Manhattan School District 114

Manhattan School District 114 has four schools serving elementary and middle-school grades: three elementary schools and one middle school, with no high schools. The latest results are from 2025–2026, and chronic absenteeism at every school was below the state rate of 24%. Wilson Creek Elementary School has no supplied test-score results, so it cannot be compared on achievement. The clearest overall finding is that all three schools with scores were above the state in both all-grades ELA and math.

Manhattan Junior High School stands out in ELA, with 81% proficient, compared with 79% at Manhattan Intermediate School and 66% at Anna McDonald Elementary School; the state result was 56%. Anna McDonald leads in math at 63%, versus 54% at Junior High and 53% at Intermediate, while the state was 40%. So the school with the lowest supplied ELA result leads in math. Intermediate also had a strong grade 5 science result: 70% proficient versus 48% statewide. Junior High’s grade 8 science result was 64%, compared with 52% statewide, but those science scores cover different grades.

Recent changes are mixed: from 2024–2025 to 2025–2026, Junior High’s ELA rose 4 percentage points and Anna McDonald’s rose 2, while in math Junior High rose 1 point and Anna fell 2. Junior High’s grade 8 science result climbed 17 points, compared with a 7-point state increase. SchoolDigger’s supplied district-level rating is four stars and the 83rd percentile for all four schools. For additional context, 2024–2025 free/reduced lunch eligible figures ranged from 13% at Wilson Creek to 18% at Anna McDonald; the schools’ reported student-teacher ratios ranged from 13.9 at Junior High to 16.0 at Anna. These measures offer context but do not explain the differences in results.