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If you could change one rule at MANATEE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, what would it be?
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Enrollment
488
Elementary
DISTRICT 564 · STATE 604
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·MANATEE·NCES 120123001222
MANATEE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
1609 6TH AVE E, BRADENTON, FL 34208 · (941) 741-3319 · Manatee County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY13-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL488 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
14.8:1
33 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 14.0:1 · STATE 17.5:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
85%
417 students
DISTRICT 55% · 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Pre-K | 43 | 9% |
| Kindergarten | 54 | 11% |
| Grade 1 | 74 | 15% |
| Grade 2 | 80 | 16% |
| Grade 3 | 98 | 20% |
| Grade 4 | 74 | 15% |
| Grade 5 | 65 | 13% |
This year's kindergarten class (54) is 17% smaller than its 5th grade class (65).
Student demographics
52%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 66% · 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
25.9%
FL avg 56.7% . +0.7pp since 2023
Math
40.4%
FL avg 58.9% . +8.1pp since 2023
What this means: On the FAST / B.E.S.T., Florida's statewide test, about 26 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 40 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Florida schools, those numbers are about 57 and 59. Reading and writing scores have held steady since 2023, while math scores are up about 8 points.
FAST / B.E.S.T. results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 25.9% | 40.4% |
| 2023-24 | 25.2% | 32.3% |
% 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
29.8%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
38.3%
based on FL schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-8.5pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 30% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 38% 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 ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
MANATEE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL's state test result (29.8% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| MANATEE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL this school | 488 | 85.5% | 29.8% |
| SOMERSET PINES ACADEMY POMPANO BEACH | 447 | 83.0% | 57.0% |
| WICKLOW ELEMENTARY SCHOOL SANFORD | 585 | 86.3% | 43.0% |
| SPRING LAKE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL ALTAMONTE SPRINGS | 505 | 85.0% | 55.4% |
| VILLAGE OAKS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL IMMOKALEE | 511 | 79.3% | 57.5% |
| PALM RIVER ELEMENTARY SCHOOL TAMPA | 406 | 80.3% | 27.6% |
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 ELEMENTARY SCHOOL ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Florida | In Manatee County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 29.8% | #2,076 of 2,136 | #40 of 41 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 40.4% | #1,909 of 2,149 ▲ 116 | #39 of 41 ▲ 2 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 25.9% | #2,110 of 2,149 ▼ 15 | #39 of 41 ▼ 1 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 488 | #1,469 of 2,267 | #30 of 45 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 14.8:1 | #610 of 2,077 | #19 of 39 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 52.0% | #1,273 of 2,108 | #31 of 39 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 85.5% | #60 of 2,188 | #1 of 41 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +2.1% | #539 of 621 | #12 of 12 |
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
488
-55 (-10%) vs 2020
+50% since 1990-91, when it was 326
Student : Teacher
14.8:1
was 16.4:1
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 | 488 | 33 | 14.8:1 | 85% (417) |
| 2023-24 | 489 | 34 | 14.4:1 | 81% (398) |
| 2022-23 | 525 | 33 | 15.9:1 | 86% (450) |
| 2020-21 | 543 | 33 | 16.4:1 | 81% (441) |
| 2017-18 | 478 | 40 | 11.9:1 | 81% (388) |
| 2015-16 | 521 | 37 | 14.1:1 | 74% (386) |
| 2010-11 | 423 | 30 | 14.1:1 | 95% (400) |
| 2000-01 | 478 | 36 | 13.3:1 | 87% (415) |
| 1990-91 | 326 | 24 | 13.6:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for MANATEE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL.
About MANATEE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
MANATEE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is the name of a small elementary school in BRADENTON, Florida. Enrollment in 2024-25 was 488 students in pre-K through 5.
MANATEE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL belongs to MANATEE, a district of 80 schools and 54,215 students.
