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Enrollment
551
Elementary
DISTRICT 564 · STATE 604
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·MANATEE·NCES 120123010680
HOLA! ELEMENTARY @ MSA
700 HABEN BLVD, PALMETTO, FL 34221 · (941) 708-8770 · Manatee County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBCHARTERREGULAR SCHOOL551 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
15.3:1
36 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 14.0:1 · STATE 17.5:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
29%
160 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 | 80 | 15% |
| Kindergarten | 84 | 15% |
| Grade 1 | 97 | 18% |
| Grade 2 | 64 | 12% |
| Grade 3 | 85 | 15% |
| Grade 4 | 74 | 13% |
| Grade 5 | 67 | 12% |
This year's kindergarten class (84) is 25% larger than its 5th grade class (67).
Student demographics
54%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
46.5%
FL avg 56.7% . +4.0pp since 2023
Math
51.7%
FL avg 58.9% . -5.7pp since 2023
What this means: On the FAST / B.E.S.T., Florida's statewide test, about 47 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 52 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Florida schools, those numbers are about 57 and 59. Reading and writing scores are up about 4 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 | 46.5% | 51.7% |
| 2023-24 | 42.6% | 57.4% |
% 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
UNDERPERFORMING
Bottom 10% of FL schools after controlling for student poverty
Actual proficiency
46.1%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
66.6%
based on FL schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-20.5pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 46% of students here test proficient in math and reading, below the roughly 67% typical for Florida schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations compares each school with others at the same poverty level, not by raw scores, so a school lands here when its results trail those comparable schools, which is not the same as having low scores. A higher-scoring school can still fall in this tier if similar schools score higher still.
BeatsExpectations runs a per-state regression of proficiency on free/reduced-lunch share, then scores each school by residual. How this is calculated →
Schools most like HOLA! ELEMENTARY @ MSA
HOLA! ELEMENTARY @ MSA's state test result (46.1% proficient) is higher than 0 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| HOLA! ELEMENTARY @ MSA this school | 551 | 29.0% | 46.1% |
| CHAPEL TRAIL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL PEMBROKE PINES | 597 | 28.5% | 71.5% |
| CORAL REEF ELEMENTARY SCHOOL PALMETTO BAY | 696 | 28.3% | 78.8% |
| HOLLYWOOD HILLS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL HOLLYWOOD | 640 | 31.6% | 65.4% |
| LEEWOOD K-8 CENTER MIAMI | 506 | 24.3% | 71.6% |
| MIAMI BEACH SOUTH POINTE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL MIAMI BEACH | 462 | 34.0% | 68.3% |
Matched among Florida elementary schools on enrollment, the share of students from low-income families (eligible for free or reduced-price lunch), and racial and ethnic makeup. Proficient is the average share of students meeting the state standard across all of the school's state tests in 2023-24 and 2024-25, the same combined score our test-score rankings use. Online schools and schools serving specialized populations are not matched.
Where HOLA! ELEMENTARY @ MSA ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Florida | In Manatee County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 46.1% | #1,521 of 2,136 | #27 of 41 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 51.7% | #1,479 of 2,149 ▼ 425 | #27 of 41 ▼ 4 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 46.5% | #1,469 of 2,149 ▲ 46 | #23 of 41 ▲ 2 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 551 | #1,215 of 2,267 | #24 of 45 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 15.3:1 | #833 of 2,077 | #26 of 39 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 54.2% | #1,168 of 2,108 | #26 of 39 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 29.0% | #1,844 of 2,188 | #36 of 41 |
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. Arrows under a test-score rank show places moved since the prior test year, among schools tested both years.
Enrollment and staffing by year
| School year | Students | Teachers (FTE) | Students per teacher | Free and reduced lunch |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 551 | 36 | 15.3:1 | 29% (160) |
| 2023-24 | 474 | 31 | 15.3:1 | 47% (224) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for HOLA! ELEMENTARY @ MSA.
