Schools · Manchester

Manchester, KY schools

Manchester’s public schools score below Kentucky’s averages: 37% of students are proficient in reading against 41.3% statewide, and 89% of high schoolers graduate on time against 91.8%. Kids attend one of 7 schools through grade 6, then Clay County Middle School.

Grades, test scores, graduation, spending and every school, from U.S. Department of Education data.

DSchool Grade

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Manchester’s School Grade: D

The public schools Manchester’s kids attend, from kindergarten through graduation, trail 88% of Kentucky’s districts on state tests and graduation. Among towns with similar incomes, they rank near the bottom.

CTest scoresDGraduation

Kentucky school districts we grade (172)Better than 12%

Lower resultsHigher results

Kentucky towns with similar household incomes (29)Better than 21%

High confidence. Built on 1,415 tested students and a graduating class of 209; ordinary year-to-year swings are unlikely to change the grade.

How the School Grade works

Results, not inputs. Math and reading proficiency on Kentucky’s state tests, each against the state average, plus the four-year graduation rate. Spending and class size are shown below but don’t count toward the grade. Tests: 2020–21; graduation: class of 2020.
The whole path. A town’s grade follows its kids: every district that serves it, weighted by the number of students tested in each. Tests count 60% and graduation 40%.
Graded within the state. Each state writes its own tests, so districts are lined up against the rest of Kentucky only. A+ top 5%A next 10%A- next 10%B B+ to B−, next 30%C C+ to C−, next 30%D D and D−, bottom 15%
Individual schools are graded the same way on their own test results, against every public school in Kentucky with 25+ students. Private schools aren’t graded: they don’t take the state tests.
What a grade can’t tell you. Test results track family income closely, so a high grade partly reflects who lives in a town. That’s why we also compare towns with similar incomes. Visit, ask other parents, and read neighbor reviews. It’s our own summary of U.S. Department of Education data, not an official rating.

School path

Where Manchester kids go to school

Grades PK–6

7 schoolsDepends on your address · see the list Clay County School District

Grades 7–8

C+Clay County Middle School 387 students · Manchester Clay County School District

Based on district boundaries from the U.S. Department of Education. Check with the district before you enroll.

Test scores · 2020–21

Below the state in reading

Reading (grades PK–8, Clay County)37%

State average 41.3%

Math (grades PK–8, Clay County)21%

State average 29.6%

Graduation · class of 2020

89% graduate on time

Graduation rate

89%

KY: 91.8%

Graduating class

209

students

The share of students who started ninth grade together and earned a regular diploma within four years.

Districts

The district serving Manchester

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Clay County School DistrictGrades PK–12 · 10 schools · 2,928 students

$13,696 per studentKY $14,752D

Each district’s own page has its spending, test scores, enrollment and every school.

Within reach

Colleges near Manchester

There’s no college in Manchester, but 2 colleges are within 30 miles. The closest is Union Commonwealth University in Barbourville, 20.2 miles away.

Union Commonwealth UniversityUniversity or college · Private nonprofit · Barbourville20.2 mi930 students

Clear Creek Baptist Bible CollegeUniversity or college · Private nonprofit · Pineville29.2 mi32 students

Straight-line distance from the center of Manchester. Degree-granting colleges with students on campus. Colleges marked › have their own page; the others are too small or don’t report enough to the Department of Education for one.

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