SOUTHEAST HIGH SCHOOL

SOUTHEAST HIGH SCHOOL is a big senior high in BRADENTON, Florida, run under MANATEE. The school serves 1,638 students in grades 8 through 12. That puts it 58% larger than the typical public school in Florida, which averages around 1,035 students.

MANATEE runs 80 schools in total, collectively educating 54,215 students. SOUTHEAST HIGH SCHOOL is one of those campuses.

Demographically, SOUTHEAST HIGH SCHOOL records that Hispanic students make up the majority at 64%. Other groups include 19% Black, 13% White, 3% multiracial. That is noticeably more Hispanic than the county at large, where the share is closer to 18%.

In terms of school funding signals, Staff filings list 79 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 20.7:1 students per teacher. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 23.5:1 average. Roughly 66% of students at SOUTHEAST HIGH SCHOOL qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. By comparison, Manatee County runs at roughly 51%, so the school's eligibility rate is somewhat above the surrounding baseline.

After controlling for student poverty, SOUTHEAST HIGH SCHOOL performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 48.3%, the actual is 36.7%, a residual of -11.6 points.

In the broader community, census data for Manatee County shows median household income runs about $78,457, 35% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 6%. Across Manatee County's 86 public schools (combined enrollment of about 54,208 students), SOUTHEAST HIGH SCHOOL is one campus in the mix.

The closest other public school is PALMSHORES BEHAVIOR HEALTH CENTER, roughly 0.2 miles away. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts SOUTHEAST HIGH SCHOOL at 5th of 6; the average score across the group is 55.2%.

Geographically, the school is in an outer-ring area.

Five-year trend. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at SOUTHEAST HIGH SCHOOL has contracted 3%, going from 1,681 students in 2018 to 1,638 in 2025. The Hispanic share of enrollment edged up from 46% to 64% over that span.

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