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Enrollment
978
Elementary
DISTRICT 576 · STATE 604
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·BROWARD·NCES 120018003819
MANATEE BAY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
19200 MANATEE ISLES DR, WESTON, FL 33332 · (754) 323-6450 · Broward County
GRADES KG–05ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBREGULAR SCHOOL978 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
18.0:1
54 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 20.6:1 · STATE 17.5:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
12%
117 students
DISTRICT 42% · STATE 50%
Community
6
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Kindergarten | 108 | 11% |
| Grade 1 | 138 | 14% |
| Grade 2 | 152 | 16% |
| Grade 3 | 180 | 18% |
| Grade 4 | 197 | 20% |
| Grade 5 | 203 | 21% |
This year's kindergarten class (108) is 47% smaller than its 5th grade class (203).
Student demographics
61%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 67% · 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
81.0%
FL avg 56.7% . +1.5pp since 2023
Math
86.3%
FL avg 58.9% . +3.5pp since 2023
What this means: On the FAST / B.E.S.T., Florida's statewide test, about 81 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 86 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 1 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 4 points.
FAST / B.E.S.T. results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 81.0% | 86.3% |
| 2023-24 | 79.5% | 82.7% |
% 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
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
81.3%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
75.2%
based on FL schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+6.1pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 81% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 75% 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 →
Schools most like MANATEE BAY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
MANATEE BAY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL's state test result (81.3% proficient) is higher than 4 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| MANATEE BAY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL this school | 978 | 12.0% | 81.3% |
| EAGLE CREEK ELEMENTARY ORLANDO | 827 | 17.8% | 75.3% |
| LAUREATE PARK ELEMENTARY ORLANDO | 1,220 | 10.7% | 80.6% |
| GATOR RUN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL WESTON | 1,156 | 9.3% | 84.7% |
| VALRICO LAKE ADVANTAGE ACADEMY RIVERVIEW | 916 | 10.8% | 76.3% |
| INDEPENDENCE ELEMENTARY WINTER GARDEN | 889 | 11.5% | 77.6% |
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 MANATEE BAY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Florida | In Broward County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 81.3% | #121 of 2,136 | #13 of 189 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 86.3% | #112 of 2,149 ▲ 49 | #16 of 191 ▲ 6 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 81.0% | #121 of 2,149 ▼ 10 | #16 of 191 ▼ 1 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 978 | #213 of 2,267 | #21 of 199 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 18.0:1 | #1,691 of 2,077 | #106 of 166 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 61.1% | #821 of 2,108 | #66 of 181 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 12.0% | #2,100 of 2,188 | #168 of 190 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -18.8% | #541 of 1,374 | #78 of 157 |
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.
4-year change
SY 2020-21 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
978
-73 (-7%) vs 2020
-21% since 2010-11, when it was 1,235
Student : Teacher
18.0:1
was 15.7:1
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
Enrollment and staffing by year
| School year | Students | Teachers (FTE) | Students per teacher | Free and reduced lunch |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 978 | 54.3 | 18.0:1 | 12% (117) |
| 2023-24 | 1,043 | 55.5 | 18.8:1 | 19% (198) |
| 2022-23 | 1,071 | 57 | 18.8:1 | 22% (235) |
| 2020-21 | 1,051 | 67 | 15.7:1 | 19% (198) |
| 2017-18 | 1,205 | 75 | 16.1:1 | 19% (228) |
| 2015-16 | 1,178 | 74 | 15.9:1 | 17% (199) |
| 2010-11 | 1,235 | 77 | 16.0:1 | 13% (156) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for MANATEE BAY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL.
About MANATEE BAY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
MANATEE BAY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is a high-enrollment elementary school in WESTON, Florida, (ZIP code 33332). Enrollment is 978 students in 2024-25, and the school serves kindergarten through 5. Against the 604-student average for elementary schools in Florida, enrollment here is 62% higher.
