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What do students at SAMOSET ELEMENTARY SCHOOL actually talk about outside of class?
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Enrollment
544
Elementary
DISTRICT 564 · STATE 604
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·MANATEE·NCES 120123001235
SAMOSET ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
3300 19TH ST E, BRADENTON, FL 34208 · (941) 708-6400 · Manatee County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL544 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
13.9:1
39 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 14.0:1 · STATE 17.5:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
81%
441 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
26.5%
FL avg 56.7% . +3.7pp since 2023
Math
42.1%
FL avg 58.9% . +3.8pp since 2023
What this means: On the FAST / B.E.S.T., Florida's statewide test, about 27 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 42 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 4 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 4 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
33.9%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
40.5%
based on FL schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-6.7pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 34% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 41% 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
544
-82 (-13%) vs 2017
Student : Teacher
13.9:1
was 15.7:1
% White
12%
was 13%
% Hispanic
63%
was 61%
% Black
20%
was 23%
% Asian
0%
was 0%
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
About SAMOSET ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
SAMOSET ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is a moderately sized elementary campus in BRADENTON, Florida, overseen by MANATEE. The school hosts 544 students in grades pre-K through 5.
MANATEE runs 80 schools in total, collectively educating 54,215 students. SAMOSET ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is one of those campuses.
On demographics, SAMOSET ELEMENTARY SCHOOL reports that 63% of the student body identifies as Hispanic; the rest looks like 20% Black, 12% White, 4% multiracial. By comparison, Manatee County as a whole is about 18% Hispanic, so the school skews considerably more Hispanic than its surroundings.
On the income-and-resources front, On paper, SAMOSET ELEMENTARY SCHOOL has 39 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 13.9:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 17.5:1 average. An estimated 81% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. That share is noticeably above Manatee County's rate of about 51%.
With demographic context factored in, SAMOSET ELEMENTARY SCHOOL sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 40.5%; this one delivers 33.9%.
In the surrounding community, census data for Manatee County shows median household income runs about $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), SAMOSET ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is one campus in the mix.
PALMSHORES BEHAVIOR HEALTH CENTER is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.6 miles from this campus. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts SAMOSET ELEMENTARY SCHOOL at 6th of 6; the average score across the group is 55.1%.
The campus sits in a residential setting.
Trend over the last 7 years. SAMOSET ELEMENTARY SCHOOL's enrollment has contracted 13% since 2018, when it stood at 626 (now 544). Class-load math has fell: from 15.7:1 in 2018 to 13.9:1 in 2025.
In the discussion threads here, members of the SAMOSET ELEMENTARY SCHOOL community share and discuss school events, parent volunteer needs, and clubs. Members of the school community can share what they know.
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
- PALMSHORES BEHAVIOR HEALTH CENTER0.6 mi · 88
- SOUTHEAST HIGH SCHOOL0.6 mi · 1,638
- LOUISE R JOHNSON K-8 SCHOOL OF INTERNATIONAL STUDIES0.6 mi · 844
- WILLIAM MONROE ROWLETT ACADEMY FOR ARTS AND COMMUNICATION0.9 mi · 917
- HORIZONS ACADEMY1.0 mi · 429
- MANATEE CHARTER SCHOOL1.2 mi · 619
Frequently asked questions
About SAMOSET ELEMENTARY SCHOOLHow large is SAMOSET ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
SAMOSET ELEMENTARY SCHOOL enrolls approximately 544 students in grades PK-05.
What age range does SAMOSET ELEMENTARY SCHOOL serve?
SAMOSET ELEMENTARY SCHOOL serves students from grade PK through grade 05.
What is the student-teacher ratio at SAMOSET ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
The student-to-teacher ratio at SAMOSET ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is approximately 13.9:1 (39 FTE teachers).
How diverse is SAMOSET ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
SAMOSET ELEMENTARY SCHOOL reports a student body of 12% White, 63% Hispanic, 20% Black, 0% Asian, 4% Two or more.
Who oversees SAMOSET ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
SAMOSET ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is overseen by MANATEE in Manatee County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.