A majority of students at MANATEE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, 61%, are Hispanic. The rest of enrollment is 32% Black, 3% White, and 3% multiracial. Among all residents of Manatee County, the Hispanic share is about 18%. The chance that two students picked at random at MANATEE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL belong to different racial or ethnic groups, known as the diversity index, is 52%.
The teaching staff at MANATEE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is 33 full-time-equivalent teachers, and the ratio is 14.8:1. The average ratio among elementary schools in Florida is 17.5:1, higher than at this school. About 85% of students, or 417, qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. The gap from the 51% average for public schools in Manatee County is 34 points.
The model predicts 38.3% for a school in Florida with MANATEE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL's free or reduced-price lunch share. MANATEE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL posts 29.8%.
In Manatee County (population about 429,792), median household income is about $78,457, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 35%, and about 6% of people live in poverty. A total of 86 public schools operate in Manatee County, serving about 54,208 students.
The nearest other public school, JUST FOR GIRLS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, is about 0.6 miles away. In all, at least 8 other public schools sit within five miles of MANATEE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL. MANATEE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL places 4th of 5 on proficiency among the closest schools that report scores.
The National Center for Education Statistics classifies the school's location as City: Small, meaning it is inside a principal city with a population under 100,000.
From 2020-21 to 2024-25, MANATEE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL went from 543 students to 488. The ratio was 16.4:1 in 2020-21 and 14.8:1 in 2024-25.
The allk12 site hosts a discussion page for MANATEE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL covering things like enrollment questions, class placement, and PTA news. Posting is open to anyone connected to the school.
Manatee County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
429,792
Census ACS
Median income
$78,457
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
35%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
6%
Below federal line
Schools in county
86
54,208 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in MANATEE
- LAKEWOOD RANCH HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 2,422 students
- PARRISH COMMUNITY HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 2,266 students
- PALMETTO HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 2,185 students
- MANATEE SCHOOL FOR THE ARTSHigh · 2,051 students
- MANATEE HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 1,998 students
- BRADEN RIVER HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 1,705 students
Other schools in BRADENTON
- LAKEWOOD RANCH HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 2,422 students
- MANATEE HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 1,998 students
- BRADEN RIVER HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 1,705 students
- SOUTHEAST HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 1,638 students
- TEAM SUCCESS A SCHOOL OF EXCELLENCECombined · 1,441 students
- BAYSHORE HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 1,400 students
Other Manatee Elementary schools
4 other US public schools in 1 state are named Manatee Elementary. MANATEE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is the 5th largest of the 5.
- MANATEE ELEMENTARY SCHOOLLAKE WORTH, FL · 1,268 students
- MANATEE ELEMENTARY SCHOOLVIERA, FL · 910 students
- MANATEE ELEMENTARY SCHOOLFORT MYERS, FL · 728 students
- MANATEE ELEMENTARY SCHOOLNAPLES, FL · 564 students
Nearby schools
- JUST FOR GIRLS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL0.6 mi · 42
- MANATEE COMMUNITY ACTION AGENCY-HEAD START0.9 mi · 16
- HORIZONS ACADEMY1.1 mi · 429
- TEAM SUCCESS A SCHOOL OF EXCELLENCE1.1 mi · 1,441
- LOUISE R JOHNSON K-8 SCHOOL OF INTERNATIONAL STUDIES1.3 mi · 844
- G D ROGERS GARDEN- BULLOCK ELEMENTARY1.5 mi · 472
Frequently asked questions
About MANATEE ELEMENTARY SCHOOLWhat is the total enrollment at MANATEE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
MANATEE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL enrolls approximately 488 students in grades PK-05.
Is MANATEE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL an elementary, middle, or high school?
MANATEE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is an elementary school covering grades PK-05.
How many teachers does MANATEE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL have?
MANATEE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL employs 33 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 14.8:1.
What is the racial breakdown of students at MANATEE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
At MANATEE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, the student body is approximately 3% White, 61% Hispanic, 32% Black, 1% Asian, 3% Two or more.
Is MANATEE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL public or private?
MANATEE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is a public K-12 school, overseen by MANATEE.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.