Total enrollment
54,215
+5,263 (+11%) vs SY 2017-18
85 schools in MANATEE
Florida · 54,215 students · 8 cities
Across the district, MANATEE runs 85 public K-12 campuses teaching roughly 54,215 Florida students (about 638 per campus).
7-year change in MANATEE
SY 2017-18 vs SY 2024-25School count
80
+5 (+7%) vs SY 2017-18
% White
42%
was 47%
% Hispanic
38%
was 34%
% Black
12%
was 14%
% Asian
2%
was 2%
Source: NCES Common Core of Data, enrollment-weighted demographic averages
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 campus, 10% meaningfully below the state mean of roughly 705.
Trend over the past 7 years. Total public-school enrollment in MANATEE has increased 11% since SY 2017-18, moving from about 48,952 students to 54,215. Over that span, MANATEE added 5 schools, going from 75 to 80. Demographically, the White share of enrollment fell from 47% to 42%.
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.