Manatee Review

There were 2,531 multiracial students enrolled in Manatee County schools in the 2022-23 school year, a 9% increase from the 2,323 multiracial 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, multiracial students comprised 4.9% of the student body to be the third least represented ethnicity in the county.

Among the 77 schools in Manatee County, Manatee School for the Arts recorded the highest enrollment of multiracial students in the 2022-23 school year, with a total of 110 students, making up 5.6% 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 multiracial Students Enrolment	Total Enrollment
Lakewood Ranch High School	3.9	2,435
Palmetto High School	3.8	2,100
Parrish Community High School	4.5	2,017
Manatee High School	3.9	1,983
Manatee School for the Arts	5.6	1,968
Braden River High School	4.7	1,774
Southeast High School	2.9	1,716
Bayshore High School	4.6	1,435
Buffalo Creek Middle School	4.2	1,127
B. D. Gullett Elementary School	5.7	1,121
Barbara A. Harvey Elementary School	5.6	1,069
W. D. Sugg Middle School	4.1	1,010
Dr. Mona Jain Middle School	4.4	994
Louise R. Johnson K-8 School of International Studies	1.3	936
William Monroe Rowlett Academy for Arts and Communication	2.6	918
Martha B. King Middle School	1.5	848
Braden River Middle School	5.2	810
Annie Lucy Williams Elementary School	1.5	798
Robert Willis Elementary School	4.2	765
R. Dan Nolan Middle School	1.4	760
Electa Lee Magnet Middle School	5.9	759
Carlos E. Haile Middle School	6.5	737
William H. Bashaw Elementary School	3.1	684
Rowlett Middle Academy	4.6	671
Jessie P. Miller Elementary School	1.8	614
Freedom Elementary School	3.7	574
James Tillman Elementary Magnet School	2.1	520
Palma Sola Elementary School	2.5	434
Lincoln Memorial Middle School	4.8	413