BLANCHE H. DAUGHTREY ELEMENTARY

BLANCHE H. DAUGHTREY ELEMENTARY is one of the mid-tier elementary-level communitys in BRADENTON, Florida, one of the schools within MANATEE, with 719 students on its rolls from grades pre-K through 5.

Within MANATEE, which oversees 80 schools and 54,215 students, BLANCHE H. DAUGHTREY ELEMENTARY is one campus in the system.

Looking at the student body, BLANCHE H. DAUGHTREY ELEMENTARY reports that the student body is overwhelmingly Hispanic (83%). Beyond that, the school logs 9% Black, 7% White. By comparison, Manatee County as a whole is about 18% Hispanic, so the school skews visibly more Hispanic than its surroundings.

On the resource side, On paper, BLANCHE H. DAUGHTREY ELEMENTARY has 48 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 15.0:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 17.5:1, putting BLANCHE H. DAUGHTREY ELEMENTARY tighter than the state norm the norm. Roughly 66% of students at BLANCHE H. DAUGHTREY ELEMENTARY qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. That share is north of Manatee County's rate of about 51%.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, BLANCHE H. DAUGHTREY ELEMENTARY performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 47.9%, the actual is 35.5%, a residual of -12.4 points.

In the broader community, ACS estimates for Manatee County put median household income runs about $78,457, 35% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 6%. Across Manatee County's 86 public schools (combined enrollment of about 54,208 students), BLANCHE H. DAUGHTREY ELEMENTARY is one campus in the mix.

The closest other public school is VISIBLE MEN ACADEMY, roughly 0.2 miles away. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Among the 6 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), BLANCHE H. DAUGHTREY ELEMENTARY ranks 6th on composite proficiency, below the local average of 54.9%.

The school occupies a residential site.

Five-year trend. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at BLANCHE H. DAUGHTREY ELEMENTARY has stayed largely flat, going from 726 students in 2018 to 719 in 2025. Hispanic enrollment moved from 77% to 83% across the same window.

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