Manatee County Education: 933 Asian students were enrolled in schools in 2023-24 school year

Manny Diaz, Jr. Commissioner of education at Florida Department of Education | https://www.flbog.edu/member/21325/

By Manatee Review

Feb 21, 2025

There were 933 Asian students enrolled in Manatee County schools in the 2023-24 school year, a 3.7% decrease from the 969 Asian 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, Asian students comprised 1.8% of the student body to be the least represented ethnicity in the county.

Among the 76 schools in Manatee County, Braden River High School recorded the highest enrollment of Asian students in the 2023-24 school year, with a total of 102 students, making up 5.7% 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.

Ethnicities in Manatee County in 2023-24 School Year

Enrollment in Manatee County Schools During 2023-24 School Year

School name	% of Asian Students Enrolment	Total Enrollment
Lakewood Ranch High School	3.3%	2,368
Palmetto High School	1.3%	2,194
Parrish Community High School	3.6%	2,133
Manatee School for the Arts	1.4%	2,001
Manatee High School	1.3%	1,996
Braden River High School	5.7%	1,801
Southeast High School	1.2%	1,641
Bayshore High School	1.3%	1,464
B. D. Gullett Elementary School	3.7%	1,258
Barbara A. Harvey Elementary School	2.1%	1,252
Buffalo Creek Middle School	2.5%	1,122
Dr. Mona Jain Middle School	2%	927
William Monroe Rowlett Academy for Arts and Communication	1.1%	918
Louise R. Johnson K-8 School of International Studies	2.3%	913
Martha B. King Middle School	1.6%	872
Braden River Middle School	4.5%	838
Virgil Mills Elementary School	3%	833
Imagine Charter School at North Manatee	1.4%	773
Robert Willis Elementary School	4.7%	764
Gene Witt Elementary School	2.5%	754
Parrish Charter Academy	3.6%	745
R. Dan Nolan Middle School	2.2%	721
Bayshore Elementary School	1.6%	708
Carlos E. Haile Middle School	4.3%	697
William H. Bashaw Elementary School	1.9%	690
Rowlett Middle Academy	2.1%	662
Freedom Elementary School	2.6%	611
Tara Elementary School	7%	568
Braden River Elementary School	2.9%	547
Marjorie G. Kinnan Elementary School	4.9%	527
State College of Florida Collegiate School	5.2%	485
Ballard Elementary School	2.4%	417
Palma Sola Elementary School	4.4%	408