LINCOLN MEMORIAL MIDDLE SCHOOL

LINCOLN MEMORIAL MIDDLE SCHOOL is one of the compact middle-grades schools in PALMETTO, Florida, run under MANATEE, with 448 students on its rolls from grades 6 through 8. That puts it 44% below the typical public school in Florida, which averages around 794 students.

Across the 80 schools in MANATEE (54,215 students total), LINCOLN MEMORIAL MIDDLE SCHOOL accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

On demographics, LINCOLN MEMORIAL MIDDLE SCHOOL logs that 50% of students identify as Hispanic, with the remaining enrollment distributed across several groups. Beyond that, the school shows 38% Black, 7% White, 4% multiracial. By comparison, Manatee County as a whole is about 18% Hispanic, so the school skews meaningfully more Hispanic than its surroundings.

On the resource side, LINCOLN MEMORIAL MIDDLE SCHOOL shows 29 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 15.4:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 19.6:1, putting LINCOLN MEMORIAL MIDDLE SCHOOL tighter than the state norm the norm. About 80% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. Set against Manatee County (around 51%), the school's rate is north of typical.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, LINCOLN MEMORIAL MIDDLE SCHOOL tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 41.2% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 33.1%.

In the surrounding community, community-level numbers for Manatee County indicate median household earnings sit near $78,457, 35% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 6%. LINCOLN MEMORIAL MIDDLE SCHOOL is one of 86 public schools in Manatee County (combined enrollment of about 54,208 students).

The closest other public school is MANATEE VIRTUAL SCHOOL ( VIRTUAL FRANCHISE), roughly 0.1 miles away. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts LINCOLN MEMORIAL MIDDLE SCHOOL at 6th of 6; the average score across the group is 55.6%.

The school occupies an outer-ring site.

On the community side, members of the LINCOLN MEMORIAL MIDDLE SCHOOL community share and discuss science fair prep, picture-day reminders, and bus-route questions. Posting is open to anyone connected to the school.