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Enrollment
452
Elementary
DISTRICT 564 · STATE 604
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·MANATEE·NCES 120123001240
BLACKBURN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
3904 17TH ST E, PALMETTO, FL 34221 · (941) 723-4800 · Manatee County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL452 STUDENTS
C-
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Scored higher than 24% of Florida public elementary schools
- C-Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- C+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
13.4:1
34 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 14.0:1 · STATE 17.5:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
80%
360 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 | 64 | 14% |
| Kindergarten | 55 | 12% |
| Grade 1 | 57 | 13% |
| Grade 2 | 54 | 12% |
| Grade 3 | 86 | 19% |
| Grade 4 | 63 | 14% |
| Grade 5 | 73 | 16% |
This year's kindergarten class (55) is 25% smaller than its 5th grade class (73).
Student demographics
67%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
33.5%
FL avg 56.7% . -4.7pp since 2023
Math
42.7%
FL avg 58.9% . -5.6pp since 2023
What this means: On the FAST / B.E.S.T., Florida's statewide test, about 33 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 43 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Florida schools, those numbers are about 57 and 59. Reading and writing scores are down about 5 points since 2023, while math scores are down about 6 points.
FAST / B.E.S.T. results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 33.5% | 42.7% |
| 2023-24 | 38.1% | 48.3% |
% 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
40.8%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
41.3%
based on FL schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-0.5pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 41% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 41% 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 BLACKBURN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
BLACKBURN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL's state test result (40.8% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 4 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| BLACKBURN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL this school | 452 | 79.6% | 40.8% |
| CRYSTAL LAKE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL LAKELAND | 437 | 79.9% | 28.1% |
| IDEA LAKELAND LAKELAND | 452 | 81.9% | N/A |
| BALLARD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL BRADENTON | 421 | 76.2% | 40.1% |
| MEMORIAL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL AVON PARK | 466 | 76.8% | 49.4% |
| GRIFFIN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL LAKELAND | 431 | 80.7% | 43.4% |
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 BLACKBURN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Florida | In Manatee County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 40.8% | #1,772 of 2,136 | #34 of 41 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 42.7% | #1,842 of 2,149 ▼ 371 | #36 of 41 ▼ 5 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 33.5% | #1,989 of 2,149 ▼ 256 | #37 of 41 ▼ 6 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 452 | #1,603 of 2,267 | #35 of 45 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 13.4:1 | #216 of 2,077 | #3 of 39 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 66.6% | #452 of 2,108 | #7 of 39 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 79.6% | #155 of 2,188 | #3 of 41 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -10.0% | #940 of 1,374 | #16 of 24 |
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
452
-43 (-9%) vs 2020
-5% since 1990-91, when it was 474
Student : Teacher
13.4:1
was 14.1:1
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 | 452 | 33.6 | 13.4:1 | 80% (360) |
| 2023-24 | 456 | 39.6 | 11.5:1 | 80% (363) |
| 2022-23 | 551 | 41.6 | 13.3:1 | 78% (431) |
| 2020-21 | 495 | 35 | 14.1:1 | 69% (340) |
| 2017-18 | 502 | 35 | 14.3:1 | 62% (313) |
| 2015-16 | 449 | 35 | 12.8:1 | 65% (294) |
| 2010-11 | 478 | 33 | 14.5:1 | 74% (352) |
| 2000-01 | 795 | 46 | 17.3:1 | 37% (298) |
| 1990-91 | 474 | 29 | 16.3:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for BLACKBURN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL.
About BLACKBURN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
BLACKBURN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is classified as an elementary school. It is located in PALMETTO, Florida. In all, 452 students attend the school in pre-K through 5. It has 25% fewer students than the average for elementary schools in Florida (about 604).
BLACKBURN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL falls under MANATEE, which has 80 schools enrolling 54,215 students.
About 47% of students at BLACKBURN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL are Hispanic, the largest single group. The school is also 27% Black, 20% White, and 5% multiracial. The Hispanic share of the county population is lower, at 18%. On a 0 to 100 scale, the school's diversity index is 67, compared with 70 nationally.
Its ratio of 13.4:1 is based on 33.6 full-time-equivalent teachers. Elementary schools in Florida have an average ratio of 17.5:1. In all, 80% of students qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. The rate at public schools in Manatee County averages 51%, lower than here.
BLACKBURN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL earns a C- on the allk12 Grade, which blends test scores, results against poverty-based expectations, and the three-year trend. It scored higher than 24% of Florida public elementary schools.
BLACKBURN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is within a point of its predicted average proficiency rate across its state test results (40.8% versus 41.3%), which places it in neither the top nor the bottom 10% in Florida.
Looking at the county, Manatee County, the median household earns about $78,457 a year, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 35%, and about 6% of people live in poverty. Counting BLACKBURN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, Manatee County has 86 public schools.
JAMES TILLMAN ELEMENTARY MAGNET SCHOOL is about 1.7 miles from BLACKBURN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, the shortest distance to any other public school. The five-mile area around BLACKBURN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL holds at least 8 other public schools. The school's 40.8% average proficiency ranks 4th among 6 nearby schools.
The school's federal locale classification is Suburb: Large.
Over 4 years, enrollment fell by 43 students, from 495 to 452.
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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 PALMETTO
- PALMETTO HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 2,185 students
- MANATEE SCHOOL FOR THE ARTSHigh · 2,051 students
- BUFFALO CREEK MIDDLE SCHOOLMiddle · 1,171 students
- VIRGIL MILLS ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 863 students
- IMAGINE CHARTER SCHOOL AT NORTH MANATEEElementary · 853 students
- JAMES TILLMAN ELEMENTARY MAGNET SCHOOLElementary · 614 students
Other Blackburn Elementary schools
4 other US public schools in 5 states are named Blackburn Elementary. BLACKBURN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is the 4th largest of the 5.
- Blackburn Elementary SchoolDawsonville, GA · 779 students
- Blackburn Elementary SchoolFORNEY, TX · 662 students
- Blackburn ElementaryNewton, NC · 484 students
- BLACKBURN ELEM.INDEPENDENCE, MO · 363 students
Nearby schools
- JAMES TILLMAN ELEMENTARY MAGNET SCHOOL1.7 mi · 614
- MANATEE SCHOOL FOR THE ARTS1.8 mi · 2,051
- HOLA! ELEMENTARY @ MSA1.8 mi · 551
- LINCOLN MEMORIAL MIDDLE SCHOOL2.3 mi · 448
- MANATEE VIRTUAL SCHOOL ( VIRTUAL FRANCHISE)2.3 mi · 38
- MANATEE VIRTUAL INSTRUCTION PROGRAM2.3 mi · 151
Frequently asked questions
About BLACKBURN ELEMENTARY SCHOOLWhat is the total enrollment at BLACKBURN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
BLACKBURN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL enrolls approximately 452 students in grades PK-05.
What grades does BLACKBURN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL serve?
BLACKBURN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL serves grades PK-05.
How many students per teacher at BLACKBURN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
Approximately 13.4:1 students per teacher at BLACKBURN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL.
How diverse is BLACKBURN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
BLACKBURN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL reports a student body of 20% White, 47% Hispanic, 27% Black, 2% Asian, 5% Two or more.
Who oversees BLACKBURN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
BLACKBURN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is overseen by MANATEE in Manatee County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.