Manatee Review

There were 21,882 white students enrolled in Manatee County schools in the 2023-24 school year, a 0.9% decrease from the 22,073 white students in the previous school year, according to the Florida Department of Education.

Data showed that Manatee County welcomed a total of 51,127 students during the 2023-24 school year. Among them, white students comprised 42.8% of the student body to be the most represented ethnicity in the county.

Among the 76 schools in Manatee County, Lakewood Ranch High School recorded the highest enrollment of white students in the 2023-24 school year, with a total of 1,668 students, making up 70.4% of the school's total student body.

Gov. DeSantis has approved an education budget of over $28 billion for the 2024-25 school year. The new budget includes more than $1 billion earmarked exclusively for teacher salaries to better address the teacher shortage the state faces.

A 2024 WalletHub study ranked Florida 49th in the nation for teacher salaries when adjusted for cost of living, making it one of the lowest in the U.S.

School name	% of white Students Enrolment	Total Enrollment
Lakewood Ranch High School	70.4%	2,368
Palmetto High School	35.4%	2,194
Parrish Community High School	62.9%	2,133
Manatee School for the Arts	42.1%	2,001
Manatee High School	42.3%	1,996
Braden River High School	49.1%	1,801
Southeast High School	14.4%	1,641
Bayshore High School	18.4%	1,464
Team Success A. School of Excellence	3.1%	1,310
B. D. Gullett Elementary School	68.8%	1,258
Barbara A. Harvey Elementary School	63.3%	1,252
Buffalo Creek Middle School	60.2%	1,122
W. D. Sugg Middle School	16.8%	1,009
Dr. Mona Jain Middle School	60.6%	927
William Monroe Rowlett Academy for Arts and Communication	51.9%	918
Louise R. Johnson K-8 School of International Studies	28.9%	913
Martha B. King Middle School	41.4%	872
Braden River Middle School	40.9%	838
Virgil Mills Elementary School	61.2%	833
Annie Lucy Williams Elementary School	67.9%	831
Imagine Charter School at North Manatee	42.4%	773
Robert Willis Elementary School	68.6%	764
Gene Witt Elementary School	72.3%	754
Parrish Charter Academy	72.3%	745
R. Dan Nolan Middle School	70.5%	721
Robert H. Prine Elementary School	22.6%	716
Electa Lee Magnet Middle School	18.7%	712
Bayshore Elementary School	26%	708
Carlos E. Haile Middle School	58.4%	697
Blanche H. Daughtrey Elementary School	6.9%	693
William H. Bashaw Elementary School	34.5%	690
Rowlett Middle Academy	53.6%	662
Gilbert W. McNeal Elementary School	72.2%	659
Freedom Elementary School	62.8%	611
Oneco Elementary School	19.7%	599
Manatee Charter School	20.7%	594
H. S. Moody Elementary School	22.9%	582
Samoset Elementary School	14.8%	576
James Tillman Elementary Magnet School	18.3%	575
Horizons Academy	19.3%	571
Palm View K-8 School	26.8%	571
Jessie P. Miller Elementary School	46.2%	569
Tara Elementary School	53.5%	568
Braden River Elementary School	60.3%	547
Palmetto Elementary School	17.4%	545
Marjorie G. Kinnan Elementary School	26.4%	527
Imagine Charter at Lakewood Ranch	58.6%	522
Sea Breeze Elementary School	36.6%	503
Manatee Elementary School	4.9%	489
State College of Florida Collegiate School	48.9%	485
Florine J. Abel Elementary School	24.1%	477
G. D. Rogers Garden Bullock Elementary School	7.8%	464
Lincoln Memorial Middle School	9.3%	463
Blackburn Elementary School	24.8%	456
Palmetto Charter School	73.4%	436
Ballard Elementary School	20.6%	417
Palma Sola Elementary School	59.6%	408
Ida M. Stewart Elementary School	81.1%	391
Myakka City Elementary School	63.2%	315
Anna Maria Elementary School	83.1%	207
Manatee School of Arts/Sciences	46.8%	109
Juvenile Detention Center	40%	80
Palmshores Behavior Health Center	57.7%	78
Visible Men Academy	25.7%	70
Access to Education	23.5%	51
Pace Center for Girls	32%	50
Manatee Virtual School ( Virtual Franchise)	65.8%	38
Easter Seals	60%	20