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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