Total enrollment
54,215
+5,366 (+11%) vs SY 2020-21
85 schools in MANATEE
Florida · 54,215 students · 8 cities
Across the district, MANATEE runs 85 public K-12 schools teaching roughly 54,215 Florida students (about 638 per school).
4-year change in MANATEE
SY 2020-21 vs SY 2024-25School count
80
+2 (+3%) vs SY 2020-21
Source: NCES Common Core of Data, enrollment-weighted demographic averages
How MANATEE ranks
Among districts| Measure | This district | In Florida | In the US |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 54.7% | #33 of 63 | N/A |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 54,215 | #15 of 70 | #76 of 9,234 |
| Number of schools ranked most first | 80 | #14 of 70 | N/A |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 17.5:1 | #33 of 70 | #7,430 of 9,044 |
| Free or reduced-price lunch share ranked highest first | 51.3% | #30 of 70 | #3,979 of 8,164 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 66.0% | #20 of 68 | #855 of 6,853 |
Districts need at least 2 schools and 500 students to be ranked. Test proficiency is ranked within the state only, since each state gives a different test. Each rank links to the full list.
Inside MANATEE
State test results across the district's 62 scored schools run from PALMETTO CHARTER SCHOOL at 84.4% proficient to G D ROGERS GARDEN- BULLOCK ELEMENTARY at 26.4%, a gap of 58.0 points. That is the 16th widest gap among 62 Florida districts with four or more scored schools.
Proficient is the average share of students meeting the state standard across each school's state tests in 2023-24 and 2024-25; schools with fewer than 100 students and schools serving specialized populations are left out. Staffing figures come from the NCES Common Core of Data and count only schools that reported students and teachers in both years.
About MANATEE
Across 85 schools, MANATEE teaches about 54,215 students in Florida. By footprint it is a middle-population district.
In terms of grade levels, MANATEE is made up of 48 elementary, 12 middle, 14 high schools, and 11 combined or other.
On a per-school basis, MANATEE runs about 638 students per school, 10% meaningfully below the state mean of roughly 705.
Trend over the past 4 years. Total public-school enrollment in MANATEE has increased 11% since SY 2020-21, moving from about 48,849 students to 54,215. Over that span, MANATEE added 2 schools, going from 78 to 80.
On allk12, the community for MANATEE discusses enrollment trends, district policy changes, and bus-route updates. Anyone with firsthand knowledge of these schools is welcome to weigh in.