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Enrollment
981
Elementary
DISTRICT 564 · STATE 604
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·MANATEE·NCES 120123007368
ANNIE LUCY WILLIAMS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
3404 FORT HAMER RD, PARRISH, FL 34219 · (941) 776-4040 · Manatee County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY41-RURALREGULAR SCHOOL981 STUDENTS
A-
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Scored higher than 76% of Florida public elementary schools
- A-Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- B+Beats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- ·Three-year trend Not available for this school, so the grade uses the other parts.
Grades compare a school only with schools in the same state, because every state gives its own test. How grades work · Top-graded Florida public elementary schools
Student : Teacher
17.5:1
56 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 14.0:1 · STATE 17.5:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
35%
342 students
DISTRICT 55% · STATE 50%
Community
6
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other elementary schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Pre-K | 77 | 8% |
| Kindergarten | 163 | 17% |
| Grade 1 | 152 | 15% |
| Grade 2 | 145 | 15% |
| Grade 3 | 151 | 15% |
| Grade 4 | 149 | 15% |
| Grade 5 | 144 | 15% |
This year's kindergarten class (163) is 13% larger than its 5th grade class (144).
Student demographics
54%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 66% · STATE 70% · US 70%
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. District, state, and US figures are each group's share of all public school students in that area (US excludes territories). Very small groups may be suppressed in the source, so categories do not always sum exactly to total enrollment.
Gender split
Test scores
FAST / B.E.S.T. 2024-25 . % at Level 3 or AboveEnglish Language Arts
69.9%
FL avg 56.7% . +1.4pp since 2023
Math
73.9%
FL avg 58.9% . +0.0pp since 2023
What this means: On the FAST / B.E.S.T., Florida's statewide test, about 70 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 74 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Florida schools, those numbers are about 57 and 59. Reading and writing scores are up about 1 points since 2023, while math scores have held steady.
FAST / B.E.S.T. results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 69.9% | 73.9% |
| 2023-24 | 68.4% | 73.9% |
% at Level 3 or Above, all students and all tested grades.
Source: FAST / B.E.S.T.. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyTier
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
70.2%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
63.7%
based on FL schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+6.5pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 70% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 64% typical for Florida schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations measures results against demographically similar schools rather than by raw scores, and this school falls within the typical range, neither among Florida's top nor bottom 10%.
BeatsExpectations runs a per-state regression of proficiency on free/reduced-lunch share, then scores each school by residual. How this is calculated →
Schools most like ANNIE LUCY WILLIAMS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
ANNIE LUCY WILLIAMS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL's state test result (70.2% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| ANNIE LUCY WILLIAMS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL this school | 981 | 34.9% | 70.2% |
| OLD KINGS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL FLAGLER BEACH | 1,019 | 34.4% | 71.5% |
| IVY HAWN CHARTER SCHOOL OF THE ARTS LAKE HELEN | 947 | 33.8% | 67.8% |
| TYNDALL ACADEMY TYNDALL AFB | 883 | 37.0% | 66.6% |
| BREAKFAST POINT ACADEMY PANAMA CITY BEACH | 1,089 | 38.4% | 63.8% |
| EAST BAY K-8 SCHOOL GULF BREEZE | 1,100 | 30.7% | 74.4% |
Matched among Florida elementary schools on enrollment, the share of students from low-income families (eligible for free or reduced-price lunch), and racial and ethnic makeup. Proficient is the average share of students meeting the state standard across all of the school's state tests in 2023-24 and 2024-25, the same combined score our test-score rankings use. Online schools and schools serving specialized populations are not matched.
Where ANNIE LUCY WILLIAMS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Florida | In Manatee County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 70.2% | #452 of 2,136 | #10 of 41 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 73.9% | #491 of 2,149 ▼ 69 | #10 of 41 ▲ 3 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 69.9% | #443 of 2,149 ▼ 34 | #9 of 41 no change |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 981 | #210 of 2,267 | #3 of 45 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 17.5:1 | #1,579 of 2,077 | #37 of 39 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 53.6% | #1,197 of 2,108 | #28 of 39 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 34.9% | #1,700 of 2,188 | #32 of 41 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +7.2% | #386 of 621 | #10 of 12 |
Ranked against other public elementary schools. Online schools are left out of every list, and test-score lists leave out schools that serve specialized populations. Each rank links to the full list. Arrows under a test-score rank show places moved since the prior test year, among schools tested both years.
