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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
3
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other elementary schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade
Student demographics
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. 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.
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 →
7-year change
SY 2017-18 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
1,314
+362 (+38%) vs 2017
Student : Teacher
16.6:1
was 16.7:1
% White
68%
was 65%
% Hispanic
18%
was 19%
% Black
3%
was 8%
% Asian
3%
was 3%
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
About 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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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 BRADENTON
- LAKEWOOD RANCH HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 2,422 students
- MANATEE HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 1,998 students
- BRADEN RIVER HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 1,705 students
- SOUTHEAST HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 1,638 students
- TEAM SUCCESS A SCHOOL OF EXCELLENCECombined · 1,441 students
- BAYSHORE HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 1,400 students
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.
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