IMAGINE CHARTER SCHOOL AT NORTH MANATEE

IMAGINE CHARTER SCHOOL AT NORTH MANATEE is an elementary-level community of reasonably sized scale in PALMETTO, Florida, overseen by MANATEE, serveing 853 students in grades pre-K through 8. That puts it 41% larger than the typical public school in Florida, which averages around 604 students.

Within MANATEE, which oversees 80 schools and 54,215 students, IMAGINE CHARTER SCHOOL AT NORTH MANATEE is one campus in the system.

For racial and ethnic makeup, IMAGINE CHARTER SCHOOL AT NORTH MANATEE reports that the most-represented group is White (39%), with the rest of the student body spread across multiple groups. Beyond that, the school logs 36% Hispanic, 18% Black, 4% multiracial. That is meaningfully less White than the county at large, where the share is closer to 72%.

On the income-and-resources front, Staff filings list 48 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 17.8:1 students per teacher. That tracks the state average closely. An estimated 55% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment.

With demographic context factored in, IMAGINE CHARTER SCHOOL AT NORTH MANATEE tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 53.6% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 51.8%.

Around the school, the surrounding county (Manatee County) reports that median household income runs about $78,457, roughly 35% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 6% of residents live below the federal poverty line. In all, Manatee County runs 86 public schools (combined enrollment of about 54,208 students), of which IMAGINE CHARTER SCHOOL AT NORTH MANATEE is one.

VIRGIL MILLS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is the nearest neighboring public school, about 2.1 miles from this campus. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts IMAGINE CHARTER SCHOOL AT NORTH MANATEE at 6th of 8; the average score across the group is 55.3%.

The campus sits in a residential setting. IMAGINE CHARTER SCHOOL AT NORTH MANATEE is a charter school, which puts it inside the public-school system but outside the standard district-managed model.

Five-year trend. Over the past 7-year window, the student count expanded 41%: 604 students in 2018 compared to 853 in 2025. Over the same period, the White share ticked down from 57% to 39%. The student-to-teacher ratio rose from 12.8:1 in 2018 to 17.8:1 today.

On this page, members of the IMAGINE CHARTER SCHOOL AT NORTH MANATEE community share and discuss open house dates, ride-share offers, and field-trip permission slips. Contributors range from current parents to recent graduates and teachers.