BAYSHORE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL

BAYSHORE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is one of the medium-sized elementary campuss in BRADENTON, Florida, operated by MANATEE, with 711 students on its rolls from grades pre-K through 5.

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

In terms of who attends, BAYSHORE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL logs that the largest single group is Hispanic, at 58% of enrollment. The remainder looks like 23% White, 13% Black, 5% multiracial. By comparison, Manatee County as a whole is about 18% Hispanic, so the school skews noticeably more Hispanic than its surroundings.

On the income-and-resources front, Staff filings list 46 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 15.5:1 students per teacher. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 17.5:1, putting BAYSHORE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL tighter than the state norm the norm. About 72% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy. By comparison, Manatee County runs at roughly 51%, so the school's eligibility rate is above the surrounding baseline.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, BAYSHORE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 44.9%, the actual is 45.0%, a residual of +0.1 points.

Zooming out to the county, census data for Manatee County shows the typical household earns roughly $78,457 per year, roughly 35% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 6% of residents live below the federal poverty line. BAYSHORE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is one of 86 public schools in Manatee County (combined enrollment of about 54,208 students).

The closest other public school is STATE COLLEGE OF FLORIDA COLLEGIATE SCHOOL, roughly 0.5 miles away. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around BAYSHORE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL. On composite proficiency, BAYSHORE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL comes 3rd of 6 in the immediate cluster, beneath the nearby-schools average of 47.1%.

The campus sits in a commuter-belt setting.

Looking at the recent track record. Over the past 7-year window, the student count contracted 8%: 774 students in 2018 compared to 711 in 2025. The White share of enrollment contracted from 29% to 23% over that span.

On this page, members of the BAYSHORE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL community share and discuss pickup logistics, teacher feedback, and after-school programs. The community welcomes input from current and former families.