Is Manual High School a good school?

Manual High School ranks in the bottom 9.5% of Illinois high schools.

How many students attend Manual High School?

In the 2023-24 school year, 713 students attended Manual High School.

What is the racial makeup of Manual High School?

Students at Manual High School are 69% African American, 16% Hispanic, 10% White, 5% Two or more races.

What schools feed into Manual High School?

Manual High School is fed by the following schools: Elementary : Annie Jo Gordon Community Lrning Center Elementary : Lincoln School

Manual High School

Summary:

Manual High School is a public high school located in Peoria, Illinois, serving grades 9-12 with a total enrollment of 656 students. The school is part of the Peoria School District 150, which is ranked 773 out of 813 districts in Illinois and has a 0-star rating from SchoolDigger.

Manual High School has consistently ranked in the bottom half of Illinois high schools, with a ranking between 541 and 690 over the past 10 years, and has maintained a 0-star rating from SchoolDigger for most of that time period. The school struggles with low graduation rates, high dropout rates, and high chronic absenteeism compared to nearby Peoria High School. Academically, Manual High School's performance, as measured by standardized test scores, is significantly lower than the state and district averages, with only 1.8% of 11th-grade students proficient or better in SAT Mathematics and 3.6% proficient or better in SAT English Language Arts.

The significant variation in performance across different student subgroups at Manual High School is a concerning finding, indicating that the school may not be effectively addressing the unique needs and challenges faced by different demographic groups, leading to persistent achievement gaps. Addressing these issues will likely require a multi-faceted approach involving the school, Peoria School District 150, and community stakeholders to identify and implement effective strategies for improving educational opportunities and outcomes for all students at Manual High School.

Detail:

Public 9-12

811 S Griswold St
Peoria, IL 61605-1458

(309) 672-6600

District: Peoria School District 150

SchoolDigger Rank:
631^st of 697 Illinois High Schools

Per Pupil Expenditures: $19,622

Feeder schools for Manual High School:

Elementary:	Annie Jo Gordon Community Lrning Center
	Lincoln School

Student/teacher ratio: 17.0

Number of students: 713

Racial breakdown:

African American:

68.6%

Hispanic:

16.3%

White:

9.8%

Free/discounted lunch recipients: 86.7%

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Performance Trends

Compare Details Manual High School is not ranked due for the most recent year due to insufficient test score data. (See more...)

Compare Details In 2015 the calculated Average Standard Score was 7.53. (See more...)

Compare Details Manual High School ranks worse than 90.5% of high schools in Illinois. It also ranks last among 4 ranked high schools in the Peoria School District 150. (See more...)

Compare Details In 2024 the calculated Average Standard Score was 12.54. (See more...)

The four-year cohort graduation rate measures the percentage of students at Manual High School who earn a standard high school diploma within four years of starting ninth grade.

The high school dropout rate measures the percentage of students who do not complete their high school education.

Chronic absenteeism in a school refers to a situation where students repeatedly miss school, with the threshold often defined as missing 10% or more of school days for any reason, excused or unexcused.

Student Body

Compare Details Racial makeup is: African American (68.6%), Hispanic (16.3%), White (9.8%). (See more...)

Compare Details 86.7% of students are receiving a free or discounted lunch. This is the highest percentage in the Peoria School District 150. (See more...)

Teachers

Compare Details The student/teacher ratio at Manual High School is 17. 5 high schools in the Peoria School District 150 have better student/teacher ratios. (See more...)

Compare Manual High School employs 41.7 full-time teachers.

Finance

Compare Details The average total spent per student at Manual High School is $19,622, which is the highest among 9 high schools in the Peoria School District 150!

Schooldigger Rankings:

Manual High School was not ranked this year due to insufficient test score data.

SchoolDigger ranks Manual High School 631^st of 697 Illinois public high schools. (See Manual High School in the ranking list.)

Peoria School District 150:

SchoolDigger ranks Peoria School District 150 773^rd of 813 Illinois school districts. (See district ranking list.)

