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.

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