BRADEN RIVER MIDDLE SCHOOL

BRADEN RIVER MIDDLE SCHOOL is a junior high of reasonably sized scale in BRADENTON, Florida, run under MANATEE, works with 797 students in grades 6 through 8.

MANATEE comprises 80 schools with combined enrollment of 54,215 students; BRADEN RIVER MIDDLE SCHOOL is among them.

On the student-mix side, BRADEN RIVER MIDDLE SCHOOL reports that the largest single group is White at 42%, but no single group is in the majority. Beyond that, the school lists 35% Hispanic, 14% Black, 4% Asian, 4% multiracial. The wider county runs roughly 72% White, putting the school's mix meaningfully less White than the area baseline.

On the income-and-resources front, The school employs 43 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 18.6:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 19.6:1, putting BRADEN RIVER MIDDLE SCHOOL tighter than the state norm the norm. About 62% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. That share is higher than Manatee County's rate of about 51%.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, BRADEN RIVER MIDDLE SCHOOL sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 50.1%; this one delivers 54.1%.

Zooming out to the county, census data for Manatee County shows median household income runs about $78,457, about 35% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 6%. In all, Manatee County runs 86 public schools (combined enrollment of about 54,208 students), of which BRADEN RIVER MIDDLE SCHOOL is one.

The closest other public school is BRADEN RIVER ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, roughly 0.1 miles away. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around BRADEN RIVER MIDDLE SCHOOL. Among the 9 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), BRADEN RIVER MIDDLE SCHOOL ranks 9th on composite proficiency, beneath the local average of 71.5%.

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

Five-year trend. BRADEN RIVER MIDDLE SCHOOL's enrollment has shrank 30% since 2018, when it stood at 1,145 (now 797).

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