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MANATEE SCHOOL OF ARTS/SCIENCES

3700 32ND ST W, BRADENTON, FL 34205 · (941) 755-5012 · Manatee County
GRADES KG–05ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBCHARTERTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL111 STUDENTS
D
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Scored higher than 13% of Florida public elementary schools
  • DTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
  • C-Beats 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

Enrollment
111
Elementary
DISTRICT 564 · STATE 604
Student : Teacher
13.9:1
8 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 14.0:1 · STATE 17.5:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
72%
80 students
DISTRICT 55% · STATE 50%
Community
0
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

GradeStudentsShare
Kindergarten1413%
Grade 11816%
Grade 22220%
Grade 32825%
Grade 41413%
Grade 51514%

This year's kindergarten class (14) is 7% smaller than its 5th grade class (15).

Student demographics
65%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 66% · STATE 70% · US 70%
White
4843%
DISTRICT 42% · STATE 33% · US 43%
Hispanic
4339%
DISTRICT 38% · STATE 38% · US 30%
Black
1110%
DISTRICT 12% · STATE 21% · US 15%
Two+
98%
DISTRICT 5% · STATE 4% · US 5%
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
Male
5348%
Female
5852%

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Test scores

FAST / B.E.S.T. 2024-25 . % at Level 3 or Above
English Language Arts
42.0%
FL avg 56.7% . +5.6pp since 2023
Math
33.1%
FL avg 58.9% . -7.1pp since 2023

What this means: On the FAST / B.E.S.T., Florida's statewide test, about 42 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 33 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 down about 7 points.

FAST / B.E.S.T. results by year

School yearEnglish Language ArtsMath
2024-2542.0%33.1%
2023-2436.3%40.1%
% 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 · methodology
Tier
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
36.5%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
45.0%
based on FL schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-8.5pp
below demographic expectation

What this means: About 37% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 45% 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 SCHOOL OF ARTS/SCIENCES

MANATEE SCHOOL OF ARTS/SCIENCES's state test result (36.5% proficient) is higher than 0 of the 3 schools below with a result.

SchoolStudentsLow-incomeProficient
MANATEE SCHOOL OF ARTS/SCIENCES this school11172.1%36.5%
SEBRING PRE-K CENTER
SEBRING
13665.4%N/A
MITTYE P. LOCKE EARLY LEARNING ACADEMY PREV PK-5
NEW PORT RICHEY
8464.3%N/A
LINCOLN-MARTI CHARTER SCHOOLS(OSCEOLA CAMPUS)
MIAMI
12060.8%40.9%
LEE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
LEE
16364.4%52.4%
WHISPERING WINDS CHARTER SCHOOL
CHIEFLAND
13272.7%56.1%
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 SCHOOL OF ARTS/SCIENCES ranks

Among elementary schools
MeasureThis schoolIn FloridaIn Manatee County
State test proficiency
ranked highest first
36.5%#1,930 of 2,136#36 of 41
Math proficiency
ranked highest first
33.1%#2,065 of 2,149
▼ 242
#41 of 41
▼ 4
Reading proficiency
ranked highest first
42.0%#1,693 of 2,149
▲ 98
#28 of 41
▲ 4
Enrollment
ranked largest first
111#2,194 of 2,267#41 of 45
Free and reduced lunch
ranked highest share first
72.1%#379 of 2,188#13 of 41
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 2024-25
Enrollment
111
-31 (-22%) vs 2020
-17% since 2000-01, when it was 134
Student : Teacher
13.9:1
was 11.8:1
Source: NCES Common Core of Data

Enrollment and staffing by year

School yearStudentsTeachers (FTE)Students per teacherFree and reduced lunch
2024-25111813.9:172% (80)
2023-241091010.9:174% (81)
2022-231301111.8:173% (95)
2020-211421211.8:162% (88)
2017-18159208.0:169% (110)
2015-16135187.5:179% (106)
2010-112241514.9:146% (104)
2000-01134N/AN/A13% (17)
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for MANATEE SCHOOL OF ARTS/SCIENCES.

