Manor Rise Academy, Manor TX - Test Scores & Data

Original Research by School Decision on Manor Rise Academy

Manor Rise Academy is a small elementary school in Manor, Texas, serving kindergarten through sixth grade with an enrollment distributed across those grades. The school sits in a fast-growing suburban community about a dozen miles northeast of Austin, where young families have been moving in recent years seeking more affordable housing while commuting to work in the city.

The academic picture shows uneven performance across grades and subjects. In English language arts, the school demonstrates relative strength in the earliest grades, with about half the third graders meeting or exceeding proficiency standards. Fourth-grade performance dips to roughly that same level, while sixth graders again show about half meeting proficiency. Seventh and eighth graders, however, drop sharply to a fifth and roughly two-thirds proficiency respectively. Mathematics tells a different story: third graders show moderate performance around the halfway mark, but by fourth grade that falls to about a third meeting standards. Sixth grade math proficiency sits around a third, while seventh graders show very low performance, and eighth graders remain weak at around a quarter meeting standards. Across all tested subjects, the school's overall proficiency sits above the midpoint compared to other districts in Travis County, though the range is wide and the school sits in the middle of its county cohort rather than at the top.

The school draws students from an economically mixed but moderately low-income community. About half the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price lunch, indicating that many families are working but under financial strain. The enrollment is racially and ethnically diverse, with Hispanic and Black students each making up roughly equal shares of the school, along with a smaller White enrollment and a modest Asian population.

Manor itself is in the throes of rapid growth. What was once a railroad town and agricultural hub has become a bedroom suburb where new construction subdivisions, apartment complexes, and commercial development are transforming the landscape. The housing market reflects this growth and relative affordability: home values are below the state average, and rents track modestly below the national median, making Manor attractive to families priced out of closer-in Austin. The broader school district, Manor ISD, has faced some turmoil in recent years, including a failed bond election in late 2025 that would have funded facility upgrades and safety improvements, and a shift of its middle school to outside charter management. Those district-level pressures around aging facilities and instructional changes are part of the backdrop for all Manor ISD schools, including Manor Rise.

The school offers a range of sports including basketball, football, soccer, and others typical of elementary and middle school settings. Data on special education enrollment and English learner services was not available, so a family whose child has identified needs would want to inquire directly with the school about the breadth and quality of those supports. A parent evaluating Manor Rise would find a school serving a diverse, moderately low-income community in a rapidly growing area, with proficiency performance that lags in mathematics and that varies significantly across grades, particularly in the upper elementary years. The school sits roughly in the middle ground for its county, making it neither an outlier strength nor a clear weak spot, but a place where the academic trajectory, especially in math as students advance, warrants direct conversation with school leadership about instruction and support.

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Academic performance

How students perform on state tests, by grade, set against the district.

Math

Grade 347%

School 47% · District 26% · ▲ 21 pts above district

▲ 7 pts above state median · ▲ 9 pts above county median

Grade 437%

School 37% · District 15% · ▲ 22 pts above district

▼ 4 pts below state median · ▲ 4 pts above county median

Grade 634%

School 34% · District 17% · ▲ 17 pts above district

even with state median · ▲ 4 pts above county median

Grade 75%

School 5% · District 6% · ▼ 1 pts below district

▼ 22 pts below state median · ▼ 16 pts below county median

Grade 827%

School 27% · District 14% · ▲ 13 pts above district

▼ 15 pts below state median · ▼ 11 pts below county median

English language arts

Grade 357%

School 57% · District 33% · ▲ 24 pts above district

▲ 11 pts above state median · ▲ 12 pts above county median

Grade 447%

School 47% · District 25% · ▲ 22 pts above district

▼ 2 pts below state median · ▲ 3 pts above county median

Grade 649%

School 49% · District 34% · ▲ 15 pts above district

▼ 3 pts below state median · ▲ 4 pts above county median

Grade 720%

School 20% · District 20%

▼ 29 pts below state median · ▼ 23 pts below county median

Grade 864%

School 64% · District 26% · ▲ 38 pts above district

▲ 9 pts above state median · ▲ 10 pts above county median

This schoolMANOR ISD, same grade

Graduation rate (ACGR) reflects the federally published Adjusted Cohort Graduation Rate for the most recent year available. We refresh this data annually at the close of each academic year in June. The federal source publishes a banded rate (for example, "90-94%") instead of an exact number for cohorts small enough to risk identifying individual students. The state distribution chart, where shown, plots every school in the state with a published rate or band; schools whose rate is federally suppressed are excluded. Where the federal source publishes a band rather than an exact rate, the school is placed within its band using a stable, ID-derived offset, so its position is consistent across visits.

Proficiency by household income

English language arts

Grade 3Lower-income39%Higher-income69%30 pp gap

Grade 4Lower-income50%Higher-income43%7 pp gap

Grade 6Lower-income42%Higher-income63%21 pp gap

Grade 7Lower-income17%Higher-income31%14 pp gap

Grade 8Lower-income64%Higher-income64%0 pp gap

Mathematics

Grade 3Lower-income22%Higher-income62%40 pp gap

Grade 4Lower-income42%Higher-income29%13 pp gap

Grade 6Lower-income27%Higher-income47%20 pp gap

Grade 7Lower-income7%Higher-income0%7 pp gap

Grade 8Lower-income31%Higher-income22%9 pp gap