Manatee Review

There were 18,643 Hispanic students enrolled in Manatee County schools in the 2022-23 school year, a 3.3% increase from the 18,046 Hispanic 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, Hispanic students comprised 36.4% of the student body to be the second most represented ethnicity in the county.

Among the 77 schools in Manatee County, Team Success A. School of Excellence recorded the highest enrollment of Hispanic students in the 2022-23 school year, with a total of 1,111 students, making up 90.9% 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 Hispanic Students Enrolment	Total Enrollment
Lakewood Ranch High School	17.2	2,435
Palmetto High School	39.2	2,100
Parrish Community High School	20.2	2,017
Manatee High School	36.5	1,983
Manatee School for the Arts	41.3	1,968
Braden River High School	31	1,774
Southeast High School	59.7	1,716
Bayshore High School	60.8	1,435
Team Success A. School of Excellence	90.9	1,222
Buffalo Creek Middle School	22.4	1,127
B. D. Gullett Elementary School	16.7	1,121
Barbara A. Harvey Elementary School	16.8	1,069
W. D. Sugg Middle School	61.6	1,010
Dr. Mona Jain Middle School	22	994
Louise R. Johnson K-8 School of International Studies	44.1	936
William Monroe Rowlett Academy for Arts and Communication	30.3	918
Martha B. King Middle School	38.4	848
Virgil Mills Elementary School	19.6	818
Braden River Middle School	39	810
Annie Lucy Williams Elementary School	15.3	798
Robert Willis Elementary School	13.6	765
R. Dan Nolan Middle School	19.1	760
Electa Lee Magnet Middle School	54.7	759
Blanche H. Daughtrey Elementary School	78.5	758
Robert H. Prine Elementary School	52.6	744
Carlos E. Haile Middle School	23.9	737
Bayshore Elementary School	53.2	701
Gene Witt Elementary School	13.9	689
William H. Bashaw Elementary School	34.2	684
Imagine Charter School at North Manatee	30.5	682
Gilbert W. McNeal Elementary School	14.5	678
Rowlett Middle Academy	25.8	671
Palm View K-8 School	51.1	653
Jessie P. Miller Elementary School	32.9	614
H. S. Moody Elementary School	53	606
Oneco Elementary School	46.5	596
Samoset Elementary School	57.7	589
Freedom Elementary School	21.4	574
Palmetto Elementary School	56.7	570
Braden River Elementary School	21.7	568
Parrish Charter Academy	12	565
Tara Elementary School	27.5	559
Blackburn Elementary School	43.7	551
Imagine Charter at Lakewood Ranch	24.2	550
Manatee Charter School	54.9	526
Manatee Elementary School	56.6	525
James Tillman Elementary Magnet School	41	520
Marjorie G. Kinnan Elementary School	46.7	516
G. D. Rogers Garden Bullock Elementary School	50.4	504
Sea Breeze Elementary School	31.5	499
State College of Florida Collegiate School	31.7	492
Florine J. Abel Elementary School	49.4	488
Horizons Academy	43.2	454
Palma Sola Elementary School	18	434
Palmetto Charter School	3.3	418
Lincoln Memorial Middle School	48.9	413
Ballard Elementary School	48	400
Myakka City Elementary School	33.3	309
Manatee School of Arts/Sciences	8.5	130
Oasis Middle School	22.2	45