High · Regular · Grades 6 to 12

Manatee School for the Arts, Palmetto, FL

Charter schoolCEP schoolManatee School for the Arts is a public high school in Palmetto, part of Manatee County Public Schools. It enrolled 2,051 students in 2024-25, with 19.0 students per full-time teacher.Listed in NCES data as "MANATEE SCHOOL FOR THE ARTS".

Enrollment and teachers

Students: 2,051
Teachers (FTE): 108.0
Students per teacher: 19.0
Grades: 6 to 12

This school's ratio is 1.6 higher than the district figure of 17.4. The Florida average across schools is 18.2. Ratios count all teachers, including specialists, so they are lower than typical class sizes.

This school19.0

District17.4

Florida18.2

United States15.3

School details

Address: 700 Haben Blvd, Palmetto, FL 34221
Phone: (941)721-6800
District: Manatee County Public Schools
County: Manatee County
Level: High
Type: Regular
Status: Open
Charter: Yes
Virtual: No
Locale: Suburb: Large
NCES school ID: 120123003429

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School meals

Counts of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, as reported to NCES.

Free lunch: 750
Reduced-price lunch: 78
Free or reduced-price lunch: 82840.4% of enrollment.
Direct certification: 750Students certified through programs such as SNAP, without an application.
Community Eligibility Provision: Yes (CEP school)

Schools in the Community Eligibility Provision (CEP) serve free meals to all students, so their free lunch counts often reflect direct certification or total enrollment. Free and reduced lunch shares are not comparable between CEP and non-CEP schools.

Related schools

Other high schools in Manatee County Public Schools

Lakewood Ranch High School 2,422 students
Parrish Community High School 2,266 students
Palmetto High School 2,185 students
Manatee High School 1,998 students
Braden River High School 1,705 students
Southeast High School 1,638 students
Bayshore High School 1,400 students
State College of Florida Collegiate School 485 students
Bradenton Bay High School 114 students
Pace Center for Girls 56 students
Amikids Manatee 38 students
The Port Academy 21 students

We publish official enrollment and staffing data, not ratings or test scores.

Source: NCES Common Core of Data 2024-25 and F-33 finance 2020, via the Urban Institute Education Data Portal. Last reviewed October 2026. Blank values are not available, not applicable or suppressed in the source. See the methodology.