TARA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL

As a medium-sized elementary school in BRADENTON, Florida, TARA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL instructs 582 students from grades pre-K through 5, operated by MANATEE.

MANATEE comprises 80 schools with combined enrollment of 54,215 students; TARA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is among them.

For racial and ethnic makeup, TARA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL reports that the largest single group is White at 53%, but no single group is in the majority; the rest is composed of 28% Hispanic, 7% Asian, 6% multiracial, 5% Black. That is noticeably less White than the county at large, where the share is closer to 72%.

On the income-and-resources front, On paper, TARA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL has 41 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 14.2:1. The state averages around 17.5:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. Roughly 52% of students at TARA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, TARA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is in the OUTPERFORMING tier of the BeatsExpectations model, which fits a per-state line through proficiency and FRL share. Schools with this campus's poverty mix typically land near 55.3%; this one delivers 75.4%, a residual of +20.1 points.

Across the wider county, community-level numbers for Manatee County indicate median household income runs about $78,457, 35% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and roughly 6% of residents live below the federal poverty line. In all, Manatee County runs 86 public schools (combined enrollment of about 54,208 students), of which TARA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is one.

The closest other public school is BRADEN RIVER HIGH SCHOOL, roughly 1.4 miles away. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. On composite proficiency, TARA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL comes 1st of 7 in the immediate cluster, higher than the nearby-schools average of 56.6%.

Geographically, the school is in a bedroom-community area.

Over the past 7-year window. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at TARA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL has contracted 19%, going from 715 students in 2018 to 582 in 2025. The Hispanic share of enrollment shrank from 36% to 28% over that span. The student-to-teacher ratio tightened from 15.2:1 in 2018 to 14.2:1 today.

Within the allk12 community for this school, posts here usually surface around science fair prep, picture-day reminders, and bus-route questions. Posting is open to anyone connected to the school.