GILBERT W MCNEAL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL

GILBERT W MCNEAL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is a primary school of medium-sized scale in LAKEWOOD RANCH, Florida, overseen by MANATEE, enrolling 672 students in grades pre-K through 5.

Across the 80 schools in MANATEE (54,215 students total), GILBERT W MCNEAL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

Demographically, GILBERT W MCNEAL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL records that 71% of the student body identifies as White; the rest reads as 16% Hispanic, 6% multiracial, 5% Black. That composition is broadly in line with Manatee County as a whole.

Looking at the economic backdrop, GILBERT W MCNEAL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL reports 44 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 15.3:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 17.5:1 average. Roughly 24% of students at GILBERT W MCNEAL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. By comparison, Manatee County runs at roughly 51%, so the school's eligibility rate is lower than the surrounding baseline.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, GILBERT W MCNEAL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 69.1% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 81.0%.

In the broader community, the surrounding county (Manatee County) reports that median household earnings sit near $78,457, roughly 35% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 6%. GILBERT W MCNEAL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is one of 86 public schools in Manatee County (combined enrollment of about 54,208 students).

The closest other public school is R. DAN NOLAN MIDDLE SCHOOL, roughly 0.2 miles away. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Among the 9 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), GILBERT W MCNEAL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL ranks 1st on composite proficiency, above the local average of 68.6%.

The campus sits in a metropolitan setting.

Five-year trend. Over the past 7-year window, the student count ticked down 14%: 780 students in 2018 compared to 672 in 2025. Hispanic enrollment moved from 22% to 16% across the same window.

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