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Parents: what's one thing you'd want the MANATEE ACADEMY K-8 administration to hear?
Community prompt from u/allk12. Replies below.
Enrollment
1,700
Elementary
DISTRICT 911 · STATE 604
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·ST. LUCIE·NCES 120177001111
MANATEE ACADEMY K-8
1450 SW HEATHERWOOD BLVD, PORT ST LUCIE, FL 34986 · (772) 340-4745 · St. Lucie County
GRADES KG–08ELEMENTARY12-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL1,700 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
18.5:1
92 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 17.4:1 · STATE 17.5:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
59%
1,002 students
DISTRICT 56% · STATE 50%
Community
3
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other elementary schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade
Student demographics
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. 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
54.2%
FL avg 56.7% . +5.6pp since 2023
Math
54.1%
FL avg 58.9% . -1.4pp since 2023
What this means: On the FAST / B.E.S.T., Florida's statewide test, about 54 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 54 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 6 points since 2023, while math scores are down about 1 points.
Source: FAST / B.E.S.T.. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyTier
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
52.5%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
51.6%
based on FL schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+0.9pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 52% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 52% typical for Florida schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations measures results against demographically similar schools rather than by raw scores, and this school falls within the typical range, neither among Florida's top nor bottom 10%.
BeatsExpectations runs a per-state regression of proficiency on free/reduced-lunch share, then scores each school by residual. How this is calculated →
7-year change
SY 2017-18 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
1,700
+325 (+24%) vs 2017
Student : Teacher
18.5:1
was 15.8:1
% White
28%
was 37%
% Hispanic
30%
was 30%
% Black
36%
was 27%
% Asian
1%
was 2%
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
About MANATEE ACADEMY K-8
MANATEE ACADEMY K-8 is an elementary school of substantial scale in PORT ST LUCIE, Florida, overseen by ST. LUCIE, enrolling 1,700 students in grades K through 8. By comparison, Florida's public schools average about 604 students each, so MANATEE ACADEMY K-8 sits 181% larger than that benchmark.
Within ST. LUCIE, which oversees 53 schools and 49,308 students, MANATEE ACADEMY K-8 is one campus in the system.
For racial and ethnic makeup, MANATEE ACADEMY K-8 shows that 36% of students identify as Black, with the remaining enrollment distributed across several groups. The remainder looks like 30% Hispanic, 28% White, 5% multiracial. By comparison, St. Lucie County as a whole is about 22% Black, so the school skews noticeably more Black than its surroundings.
On the resource side, MANATEE ACADEMY K-8 reports 92 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 18.5:1. The state averages around 17.5:1, so this campus is higher than the state norm typical. About 59% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator.
With demographic context factored in, MANATEE ACADEMY K-8 sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 51.6%; this one delivers 52.5%.
In the surrounding community, ACS estimates for St. Lucie County put median household earnings sit near $71,457, 27% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 9%. In all, St. Lucie County runs 57 public schools (combined enrollment of about 50,809 students), of which MANATEE ACADEMY K-8 is one.
Nearest neighbor: ST. LUCIE WEST CENTENNIAL HIGH, around 0.9 miles off. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. On composite proficiency, MANATEE ACADEMY K-8 comes 5th of 8 in the immediate cluster, below the nearby-schools average of 53.5%.
MANATEE ACADEMY K-8 operates from a city-core location.
Five-year trend. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at MANATEE ACADEMY K-8 has ticked up 24%, going from 1,375 students in 2018 to 1,700 in 2025. White enrollment moved from 37% to 28% across the same window. Class-load math has widened: from 15.8:1 in 2018 to 18.5:1 in 2025.
In the discussion threads here, members of the MANATEE ACADEMY K-8 community share and discuss enrollment questions, classroom assignments, and PTA news. Members of the school community can share what they know.
St. Lucie County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
360,500
Census ACS
Median income
$71,457
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
27%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
9%
Below federal line
Schools in county
57
50,809 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in ST. LUCIE
- FORT PIERCE CENTRAL HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 3,178 students
- TREASURE COAST HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 3,124 students
- ST. LUCIE WEST CENTENNIAL HIGHHigh · 2,914 students
- FORT PIERCE WESTWOOD ACADEMY THE W.E.S.T. PREP MAGNETHigh · 1,956 students
- PORT ST. LUCIE HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 1,793 students
- OAK HAMMOCK K-8 SCHOOLElementary · 1,727 students
Other schools in PORT ST LUCIE
- TREASURE COAST HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 3,124 students
- ST. LUCIE WEST CENTENNIAL HIGHHigh · 2,914 students
- PORT ST. LUCIE HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 1,793 students
- OAK HAMMOCK K-8 SCHOOLElementary · 1,727 students
- ST. LUCIE WEST K-8 SCHOOLElementary · 1,662 students
- WEST GATE K-8 SCHOOLElementary · 1,639 students
Nearby schools
- ST. LUCIE WEST CENTENNIAL HIGH0.9 mi · 2,914
- SOMERSET ACADEMY BETHANY1.1 mi · 527
- ST. LUCIE WEST K-8 SCHOOL1.1 mi · 1,662
- OAK HAMMOCK K-8 SCHOOL1.6 mi · 1,727
- RENAISSANCE CHARTER SCHOOL OF ST. LUCIE1.9 mi · 1,413
- BAYSHORE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL2.0 mi · 879
Frequently asked questions
About MANATEE ACADEMY K-8What is the total enrollment at MANATEE ACADEMY K-8?
MANATEE ACADEMY K-8 enrolls approximately 1,700 students in grades KG-08.
What grades does MANATEE ACADEMY K-8 serve?
MANATEE ACADEMY K-8 serves grades KG-08.
How many students per teacher at MANATEE ACADEMY K-8?
Approximately 18.5:1 students per teacher at MANATEE ACADEMY K-8.
What is the racial breakdown of students at MANATEE ACADEMY K-8?
At MANATEE ACADEMY K-8, the student body is approximately 28% White, 30% Hispanic, 36% Black, 1% Asian, 5% Two or more.
Who oversees MANATEE ACADEMY K-8?
MANATEE ACADEMY K-8 is overseen by ST. LUCIE in St. Lucie County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.