Manchester Elementary

Manchester Avenue Elementary School is a public primary school with its campus found on the heart of Los Angeles City at 661 West 87th Street. Manchester is bound on two sides by major thoroughfares; Manchester Avenue and South Hoover Street. Founded on 1907, Manchester is part of Local District 7 of the Los Angeles Unified School District. It offers primary education for kids on 1st through 5th grades on a traditional single track school calendar.

The school has approximately 1175 students. Seventy percent of families living In the school's attendance area receive Aid To Families With Dependent Children (AFDC) and ninety eight-percent are participants In the free lunch program. Within the past seven years the population In the attendance area has shifted from predominantly African American to predominately Hispanic. The transiency rate Is approximately the fourteenth highest In the district for elementary schools. This high rate of transiency Impacts the Instructional program at all levels.

Average Class Size

• Grade 1: 20
• Grade 2: 20
• Grade 3: 20
• Grade 4: 31
• Grade 5: 32

Student-Staff Ratio

• Students per paraprofessional staff: 90
• Students per office/clerical staff: 196
• Students per other classified staff: 118