4-year change
SY 2020-21 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
981
+265 (+37%) vs 2020
+33% since 2010-11, when it was 740
Student : Teacher
17.5:1
was 17.1:1
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
Enrollment and staffing by year
| School year | Students | Teachers (FTE) | Students per teacher | Free and reduced lunch |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 981 | 56 | 17.5:1 | 35% (342) |
| 2023-24 | 831 | 52 | 16.0:1 | 32% (263) |
| 2022-23 | 798 | 49 | 16.3:1 | 31% (247) |
| 2020-21 | 716 | 42 | 17.1:1 | 28% (204) |
| 2017-18 | 915 | 56 | 16.3:1 | 35% (316) |
| 2015-16 | 913 | 55 | 16.6:1 | 35% (319) |
| 2010-11 | 740 | 43 | 17.2:1 | 28% (210) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for ANNIE LUCY WILLIAMS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL.
About ANNIE LUCY WILLIAMS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
ANNIE LUCY WILLIAMS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is a high-enrollment elementary school in Florida, with an address in PARRISH. In all, 981 students attend the school in pre-K through 5. The school is 62% larger than the average for elementary schools in Florida.
MANATEE is the district for ANNIE LUCY WILLIAMS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL. It has 80 schools and 54,215 students.
More than half of the students at ANNIE LUCY WILLIAMS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL are White (65%). The next largest groups are 19% Hispanic, 9% Black, and 5% multiracial. Measured by the diversity index, the student body scores 54%.
Teacher count: 56 full-time equivalents. Student-to-teacher ratio: 17.5:1. The average ratio among elementary schools in Florida is similar, at 17.5:1. Eligibility for free or reduced-price lunch, often used to gauge student poverty, is 35%. Compared with the 51% average for public schools in Manatee County, the school's rate is lower.
On the allk12 Grade, ANNIE LUCY WILLIAMS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL lands at A-, ahead of 76% of Florida public elementary schools.
Compared with Florida schools that have similar shares of low-income students, ANNIE LUCY WILLIAMS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL's results are 6.5 points above predicted: 70.2% against 63.7%.
The school is in Manatee County, where median household income comes to about $78,457, 35% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 6% of people live in poverty. Manatee County's 86 public schools enroll about 54,208 students and include ANNIE LUCY WILLIAMS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL.
Measured in a straight line, PARRISH COMMUNITY HIGH SCHOOL is about 2.8 miles from ANNIE LUCY WILLIAMS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL. Within five miles are at least 8 other public schools. Of 9 schools in the immediate area with test results, ANNIE LUCY WILLIAMS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL ranks 3rd on average proficiency.
Its location is classified as Rural: Fringe by the National Center for Education Statistics.
From 2020-21 to 2024-25, enrollment rose from 716 to 981, a 37% rise.
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Manatee County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
429,792
Census ACS
Median income
$78,457
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
35%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
6%
Below federal line
Schools in county
86
54,208 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in MANATEE
- LAKEWOOD RANCH HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 2,422 students
- PARRISH COMMUNITY HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 2,266 students
- PALMETTO HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 2,185 students
- MANATEE SCHOOL FOR THE ARTSHigh · 2,051 students
- MANATEE HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 1,998 students
- BRADEN RIVER HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 1,705 students
Other schools in PARRISH
- PARRISH COMMUNITY HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 2,266 students
- BARBARA A HARVEY ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 1,356 students
- PARRISH CHARTER ACADEMYElementary · 891 students
- NORTH RIVER CHARTER ACADEMY INCElementary
Nearby schools
- PARRISH COMMUNITY HIGH SCHOOL2.8 mi · 2,266
- BARBARA A HARVEY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL3.5 mi · 1,356
- PARRISH CHARTER ACADEMY3.7 mi · 891
- GENE WITT ELEMENTARY SCHOOL3.9 mi · 742
- FREEDOM ELEMENTARY SCHOOL3.9 mi · 736
- CARLOS E. HAILE MIDDLE SCHOOL4.2 mi · 715
Frequently asked questions
About ANNIE LUCY WILLIAMS ELEMENTARY SCHOOLWhat is the total enrollment at ANNIE LUCY WILLIAMS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
ANNIE LUCY WILLIAMS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL enrolls approximately 981 students in grades PK-05.
Is ANNIE LUCY WILLIAMS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL an elementary, middle, or high school?
ANNIE LUCY WILLIAMS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is an elementary school covering grades PK-05.
What is the student-teacher ratio at ANNIE LUCY WILLIAMS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
The student-to-teacher ratio at ANNIE LUCY WILLIAMS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is approximately 17.5:1 (56 FTE teachers).
How diverse is ANNIE LUCY WILLIAMS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
ANNIE LUCY WILLIAMS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL reports a student body of 65% White, 19% Hispanic, 9% Black, 2% Asian, 5% Two or more.
Is ANNIE LUCY WILLIAMS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL public or private?
ANNIE LUCY WILLIAMS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is a public K-12 school, overseen by MANATEE.
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