MANATEE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL

Located at 5301 TICE ST, in FORT MYERS, Florida, MANATEE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is a reasonably sized primary school that teaches 728 students (grades pre-K through 5), overseen by LEE. That puts it 21% larger than the typical public school in Florida, which averages around 604 students.

LEE comprises 116 schools with combined enrollment of 102,524 students; MANATEE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is among them.

Demographically, MANATEE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL reports that the student body is overwhelmingly Hispanic (84%). Other groups include 7% White, 7% Black. By comparison, Lee County as a whole is about 25% Hispanic, so the school skews noticeably more Hispanic than its surroundings.

Looking at the economic backdrop, MANATEE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL records 42 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 17.3:1. That tracks the state average closely. About 56% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. Set against Lee County (around 48%), the school's rate is meaningfully above typical.

After controlling for student poverty, MANATEE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 53.2%, the actual is 41.2%, a residual of -12.0 points.

In the surrounding community, the surrounding county (Lee County) records that median household earnings sit near $76,107, about 31% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and the poverty rate sits near 8%. In all, Lee County runs 123 public schools (combined enrollment of about 102,524 students), of which MANATEE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is one.

Nearest neighbor: OAK HAMMOCK MIDDLE SCHOOL, around 0.1 miles off. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. Among the 6 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), MANATEE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL ranks 1st on composite proficiency, ahead of the local average of 37.3%.

The school occupies a suburban site.

Five-year trend. MANATEE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL's enrollment has contracted 20% since 2018, when it stood at 909 (now 728). Hispanic enrollment moved from 66% to 84% across the same window. Class-load math has grew: from 14.0:1 in 2018 to 17.3:1 in 2025.

Within the allk12 community for this school, recent activity here tends to focus on open house dates, ride-share offers, and field-trip permission slips. Contributors range from current parents to recent graduates and teachers.