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What's one thing BRADEN RIVER MIDDLE SCHOOL gets right about preparing students for what comes next?
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Enrollment
797
Middle
DISTRICT 686 · STATE 794
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·MANATEE·NCES 120123002838
BRADEN RIVER MIDDLE SCHOOL
6215 RIVER CLUB BLVD, BRADENTON, FL 34202 · (941) 751-7080 · Manatee County
GRADES 06–08MIDDLE21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL797 STUDENTS
B
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 60% of Florida public middle schools
- B-Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- B+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 middle schools
Student : Teacher
18.6:1
43 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 18.8:1 · STATE 19.6:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
62%
494 students
DISTRICT 55% · STATE 50%
Community
6
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other middle schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Grade 6 | 250 | 31% |
| Grade 7 | 281 | 35% |
| Grade 8 | 266 | 33% |
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
46.3%
FL avg 56.7% . +0.6pp since 2023
Math
61.0%
FL avg 58.9% . -2.4pp since 2023
What this means: On the FAST / B.E.S.T., Florida's statewide test, about 46 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 61 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Florida schools, those numbers are about 57 and 59. Reading and writing scores have held steady since 2023, while math scores are down about 2 points.
FAST / B.E.S.T. results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 46.3% | 61.0% |
| 2023-24 | 45.7% | 63.3% |
% 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
54.1%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
50.1%
based on FL schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+4.0pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 54% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 50% 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 BRADEN RIVER MIDDLE SCHOOL
BRADEN RIVER MIDDLE SCHOOL's state test result (54.1% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| BRADEN RIVER MIDDLE SCHOOL this school | 797 | 62.0% | 54.1% |
| GREENWOOD LAKES MIDDLE SCHOOL LAKE MARY | 858 | 59.1% | 54.2% |
| GULF MIDDLE SCHOOL NEW PORT RICHEY | 796 | 60.9% | 31.5% |
| SOUTHWESTERN MIDDLE SCHOOL DELAND | 664 | 61.4% | 56.6% |
| MCINTOSH MIDDLE SCHOOL SARASOTA | 693 | 61.2% | 53.5% |
| MAX BRUNER JUNIOR MIDDLE SCHOOL FORT WALTON BEACH | 677 | 66.3% | 55.3% |
Matched among Florida middle 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 BRADEN RIVER MIDDLE SCHOOL ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In Florida | In Manatee County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 54.1% | #268 of 560 | #6 of 10 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 61.0% | #243 of 560 ▼ 60 | #5 of 10 no change |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 46.3% | #378 of 560 ▼ 61 | #7 of 10 ▼ 1 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 797 | #295 of 584 | #5 of 12 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 18.6:1 | #211 of 547 | #3 of 10 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 67.3% | #104 of 553 | #1 of 10 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 62.0% | #144 of 565 | #5 of 10 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -30.4% | #55 of 379 | N/A |
Ranked against other public middle 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
797
-143 (-15%) vs 2020
-20% since 2000-01, when it was 1,000
Student : Teacher
18.6:1
was 18.8:1
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 | 797 | 42.8 | 18.6:1 | 62% (494) |
| 2023-24 | 838 | 46.8 | 17.9:1 | 60% (501) |
| 2022-23 | 810 | 44.8 | 18.1:1 | 58% (467) |
| 2020-21 | 940 | 50 | 18.8:1 | 60% (560) |
| 2017-18 | 1,145 | 60 | 19.1:1 | 53% (604) |
| 2015-16 | 995 | 57 | 17.5:1 | 52% (522) |
| 2010-11 | 967 | 45 | 21.5:1 | 39% (376) |
| 2000-01 | 1,000 | 45 | 22.2:1 | 18% (175) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for BRADEN RIVER MIDDLE SCHOOL.
About BRADEN RIVER MIDDLE SCHOOL
BRADEN RIVER MIDDLE SCHOOL is classified as a middle-grades school. It is located in BRADENTON, Florida. Classes run from 6 through 8, and the school has 797 students.
MANATEE has 54,215 students spread across 80 schools.
White students form the largest group at BRADEN RIVER MIDDLE SCHOOL, 42% of enrollment. Next come 35% Hispanic, 14% Black, 4% Asian, and 4% multiracial. That compares with about 72% White among all Manatee County residents. The chance that two students picked at random at BRADEN RIVER MIDDLE SCHOOL belong to different racial or ethnic groups, known as the diversity index, is 67%.
The count of teachers at BRADEN RIVER MIDDLE SCHOOL is 42.8 full-time equivalents, for a ratio of 18.6:1. The average ratio among middle schools in Florida is 19.6:1, higher than at this school. Around 62% of the school's students qualify for free or reduced-price meals. It compares with 51% for public schools in Manatee County.
Measured against Florida public middle schools, BRADEN RIVER MIDDLE SCHOOL receives a B. The grade weighs proficiency most heavily, then how results compare with what the school's low-income share predicts, then the three-year change.
BRADEN RIVER MIDDLE SCHOOL is 4.0 points above its predicted average proficiency rate on state tests (54.1% versus 50.1%), which places it in neither the top nor the bottom 10% in Florida.
In the county around the school, Manatee County, median household income is about $78,457, about 35% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and the poverty rate is about 6%. A total of 86 public schools operate in Manatee County, serving about 54,208 students.
The shortest distance from BRADEN RIVER MIDDLE SCHOOL to another public school is about 0.1 miles, to BRADEN RIVER ELEMENTARY SCHOOL. A five-mile radius around the school includes at least 8 other public schools. By average proficiency, BRADEN RIVER MIDDLE SCHOOL is 9th among 9 schools close by.
Under the NCES locale system, BRADEN RIVER MIDDLE SCHOOL is Suburb: Large.
The 2024-25 enrollment of 797 was 15% lower than in 2020-21, when it was 940.
Parents and students can post about enrollment questions, class placement, and PTA news at BRADEN RIVER MIDDLE SCHOOL. Questions from prospective families are welcome too.
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
- BRADEN RIVER ELEMENTARY SCHOOL0.1 mi · 547
- LAKEWOOD RANCH HIGH SCHOOL1.0 mi · 2,422
- LAKEWOOD RANCH PREPARATORY ACADEMY1.5 mi · 1,369
- TARA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL2.3 mi · 582
- B.D. GULLETT ELEMENTARY SCHOOL2.4 mi · 1,314
- DR MONA JAIN MIDDLE SCHOOL2.4 mi · 933
Frequently asked questions
About BRADEN RIVER MIDDLE SCHOOLHow many students attend BRADEN RIVER MIDDLE SCHOOL?
BRADEN RIVER MIDDLE SCHOOL enrolls approximately 797 students in grades 06-08.
What age range does BRADEN RIVER MIDDLE SCHOOL serve?
BRADEN RIVER MIDDLE SCHOOL serves students from grade 06 through grade 08.
How many teachers does BRADEN RIVER MIDDLE SCHOOL have?
BRADEN RIVER MIDDLE SCHOOL employs 43 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 18.6:1.
What is the student diversity at BRADEN RIVER MIDDLE SCHOOL?
Student demographics at BRADEN RIVER MIDDLE SCHOOL are roughly 42% White, 35% Hispanic, 14% Black, 4% Asian, 4% Two or more.
Who oversees BRADEN RIVER MIDDLE SCHOOL?
BRADEN RIVER MIDDLE SCHOOL is overseen by MANATEE in Manatee County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.