Manatee Review

There were 6,233 Black students enrolled in Manatee County schools in the 2022-23 school year, a 2.5% decrease from the 6,396 Black students in the previous school year, according to the Florida Department of Education.

Data showed that Manatee County welcomed a total of 51,234 students during the 2022-23 school year. Among them, Black students comprised 12.2% of the student body to be the third most represented ethnicity in the county.

Among the 77 schools in Manatee County, Palmetto High School recorded the highest enrollment of Black students in the 2022-23 school year, with a total of 430 students, making up 20.5% of the school's total student body.

In 2022, Florida had more than 2.8 million students enrolled in its 4,202 schools. There were 163,558 teachers in the public schools, or roughly one teacher for every 17 students, compared to the national average of 1:16.

Private school enrollment increased by more than 51,000 students in the 2021-22 school year, which was a notable rebound after the pandemic. In total, there were 416,084 students enrolled, marking the highest enrollment in private schools reported by the Florida Department of Education in 30 years.

According to WalletHub's analysis, Florida is ranked ninth out of 50 states in terms of its public school quality and safety.

School name	% of Black Students Enrolment	Total Enrollment
Lakewood Ranch High School	4.4	2,435
Palmetto High School	20.5	2,100
Parrish Community High School	6.1	2,017
Manatee High School	13.7	1,983
Manatee School for the Arts	10.5	1,968
Braden River High School	8	1,774
Southeast High School	19.5	1,716
Bayshore High School	14.4	1,435
Buffalo Creek Middle School	10.3	1,127
Barbara A. Harvey Elementary School	5.8	1,069
W. D. Sugg Middle School	18.6	1,010
Dr. Mona Jain Middle School	7	994
Louise R. Johnson K-8 School of International Studies	19.9	936
William Monroe Rowlett Academy for Arts and Communication	8	918
Martha B. King Middle School	14.6	848
Virgil Mills Elementary School	5.9	818
Braden River Middle School	10.1	810
Annie Lucy Williams Elementary School	4	798
R. Dan Nolan Middle School	3.4	760
Electa Lee Magnet Middle School	17.5	759
Blanche H. Daughtrey Elementary School	8.6	758
Robert H. Prine Elementary School	16.9	744
Carlos E. Haile Middle School	8	737
Bayshore Elementary School	9.7	701
William H. Bashaw Elementary School	17.4	684
Imagine Charter School at North Manatee	15.5	682
Rowlett Middle Academy	8.9	671
Palm View K-8 School	17.5	653
Jessie P. Miller Elementary School	9.8	614
H. S. Moody Elementary School	16.3	606
Oneco Elementary School	24	596
Samoset Elementary School	19.9	589
Palmetto Elementary School	12.6	570
Tara Elementary School	2.9	559
Blackburn Elementary School	24.7	551
Manatee Charter School	20.7	526
Manatee Elementary School	31.4	525
James Tillman Elementary Magnet School	29.6	520
G. D. Rogers Garden Bullock Elementary School	34.5	504
Sea Breeze Elementary School	16.6	499
Florine J. Abel Elementary School	15.4	488
Horizons Academy	28.6	454
Lincoln Memorial Middle School	34.4	413
Ballard Elementary School	19.5	400
Juvenile Detention Center	19.7	61