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Rank History for Manual High School

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Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Middle Schools	IL State Percentile
2009	6.13	1246^th	1318	5.5%
2010	12.60	1194^th	1327	10.0%
2011	17.14	1173^rd	1344	12.7%
2012	5.77	1315^th	1365	3.7%
2013	8.94	1284^th	1367	6.1%
2015	7.53	1294^th	1302	0.6%

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Data source: test scores: Illinois State Board of Education, rankings: SchoolDigger.com

Rank History for Manual High School

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Rank History for all high school students at Manual High School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked High Schools	IL State Percentile
2003	2.52	552^nd	586	5.8%
2004	3.61	550^th	592	7.1%
2005	1.80	561^st	590	4.9%
2006	1.52	574^th	596	3.7%
2007	4.73	566^th	612	7.5%
2008	1.58	603^rd	624	3.4%
2009	2.87	597^th	632	5.5%
2010	3.99	593^rd	643	7.8%
2011	3.07	621^st	655	5.2%
2012	3.21	628^th	665	5.6%
2013	4.86	615^th	670	8.2%
2014	4.71	621^st	670	7.3%
2015	15.97	541^st	614	11.9%
2016	14.80	579^th	643	10.0%
2017	7.42	597^th	642	7.0%
2018	7.42	612^th	647	5.4%
2019	7.74	655^th	701	6.6%
2021	10.53	635^th	688	7.7%
2022	6.95	690^th	699	1.3%
2023	9.13	656^th	699	6.2%
2024	12.54	631^st	697	9.5%

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Rank History for high school Multi-racial students at Manual High School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked High Schools	IL State Percentile	SchoolDigger Rating
2018	5.75	154^th	154	0.0%
2022	7.00	166^th	170	2.4%

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Rank History for high school English Language Learner students at Manual High School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked High Schools	IL State Percentile
2018	42.92	64^th	151	57.6%
2019	29.57	141^st	183	23.0%
2023	23.07	201^st	217	7.4%
2024	28.56	158^th	248	36.3%

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Rank History for high school Special Education students at Manual High School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked High Schools	IL State Percentile
2018	27.23	248^th	374	33.7%
2019	29.55	306^th	473	35.3%
2021	29.28	270^th	453	40.4%
2022	31.21	286^th	493	42.0%
2023	28.14	313^th	476	34.2%
2024	23.56	367^th	482	23.9%

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Rank History for high school Low Socio Economic Status students at Manual High School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked High Schools	IL State Percentile
2018	10.35	565^th	585	3.4%
2019	11.96	594^th	639	7.0%
2021	16.79	537^th	611	12.1%
2022	10.73	611^th	626	2.4%
2023	11.54	618^th	644	4.0%
2024	16.63	570^th	639	10.8%

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Rank History for high school Female students at Manual High School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked High Schools	IL State Percentile
2018	8.19	577^th	620	6.9%
2019	7.69	624^th	665	6.2%
2021	10.92	587^th	639	8.1%
2022	7.31	642^nd	658	2.4%
2023	9.58	619^th	656	5.6%
2024	12.22	613^th	664	7.7%

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Rank History for high school Disabled students at Manual High School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked High Schools	IL State Percentile	SchoolDigger Rating
2023	25.52	363^rd	428	15.2%
2024	27.00	261^st	429	39.2%

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Rank History for high school Male students at Manual High School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked High Schools	IL State Percentile
2018	6.58	600^th	619	3.1%
2019	8.55	630^th	675	6.7%
2021	10.50	610^th	653	6.6%
2022	7.17	655^th	664	1.4%
2023	9.10	640^th	668	4.2%
2024	13.46	596^th	668	10.8%

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Rank History for high school African American students at Manual High School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked High Schools	IL State Percentile
2018	22.22	225^th	253	11.1%
2019	23.33	248^th	299	17.1%
2021	24.67	232^nd	281	17.4%
2022	19.47	286^th	294	2.7%
2023	20.44	283^rd	301	6.0%
2024	23.81	266^th	299	11.0%

