PALMA SOLA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL

PALMA SOLA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, a low-enrollment K-5 school in BRADENTON, Florida, part of MANATEE, caters to 396 students, covering grades pre-K through 5. By comparison, Florida's public schools average about 604 students each, so PALMA SOLA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL sits 34% leaner than that benchmark.

PALMA SOLA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is one of 80 schools operated by MANATEE, a district that educates 54,215 students overall.

On the student-mix side, PALMA SOLA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL records that White students make up the majority at 59%; the rest comes out to 22% Hispanic, 8% multiracial, 6% Black, 5% Asian. That is visibly less White than the county at large, where the share is closer to 72%.

In terms of school funding signals, PALMA SOLA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL shows 28 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 14.1:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 17.5:1 average. About 61% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. By comparison, Manatee County runs at roughly 51%, so the school's eligibility rate is above the surrounding baseline.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, PALMA SOLA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL sits in the top 10% of Florida schools after the BeatsExpectations adjustment. Predicted proficiency for the school's FRL share is roughly 50.5%; actual is 69.4%, +18.9 points clear of the demographic baseline.

Zooming out to the county, census data for Manatee County shows median household earnings sit near $78,457, about 35% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and the poverty rate sits near 6%. Across Manatee County's 86 public schools (combined enrollment of about 54,208 students), PALMA SOLA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is one campus in the mix.

MARTHA B. KING MIDDLE SCHOOL is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.4 miles from this campus. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts PALMA SOLA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL at 2nd of 8; the average score across the group is 53.5%.

The school occupies an outer-ring site.

Looking at the recent track record. PALMA SOLA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL's enrollment has decreased 34% since 2018, when it stood at 596 (now 396). Class-load math has tightened: from 15.3:1 in 2018 to 14.1:1 in 2025.

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