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Enrollment
606
Elementary
DISTRICT 564 · STATE 604
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·MANATEE·NCES 120123001229
PALM VIEW K-8 SCHOOL
6025 BAYSHORE RD, PALMETTO, FL 34221 · (941) 723-4812 · Manatee County
GRADES PK–08ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL606 STUDENTS
C+
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 36% of Florida public elementary schools
- CTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- B-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
Student : Teacher
13.8:1
44 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 14.0:1 · STATE 17.5:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
75%
455 students
DISTRICT 55% · 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 | 13 | 2% |
| Kindergarten | 55 | 9% |
| Grade 1 | 54 | 9% |
| Grade 2 | 60 | 10% |
| Grade 3 | 74 | 12% |
| Grade 4 | 63 | 10% |
| Grade 5 | 76 | 13% |
| Grade 6 | 63 | 10% |
| Grade 7 | 73 | 12% |
| Grade 8 | 75 | 12% |
This year's kindergarten class (55) is 27% smaller than its 8th grade class (75).
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%
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
39.8%
FL avg 56.7% . +0.5pp since 2023
Math
56.0%
FL avg 58.9% . -2.0pp since 2023
What this means: On the FAST / B.E.S.T., Florida's statewide test, about 40 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 56 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Florida schools, those numbers are about 57 and 59. Reading and writing scores have held steady since 2023, while math scores are down about 2 points.
FAST / B.E.S.T. results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 39.8% | 56.0% |
| 2023-24 | 39.4% | 58.0% |
% 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
45.9%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
43.5%
based on FL schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+2.4pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 46% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 44% 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 PALM VIEW K-8 SCHOOL
PALM VIEW K-8 SCHOOL's state test result (45.9% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| PALM VIEW K-8 SCHOOL this school | 606 | 75.1% | 45.9% |
| PARK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL AVON PARK | 557 | 73.2% | 68.7% |
| ONECO ELEMENTARY SCHOOL BRADENTON | 576 | 73.6% | 36.3% |
| EAGLE LAKE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL EAGLE LAKE | 644 | 75.2% | 30.4% |
| FLORINE J ABEL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL SARASOTA | 485 | 73.6% | 59.8% |
| ENGLISH ESTATES ELEMENTARY SCHOOL FERN PARK | 637 | 71.0% | 52.6% |
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 PALM VIEW K-8 SCHOOL ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Florida | In Manatee County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 45.9% | #1,527 of 2,136 | #28 of 41 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 56.0% | #1,283 of 2,149 ▼ 260 | #24 of 41 ▼ 2 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 39.8% | #1,785 of 2,149 ▼ 121 | #31 of 41 ▼ 2 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 606 | #1,013 of 2,267 | #19 of 45 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 13.8:1 | #277 of 2,077 | #6 of 39 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 65.1% | #555 of 2,108 | #9 of 39 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 75.1% | #274 of 2,188 | #6 of 41 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +55.8% | #44 of 621 | #2 of 12 |
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
606
-143 (-19%) vs 2020
+30% since 1990-91, when it was 466
Student : Teacher
13.8:1
was 17.4:1
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 | 606 | 44 | 13.8:1 | 75% (455) |
| 2023-24 | 571 | 47 | 12.2:1 | 78% (443) |
| 2022-23 | 653 | 51 | 12.8:1 | 77% (503) |
| 2020-21 | 749 | 43 | 17.4:1 | 71% (529) |
| 2017-18 | 389 | 27 | 14.4:1 | 76% (295) |
| 2015-16 | 354 | 26 | 13.6:1 | 72% (255) |
| 2010-11 | 413 | 25 | 16.5:1 | 74% (306) |
| 2000-01 | 584 | 44 | 13.3:1 | 56% (328) |
| 1990-91 | 466 | 25 | 18.6:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for PALM VIEW K-8 SCHOOL.
About PALM VIEW K-8 SCHOOL
PALM VIEW K-8 SCHOOL is one of the public schools in PALMETTO, Florida. It is a mid-sized elementary school. It offers pre-K through 8 and has 606 students enrolled.
