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Enrollment
1,314
Elementary
DISTRICT 564 · STATE 604
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·MANATEE·NCES 120123007315
B.D. GULLETT ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
12125 44TH AVE E, BRADENTON, FL 34211 · (941) 727-2607 · Manatee County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY13-CITYREGULAR SCHOOL1,314 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
16.6:1
79 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 14.0:1 · STATE 17.5:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
21%
280 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Kindergarten | 153 | 12% |
| Grade 1 | 197 | 15% |
| Grade 2 | 187 | 14% |
| Grade 3 | 253 | 19% |
| Grade 4 | 248 | 19% |
| Grade 5 | 276 | 21% |
This year's kindergarten class (153) is 45% smaller than its 5th grade class (276).
Student demographics
49%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
74.1%
FL avg 56.7% . +2.5pp since 2023
Math
78.0%
FL avg 58.9% . +1.2pp since 2023
What this means: On the FAST / B.E.S.T., Florida's statewide test, about 74 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 78 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 3 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 1 points.
FAST / B.E.S.T. results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 74.1% | 78.0% |
| 2023-24 | 71.6% | 76.8% |
% 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
74.7%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
70.5%
based on FL schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+4.2pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 75% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 71% 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 B.D. GULLETT ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
B.D. GULLETT ELEMENTARY SCHOOL's state test result (74.7% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| B.D. GULLETT ELEMENTARY SCHOOL this school | 1,314 | 21.3% | 74.7% |
| MADEIRA BEACH FUNDAMENTAL K-8 MADEIRA BEACH | 1,306 | 20.4% | 82.9% |
| VIERA CHARTER SCHOOL VIERA | 1,532 | 24.0% | 76.5% |
| LAUREL OAK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL NAPLES | 1,069 | 23.2% | 79.4% |
| SUNRISE PARK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL BOCA RATON | 1,132 | 17.9% | 81.6% |
| PICOLATA CROSSING ELEMENTARY SCHOOL ST AUGUSTINE | 1,048 | 24.9% | 69.8% |
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 B.D. GULLETT ELEMENTARY SCHOOL ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Florida | In Manatee County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 74.7% | #304 of 2,136 | #8 of 41 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 78.0% | #346 of 2,149 ▼ 27 | #7 of 41 ▲ 1 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 74.1% | #306 of 2,149 ▲ 4 | #7 of 41 no change |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 1,314 | #58 of 2,267 | #2 of 45 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 16.6:1 | #1,317 of 2,077 | #33 of 39 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 49.3% | #1,396 of 2,108 | #32 of 39 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 21.3% | #1,984 of 2,188 | #41 of 41 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +38.0% | #86 of 621 | #5 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
1,314
+232 (+21%) vs 2020
+151% since 2010-11, when it was 523
Student : Teacher
16.6:1
was 17.4:1
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 | 1,314 | 79 | 16.6:1 | 21% (280) |
| 2023-24 | 1,258 | 70 | 18.0:1 | 23% (287) |
| 2022-23 | 1,121 | 68 | 16.5:1 | 21% (230) |
| 2020-21 | 1,082 | 62 | 17.4:1 | 22% (237) |
| 2017-18 | 952 | 57 | 16.7:1 | 34% (321) |
| 2015-16 | 784 | 48 | 16.3:1 | 37% (291) |
| 2010-11 | 523 | 29 | 18.0:1 | 45% (234) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for B.D. GULLETT ELEMENTARY SCHOOL.
About B.D. GULLETT ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
In BRADENTON, Florida, B.D. GULLETT ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is a large elementary school. It covers pre-K through 5, with a total enrollment of 1,314 students. Statewide, elementary schools in Florida average about 604 students each.
MANATEE has a total of 80 schools and 54,215 students, B.D. GULLETT ELEMENTARY SCHOOL among them.
By race and ethnicity, B.D. GULLETT ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is 68% White. Beyond that, enrollment is 18% Hispanic, 8% multiracial, 3% Asian, and 3% Black. The White share in Manatee County as a whole is similar, at about 72%. The chance that two students picked at random at B.D. GULLETT ELEMENTARY SCHOOL belong to different racial or ethnic groups, known as the diversity index, is 49%.
The school's student-to-teacher ratio is about 16.6:1, with 79 full-time-equivalent teachers. The average ratio among elementary schools in Florida is 17.5:1, higher than at this school. Students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch make up 21% of enrollment. On average, public schools in Manatee County report 51%.
Given its share of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, B.D. GULLETT ELEMENTARY SCHOOL would be expected to post about 70.5%. Its actual average proficiency rate on state tests is 74.7%.
County data help place the school in context: in Manatee County, median household income is about $78,457, about 35% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and the poverty rate is about 6%. B.D. GULLETT ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is among the 86 public schools in Manatee County.
The next-closest public school is DR MONA JAIN MIDDLE SCHOOL, less than a tenth of a mile away. In all, at least 8 other public schools sit within five miles of B.D. GULLETT ELEMENTARY SCHOOL. Among its closest neighbors with test data, B.D. GULLETT ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is 1st of 9 on proficiency.
The school's locale code, City: Small, means it is inside a principal city with a population under 100,000.
A comparison of 2020-21 and 2024-25 shows enrollment up 21%, from 1,082 to 1,314.
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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
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Nearby schools
- DR MONA JAIN MIDDLE SCHOOL0.1 mi · 933
- LAKEWOOD RANCH PREPARATORY ACADEMY1.5 mi · 1,369
- LAKEWOOD RANCH HIGH SCHOOL1.6 mi · 2,422
- IMAGINE CHARTER AT LAKEWOOD RANCH1.7 mi · 456
- BRADEN RIVER ELEMENTARY SCHOOL2.3 mi · 547
- CARLOS E. HAILE MIDDLE SCHOOL2.3 mi · 715
Frequently asked questions
About B.D. GULLETT ELEMENTARY SCHOOLHow large is B.D. GULLETT ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
B.D. GULLETT ELEMENTARY SCHOOL enrolls approximately 1,314 students in grades PK-05.
What grades does B.D. GULLETT ELEMENTARY SCHOOL serve?
B.D. GULLETT ELEMENTARY SCHOOL serves grades PK-05.
What is the student-teacher ratio at B.D. GULLETT ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
The student-to-teacher ratio at B.D. GULLETT ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is approximately 16.6:1 (79 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at B.D. GULLETT ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
At B.D. GULLETT ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, the student body is approximately 68% White, 18% Hispanic, 3% Black, 3% Asian, 8% Two or more.
Is B.D. GULLETT ELEMENTARY SCHOOL public or private?
B.D. GULLETT ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is a public K-12 school, overseen by MANATEE.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.