nominal dollars. Enrollment used for per-pupil figures is the finance survey count (6,044), which can differ from 2024-25 enrollment.
- Total revenue
- $169.5 million
- Federal revenue
- $7.6 million
- State revenue
- $63.0 million
- Local revenue
- $98.9 million
- Total spending
- $162.2 million
- Spending per pupil
- $26,833
- Salaries
- $83.4 million51.4% of total spending.
- Long-term debt (end of year)
- $67.1 million
Where revenue came from
- Federal: 4.5%
- State: 37.2%
- Local: 58.3%
Connecticut overall
- Federal: 5.3%
- State: 35.8%
- Local: 58.8%
Spending per pupil compared
This district$26,833
Connecticut$25,007
United States$16,826
Schools in Manchester School District
By level: 1 high, 2 middle, 7 elementary. A CEP school serves free meals to all students.
| Bowers SchoolCEP school | Elementary | PK to 5 | 376 | 12.1 |
| Buckley SchoolCEP school | Elementary | PK to 4 | 284 | 10.5 |
| Elisabeth M. Bennet AcademyCEP school | Middle | 5 to 8 | 864 | 11.1 |
| Highland Park SchoolCEP school | Elementary | PK to 4 | 300 | 10.3 |
| Illing Middle SchoolCEP school | Middle | 7 to 8 | 763 | 9.8 |
| Keeney SchoolCEP school | Elementary | PK to 4 | 366 | 12.2 |
| Manchester High SchoolCEP school | High | 9 to 12 | 1,703 | 11.1 |
| Manchester Preschool Center at MartinCEP school | Elementary | PK to K | 153 | 13.9 |
| Verplanck SchoolCEP school | Elementary | PK to 4 | 466 | 11.9 |
| Waddell SchoolCEP school | Elementary | PK to 4 | 476 | 11.9 |
Nearby and related
Other districts in Capitol Planning Region
- Hartford School District 16,434 students
- Connecticut Technical Education and Career System 11,296 students
- New Britain School District 10,038 students
- West Hartford School District 9,128 students
- Capitol Region Education Council 9,091 students
- East Hartford School District 6,504 students
- Southington School District 6,200 students
- Glastonbury School District 5,696 students
- South Windsor School District 5,125 students
- Enfield School District 4,694 students
- Farmington School District 4,195 students
- Simsbury School District 4,127 students
- Newington School District 3,855 students
- Wethersfield School District 3,471 students
- Windsor School District 3,266 students
More in Connecticut
Source: NCES Common Core of Data 2024-25 and F-33 finance 2020, via the Urban Institute Education Data Portal. Last reviewed October 2026. Finance figures are 2020 finance data in nominal dollars, not adjusted for inflation. Blank values are not available, not applicable or suppressed in the source. See the methodology.