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Rank History for high school Hispanic students at Manual High School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked High Schools	IL State Percentile
2018	17.60	256^th	291	12.0%
2019	9.87	309^th	317	2.5%
2021	20.27	273^rd	317	13.9%
2022	10.21	327^th	335	2.4%
2023	17.90	293^rd	333	12.0%
2024	33.99	210^th	336	37.5%

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Rank History for high school White students at Manual High School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked High Schools	IL State Percentile
2018	3.50	547^th	548	0.2%
2019	3.99	550^th	552	0.4%
2021	5.93	545^th	553	1.4%
2022	2.80	560^th	560	0.0%
2023	4.72	554^th	557	0.5%
2024	4.46	552^nd	554	0.4%

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Data source: test scores: Illinois State Board of Education, rankings: SchoolDigger.com

As you review the school rankings data, please be aware that some of the information from certain demographics is missing. The reason for this omission is that the data has been redacted from the source data itself due to low population samples in these specific demographic groups.

Redacting data from low population samples is a necessary step to ensure the reliability and accuracy of the results, as small sample sizes may not be representative of the broader population. Additionally, this measure helps protect the privacy of individuals belonging to these demographic groups.

Data source: Illinois State Board of Education

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Enrollment information for Manual High School

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Year	White	African American	Asian	Hispanic	American Indian	Pacific Islander	Two or More Races	Not Specified	Total
1988	515	652	14	16	n/a	n/a	n/a	0	1197
1989	526	649	14	13	n/a	n/a	n/a	0	1202
1990	505	614	12	14	n/a	n/a	n/a	0	1145
1991	484	646	10	20	0	n/a	n/a	0	1160
1992	462	603	11	23	0	n/a	n/a	0	1099
1993	425	614	10	19	0	n/a	n/a	0	1068
1994	401	604	6	19	0	n/a	n/a	0	1030
1995	349	631	2	12	0	n/a	n/a	0	994
1996	349	631	2	12	0	n/a	n/a	0	994
1997	321	645	1	19	0	n/a	n/a	0	986
1998	285	669	1	18	0	n/a	n/a	0	973
1999	270	667	1	16	0	n/a	n/a	0	954
2000	230	662	0	17	0	n/a	n/a	0	909
2001	223	616	0	18	0	n/a	n/a	0	857
2002	193	615	5	18	1	n/a	n/a	0	832
2003	193	615	5	18	1	n/a	n/a	0	832
2004	186	624	5	17	1	n/a	n/a	0	833
2005	146	581	1	15	0	n/a	n/a	0	743
2006	115	570	0	17	0	n/a	n/a	0	702
2007	108	510	1	14	0	n/a	n/a	0	633
2008	97	472	1	18	0	n/a	n/a	0	588
2009	131	675	2	22	0	n/a	n/a	1	831
2010	128	662	0	27	0	n/a	n/a	1	818
2011	122	853	2	105	6	1	25	0	1114
2012	132	841	0	106	1	2	21	0	1103
2013	115	690	1	110	2	2	26	0	946
2014	99	564	0	101	1	1	21	0	787
2015	87	504	0	93	2	1	32	0	719
2016	82	450	0	85	4	1	35	0	657
2017	84	572	1	139	2	0	45	0	843
2018	70	537	6	133	2	0	54	0	802
2019	71	553	4	148	1	1	50	0	828
2020	54	398	1	103	1	1	38	0	596
2021	72	451	0	103	1	0	31	0	658
2022	78	447	0	114	0	1	33	0	673
2023	70	453	1	96	1	2	33	0	656
2024	70	489	0	116	1	2	35	0	713

Data source: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Dept of Education.

