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What's the biggest difference between ROBERT H. PRINE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL and what you expected?
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Enrollment
721
Elementary
DISTRICT 564 · STATE 604
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·MANATEE·NCES 120123001233
ROBERT H. PRINE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
3801 SOUTHERN PKWY W, BRADENTON, FL 34205 · (941) 751-7006 · Manatee County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL721 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
14.1:1
51 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 14.0:1 · STATE 17.5:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
75%
538 students
DISTRICT 55% · STATE 50%
Community
3
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other elementary schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade
Student demographics
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. 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
37.9%
FL avg 56.7% . +2.3pp since 2023
Math
45.0%
FL avg 58.9% . -2.4pp since 2023
What this means: On the FAST / B.E.S.T., Florida's statewide test, about 38 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 45 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 2 points.
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
41.1%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
43.8%
based on FL schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-2.7pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 41% 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 →
7-year change
SY 2017-18 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
721
-83 (-10%) vs 2017
Student : Teacher
14.1:1
was 14.1:1
% White
19%
was 34%
% Hispanic
59%
was 45%
% Black
17%
was 16%
% Asian
1%
was 1%
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
About ROBERT H. PRINE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
ROBERT H. PRINE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, a medium-sized elementary school in BRADENTON, Florida, overseen by MANATEE, enrolls 721 students, covering grades pre-K through 5.
Within MANATEE, which oversees 80 schools and 54,215 students, ROBERT H. PRINE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is one campus in the system.
On demographics, ROBERT H. PRINE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL reports that 59% of the student body identifies as Hispanic. Beyond that, the school logs 19% White, 17% Black, 5% multiracial. That is noticeably more Hispanic than the county at large, where the share is closer to 18%.
Looking at school resources, Staff filings list 51 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 14.1:1 students per teacher. The state averages around 17.5:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. An estimated 75% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy. 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, ROBERT H. PRINE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 43.8%; this one delivers 41.1%.
Zooming out to the county, ACS estimates for Manatee County put median household income runs about $78,457, roughly 35% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 6% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Across Manatee County's 86 public schools (combined enrollment of about 54,208 students), ROBERT H. PRINE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is one campus in the mix.
Nearest neighbor: MANATEE SCHOOL OF ARTS/SCIENCES, around 0.3 miles off. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. On composite proficiency, ROBERT H. PRINE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL comes 4th of 8 in the immediate cluster, higher than the nearby-schools average of 40.1%.
Geographically, the school is in a bedroom-community area.
Five-year trend. Over the past 7-year window, the student count decreased 10%: 804 students in 2018 compared to 721 in 2025. The White share of enrollment shrank from 34% to 19% over that span.
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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 BRADENTON
- LAKEWOOD RANCH HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 2,422 students
- MANATEE HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 1,998 students
- BRADEN RIVER HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 1,705 students
- SOUTHEAST HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 1,638 students
- TEAM SUCCESS A SCHOOL OF EXCELLENCECombined · 1,441 students
- BAYSHORE HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 1,400 students
Nearby schools
- MANATEE SCHOOL OF ARTS/SCIENCES0.3 mi · 111
- W. D. SUGG MIDDLE SCHOOL1.3 mi · 1,017
- H. S. MOODY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL1.3 mi · 602
- MANATEE HIGH SCHOOL1.4 mi · 1,998
- JESSIE P. MILLER ELEMENTARY SCHOOL1.6 mi · 586
- BALLARD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL1.7 mi · 421
Frequently asked questions
About ROBERT H. PRINE ELEMENTARY SCHOOLHow large is ROBERT H. PRINE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
ROBERT H. PRINE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL enrolls approximately 721 students in grades PK-05.
What age range does ROBERT H. PRINE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL serve?
ROBERT H. PRINE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL serves students from grade PK through grade 05.
How many students per teacher at ROBERT H. PRINE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
Approximately 14.1:1 students per teacher at ROBERT H. PRINE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL.
What is the student diversity at ROBERT H. PRINE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
Student demographics at ROBERT H. PRINE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL are roughly 19% White, 59% Hispanic, 17% Black, 1% Asian, 5% Two or more.
What district is ROBERT H. PRINE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL in?
ROBERT H. PRINE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is part of MANATEE.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.