MANATEE BAY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL

Set in WESTON, Florida, MANATEE BAY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is a high-enrollment elementary school, part of BROWARD. It instructs 978 students across grades K through 5. Compared to the state average of about 604 students per school, that is 62% larger than typical.

BROWARD comprises 325 schools with combined enrollment of 243,591 students; MANATEE BAY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is among them.

In terms of who attends, MANATEE BAY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL reports that 56% of the student body identifies as Hispanic. The remainder consists of 24% White, 11% Asian, 5% Black, 4% multiracial. The wider county runs roughly 33% Hispanic, putting the school's mix considerably more Hispanic than the area baseline.

Looking at school resources, Staff filings list 54 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 18.0:1 students per teacher. That tracks the state average closely. Around 12% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. That share is below Broward County's rate of about 38%.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), MANATEE BAY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 75.2%, the actual is 81.3%, a residual of +6.1 points.

In the surrounding community, ACS estimates for Broward County put the typical household earns roughly $77,633 per year, 37% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 9%. Across Broward County's 338 public schools (combined enrollment of about 244,502 students), MANATEE BAY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is one campus in the mix.

CYPRESS BAY HIGH SCHOOL is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.7 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 MANATEE BAY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL at 2nd of 9; the average score across the group is 73.1%.

MANATEE BAY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL operates from a residential location.

Looking at the recent track record. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at MANATEE BAY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL has declined 19%, going from 1,205 students in 2018 to 978 in 2025. Class-load math has widened: from 16.1:1 in 2018 to 18.0:1 in 2025.

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