About Enrollment/Ethnicity

For more information about how the Department of Education defines ethnicity, see Defining Race and Ethnicity Data, National Center for Education Statistics

Students eligible for free or discounted lunch at Manual High School

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Year	# Students	Full-time Teachers	Student/Teacher ratio	% Free/Discounted Lunch
1988	1197	72.0	16.6	n/a
1989	1202	72.9	16.4	n/a
1990	1145	71.0	16.1	n/a
1991	1160	70.0	16.5	n/a
1992	1099	66.0	16.6	n/a
1993	1068	67.0	15.9	n/a
1994	1030	62.0	16.6	n/a
1995	994	63.5	15.7	n/a
1996	994	63.5	15.7	n/a
1997	986	65.0	15.2	n/a
1998	973	66.0	14.7	n/a
1999	954	68.5	13.9	n/a
2000	909	67.4	13.5	n/a
2001	857	61.5	13.9	n/a
2002	832	56.0	14.9	76.7
2003	832	56.0	14.9	76.7
2004	833	56.3	14.8	75
2005	743	56.5	13.2	77.7
2006	702	55.8	12.6	79.2
2007	633	44.0	14.4	80.7
2008	588	39.0	15.1	83.7
2009	831	56.9	14.6	65.1
2010	818	64.5	12.6	90.3
2011	1114	86.3	12.9	94.7
2012	1103	76.8	14.3	73
2013	946	84.6	11.1	80.7
2014	787	63.0	12.4	76.2
2015	719	59.0	12.1	85
2016	657	50.0	13.1	76.9
2017	843	63.7	13.2	85.2
2018	802	61.7	12.9	80.9
2019	828	57.6	14.3	82.2
2020	596	44.8	13.2	92.6
2021	658	n/a	n/a	n/a
2022	673	44.0	15.2	90.3
2023	656	39.1	16.7	86.9
2024	713	41.7	17.0	86.7

Data source: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Dept of Education.

About Students eligible for discounted/free lunch:

The National School Lunch Program (NSLP) provides low-cost or free meals to students in U.S. public and nonprofit private schools based on household income. Those with incomes below 130% of the poverty line receive free lunch, while those between 130% and 185% qualify for reduced-price lunch. The percentage of students receiving free or reduced-price lunch serves as a marker for poverty, as it reflects the socioeconomic status of families in a given school or district. A higher FRPL rate typically indicates a higher concentration of low-income families, suggesting that the school or district may face additional challenges in providing adequate resources and support for student success.

Student/Teacher Ratio Manual High School

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Year	# Students	Full-time Teachers	Student/Teacher ratio	% Free/Discounted Lunch
1988	1197	72.0	16.6	n/a
1989	1202	72.9	16.4	n/a
1990	1145	71.0	16.1	n/a
1991	1160	70.0	16.5	n/a
1992	1099	66.0	16.6	n/a
1993	1068	67.0	15.9	n/a
1994	1030	62.0	16.6	n/a
1995	994	63.5	15.7	n/a
1996	994	63.5	15.7	n/a
1997	986	65.0	15.2	n/a
1998	973	66.0	14.7	n/a
1999	954	68.5	13.9	n/a
2000	909	67.4	13.5	n/a
2001	857	61.5	13.9	n/a
2002	832	56.0	14.9	76.7
2003	832	56.0	14.9	76.7
2004	833	56.3	14.8	75
2005	743	56.5	13.2	77.7
2006	702	55.8	12.6	79.2
2007	633	44.0	14.4	80.7
2008	588	39.0	15.1	83.7
2009	831	56.9	14.6	65.1
2010	818	64.5	12.6	90.3
2011	1114	86.3	12.9	94.7
2012	1103	76.8	14.3	73
2013	946	84.6	11.1	80.7
2014	787	63.0	12.4	76.2
2015	719	59.0	12.1	85
2016	657	50.0	13.1	76.9
2017	843	63.7	13.2	85.2
2018	802	61.7	12.9	80.9
2019	828	57.6	14.3	82.2
2020	596	44.8	13.2	92.6
2021	658	n/a	n/a	n/a
2022	673	44.0	15.2	90.3
2023	656	39.1	16.7	86.9
2024	713	41.7	17.0	86.7

Data source: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Dept of Education.

About Student-Teacher Ratio

Student/teacher ratio is calculated by dividing the total number of students by the total number of full-time equivalent teachers. Please note that a smaller student/teacher ratio does not necessarily translate to smaller class size. In some instances, schools hire teachers part time, and some teachers are hired for specialized instruction with very small class sizes. These and other factors contribute to the student/teacher ratio. Note: For private schools, Student/teacher ratio may not include Pre-Kindergarten.

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