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Parents: what's one thing you'd want the CARLOS E. HAILE MIDDLE SCHOOL administration to hear?
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Enrollment
715
Middle
DISTRICT 686 · STATE 794
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·MANATEE·NCES 120123003198
CARLOS E. HAILE MIDDLE SCHOOL
9501 FL 64, BRADENTON, FL 34212 · (941) 714-7240 · Manatee County
GRADES 06–08MIDDLE21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL715 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
21.0:1
34 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 18.8:1 · STATE 19.6:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
44%
316 students
DISTRICT 55% · STATE 50%
Community
3
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other middle schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade
Student demographics
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. 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
58.9%
FL avg 56.7% . +1.0pp since 2023
Math
71.9%
FL avg 58.9% . -1.3pp since 2023
What this means: On the FAST / B.E.S.T., Florida's statewide test, about 59 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 72 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 1 points.
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
65.7%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
59.0%
based on FL schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+6.7pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 66% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 59% 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 →
7-year change
SY 2017-18 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
715
-494 (-41%) vs 2017
Student : Teacher
21.0:1
was 19.2:1
% White
54%
was 61%
% Hispanic
26%
was 21%
% Black
11%
was 11%
% Asian
3%
was 2%
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
About CARLOS E. HAILE MIDDLE SCHOOL
Set in BRADENTON, Florida, CARLOS E. HAILE MIDDLE SCHOOL is an average-sized middle-grades school, part of MANATEE. It instructs 715 students across grades 6 through 8.
MANATEE runs 80 schools in total, collectively educating 54,215 students. CARLOS E. HAILE MIDDLE SCHOOL is one of those campuses.
Demographically, CARLOS E. HAILE MIDDLE SCHOOL records that the most-represented group is White (54%), with the rest of the student body spread across multiple groups. The remainder reads as 26% Hispanic, 11% Black, 6% multiracial, 3% Asian. By comparison, Manatee County as a whole is about 72% White, so the school skews considerably less White than its surroundings.
Looking at school resources, CARLOS E. HAILE MIDDLE SCHOOL logs 34 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 21.0:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 19.6:1, putting CARLOS E. HAILE MIDDLE SCHOOL higher than the state norm the norm. Roughly 44% of students at CARLOS E. HAILE MIDDLE SCHOOL qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment.
With demographic context factored in, CARLOS E. HAILE MIDDLE SCHOOL sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 59.0%; this one delivers 65.7%.
In the area at large, ACS estimates for Manatee County put median household income runs about $78,457, roughly 35% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 6%. Across Manatee County's 86 public schools (combined enrollment of about 54,208 students), CARLOS E. HAILE MIDDLE SCHOOL is one campus in the mix.
FREEDOM ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.2 miles from this campus. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. On composite proficiency, CARLOS E. HAILE MIDDLE SCHOOL comes 5th of 9 in the immediate cluster, higher than the nearby-schools average of 61.2%.
The school occupies a commuter-belt site.
Five-year trend. Over the past 7-year window, the student count declined 41%: 1,209 students in 2018 compared to 715 in 2025. White enrollment moved from 61% to 54% across the same window. Class-load math has widened: from 19.2:1 in 2018 to 21.0:1 in 2025.
On allk12, posts here usually surface around science fair prep, picture-day reminders, and bus-route questions. Posting is open to anyone connected to the school.
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
- FREEDOM ELEMENTARY SCHOOL0.2 mi · 736
- IMAGINE CHARTER AT LAKEWOOD RANCH0.7 mi · 456
- B.D. GULLETT ELEMENTARY SCHOOL2.3 mi · 1,314
- DR MONA JAIN MIDDLE SCHOOL2.4 mi · 933
- WILLIAM H. BASHAW ELEMENTARY2.8 mi · 720
- LAKEWOOD RANCH HIGH SCHOOL3.1 mi · 2,422
Frequently asked questions
About CARLOS E. HAILE MIDDLE SCHOOLHow many students attend CARLOS E. HAILE MIDDLE SCHOOL?
CARLOS E. HAILE MIDDLE SCHOOL enrolls approximately 715 students in grades 06-08.
What grades does CARLOS E. HAILE MIDDLE SCHOOL serve?
CARLOS E. HAILE MIDDLE SCHOOL serves grades 06-08.
What is the student-teacher ratio at CARLOS E. HAILE MIDDLE SCHOOL?
The student-to-teacher ratio at CARLOS E. HAILE MIDDLE SCHOOL is approximately 21.0:1 (34 FTE teachers).
How diverse is CARLOS E. HAILE MIDDLE SCHOOL?
CARLOS E. HAILE MIDDLE SCHOOL reports a student body of 54% White, 26% Hispanic, 11% Black, 3% Asian, 6% Two or more.
Who oversees CARLOS E. HAILE MIDDLE SCHOOL?
CARLOS E. HAILE 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.