ANNA MARIA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL

ANNA MARIA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is a K-5 school of rural-scale scale in HOLMES BEACH, Florida, operated by MANATEE, caters to 190 students in grades pre-K through 5. Enrollment runs roughly 69% smaller than the state mean of about 604.

MANATEE runs 80 schools in total, collectively educating 54,215 students. ANNA MARIA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is one of those campuses.

In terms of who attends, ANNA MARIA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL logs that 84% of students identify as White, making the school strongly White-majority. Other groups include 8% Hispanic, 6% multiracial. The wider county runs roughly 72% White, putting the school's mix considerably more White than the area baseline.

Looking at the economic backdrop, Staff filings list 16 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 11.9:1 students per teacher. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 17.5:1 average. An estimated 34% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy. Set against Manatee County (around 51%), the school's rate is meaningfully below typical.

With demographic context factored in, ANNA MARIA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL sits in the top 10% of Florida schools after the BeatsExpectations adjustment. Predicted proficiency for the school's FRL share is roughly 64.0%; actual is 80.3%, +16.3 points clear of the demographic baseline.

Around the school, ACS estimates for Manatee County put median household earnings sit near $78,457, about 35% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 6%. In all, Manatee County runs 86 public schools (combined enrollment of about 54,208 students), of which ANNA MARIA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is one.

Nearest neighbor: IDA M. STEWART ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, around 4.3 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 3 other public schools cluster around ANNA MARIA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts ANNA MARIA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL at 2nd of 9; the average score across the group is 54.5%.

Geographically, the school is in a residential area.

Trend over the last 7 years. ANNA MARIA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL's enrollment has ticked down 30% since 2018, when it stood at 270 (now 190). Class-load math has tightened: from 14.2:1 in 2018 to 11.9:1 in 2025.

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