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Schools in Manchester

Manchester’s public schools

Winchester Community Unit School District 1 has no state test or graduation results we can use, so there is no Schools grade for Manchester. Each school below is shown with its own results.

—Not gradedK–12Where will my kid go?1/2schools above Illinois’s middle

Tests spring 2021, when 105% of students in Illinois’s tested grades sat them, and the class of 2023’s graduation rate (U.S. Department of Education). How TownRatings grades schools

Reading proficiency
32%
2020–21
Math proficiency
26%
2020–21
Graduate on time
95%
class of 2023
Spent per student
$14.7K
▼ 32% vs IL $21.6K
FY2024
Students per teacher
12.1
IL 13.6 · smaller classes
Schools in town
0
567 students on the public path
In brief

Manchester’s schools, in brief

School by school

1 of Manchester’s 2 district schools with test results score above the middle of Illinois’s 3,406 public schools. Winchester Elem School places highest (better than 70%); Winchester High School lowest (22%). See the path ↓

Written from the figures on this page. Tests are from 2020–21, graduation from the class of 2023; each school’s own letter uses 2020–21 results.

Where will my kid go?

Pick a grade. These are the public schools in Manchester, with each school’s own grade.

The path, start to finish
PK–8Winchester Elem Schoolin WinchesterB+
9–12Winchester High Schoolin WinchesterC−

Which school depends on your address. To confirm it, ask the Winchester Community Unit School District 1.

The district

Spending and class size are shown but don’t count toward the grade. Each district’s own page has every school.

Winchester Community Unit School District 1Grades PK–12 · 2 schools · 567 students, down 4% since 2020–21 · 12.1 per teacher (IL 13.6)
$14,676IL $21,567 · FY2024
B
Test scores · 2020–21

Above the state in reading

Reading32%
State average 29.9% · 271 students tested
Math26%
State average 25.8% · 316 students tested

Manchester vs. its neighbors

Schools grades for the Illinois towns that share Manchester’s borders.

Schools next door
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Manchester—Winchester Community Unit School District 1

Every school in Manchester

2 schools. Each public school’s letter compares its own 2020–21 reading and math results with Illinois’s other public schools (the newest school-level results we have).

Also serving Manchesterin other towns
Winchester Elem School
Elementary · Grades PK–8 · Winchester
B+
401 students14:1Rate it →
Winchester High School
High · Grades 9–12 · Winchester
C−
166 students9:1Rate it →

Questions about Manchester’s schools

Are Manchester’s schools good?

There’s no Schools grade for Manchester. Winchester Community Unit School District 1 has no state test or graduation results we can use, so there is no Schools grade for Manchester. Each school below is shown with its own results. School by school, 1 of its 2 district schools with test results score above the middle of Illinois’s public schools on their 2020–21 results.

What school district is Manchester in?

Winchester Community Unit School District 1.

Where do Manchester kids go to high school?

Winchester High School.

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What Manchester families are saying about school.

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School data: state test results (2020–21, with participation) and four-year graduation rates (class of 2023) reported to the U.S. Department of Education (EDFacts via ED Data Express); each school’s own letter uses its 2020–21 results (EDFacts via the Urban Institute); schools and enrollment from NCES (2024–25; private schools 2023–24); spending from the Census Bureau’s school finance survey (FY2024). Stars are from neighbors.