Manchester City Schools

Manchester City Schools is a Tennessee district serving 1,628 students across three schools: two elementary schools (PK–5) and one middle school (6–8), with no high schools represented in the data. The district ranks 47th out of 141 Tennessee districts, placing it in the 67th percentile with a 3-star rating. All three schools—College Street Elementary School, Westwood Elementary School, and Westwood Middle School—carry 3-star ratings from SchoolDigger and serve the Manchester, Tennessee area.

College Street Elementary School is the most balanced overall performer, with the district's highest ELA proficiency at 52.2% and an exceptional 75.3% proficiency in 5th-grade math. Westwood Elementary School is the district's math powerhouse, posting the best all-grades math score at 62.8% versus the state average of 43.0%, and showing the biggest year-over-year improvement with a 15.3-point jump in math. Westwood Middle School, meanwhile, shines in advanced math—90.5% of its 8th-grade Algebra I test-takers scored proficient—but struggles with grade-level math at 35.4% and ELA at 28.5%, both well below state averages.

The most striking pattern is the divide between elementary and middle school performance. Average elementary math proficiency is 59.0% compared to just 35.4% at Westwood Middle School, and elementary ELA averages 48.4% versus 28.5% at the middle school. Chronic absenteeism is a clear strength across all three schools, with rates of 10.3% at College Street, 8.1% at Westwood Elementary, and 8.1% at Westwood Middle—far below the state average of 18.3%. Per-pupil spending ranges from $13,015 at Westwood Middle School to $15,138 at Westwood Elementary School, but higher spending does not clearly translate to better outcomes. For parents, the elementary schools are clearly the district's strength, while middle school literacy and grade-level math support represent the most urgent opportunities for improvement.