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What's the most underrated thing about MANATEE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL that outsiders don't know?
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Enrollment
564
Elementary
DISTRICT 596 · STATE 604
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·COLLIER·NCES 120033002095
MANATEE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
1880 MANATEE RD, NAPLES, FL 34114 · (239) 377-7600 · Collier County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL564 STUDENTS
B-
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Scored higher than 54% of Florida public elementary schools
- B-Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- BBeats 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
12.8:1
44 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 14.3:1 · STATE 17.5:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
61%
344 students
DISTRICT 51% · 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 | 36 | 6% |
| Kindergarten | 67 | 12% |
| Grade 1 | 74 | 13% |
| Grade 2 | 90 | 16% |
| Grade 3 | 99 | 18% |
| Grade 4 | 95 | 17% |
| Grade 5 | 103 | 18% |
This year's kindergarten class (67) is 35% smaller than its 5th grade class (103).
Student demographics
47%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 60% · 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
53.5%
FL avg 56.7% . +3.5pp since 2023
Math
57.8%
FL avg 58.9% . +4.9pp since 2023
What this means: On the FAST / B.E.S.T., Florida's statewide test, about 54 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 58 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 4 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 5 points.
FAST / B.E.S.T. results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 53.5% | 57.8% |
| 2023-24 | 50.0% | 52.9% |
% 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
55.4%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
50.6%
based on FL schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+4.8pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 55% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 51% 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 (55.4% proficient) is higher than 4 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| MANATEE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL this school | 564 | 61.0% | 55.4% |
| GULFSTREAM ELEMENTARY SCHOOL CUTLER BAY | 544 | 61.2% | 57.4% |
| CENTRAL AVENUE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL KISSIMMEE | 529 | 63.5% | 27.2% |
| MIKE DAVIS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL NAPLES | 655 | 62.4% | 51.5% |
| PARKSIDE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL NAPLES | 589 | 60.6% | 52.9% |
| MEADOW WOODS ELEMENTARY ORLANDO | 571 | 59.4% | 49.5% |
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 Collier County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 55.4% | #1,072 of 2,136 | #23 of 35 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 57.8% | #1,198 of 2,149 ▲ 55 | #29 of 35 ▲ 2 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 53.5% | #1,133 of 2,149 ▲ 41 | #21 of 35 ▼ 3 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 564 | #1,167 of 2,267 | #21 of 35 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 12.8:1 | #115 of 2,077 | #5 of 35 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 47.5% | #1,462 of 2,108 | #21 of 35 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 61.0% | #871 of 2,188 | #11 of 35 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -18.6% | #553 of 1,374 | #9 of 23 |
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
564
+17 (+3%) vs 2020
-23% since 2000-01, when it was 737
Student : Teacher
12.8:1
was 13.7:1
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 | 564 | 44.1 | 12.8:1 | 61% (344) |
| 2023-24 | 588 | 39.1 | 15.0:1 | 70% (414) |
| 2022-23 | 584 | 42 | 13.9:1 | 73% (426) |
| 2020-21 | 547 | 40 | 13.7:1 | 90% (494) |
| 2017-18 | 693 | 54 | 12.8:1 | 91% (634) |
| 2015-16 | 774 | 58 | 13.3:1 | 94% (724) |
| 2010-11 | 622 | 46 | 13.5:1 | 93% (578) |
| 2000-01 | 737 | 47 | 15.7:1 | 49% (363) |
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 NAPLES, Florida, and is classified as an elementary school. The school's enrollment of 564 students covers pre-K through 5.
COLLIER serves 48,252 students across 69 schools.
Hispanic students make up a majority at MANATEE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, at 69%. The next largest groups are 19% Black and 9% White. In Collier County overall, about 28% of residents are Hispanic. The school's diversity index is 47%, meaning two students picked at random have a 47% chance of belonging to different racial or ethnic groups.
Its 44.1 full-time-equivalent teachers give the school a ratio of 12.8:1. This ratio sits 4.7 below the 17.5:1 average for elementary schools in Florida. Free or reduced-price lunch eligibility is 61%. That rate is above the 48% average among public schools in Collier County.
Measured against Florida public elementary schools, MANATEE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL receives a B-. The grade weighs proficiency most heavily, then how results compare with what the school's low-income share predicts, then the three-year change.
Schools in Florida with a similar free or reduced-price lunch share are predicted to score about 50.6%. MANATEE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL scores 55.4%.
MANATEE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is located in Collier County, where the median household income is $90,045, roughly 40% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 7%. MANATEE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is one of 75 public schools in the county.
MANATEE MIDDLE SCHOOL is the public school closest to MANATEE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, about 0.1 miles away. There are 4 other public schools within five miles. Nearby schools average 60.3% on proficiency, and MANATEE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is below that at 55.4%.
On the NCES locale scale, the school is Suburb: Large.
2024-25 enrollment was 564, a 3% increase from 547 in 2020-21.
Parents and students can post about sports tryouts, band and choir, and theater at MANATEE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL. Alumni can share how the school prepared them.
Collier County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
398,291
Census ACS
Median income
$90,045
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
40%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
7%
Below federal line
Schools in county
75
48,252 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in COLLIER
- PALMETTO RIDGE HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 2,054 students
- IMMOKALEE HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 1,990 students
- GOLDEN GATE HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 1,867 students
- GULF COAST HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 1,714 students
- NAPLES HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 1,535 students
- MASON CLASSICAL ACADEMYCombined · 1,509 students
Other schools in NAPLES
- PALMETTO RIDGE HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 2,054 students
- GOLDEN GATE HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 1,867 students
- GULF COAST HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 1,714 students
- NAPLES HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 1,535 students
- MASON CLASSICAL ACADEMYCombined · 1,509 students
- AUBREY ROGERS HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 1,496 students
Other Manatee Elementary schools
4 other US public schools in 1 state are named Manatee Elementary. MANATEE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is the 4th 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 SCHOOLBRADENTON, FL · 488 students
Nearby schools
- MANATEE MIDDLE SCHOOL0.1 mi · 781
- PARKSIDE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL3.5 mi · 589
- LELY HIGH SCHOOL3.8 mi · 1,475
- LELY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL4.2 mi · 499
- AVALON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL6.9 mi · 363
- CALUSA PARK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL7.2 mi · 670
Frequently asked questions
About MANATEE ELEMENTARY SCHOOLHow large is MANATEE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
MANATEE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL enrolls approximately 564 students in grades PK-05.
What age range does MANATEE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL serve?
MANATEE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL serves students from grade PK through grade 05.
How many students per teacher at MANATEE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
Approximately 12.8:1 students per teacher at MANATEE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL.
What is the racial breakdown of students at MANATEE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
At MANATEE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, the student body is approximately 9% White, 69% Hispanic, 19% Black, 1% Asian, 1% Two or more.
Is MANATEE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL public or private?
MANATEE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is a public K-12 school, overseen by COLLIER.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.