BRADEN RIVER HIGH SCHOOL

BRADEN RIVER HIGH SCHOOL operates as an expansive senior high in BRADENTON, Florida, part of MANATEE. Current enrollment sits at 1,705 students spanning grades 9 through 12. Compared to the state average of about 1,035 students per school, that is 65% bigger than typical.

MANATEE runs 80 schools in total, collectively educating 54,215 students. BRADEN RIVER HIGH SCHOOL is one of those campuses.

On demographics, BRADEN RIVER HIGH SCHOOL lists that 48% of students identify as White, with the remaining enrollment distributed across several groups. The remainder comes out to 33% Hispanic, 9% Black, 5% Asian, 5% multiracial. That is visibly less White than the county at large, where the share is closer to 72%.

Looking at school resources, The school lists 78 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 21.9:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 23.5:1 average. Around 50% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal.

With demographic context factored in, BRADEN RIVER HIGH SCHOOL performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 56.1%, the actual is 52.9%, a residual of -3.3 points.

Around the school, Manatee County reports that median household earnings sit near $78,457, 35% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 6%. Across Manatee County's 86 public schools (combined enrollment of about 54,208 students), BRADEN RIVER HIGH SCHOOL is one campus in the mix.

Nearest neighbor: WILLIAM H. BASHAW ELEMENTARY, around 1.3 miles off. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts BRADEN RIVER HIGH SCHOOL at 6th of 9; the average score across the group is 56.2%.

BRADEN RIVER HIGH SCHOOL operates from a commuter-belt location.

Looking at the recent track record. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at BRADEN RIVER HIGH SCHOOL has fell 22%, going from 2,188 students in 2018 to 1,705 in 2025. White enrollment moved from 63% to 48% across the same window.

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