B.D. GULLETT ELEMENTARY SCHOOL

B.D. GULLETT ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is one of the big elementary schools in BRADENTON, Florida, part of MANATEE, with 1,314 students on its rolls from grades pre-K through 5. Enrollment runs roughly 118% larger than the state mean of about 604.

Within MANATEE, which oversees 80 schools and 54,215 students, B.D. GULLETT ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is one campus in the system.

For racial and ethnic makeup, B.D. GULLETT ELEMENTARY SCHOOL shows that 68% of the student body identifies as White. Other groups include 18% Hispanic, 8% multiracial, 3% Asian, 3% Black. That mix tracks the wider county fairly closely.

Looking at school resources, On paper, B.D. GULLETT ELEMENTARY SCHOOL has 79 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 16.6:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 17.5:1 average. About 21% 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 below the surrounding baseline.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, B.D. GULLETT ELEMENTARY SCHOOL sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 70.5%; this one delivers 74.7%.

Zooming out to the county, Manatee County reports that median household income runs about $78,457, roughly 35% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and the poverty rate sits near 6%. B.D. GULLETT ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is one of 86 public schools in Manatee County (combined enrollment of about 54,208 students).

DR MONA JAIN MIDDLE SCHOOL is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.1 miles from this campus. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Among the 9 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), B.D. GULLETT ELEMENTARY SCHOOL ranks 1st on composite proficiency, higher than the local average of 63.3%.

The campus sits in a downtown setting.

Looking at the recent track record. Over the past 7-year window, the student count grew 38%: 952 students in 2018 compared to 1,314 in 2025. Over the same period, the Black share contracted from 8% to 3%.

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