Manatee Review

The most represented ethnicity among Manatee County students was white, accounting for 44.1% of the student population, according to the Florida Department of Education.

Of the 51,234 students attending Manatee County schools, 44.1% were white. Hispanic students were the second largest ethnicity, making up 36.4% of Manatee County students.

In the previous school year, white students were also the most common ethnicity in Manatee County, representing 43.6% of the student body.

Just for Girls Middle School had the most even distribution of races among the county schools, including 42.9% Hispanic students.

In the 2022-23 school year, the total number of students enrolled in public schools in the county increased by 2% when compared to the previous year.

Florida's choice to stick with in-person classes during the pandemic may have shielded students from significant learning setbacks. A recent Harvard study highlighted that districts heavily reliant on remote learning saw the most significant declines in student achievement amid the COVID-19 crisis.

Interestingly, gaps in math achievement by race and school poverty did not widen in school districts in states such as Texas and Florida and elsewhere that remained largely in-person, said Thomas Kane, professor at Harvard Graduate School of Education.

School Name	Most Prevalent Ethnicity	Percent of Total Student Body	Total Enrollment
Access to Education	Hispanic	47.6%	42
Amikids Manatee	Black	50%	26
Anna Maria Elementary School	White	85.8%	190
Annie Lucy Williams Elementary School	White	70.6%	798
B. D. Gullett Elementary School	White	70.5%	1,121
Ballard Elementary School	Hispanic	48%	400
Barbara A. Harvey Elementary School	White	68.5%	1,069
Bayshore Elementary School	Hispanic	53.2%	701
Bayshore High School	Hispanic	60.8%	1,435
Blackburn Elementary School	Hispanic	43.7%	551
Blanche H. Daughtrey Elementary School	Hispanic	78.5%	758
Braden River Elementary School	White	62.7%	568
Braden River High School	White	50.3%	1,774
Braden River Middle School	White	40.7%	810
Buffalo Creek Middle School	White	60.4%	1,127
Carlos E. Haile Middle School	White	56.9%	737
Dr. Mona Jain Middle School	White	63%	994
Easter Seals	Black	< 10%	12
Electa Lee Magnet Middle School	Hispanic	54.7%	759
Florine J. Abel Elementary School	Hispanic	49.4%	488
Freedom Elementary School	White	61.3%	574
G. D. Rogers Garden Bullock Elementary School	Hispanic	51%	504
Gene Witt Elementary School	White	74.9%	689
Gilbert W. McNeal Elementary School	White	72.6%	678
H. S. Moody Elementary School	Hispanic	53.1%	606
Horizons Academy	Hispanic	44.1%	454
Ida M. Stewart Elementary School	White	81.6%	391
Imagine Charter School at North Manatee	White	45.6%	682
Imagine Charter at Lakewood Ranch	White	62.2%	550
James Tillman Elementary Magnet School	Hispanic	42.1%	520
Jessie P. Miller Elementary School	White	47.2%	614
Just for Girls Elementary School	Black	37.2%	43
Just for Girls Middle School	Hispanic	42.9%	28
Juvenile Detention Center	Black	44.3%	61
Lakewood Ranch High School	White	70.9%	2,435
Lincoln Memorial Middle School	Hispanic	48.9%	413
Louise R. Johnson K-8 School of International Studies	Hispanic	44.1%	936
Manatee Charter School	Hispanic	54.9%	526
Manatee Community Action Agency-Head Start	White	< 10%	< 10
Manatee Elementary School	Hispanic	56.6%	525
Manatee High School	White	44.1%	1,983
Manatee School for the Arts	Hispanic	41.3%	1,968
Manatee School of Arts/Sciences	White	54.6%	130
Manatee Virtual Instruction Program	Black	< 10%	13
Manatee Virtual School ( Virtual Franchise)	White	67.9%	53
Marjorie G. Kinnan Elementary School	Hispanic	46.7%	516
Martha B. King Middle School	White	41.9%	848
Myakka City Elementary School	White	62.8%	309
Oasis Middle School	Hispanic	53.3%	45
Oneco Elementary School	Hispanic	46.6%	596
Pace Center for Girls	White	32.7%	55
Palm View K-8 School	Hispanic	51.3%	653
Palma Sola Elementary School	White	63.4%	434
Palmetto Charter School	White	74.9%	418
Palmetto Elementary School	Hispanic	56.7%	570
Palmetto High School	Hispanic	39.2%	2,100
Palmshores Behavior Health Center	White	69.1%	81
Parrish Charter Academy	White	73.8%	565
Parrish Community High School	White	65.2%	2,017
Pinnacle Academy Inc.	White	< 10%	< 10
R. Dan Nolan Middle School	White	70.3%	760
Robert H. Prine Elementary School	Hispanic	52.6%	744
Robert Willis Elementary School	White	71%	765
Rowlett Middle Academy	White	57.4%	671
Samoset Elementary School	Hispanic	57.7%	589
School of Academic and Behavioral Learning Excellence (Sable	Black	< 10%	13
Sea Breeze Elementary School	White	37.3%	499
Southeast High School	Hispanic	59.7%	1,716
State College of Florida Collegiate School	White	50.8%	492
Tara Elementary School	White	53.1%	559
Team Success A. School of Excellence	Hispanic	90.9%	1,222
The Port Academy	Black	< 10%	13
Virgil Mills Elementary School	White	63.3%	818
Visible Men Academy	Hispanic	54%	63
W. D. Sugg Middle School	Hispanic	61.6%	1,010
William H. Bashaw Elementary School	White	37.3%	684
William Monroe Rowlett Academy for Arts and Communication	White	52.7%	918