About HOLA! ELEMENTARY @ MSA
HOLA! ELEMENTARY @ MSA is a mid-sized elementary school for students in PALMETTO, Florida. There are 551 students enrolled, covering pre-K through 5.
MANATEE, which runs HOLA! ELEMENTARY @ MSA, has 80 schools and 54,215 students.
Of every 100 students at HOLA! ELEMENTARY @ MSA, about 63 are Hispanic. The school is also 23% White, 10% Black, and 4% multiracial. The Hispanic share of the county population is lower, at 18%. On the diversity index, which measures the chance that two random students are from different groups, HOLA! ELEMENTARY @ MSA scores 54%.
The school's 36 full-time-equivalent teachers translate to a student-to-teacher ratio of 15.3:1. Elementary schools in Florida average 17.5:1, 2.2 more students per teacher than here. Income data for the school show 29% of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. That is lower than the 51% average for public schools in Manatee County.
HOLA! ELEMENTARY @ MSA trails its predicted average proficiency rate across its state test results by 20.5 points (46.1% versus 66.6%), a bottom-10% result in Florida on BeatsExpectations.
For Manatee County, Census Bureau data show median household income comes to about $78,457, about 35% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and roughly 6% of residents are in poverty. There are 86 public schools in the county, enrolling about 54,208, HOLA! ELEMENTARY @ MSA among them.
HOLA! ELEMENTARY @ MSA's closest public school neighbor is MANATEE SCHOOL FOR THE ARTS, less than a tenth of a mile away. Within five miles of HOLA! ELEMENTARY @ MSA, there are at least 8 other public schools. On proficiency, HOLA! ELEMENTARY @ MSA is ahead of the 41.8% nearby average, ranking 3rd of 6.
HOLA! ELEMENTARY @ MSA falls in the Suburb: Large locale category, used for schools in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more. Charter status: HOLA! ELEMENTARY @ MSA is a public charter school.
HOLA! ELEMENTARY @ MSA has a community page on allk12 for topics such as special education services, counseling, and support programs. You can also rate the school on this page.
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 PALMETTO
- PALMETTO HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 2,185 students
- MANATEE SCHOOL FOR THE ARTSHigh · 2,051 students
- BUFFALO CREEK MIDDLE SCHOOLMiddle · 1,171 students
- VIRGIL MILLS ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 863 students
- IMAGINE CHARTER SCHOOL AT NORTH MANATEEElementary · 853 students
- JAMES TILLMAN ELEMENTARY MAGNET SCHOOLElementary · 614 students
Nearby schools
- MANATEE SCHOOL FOR THE ARTS0.0 mi · 2,051
- MANATEE VIRTUAL INSTRUCTION PROGRAM0.9 mi · 151
- MANATEE VIRTUAL SCHOOL ( VIRTUAL FRANCHISE)0.9 mi · 38
- LINCOLN MEMORIAL MIDDLE SCHOOL1.0 mi · 448
- JAMES TILLMAN ELEMENTARY MAGNET SCHOOL1.4 mi · 614
- MANATEE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL1.6 mi · 488
Frequently asked questions
About HOLA! ELEMENTARY @ MSAWhat is the total enrollment at HOLA! ELEMENTARY @ MSA?
HOLA! ELEMENTARY @ MSA enrolls approximately 551 students in grades PK-05.
Is HOLA! ELEMENTARY @ MSA an elementary, middle, or high school?
HOLA! ELEMENTARY @ MSA is an elementary school covering grades PK-05.
How many teachers does HOLA! ELEMENTARY @ MSA have?
HOLA! ELEMENTARY @ MSA employs 36 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 15.3:1.
What is the student diversity at HOLA! ELEMENTARY @ MSA?
Student demographics at HOLA! ELEMENTARY @ MSA are roughly 23% White, 63% Hispanic, 10% Black, 1% Asian, 4% Two or more.
What district is HOLA! ELEMENTARY @ MSA in?
HOLA! ELEMENTARY @ MSA is part of MANATEE.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.