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What do students at MANATEE MIDDLE SCHOOL actually talk about outside of class?
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Enrollment
781
Middle
DISTRICT 748 · STATE 794
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·COLLIER·NCES 120033002985
MANATEE MIDDLE SCHOOL
1920 MANATEE RD, NAPLES, FL 34114 · (239) 377-4400 · Collier County
GRADES 06–08MIDDLE21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL781 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
19.1:1
41 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 18.0:1 · STATE 19.6:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
50%
393 students
DISTRICT 51% · STATE 50%
Community
3
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other middle schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade
Student demographics
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. 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
47.8%
FL avg 56.7% . +5.6pp since 2023
Math
71.4%
FL avg 58.9% . +5.1pp since 2023
What this means: On the FAST / B.E.S.T., Florida's statewide test, about 48 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 71 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 6 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 5 points.
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
53.5%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
56.0%
based on FL schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-2.4pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 54% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 56% 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 →
7-year change
SY 2017-18 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
781
-93 (-11%) vs 2017
Student : Teacher
19.1:1
was 16.5:1
% White
7%
was 8%
% Hispanic
67%
was 65%
% Black
24%
was 26%
% Asian
1%
was 0%
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
About MANATEE MIDDLE SCHOOL
MANATEE MIDDLE SCHOOL is one of the reasonably sized junior highs in NAPLES, Florida, run under COLLIER, with 781 students on its rolls from grades 6 through 8.
COLLIER comprises 69 schools with combined enrollment of 48,252 students; MANATEE MIDDLE SCHOOL is among them.
Demographically, MANATEE MIDDLE SCHOOL reports that 67% of the student body identifies as Hispanic. Beyond that, the school lists 24% Black, 7% White. The wider county runs roughly 28% Hispanic, putting the school's mix considerably more Hispanic than the area baseline.
On the income-and-resources front, On paper, MANATEE MIDDLE SCHOOL has 41 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 19.1:1. The state averages about 19.6:1, putting this campus right in line with peers. Roughly 50% of students at MANATEE MIDDLE SCHOOL qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy.
Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, MANATEE MIDDLE SCHOOL sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 56.0%; this one delivers 53.5%.
Across the wider county, census data for Collier County shows the typical household earns roughly $90,045 per year, about 40% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 7%. MANATEE MIDDLE SCHOOL is one of 75 public schools in Collier County (combined enrollment of about 48,252 students).
MANATEE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.1 miles from this campus. Within five miles, there are 4 other public schools. On composite proficiency, MANATEE MIDDLE SCHOOL comes 7th of 9 in the immediate cluster, beneath the nearby-schools average of 60.5%.
Geographically, the school is in a suburban area.
Over the past 7-year window. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at MANATEE MIDDLE SCHOOL has contracted 11%, going from 874 students in 2018 to 781 in 2025. Class-load math has rose: from 16.5:1 in 2018 to 19.1:1 in 2025.
In the discussion threads here, posts here usually surface around enrollment questions, classroom assignments, and PTA news. Members of the school community can share what they know.
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
Nearby schools
- MANATEE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL0.1 mi · 564
- PARKSIDE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL3.5 mi · 589
- LELY HIGH SCHOOL3.8 mi · 1,475
- LELY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL4.2 mi · 499
- AVALON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL7.0 mi · 363
- CALUSA PARK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL7.2 mi · 670
Frequently asked questions
About MANATEE MIDDLE SCHOOLWhat is the total enrollment at MANATEE MIDDLE SCHOOL?
MANATEE MIDDLE SCHOOL enrolls approximately 781 students in grades 06-08.
What grades does MANATEE MIDDLE SCHOOL serve?
MANATEE MIDDLE SCHOOL serves grades 06-08.
How many teachers does MANATEE MIDDLE SCHOOL have?
MANATEE MIDDLE SCHOOL employs 41 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 19.1:1.
What is the student diversity at MANATEE MIDDLE SCHOOL?
Student demographics at MANATEE MIDDLE SCHOOL are roughly 7% White, 67% Hispanic, 24% Black, 1% Asian, 1% Two or more.
Is MANATEE MIDDLE SCHOOL public or private?
MANATEE MIDDLE 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.