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Enrollment
720
Elementary
DISTRICT 564 · STATE 604
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·MANATEE·NCES 120123002474
WILLIAM H. BASHAW ELEMENTARY
3515 57TH ST E, BRADENTON, FL 34208 · (941) 741-3307 · Manatee County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL720 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
15.0:1
48 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 14.0:1 · STATE 17.5:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
68%
489 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 | 6% |
| Kindergarten | 109 | 15% |
| Grade 1 | 101 | 14% |
| Grade 2 | 114 | 16% |
| Grade 3 | 126 | 18% |
| Grade 4 | 100 | 14% |
| Grade 5 | 125 | 17% |
This year's kindergarten class (109) is 13% smaller than its 5th grade class (125).
Student demographics
71%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
40.6%
FL avg 56.7% . +1.2pp since 2023
Math
43.0%
FL avg 58.9% . -9.1pp since 2023
What this means: On the FAST / B.E.S.T., Florida's statewide test, about 41 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 43 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 1 points since 2023, while math scores are down about 9 points.
FAST / B.E.S.T. results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 40.6% | 43.0% |
| 2023-24 | 39.4% | 52.1% |
% 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
44.8%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
47.1%
based on FL schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-2.3pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 45% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 47% 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 WILLIAM H. BASHAW ELEMENTARY
WILLIAM H. BASHAW ELEMENTARY's state test result (44.8% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| WILLIAM H. BASHAW ELEMENTARY this school | 720 | 67.9% | 44.8% |
| GREENWAY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL OCALA | 720 | 68.5% | 45.1% |
| ENGLISH ESTATES ELEMENTARY SCHOOL FERN PARK | 637 | 71.0% | 52.6% |
| SOUTH POINTE ELEMENTARY WINTER HAVEN | 689 | 68.8% | 46.0% |
| LEGACY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL OCALA | 753 | 71.0% | 32.8% |
| CASSELBERRY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL CASSELBERRY | 716 | 68.0% | 66.7% |
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 WILLIAM H. BASHAW ELEMENTARY ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Florida | In Manatee County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 44.8% | #1,588 of 2,136 | #30 of 41 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 43.0% | #1,832 of 2,149 ▼ 536 | #35 of 41 ▼ 9 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 40.6% | #1,750 of 2,149 ▼ 90 | #29 of 41 ▼ 1 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 720 | #654 of 2,267 | #13 of 45 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 15.0:1 | #689 of 2,077 | #23 of 39 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 70.9% | #149 of 2,108 | #1 of 39 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 67.9% | #548 of 2,188 | #18 of 41 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +16.7% | #236 of 621 | #7 of 12 |
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
720
+100 (+16%) vs 2020
-10% since 1990-91, when it was 797
Student : Teacher
15.0:1
was 15.9:1
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 | 720 | 48 | 15.0:1 | 68% (489) |
| 2023-24 | 690 | 40 | 17.3:1 | 69% (478) |
| 2022-23 | 684 | 40 | 17.1:1 | 69% (474) |
| 2020-21 | 620 | 39 | 15.9:1 | 71% (439) |
| 2017-18 | 617 | 42 | 14.7:1 | 70% (433) |
| 2015-16 | 570 | 41 | 13.9:1 | 71% (402) |
| 2010-11 | 677 | 50 | 13.5:1 | 58% (390) |
| 2000-01 | 787 | 47 | 16.7:1 | 30% (238) |
| 1990-91 | 797 | 40 | 19.9:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for WILLIAM H. BASHAW ELEMENTARY.
About WILLIAM H. BASHAW ELEMENTARY
WILLIAM H. BASHAW ELEMENTARY is a public mid-sized elementary school in BRADENTON, Florida. Its grade span covers pre-K through 5, with 720 students on the rolls.
In MANATEE, 80 schools enroll a combined 54,215 students.
About 38% of students at WILLIAM H. BASHAW ELEMENTARY are Hispanic, the largest single group. The school is also 31% White, 21% Black, and 8% multiracial. The Hispanic share of the county population is lower, at 18%. Its diversity index, the chance that two randomly chosen students belong to different racial or ethnic groups, is 71%.
On staff are 48 full-time-equivalent teachers; the student-to-teacher ratio is 15.0:1. Statewide, elementary schools in Florida average 17.5:1. WILLIAM H. BASHAW ELEMENTARY has a free or reduced-price lunch rate of 68%. For comparison, public schools in Manatee County average 51%.
When test results are adjusted for free or reduced-price lunch eligibility, WILLIAM H. BASHAW ELEMENTARY is 2.3 points below its prediction. Actual: 44.8%. Predicted: 47.1%.
Looking at the county, Manatee County, the median household earns about $78,457 a year, 35% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 6% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Counting WILLIAM H. BASHAW ELEMENTARY, Manatee County has 86 public schools.
Among nearby public schools, BRADEN RIVER HIGH SCHOOL is closest at about 1.3 miles. WILLIAM H. BASHAW ELEMENTARY is one of several public schools in the area, with at least 8 others within five miles. The nearest schools with test data average 59.9%, higher than WILLIAM H. BASHAW ELEMENTARY's 44.8%.
NCES lists the school's locale as Suburb: Large. That means it sits in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
Enrollment was 720 in 2024-25. In 2020-21, it was 620.
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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
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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
- BRADEN RIVER HIGH SCHOOL1.3 mi · 1,705
- MANATEE CHARTER SCHOOL2.5 mi · 619
- TARA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL2.7 mi · 582
- CARLOS E. HAILE MIDDLE SCHOOL2.8 mi · 715
- FREEDOM ELEMENTARY SCHOOL3.0 mi · 736
- HORIZONS ACADEMY3.0 mi · 429
Frequently asked questions
About WILLIAM H. BASHAW ELEMENTARYHow large is WILLIAM H. BASHAW ELEMENTARY?
WILLIAM H. BASHAW ELEMENTARY enrolls approximately 720 students in grades PK-05.
Is WILLIAM H. BASHAW ELEMENTARY an elementary, middle, or high school?
WILLIAM H. BASHAW ELEMENTARY is an elementary school covering grades PK-05.
What is the student-teacher ratio at WILLIAM H. BASHAW ELEMENTARY?
The student-to-teacher ratio at WILLIAM H. BASHAW ELEMENTARY is approximately 15.0:1 (48 FTE teachers).
How diverse is WILLIAM H. BASHAW ELEMENTARY?
WILLIAM H. BASHAW ELEMENTARY reports a student body of 31% White, 38% Hispanic, 21% Black, 2% Asian, 8% Two or more.
Is WILLIAM H. BASHAW ELEMENTARY public or private?
WILLIAM H. BASHAW ELEMENTARY is a public K-12 school, overseen by MANATEE.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.