Manhattan Intermediate School

Manhattan Intermediate School serves 417 students in grades 4–5 in Manhattan, Illinois, as part of Manhattan School District 114. Its most important strength is that 2025–2026 results were above state averages in every reported subject: ELA and fifth-grade science each led the state by 22 percentage points, while math was 14 points higher.

ELA is a particular strength in the available nearby, same-grade comparisons: fourth-grade proficiency was 81% at Manhattan, compared with 65% at Union Elementary School and 30% at Laraway School; fifth-grade results were 77%, 69%, and 41%, respectively. Math is the softer point against the district’s all-grades result: Manhattan had 53% proficiency, versus 55% districtwide, though its fourth- and fifth-grade math results matched the district’s results for those grades. Chronic absenteeism was also lower than district and state rates—9% at Manhattan, compared with 14% and 24%.

The available data do not show whether Manhattan’s test scores are improving or declining over time. SchoolDigger ranked it at the 80th percentile in 2025–2026 and awarded it 4 stars, close to Union Elementary’s 79th percentile and above Laraway’s 31st; rankings are not available for all nearby schools. SchoolDigger’s statewide subgroup rankings show a notable difference in standing: Manhattan was at the 15th percentile for Special Education Students, 65 points below its overall percentile, but at the 97th percentile for Low Socio Economic Status Students, 17 points above overall. Its 2024–2025 student-teacher ratio was 15.4, close to the nearby average of 15.6, and 14.6% of students were free/reduced lunch eligible that year, toward the lower end of comparable nearby schools.