About MANATEE SCHOOL OF ARTS/SCIENCES

MANATEE SCHOOL OF ARTS/SCIENCES sits in BRADENTON, Florida, and is classified as an elementary school. Enrolled students number 111 students, in kindergarten through 5. Enrollment is 82% lower than the average for elementary schools in Florida, which is about 604.

The district for MANATEE SCHOOL OF ARTS/SCIENCES is MANATEE, with 80 schools and 54,215 students.

Federal enrollment data show White students as the largest group at MANATEE SCHOOL OF ARTS/SCIENCES, at 43%. Enrollment also includes 39% Hispanic, 10% Black, and 8% multiracial. Among people living in Manatee County, the White share is about 72%. The school's diversity index is 65%, meaning two students picked at random have a 65% chance of belonging to different racial or ethnic groups.

MANATEE SCHOOL OF ARTS/SCIENCES employs 8 full-time-equivalent teachers. That gives a ratio of about 13.9:1. The school has fewer students per teacher than the 17.5:1 average for elementary schools in Florida. MANATEE SCHOOL OF ARTS/SCIENCES's free or reduced-price lunch eligibility rate is 72%. That rate is above the 51% average among public schools in Manatee County.

Measured against Florida public elementary schools, MANATEE SCHOOL OF ARTS/SCIENCES receives a D. The grade weighs proficiency most heavily, then how results compare with what the school's low-income share predicts, then the three-year change.

On a poverty-adjusted basis, MANATEE SCHOOL OF ARTS/SCIENCES falls in the middle 80% of Florida schools: 36.5% actual against 45.0% predicted.

Among Manatee County residents, the median household income is $78,457, about 35% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and the poverty rate is about 6%. Besides MANATEE SCHOOL OF ARTS/SCIENCES, Manatee County has 85 other public schools.

The nearest public school is ROBERT H. PRINE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, at about 0.3 miles. Inside a five-mile radius, there are at least 8 other public schools. MANATEE SCHOOL OF ARTS/SCIENCES comes in 6th of 9 nearby schools on average proficiency.

NCES assigns MANATEE SCHOOL OF ARTS/SCIENCES the locale Suburb: Large, meaning in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more. MANATEE SCHOOL OF ARTS/SCIENCES is run as a public charter school.

The school enrolled 111 students in 2024-25, 31 fewer than the 142 it had in 2020-21. Federal data show the ratio rising from 11.8:1 to 13.9:1.

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Manatee County at a glance

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Population
429,792
Census ACS
Median income
$78,457
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
35%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
6%
Below federal line
Schools in county
86
54,208 students

Quick facts

School name
MANATEE SCHOOL OF ARTS/SCIENCES
District
MANATEE
Address
3700 32ND ST W, BRADENTON, FL 34205
Phone
(941) 755-5012
County
Manatee County
Level
Elementary
Grade range
KG–05
Total enrollment
111
Teachers (FTE)
8
Student–teacher ratio
13.9:1
Free and reduced lunch
80 (72%)
Locale
21-Suburb: Large
NCES ID
120123003199
Charter school
Yes
Virtual school
No

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Frequently asked questions

About MANATEE SCHOOL OF ARTS/SCIENCES
How large is MANATEE SCHOOL OF ARTS/SCIENCES?
MANATEE SCHOOL OF ARTS/SCIENCES enrolls approximately 111 students in grades KG-05.
What age range does MANATEE SCHOOL OF ARTS/SCIENCES serve?
MANATEE SCHOOL OF ARTS/SCIENCES serves students from grade KG through grade 05.
How many teachers does MANATEE SCHOOL OF ARTS/SCIENCES have?
MANATEE SCHOOL OF ARTS/SCIENCES employs 8 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 13.9:1.
How diverse is MANATEE SCHOOL OF ARTS/SCIENCES?
MANATEE SCHOOL OF ARTS/SCIENCES reports a student body of 43% White, 39% Hispanic, 10% Black, 8% Two or more.
Is MANATEE SCHOOL OF ARTS/SCIENCES public or private?
MANATEE SCHOOL OF ARTS/SCIENCES is a public K-12 school operated as a charter, overseen by MANATEE.
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