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Which teacher or staff member at PALMETTO HIGH SCHOOL deserves more recognition?
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Enrollment
2,185
High
DISTRICT 1,260 · STATE 1,035
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·MANATEE·NCES 120123001232
PALMETTO HIGH SCHOOL
1200 17TH ST W, PALMETTO, FL 34221 · (941) 723-4848 · Manatee County
GRADES 08–12HIGH21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL2,185 STUDENTS
C-
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Scored higher than 24% of Florida public high schools
- C-Test 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 high schools
Student : Teacher
22.5:1
97 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 24.1:1 · STATE 23.5:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
60%
1,313 students
DISTRICT 55% · STATE 50%
Community
6
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other high schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Grade 8 | 4 | 0% |
| Grade 9 | 580 | 27% |
| Grade 10 | 566 | 26% |
| Grade 11 | 562 | 26% |
| Grade 12 | 473 | 22% |
Student demographics
68%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
45.5%
FL avg 56.7% . +2.0pp since 2023
Math
17.0%
FL avg 58.9% . -3.0pp since 2023
What this means: On the FAST / B.E.S.T., Florida's statewide test, about 46 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 17 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 2 points since 2023, while math scores are down about 3 points.
FAST / B.E.S.T. results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 45.5% | 17.0% |
| 2023-24 | 43.5% | 20.0% |
% 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
42.1%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
51.1%
based on FL schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-9.0pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 42% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 51% 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 PALMETTO HIGH SCHOOL
PALMETTO HIGH SCHOOL's state test result (42.1% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| PALMETTO HIGH SCHOOL this school | 2,185 | 60.1% | 42.1% |
| MANATEE HIGH SCHOOL BRADENTON | 1,998 | 60.5% | 48.8% |
| LAKE GIBSON SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL LAKELAND | 1,973 | 62.3% | 41.9% |
| AUBURNDALE SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL AUBURNDALE | 1,770 | 63.6% | 35.3% |
| LAKELAND SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL LAKELAND | 1,985 | 56.8% | 48.0% |
| FIVAY HIGH SCHOOL HUDSON | 1,554 | 59.8% | 35.7% |
Matched among Florida high 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 PALMETTO HIGH SCHOOL ranks
Among high schools| Measure | This school | In Florida | In Manatee County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 42.1% | #456 of 555 | #7 of 9 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 17.0% | #525 of 549 ▼ 49 | #9 of 9 no change |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 45.5% | #432 of 559 ▼ 26 | #7 of 9 no change |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 2,185 | #131 of 830 | #3 of 13 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 22.5:1 | #315 of 575 | #6 of 9 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 67.6% | #97 of 594 | #1 of 9 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 60.1% | #97 of 630 | #4 of 10 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -1.0% | #265 of 289 | #6 of 7 |
Ranked against other public high 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
2,185
+120 (+6%) vs 2020
+147% since 1990-91, when it was 883
Student : Teacher
22.5:1
was 22.9:1
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 | 2,185 | 97 | 22.5:1 | 60% (1,313) |
| 2023-24 | 2,194 | 92 | 23.9:1 | 61% (1,343) |
| 2022-23 | 2,100 | 92 | 22.8:1 | 61% (1,284) |
| 2020-21 | 2,065 | 90 | 22.9:1 | 63% (1,296) |
| 2017-18 | 2,207 | 100 | 22.1:1 | 61% (1,355) |
| 2015-16 | 2,110 | 101 | 20.9:1 | 59% (1,250) |
| 2010-11 | 1,680 | 90 | 18.7:1 | 55% (930) |
| 2000-01 | 1,392 | 72 | 19.3:1 | 28% (383) |
| 1990-91 | 883 | 50 | 17.7:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for PALMETTO HIGH SCHOOL.
About PALMETTO HIGH SCHOOL
PALMETTO, Florida, is home to PALMETTO HIGH SCHOOL, a high-enrollment high school. Classes run from 8 through 12, and the school has 2,185 students. Against the 1,035-student average for high schools in Florida, enrollment here is 111% higher.
