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Enrollment
736
Elementary
DISTRICT 564 · STATE 604
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·MANATEE·NCES 120123004111
FREEDOM ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
9515 E STATE ROAD 64, BRADENTON, FL 34212 · (941) 708-4990 · Manatee County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL736 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
16.0:1
46 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 14.0:1 · STATE 17.5:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
44%
323 students
DISTRICT 55% · STATE 50%
Community
5
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other elementary schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Pre-K | 73 | 10% |
| Kindergarten | 108 | 15% |
| Grade 1 | 104 | 14% |
| Grade 2 | 100 | 14% |
| Grade 3 | 128 | 17% |
| Grade 4 | 122 | 17% |
| Grade 5 | 101 | 14% |
Student demographics
57%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
65.6%
FL avg 56.7% . -1.5pp since 2023
Math
70.6%
FL avg 58.9% . -6.2pp since 2023
What this means: On the FAST / B.E.S.T., Florida's statewide test, about 66 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 71 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Florida schools, those numbers are about 57 and 59. Reading and writing scores are down about 1 points since 2023, while math scores are down about 6 points.
FAST / B.E.S.T. results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 65.6% | 70.6% |
| 2023-24 | 67.0% | 76.8% |
% 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
70.8%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
59.2%
based on FL schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+11.7pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 71% 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 →
Where FREEDOM ELEMENTARY SCHOOL ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Florida | In Manatee County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 70.8% | #427 of 2,136 | #9 of 41 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 70.6% | #627 of 2,149 | #14 of 41 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 65.6% | #599 of 2,149 | #11 of 41 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 736 | #606 of 2,267 | #11 of 45 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 16.0:1 | #1,114 of 2,077 | #30 of 39 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 57.3% | #1,020 of 2,108 | #23 of 39 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -9.7% | #960 of 1,374 | #17 of 24 |
Ranked against other public elementary 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.
7-year change
SY 2017-18 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
736
-79 (-10%) vs 2017
Student : Teacher
16.0:1
was 15.7:1
% White
60%
was 51%
% Hispanic
22%
was 32%
% Black
7%
was 10%
% Asian
2%
was 4%
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
Enrollment and staffing by year
| School year | Students | Teachers (FTE) | Students per teacher | Free or reduced lunch |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 736 | 46 | 16.0:1 | 44% (323) |
| 2023-24 | 611 | 45 | 13.6:1 | 41% (248) |
| 2022-23 | 574 | 45 | 12.8:1 | 41% (238) |
| 2017-18 | 815 | 52 | 15.7:1 | 50% (405) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for FREEDOM ELEMENTARY SCHOOL.
About FREEDOM ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
FREEDOM ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is a mid-sized elementary school with its address in BRADENTON, Florida. Its enrollment is 736 students, spread over pre-K through 5. On average, elementary schools in Florida enroll around 604, and this school is 22% above that mark.
MANATEE enrolls 54,215 students, and its 80 schools include FREEDOM ELEMENTARY SCHOOL.
More than half of the students at FREEDOM ELEMENTARY SCHOOL are White (60%). The remaining shares are 22% Hispanic, 8% multiracial, 7% Black, and 2% Asian. Census estimates put the White share of Manatee County's population at about 72%. On a 0 to 100 scale, the school's diversity index is 57, compared with 70 nationally.
The student-to-teacher ratio at FREEDOM ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is 16.0:1, based on 46 full-time-equivalent teachers. The average for elementary schools in Florida is 17.5:1, so this school has fewer students per teacher. FREEDOM ELEMENTARY SCHOOL counts 44% of students as eligible for free or reduced-price lunch.
FREEDOM ELEMENTARY SCHOOL's average proficiency rate across its state test results of 70.8% is 11.7 points above the 59.2% the model predicts from its lunch-eligibility share.
Looking at the county, Manatee County, median household income comes to about $78,457, about 35% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and the poverty rate is about 6%. The county's public schools total 86, with about 54,208 students.
CARLOS E. HAILE MIDDLE SCHOOL, about 0.2 miles away, is the closest public school. Counting only straight-line distance, at least 8 other public schools are within five miles. On state test proficiency, FREEDOM ELEMENTARY SCHOOL ranks 3rd in a group of 9 nearby schools.
Its location is classified as Suburb: Large by the National Center for Education Statistics.
The school shrank from 815 students in 2017-18 to 736 in 2024-25. The largest shift in the student mix was in the Hispanic share, which decreased from 32% to 22%.
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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
- CARLOS E. HAILE MIDDLE SCHOOL0.2 mi · 715
- IMAGINE CHARTER AT LAKEWOOD RANCH0.8 mi · 456
- B.D. GULLETT ELEMENTARY SCHOOL2.4 mi · 1,314
- DR MONA JAIN MIDDLE SCHOOL2.5 mi · 933
- WILLIAM H. BASHAW ELEMENTARY3.0 mi · 720
- LAKEWOOD RANCH HIGH SCHOOL3.3 mi · 2,422
Frequently asked questions
About FREEDOM ELEMENTARY SCHOOLHow many students attend FREEDOM ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
FREEDOM ELEMENTARY SCHOOL enrolls approximately 736 students in grades PK-05.
Is FREEDOM ELEMENTARY SCHOOL an elementary, middle, or high school?
FREEDOM ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is an elementary school covering grades PK-05.
How many teachers does FREEDOM ELEMENTARY SCHOOL have?
FREEDOM ELEMENTARY SCHOOL employs 46 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 16.0:1.
What is the racial breakdown of students at FREEDOM ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
At FREEDOM ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, the student body is approximately 60% White, 22% Hispanic, 7% Black, 2% Asian, 8% Two or more.
Is FREEDOM ELEMENTARY SCHOOL public or private?
FREEDOM ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is a public K-12 school, overseen by MANATEE.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.