MANATEE SCHOOL OF ARTS/SCIENCES

MANATEE SCHOOL OF ARTS/SCIENCES operates as a tiny primary school in BRADENTON, Florida, run under MANATEE. Current enrollment sits at 111 students spanning grades K through 5. By comparison, Florida's public schools average about 604 students each, so MANATEE SCHOOL OF ARTS/SCIENCES sits 82% below that benchmark.

Across the 80 schools in MANATEE (54,215 students total), MANATEE SCHOOL OF ARTS/SCIENCES accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

For racial and ethnic makeup, MANATEE SCHOOL OF ARTS/SCIENCES lists that 43% of students identify as White, with the remaining enrollment distributed across several groups. The remainder is composed of 39% Hispanic, 10% Black, 8% multiracial. The wider county runs roughly 72% White, putting the school's mix meaningfully less White than the area baseline.

In terms of school funding signals, On paper, MANATEE SCHOOL OF ARTS/SCIENCES has 8 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 13.9:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 17.5:1, putting MANATEE SCHOOL OF ARTS/SCIENCES tighter than the state norm the norm. Around 72% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. That share is higher than Manatee County's rate of about 51%.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), MANATEE SCHOOL OF ARTS/SCIENCES sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 45.0%; this one delivers 36.5%.

In the area at large, ACS estimates for Manatee County put median household earnings sit near $78,457, roughly 35% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and the poverty rate sits near 6%. In all, Manatee County runs 86 public schools (combined enrollment of about 54,208 students), of which MANATEE SCHOOL OF ARTS/SCIENCES is one.

The closest other public school is ROBERT H. PRINE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, roughly 0.3 miles away. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts MANATEE SCHOOL OF ARTS/SCIENCES at 6th of 9; the average score across the group is 42.5%.

The campus sits in a commuter-belt setting. MANATEE SCHOOL OF ARTS/SCIENCES is a charter school, which puts it inside the public-school system but outside the standard district-managed model.

Over the past 7-year window. Over the past 7-year window, the student count decreased 30%: 159 students in 2018 compared to 111 in 2025. The Hispanic share of enrollment rose from 18% to 39% over that span. Class-load math has loosened: from 8.0:1 in 2018 to 13.9:1 in 2025.

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