PALMETTO HIGH SCHOOL is one of 80 schools in MANATEE, which enrolls 54,215 students in total.
PALMETTO HIGH SCHOOL has no majority group; Hispanic students are the largest, at 40%. Smaller groups are 36% White, 18% Black, and 5% multiracial. County-wide, 18% of Manatee County residents are Hispanic. The school's diversity index is 68%, meaning two students picked at random have a 68% chance of belonging to different racial or ethnic groups.
PALMETTO HIGH SCHOOL employs 97 full-time-equivalent teachers. That gives a ratio of about 22.5:1. This ratio sits 1.0 below the 23.5:1 average for high schools in Florida. Free or reduced-price lunch eligibility was 60% in 2024-25. That is 9 points above the 51% average for public schools in Manatee County.
allk12 grades PALMETTO HIGH SCHOOL a C-. The grade compares the school only with Florida public high schools, because each state gives its own test.
BeatsExpectations compares each school's average proficiency rate on state tests with a prediction based on free or reduced-price lunch eligibility. For PALMETTO HIGH SCHOOL, the prediction is 51.1% and the result is 42.1%.
Recent Census Bureau figures for Manatee County show that the median household income is $78,457, 35% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 6% of people live in poverty. PALMETTO HIGH SCHOOL is one of 86 public schools in the county.
The closest other public school is PALMETTO CHARTER SCHOOL, about 0.4 miles away. PALMETTO HIGH SCHOOL has at least 8 other public schools within five miles. Nearby schools average 53.4% on proficiency, and PALMETTO HIGH SCHOOL is below that at 42.1%.
PALMETTO HIGH SCHOOL has an NCES locale of Suburb: Large.
Enrollment is up 6% from 2020-21, when PALMETTO HIGH SCHOOL had 2,065 students, to 2024-25, when it had 2,185.
The PALMETTO HIGH SCHOOL community page is open for posts about sports schedules, lunch menus, and spirit week. Anyone with firsthand experience at this school can post or comment.
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
- MANATEE SCHOOL FOR THE ARTSHigh · 2,051 students
- MANATEE HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 1,998 students
- BRADEN RIVER HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 1,705 students
- SOUTHEAST HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 1,638 students
Other schools in PALMETTO
- 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
- PALM VIEW K-8 SCHOOLElementary · 606 students
Other Palmetto High schools
One other US public school is named Palmetto High. PALMETTO HIGH SCHOOL is the largest of the 2.
- Palmetto HighWilliamston, SC · 1,086 students
Nearby schools
- PALMETTO CHARTER SCHOOL0.4 mi · 458
- JUST FOR GIRLS MIDDLE SCHOOL0.6 mi · 33
- PALMETTO ELEMENTARY SCHOOL0.6 mi · 519
- MANATEE VIRTUAL SCHOOL ( VIRTUAL FRANCHISE)1.0 mi · 38
- MANATEE VIRTUAL INSTRUCTION PROGRAM1.0 mi · 151
- LINCOLN MEMORIAL MIDDLE SCHOOL1.0 mi · 448
Frequently asked questions
About PALMETTO HIGH SCHOOLHow large is PALMETTO HIGH SCHOOL?
PALMETTO HIGH SCHOOL enrolls approximately 2,185 students in grades 08-12.
Is PALMETTO HIGH SCHOOL an elementary, middle, or high school?
PALMETTO HIGH SCHOOL is a high school covering grades 08-12.
How many teachers does PALMETTO HIGH SCHOOL have?
PALMETTO HIGH SCHOOL employs 97 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 22.5:1.
What is the student diversity at PALMETTO HIGH SCHOOL?
Student demographics at PALMETTO HIGH SCHOOL are roughly 36% White, 40% Hispanic, 18% Black, 1% Asian, 5% Two or more.
Is PALMETTO HIGH SCHOOL public or private?
PALMETTO HIGH SCHOOL is a public K-12 school, overseen by MANATEE.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.