BROWARD has 325 schools and 243,591 students, and MANATEE BAY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is one of those schools.
Hispanic students make up a majority at MANATEE BAY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, at 56%. Other students are 24% White, 11% Asian, 5% Black, and 4% multiracial. That is higher than the 33% Hispanic share among all Broward County residents. The school's diversity index is 61%, meaning two students picked at random have a 61% chance of belonging to different racial or ethnic groups.
Its 54.3 full-time-equivalent teachers give the school a ratio of 18.0:1. That is close to the 17.5:1 average for elementary schools in Florida. Free or reduced-price lunch eligibility is 12%. That is 26 points below the 38% average for public schools in Broward County.
In Florida, MANATEE BAY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is in the middle band of BeatsExpectations: 81.3% actual against a predicted 75.2%.
Federal survey data for Broward County show that the median household income is $77,633, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 37% of adults, and the poverty rate is about 9%. There are 338 public schools in Broward County, enrolling about 244,502 students in all.
The next-closest public school is CYPRESS BAY HIGH SCHOOL, about 0.7 miles away. MANATEE BAY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is one of several public schools in the area, with at least 8 others within five miles. MANATEE BAY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL ranks 2nd of 9 among nearby schools on average proficiency, with 81.3% against a local average of 73.1%.
Federal data place MANATEE BAY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL in the Suburb: Large locale, which means it is in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
Enrollment is down 7% from 2020-21, when MANATEE BAY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL had 1,051 students, to 2024-25, when it had 978. The ratio was 15.7:1 in 2020-21 and 18.0:1 in 2024-25.
Families, students, and staff can use this page to discuss school safety, transportation, and start times at MANATEE BAY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL. Alumni can share how the school prepared them.
Broward County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
1,977,129
Census ACS
Median income
$77,633
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
37%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
9%
Below federal line
Schools in county
338
244,502 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in BROWARD
- CYPRESS BAY HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 4,579 students
- WESTERN HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 3,510 students
- MARJORY STONEMAN DOUGLAS HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 3,089 students
- CORAL GLADES HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 2,843 students
- WEST BROWARD HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 2,492 students
- J. P. TARAVELLA HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 2,436 students
Other schools in WESTON
- CYPRESS BAY HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 4,579 students
- FALCON COVE MIDDLE SCHOOLMiddle · 2,096 students
- TEQUESTA TRACE MIDDLE SCHOOLMiddle · 1,308 students
- GATOR RUN ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 1,156 students
- EAGLE POINT ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 1,139 students
- IMAGINE CHARTER SCHOOL AT WESTONElementary · 1,093 students
Nearby schools
- CYPRESS BAY HIGH SCHOOL0.7 mi · 4,579
- FALCON COVE MIDDLE SCHOOL0.8 mi · 2,096
- EVERGLADES ELEMENTARY SCHOOL1.1 mi · 823
- FRANKLIN ACADEMY PEMBROKE PINES HIGH SCHOOL1.9 mi · 1,262
- FRANKLIN ACADEMY F1.9 mi · 922
- TEQUESTA TRACE MIDDLE SCHOOL2.2 mi · 1,308
Frequently asked questions
About MANATEE BAY ELEMENTARY SCHOOLWhat is the total enrollment at MANATEE BAY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
MANATEE BAY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL enrolls approximately 978 students in grades KG-05.
What age range does MANATEE BAY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL serve?
MANATEE BAY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL serves students from grade KG through grade 05.
How many students per teacher at MANATEE BAY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
Approximately 18.0:1 students per teacher at MANATEE BAY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL.
What is the racial breakdown of students at MANATEE BAY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
At MANATEE BAY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, the student body is approximately 24% White, 56% Hispanic, 5% Black, 11% Asian, 4% Two or more.
Is MANATEE BAY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL public or private?
MANATEE BAY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is a public K-12 school, overseen by BROWARD.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.