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How has SEA BREEZE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL changed in the last five years, for better or worse?
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Enrollment
502
Elementary
DISTRICT 564 · STATE 604
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·MANATEE·NCES 120123002839
SEA BREEZE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
3601 71ST ST W, BRADENTON, FL 34209 · (941) 741-3190 · Manatee County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY13-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL502 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
14.8:1
34 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 14.0:1 · STATE 17.5:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
66%
331 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 | 45 | 9% |
| Kindergarten | 74 | 15% |
| Grade 1 | 76 | 15% |
| Grade 2 | 80 | 16% |
| Grade 3 | 69 | 14% |
| Grade 4 | 78 | 16% |
| Grade 5 | 80 | 16% |
This year's kindergarten class (74) is 8% smaller than its 5th grade class (80).
Student demographics
69%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
42.9%
FL avg 56.7% . -0.4pp since 2023
Math
51.0%
FL avg 58.9% . -3.7pp since 2023
What this means: On the FAST / B.E.S.T., Florida's statewide test, about 43 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 51 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Florida schools, those numbers are about 57 and 59. Reading and writing scores have held steady since 2023, while math scores are down about 4 points.
FAST / B.E.S.T. results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 42.9% | 51.0% |
| 2023-24 | 43.3% | 54.7% |
% 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
46.4%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
48.1%
based on FL schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-1.7pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 46% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 48% 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 SEA BREEZE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
SEA BREEZE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL's state test result (46.4% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| SEA BREEZE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL this school | 502 | 65.9% | 46.4% |
| BLUE LAKE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL DELAND | 524 | 65.1% | 45.7% |
| INDIAN RIVER ACADEMY VERO BEACH | 444 | 64.2% | 62.3% |
| LOPEZ ELEMENTARY SCHOOL SEFFNER | 511 | 63.2% | 51.0% |
| DUNEDIN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL DUNEDIN | 474 | 68.1% | 45.7% |
| SOMERSET ACADEMY BETHANY PORT ST LUCIE | 527 | 64.1% | 57.1% |
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 SEA BREEZE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Florida | In Manatee County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 46.4% | #1,509 of 2,136 | #26 of 41 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 51.0% | #1,509 of 2,149 ▼ 343 | #28 of 41 ▼ 4 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 42.9% | #1,654 of 2,149 ▼ 177 | #26 of 41 ▼ 2 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 502 | #1,409 of 2,267 | #29 of 45 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 14.8:1 | #597 of 2,077 | #17 of 39 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 69.2% | #271 of 2,108 | #2 of 39 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 65.9% | #641 of 2,188 | #20 of 41 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -16.6% | #636 of 1,374 | #8 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
502
-26 (-5%) vs 2020
-27% since 2000-01, when it was 685
Student : Teacher
14.8:1
was 13.5:1
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 | 502 | 34 | 14.8:1 | 66% (331) |
| 2023-24 | 503 | 40 | 12.6:1 | 68% (340) |
| 2022-23 | 499 | 34 | 14.7:1 | 74% (370) |
| 2020-21 | 528 | 39 | 13.5:1 | 64% (336) |
| 2017-18 | 602 | 47 | 12.8:1 | 67% (401) |
| 2015-16 | 598 | 44 | 13.6:1 | 63% (374) |
| 2010-11 | 633 | 41 | 15.4:1 | 67% (427) |
| 2000-01 | 685 | 39 | 17.6:1 | 35% (238) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for SEA BREEZE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL.
About SEA BREEZE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
SEA BREEZE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is a public small elementary school in BRADENTON, Florida. It enrolls 502 students in 2024-25. The grades offered are pre-K through 5.
In MANATEE, 80 schools enroll a combined 54,215 students.
The largest group at SEA BREEZE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is Hispanic students, at 41%. Other students are 31% White, 21% Black, and 6% multiracial. That is higher than the 18% Hispanic share among all Manatee County residents. A diversity index of 69% means there is a 69% chance two randomly chosen students at SEA BREEZE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL are from different groups.
Its staff includes 34 full-time-equivalent teachers, for about 14.8 students per teacher. Compared with the 17.5:1 average for elementary schools in Florida, this school's ratio is lower. Roughly 66% of students at SEA BREEZE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL can receive free or reduced-price lunch. Across public schools in Manatee County, the average is 51%.
SEA BREEZE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL posts an average proficiency rate across its state test results of 46.4%, compared with a predicted 48.1%. It is not in the top or bottom 10% of Florida schools on BeatsExpectations.
In Manatee County, the median household earns about $78,457 a year, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 35%, and roughly 6% of residents are in poverty. Across Manatee County, 86 public schools serve about 54,208 students.
SEA BREEZE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL's nearest public school is W. D. SUGG MIDDLE SCHOOL (about 0.9 miles). There are at least 8 more public schools inside five miles. Among the 9 closest schools with test data, this one included, SEA BREEZE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL ranks 5th on average proficiency.
The school's locale code, City: Small, means it is inside a principal city with a population under 100,000.
Enrollment in 2024-25 stood at 502, compared with 528 in 2020-21. There were more students per teacher in 2024-25 (14.8:1) than in 2020-21 (13.5:1).
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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
- W. D. SUGG MIDDLE SCHOOL0.9 mi · 1,017
- H. S. MOODY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL0.9 mi · 602
- OASIS MIDDLE SCHOOL1.9 mi · 49
- ROBERT H. PRINE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL2.2 mi · 721
- MANATEE SCHOOL OF ARTS/SCIENCES2.3 mi · 111
- PALMA SOLA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL2.3 mi · 396
Frequently asked questions
About SEA BREEZE ELEMENTARY SCHOOLHow large is SEA BREEZE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
SEA BREEZE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL enrolls approximately 502 students in grades PK-05.
What grades does SEA BREEZE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL serve?
SEA BREEZE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL serves grades PK-05.
What is the student-teacher ratio at SEA BREEZE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
The student-to-teacher ratio at SEA BREEZE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is approximately 14.8:1 (34 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at SEA BREEZE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
At SEA BREEZE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, the student body is approximately 31% White, 41% Hispanic, 21% Black, 2% Asian, 6% Two or more.
Who oversees SEA BREEZE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
SEA BREEZE 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.