Schools · Manchester

Manchester, VA schools

2 public, charter and private schools in Manchester. Search by name or narrow by level, type.

B-School Grade #195Best schools in VA (of 219)#98Highest graduation rate in VA (of 249)

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Manchester’s School Grade: B-

The public schools Manchester’s kids attend, from kindergarten through graduation, trail 51% of Virginia’s districts on state tests and graduation. Among towns with similar incomes, they sit near the middle.

B-Test scoresC+Graduation

Virginia school districts we grade (133)Better than 49%

Lower resultsHigher results

Virginia towns with similar household incomes (206)Better than 37%

High confidence. Built on 23,283 tested students and a graduating class of 4,980; ordinary year-to-year swings are unlikely to change the grade.

How the School Grade works

Results, not inputs. Math and reading proficiency on Virginia’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 Virginia 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 Virginia 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.

Test scores · 2020–21

State test results

Math (Chesterfield County)52%

State average 54.4%

Graduation · class of 2020

89% graduate on time

Graduation rate

89%

VA: 88.8%

Graduating class

4,980

students

The share of students who started ninth grade together and earned a regular diploma within four years. #98 of 249 VA towns →

Districts

The district serving Manchester

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Chesterfield County Public SchoolsGrades PK–12 · 74 schools · 64,194 students

$13,976 per studentVA $17,169B-

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 17 colleges are within 30 miles. The closest is Galen Health Institutes-Richmond in Richmond, 1.5 miles away.

Galen Health Institutes-RichmondCareer school · For-profit · Richmond1.5 mi374 students

University of RichmondUniversity or college · Private nonprofit · Richmond6.1 mi3,630 students Virginia Commonwealth UniversityUniversity or college · Public · Richmond6.5 mi25,603 students

Fortis College-RichmondCareer school · For-profit · Richmond7.1 mi399 students

Virginia Union UniversityUniversity or college · Private nonprofit · Richmond7.2 mi1,153 students

Lotus Professional CollegeUniversity or college · For-profit · Tuckahoe7.5 mi161 students

Union Presbyterian SeminaryUniversity or college · Private nonprofit · Richmond8.1 mi163 students

J Sargeant Reynolds Community CollegeCommunity college · Public · Richmond10.9 mi5,512 students

South University-RichmondUniversity or college · For-profit · Short Pump11.3 mi286 students Brightpoint Community CollegeCommunity college · Public · Chester12.4 mi6,289 students

7 more within 30 miles.

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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