Summary:
ZIP code 46962 covers North Manchester, Indiana, and contains two public schools, both in Manchester Community Schools: Manchester Elementary School, an elementary serving grades PK–3 with 474 students, and Manchester Junior-Senior High School, serving grades 7–12 with 618 students. Combined enrollment is 1,092. The area summary lists 0 middle schools, but the junior-senior high serves grades 7–8, so the middle-school experience happens inside that combined building. There are no alternative schools in the ZIP.
Manchester Elementary School is the standout for math and attendance. In 2025–2026 its ILEARN Math proficiency was 59.14%, above the district's 46.98% and the state's 51.9%, and up from 53.78% the year before. ILEARN ELA was 45.16%, also above the district's 42.59% and the state's 40.8%. Chronic absenteeism was 9.1%, well below the district's 11.8% and the state's 16.7%. Its last available rank history, from 2010–2013, showed consistent 4-star ratings and 76th–79th percentile ranks, though no recent rank is provided.
Manchester Junior-Senior High School has a strong graduation rate of 97.3%, versus the state's 89.7%, and its SAT Math (26.85%) and 7th- and 8th-grade ILEARN math scores edge above state averages. But its all-grade ILEARN Math was 36.07% against the district's 46.98%, and SAT EBRW was below the state in both years. Chronic absenteeism was 17.7%, above the state's 16.7% and nearly double the elementary school's 9.1%. Its rank slipped from 4 stars / 72nd percentile to 3 stars / 65th percentile. Notably, poverty, spending, and class size look similar across the two schools.
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