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G D ROGERS GARDEN- BULLOCK ELEMENTARY
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FAST / B.E.S.T. 2024-25 . % at Level 3 or AboveBeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodology7-year change
SY 2017-18 vs SY 2024-25About G D ROGERS GARDEN- BULLOCK ELEMENTARY
G D ROGERS GARDEN- BULLOCK ELEMENTARY, a close-knit K-5 school in BRADENTON, Florida, one of the schools within MANATEE, teaches 472 students, covering grades pre-K through 5. That puts it 22% below the typical public school in Florida, which averages around 604 students.
G D ROGERS GARDEN- BULLOCK ELEMENTARY is one of 80 schools operated by MANATEE, a district that serves 54,215 students overall.
In terms of who attends, G D ROGERS GARDEN- BULLOCK ELEMENTARY logs that the largest single group is Hispanic, at 57% of enrollment. Other groups include 30% Black, 8% White, 4% multiracial. The wider county runs roughly 18% Hispanic, putting the school's mix meaningfully more Hispanic than the area baseline.
On the resource side, G D ROGERS GARDEN- BULLOCK ELEMENTARY logs 38 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 12.4:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 17.5:1 average. Around 75% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. That share is north of Manatee County's rate of about 51%.
On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), G D ROGERS GARDEN- BULLOCK ELEMENTARY is in the bottom 10% of Florida public schools. The BeatsExpectations model predicts schools with this FRL share to land around 43.6%; G D ROGERS GARDEN- BULLOCK ELEMENTARY posts 26.4%, -17.2 points below that line.
In the area at large, the surrounding county (Manatee County) logs that the typical household earns roughly $78,457 per year, about 35% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and the poverty rate sits near 6%. In all, Manatee County runs 86 public schools (combined enrollment of about 54,208 students), of which G D ROGERS GARDEN- BULLOCK ELEMENTARY is one.
JUVENILE DETENTION CENTER is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.3 miles from this campus. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts G D ROGERS GARDEN- BULLOCK ELEMENTARY at 6th of 6; the average score across the group is 49.3%.
G D ROGERS GARDEN- BULLOCK ELEMENTARY operates from a metropolitan location.
Five-year trend. G D ROGERS GARDEN- BULLOCK ELEMENTARY's enrollment has fell 13% since 2018, when it stood at 540 (now 472). The Hispanic share of enrollment edged up from 50% to 57% over that span. The student-to-teacher ratio loosened from 11.3:1 in 2018 to 12.4:1 today.
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