Enrollment across the 80 schools in MANATEE totals 54,215 students.
The largest racial or ethnic group at PALM VIEW K-8 SCHOOL is Hispanic, with 50% of students. Other groups make up 25% White, 19% Black, and 5% multiracial. Manatee County as a whole is about 18% Hispanic, so the school's share is higher. Measured by the diversity index, the student body scores 65%.
The student-to-teacher ratio is 13.8:1. The school has 44 full-time-equivalent teachers. Across elementary schools in Florida, the average ratio is 17.5:1. Federal data show 75% of students (455) are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. The gap from the 51% average for public schools in Manatee County is 24 points.
On the allk12 Grade, PALM VIEW K-8 SCHOOL lands at C+, ahead of 36% of Florida public elementary schools.
A school with PALM VIEW K-8 SCHOOL's lunch-eligibility share in Florida is predicted to score 43.5%. PALM VIEW K-8 SCHOOL scores 45.9%, 2.4 points above that line.
For Manatee County, Census Bureau data show the median household earns about $78,457 a year, roughly 35% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 6%. Public schools in Manatee County number 86, with about 54,208 students.
JAMES TILLMAN ELEMENTARY MAGNET SCHOOL is about 2.0 miles away, making it the nearest public school. Other public schools within five miles number at least 8. Compared with its nearest neighbors, PALM VIEW K-8 SCHOOL ranks 4th of 7 on average proficiency.
Under the NCES locale system, PALM VIEW K-8 SCHOOL is Suburb: Large.
Enrollment was 606 in 2024-25. In 2020-21, it was 749. Its ratio of students to teachers was 17.4:1 in 2020-21, and 13.8:1 in 2024-25.
The allk12 page for PALM VIEW K-8 SCHOOL lets the school community talk about pickup and drop-off, after-school programs, and teacher feedback. Current and former families are welcome to add their experience.
Manatee County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
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
Related schools
Other schools in MANATEE
- LAKEWOOD RANCH HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 2,422 students
- PARRISH COMMUNITY HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 2,266 students
- PALMETTO HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 2,185 students
- MANATEE SCHOOL FOR THE ARTSHigh · 2,051 students
- MANATEE HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 1,998 students
- BRADEN RIVER HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 1,705 students
Other schools in PALMETTO
- PALMETTO HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 2,185 students
- MANATEE SCHOOL FOR THE ARTSHigh · 2,051 students
- BUFFALO CREEK MIDDLE SCHOOLMiddle · 1,171 students
- VIRGIL MILLS ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 863 students
- IMAGINE CHARTER SCHOOL AT NORTH MANATEEElementary · 853 students
- JAMES TILLMAN ELEMENTARY MAGNET SCHOOLElementary · 614 students
Nearby schools
- JAMES TILLMAN ELEMENTARY MAGNET SCHOOL2.0 mi · 614
- LINCOLN MEMORIAL MIDDLE SCHOOL2.8 mi · 448
- PALMETTO HIGH SCHOOL2.9 mi · 2,185
- MANATEE VIRTUAL SCHOOL ( VIRTUAL FRANCHISE)2.9 mi · 38
- MANATEE VIRTUAL INSTRUCTION PROGRAM2.9 mi · 151
- PALMETTO CHARTER SCHOOL3.2 mi · 458
Frequently asked questions
About PALM VIEW K-8 SCHOOLHow many students attend PALM VIEW K-8 SCHOOL?
PALM VIEW K-8 SCHOOL enrolls approximately 606 students in grades PK-08.
What grades does PALM VIEW K-8 SCHOOL serve?
PALM VIEW K-8 SCHOOL serves grades PK-08.
How many teachers does PALM VIEW K-8 SCHOOL have?
PALM VIEW K-8 SCHOOL employs 44 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 13.8:1.
What is the student diversity at PALM VIEW K-8 SCHOOL?
Student demographics at PALM VIEW K-8 SCHOOL are roughly 25% White, 50% Hispanic, 19% Black, 1% Asian, 5% Two or more.
What district is PALM VIEW K-8 SCHOOL in?
PALM VIEW K-8 SCHOOL is part of MANATEE.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.