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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
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 | 46 | 6% |
| Kindergarten | 97 | 13% |
| Grade 1 | 123 | 17% |
| Grade 2 | 108 | 15% |
| Grade 3 | 129 | 18% |
| Grade 4 | 107 | 15% |
| Grade 5 | 111 | 15% |
This year's kindergarten class (97) is 13% smaller than its 5th grade class (111).
Student demographics
58%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
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.
FAST / B.E.S.T. results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 37.9% | 45.0% |
| 2023-24 | 35.6% | 47.4% |
% 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
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 →
Schools most like ROBERT H. PRINE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
ROBERT H. PRINE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL's state test result (41.1% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| ROBERT H. PRINE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL this school | 721 | 74.6% | 41.1% |
| BAYSHORE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL BRADENTON | 711 | 72.3% | 45.0% |
| FOREST HILLS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL TAMPA | 731 | 74.6% | 38.4% |
| FOREST CITY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL ALTAMONTE SPRINGS | 765 | 75.8% | 62.8% |
| RUSKIN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL RUSKIN | 838 | 71.5% | 31.2% |
| COLLEGE PARK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL OCALA | 873 | 72.5% | 38.2% |
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 ROBERT H. PRINE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Florida | In Manatee County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 41.1% | #1,759 of 2,136 | #33 of 41 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 45.0% | #1,756 of 2,149 ▼ 237 | #32 of 41 ▲ 1 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 37.9% | #1,851 of 2,149 ▼ 30 | #33 of 41 no change |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 721 | #651 of 2,267 | #12 of 45 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 14.1:1 | #377 of 2,077 | #12 of 39 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 58.5% | #964 of 2,108 | #21 of 39 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 74.6% | #290 of 2,188 | #8 of 41 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -10.3% | #922 of 1,374 | #15 of 24 |
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
721
-2 (0%) vs 2020
-10% since 1990-91, when it was 800
Student : Teacher
14.1:1
was 17.2:1
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 | 721 | 51 | 14.1:1 | 75% (538) |
| 2023-24 | 716 | 52 | 13.8:1 | 72% (518) |
| 2022-23 | 744 | 51 | 14.6:1 | 75% (556) |
| 2020-21 | 723 | 42 | 17.2:1 | 68% (490) |
| 2017-18 | 804 | 57 | 14.1:1 | 77% (623) |
| 2015-16 | 792 | 54 | 14.7:1 | 73% (575) |
| 2010-11 | 789 | 50 | 15.8:1 | 77% (604) |
| 2000-01 | 793 | 45 | 17.6:1 | 50% (398) |
| 1990-91 | 800 | 42 | 19.1:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for ROBERT H. PRINE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL.
About ROBERT H. PRINE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
ROBERT H. PRINE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is a mid-sized elementary school based in BRADENTON, Florida. It teaches 721 students in pre-K through 5.
ROBERT H. PRINE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL sits within MANATEE, which has 80 schools and 54,215 students.
Of every 100 students at ROBERT H. PRINE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, about 59 are Hispanic. Beyond that, enrollment is 19% White, 17% Black, and 5% multiracial. The Hispanic share of the county population is lower, at 18%. The diversity index for ROBERT H. PRINE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is 58%. For US public schools as a whole it is 70%.
On staff are 51 full-time-equivalent teachers; the student-to-teacher ratio is 14.1:1. Statewide, elementary schools in Florida average 17.5:1. ROBERT H. PRINE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL has a free or reduced-price lunch rate of 75%. It compares with 51% for public schools in Manatee County.
The model predicts 43.8% for a school in Florida with ROBERT H. PRINE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL's free or reduced-price lunch share. ROBERT H. PRINE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL posts 41.1%.
In the wider Manatee County area, median household income comes to about $78,457, roughly 35% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and about 6% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Manatee County's 86 public schools enroll about 54,208 students and include ROBERT H. PRINE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL.
Among nearby public schools, MANATEE SCHOOL OF ARTS/SCIENCES is closest at about 0.3 miles. There are at least 8 more public schools inside five miles. Of the 8 nearby schools with scores, including this one, ROBERT H. PRINE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is 4th on average proficiency.
The National Center for Education Statistics classifies the school's location as Suburb: Large, meaning it is in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
The school's size has been steady, with 723 students in 2020-21 and 721 in 2024-25. The ratio of students to teachers went from 17.2:1 to 14.1:1 over the same years.
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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.