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Enrollment
728
Elementary
DISTRICT 805 · STATE 604
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·LEE·NCES 120108004924
MANATEE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
5301 TICE ST, FORT MYERS, FL 33905 · (239) 694-2097 · Lee County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL728 STUDENTS
D
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Scored higher than 12% of Florida public elementary schools
- C-Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- DBeats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- ·Three-year trend Not available for this school, so the grade uses the other parts.
Grades compare a school only with schools in the same state, because every state gives its own test. How grades work · Top-graded Florida public elementary schools
Student : Teacher
17.3:1
42 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 18.2:1 · STATE 17.5:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
56%
406 students
DISTRICT 49% · 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 | 37 | 5% |
| Kindergarten | 107 | 15% |
| Grade 1 | 112 | 15% |
| Grade 2 | 115 | 16% |
| Grade 3 | 126 | 17% |
| Grade 4 | 70 | 10% |
| Grade 5 | 161 | 22% |
This year's kindergarten class (107) is 34% smaller than its 5th grade class (161).
Student demographics
29%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 63% · 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
33.2%
FL avg 56.7% . -1.3pp since 2023
Math
48.5%
FL avg 58.9% . -2.6pp since 2023
What this means: On the FAST / B.E.S.T., Florida's statewide test, about 33 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 49 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Florida schools, those numbers are about 57 and 59. Reading and writing scores are down about 1 points since 2023, while math scores are down about 3 points.
FAST / B.E.S.T. results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 33.2% | 48.5% |
| 2023-24 | 34.5% | 51.2% |
% 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
41.2%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
53.2%
based on FL schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-12.0pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 41% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 53% 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 (41.2% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| MANATEE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL this school | 728 | 55.8% | 41.2% |
| MIAMI HEIGHTS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL MIAMI | 656 | 55.8% | 47.8% |
| ORANGE RIVER ELEMENTARY SCHOOL FORT MYERS | 796 | 58.9% | 41.1% |
| MEADOWBROOK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL FORT LAUDERDALE | 693 | 55.7% | 41.5% |
| KISSIMMEE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL KISSIMMEE | 740 | 51.6% | 33.6% |
| SPRING CREEK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL BONITA SPRINGS | 664 | 52.3% | 49.7% |
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 Lee County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 41.2% | #1,754 of 2,136 | #39 of 58 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 48.5% | #1,632 of 2,149 ▼ 301 | #37 of 58 ▼ 4 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 33.2% | #1,996 of 2,149 ▼ 134 | #49 of 58 ▼ 3 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 728 | #631 of 2,267 | #37 of 61 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 17.3:1 | #1,521 of 2,077 | #19 of 57 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 28.8% | #1,865 of 2,108 | #53 of 58 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 55.8% | #1,051 of 2,188 | #29 of 59 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -19.9% | #498 of 1,374 | #5 of 24 |
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
728
-124 (-15%) vs 2020
-21% since 2010-11, when it was 917
Student : Teacher
17.3:1
was 16.1:1
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 | 728 | 42 | 17.3:1 | 56% (406) |
| 2023-24 | 640 | 34 | 18.8:1 | 63% (404) |
| 2022-23 | 794 | 39 | 20.4:1 | 62% (489) |
| 2020-21 | 852 | 53 | 16.1:1 | 62% (530) |
| 2017-18 | 909 | 65 | 14.0:1 | 77% (696) |
| 2015-16 | 890 | 62 | 14.3:1 | 80% (711) |
| 2010-11 | 917 | 62 | 14.8:1 | 87% (802) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for MANATEE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL.
About MANATEE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
MANATEE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL sits in FORT MYERS, Florida, and is classified as an elementary school. Enrollment stands at 728 students, covering pre-K through 5. The school is 21% bigger than the average for elementary schools in Florida.
Federal data list 116 schools in LEE, with 102,524 students enrolled.
MANATEE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is 84% Hispanic by enrollment. The next largest groups are 7% White and 7% Black. In Lee County overall, about 25% of residents are Hispanic. On the diversity index, which measures the chance that two random students are from different groups, MANATEE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL scores 29%.
The school has 42 full-time-equivalent teachers and a ratio of 17.3 students per teacher. The 17.5:1 average for elementary schools in Florida is close to this figure. Of all students at MANATEE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, 56% are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. It compares with 48% for public schools in Lee County.
MANATEE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL earns a D on the allk12 Grade, which blends test scores, results against poverty-based expectations, and the three-year trend. It scored higher than 12% of Florida public elementary schools.
MANATEE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL sits between the top and bottom 10% of Florida schools on BeatsExpectations, with an actual average proficiency rate across its state test results of 41.2% and a predicted 53.2%.
In Lee County, median household income comes to about $76,107, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 31% of adults, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 8%. Lee County counts 123 public schools with about 102,524 students.
A public school about 0.1 miles away, OAK HAMMOCK MIDDLE SCHOOL, is the closest to MANATEE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL. The count of other public schools within five miles is at least 8. Its average proficiency rate of 41.2% is above the 37.3% average for nearby schools.
Locale: Suburb: Large. In NCES terms, the school is in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
Enrollment fell by 15% across 4 years, from 852 in 2020-21 to 728 in 2024-25. Students per teacher increased from 16.1 in 2020-21 to 17.3 in 2024-25.
MANATEE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL has a community page on allk12 for topics such as pickup and drop-off, after-school programs, and teacher feedback. You can also rate the school on this page.
Lee County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
817,666
Census ACS
Median income
$76,107
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
31%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
8%
Below federal line
Schools in county
123
102,524 students
Quick facts
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Other Manatee Elementary schools
4 other US public schools in 1 state are named Manatee Elementary. MANATEE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is the 3rd largest of the 5.
- MANATEE ELEMENTARY SCHOOLLAKE WORTH, FL · 1,268 students
- MANATEE ELEMENTARY SCHOOLVIERA, FL · 910 students
- MANATEE ELEMENTARY SCHOOLNAPLES, FL · 564 students
- MANATEE ELEMENTARY SCHOOLBRADENTON, FL · 488 students
Nearby schools
- OAK HAMMOCK MIDDLE SCHOOL0.1 mi · 1,242
- ORANGE RIVER ELEMENTARY SCHOOL1.0 mi · 796
- TICE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL1.8 mi · 516
- JAMES STEPHENS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL2.6 mi · 730
- SOUTHWEST FLORIDA JUVENILE DETENTION CENTER2.9 mi · 41
- FORT MYERS ACADEMY2.9 mi · 18
Frequently asked questions
About MANATEE ELEMENTARY SCHOOLHow large is MANATEE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
MANATEE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL enrolls approximately 728 students in grades PK-05.
What age range does MANATEE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL serve?
MANATEE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL serves students from grade PK through grade 05.
What is the student-teacher ratio at MANATEE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
The student-to-teacher ratio at MANATEE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is approximately 17.3:1 (42 FTE teachers).
How diverse is MANATEE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
MANATEE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL reports a student body of 7% White, 84% Hispanic, 7% Black, 0% Asian, 2% Two or more.
What district is MANATEE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL in?
MANATEE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is part of LEE.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.