State/Public Elementary Open

Tara Elementary School

๐Ÿ“ 6950 Linger Lodge Rd e, Bradenton, Manatee County, 34203

559
Pupils
13.6
Pupil:teacher ratio

About this school

Tara Elementary School is a State/Public serving elementary age pupils, located in Bradenton, Manatee County. The school has 559 pupils enrolled. The Principal is Laura T Campbell. It is part of the Manatee school district. It serves grades Pre-Kโ€“5 in a suburban setting. The school employs 41 full-time-equivalent teachers, a student-teacher ratio of 13.6:1. 66% of students are proficient in reading. 79% are proficient in maths. Technology infrastructure includes fiber internet, campus-wide Wi-Fi, devices for students.

School details

Principal
Laura T Campbell
School district
Manatee

Enrollment & staffing

Tara Elementary School enrolls 559 students across grades Pre-Kโ€“5. The student body is 53% male and 47% female. A teaching staff of 41 full-time-equivalent teachers supports the school, giving a student-teacher ratio of 13.6:1.

Male students
297 (53%)
Female students
262 (47%)
Teachers (FTE)
41
Student-teacher ratio
13.6:1
Grade span
Pre-Kโ€“5

Student demographics

By race and ethnicity, the student body is 53% White, 28% Hispanic or Latino and 6.8% Asian.

Race / ethnicityStudentsShare
White29753%
Hispanic or Latino15428%
Asian386.8%
Black or African American356.3%
Two or more races346.1%
Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander1<1%

Source: NCES Common Core of Data.

Free & reduced-price lunch

288 of the school's 559 students (52%) qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. Of these, 257 qualify for free lunch and 31 for a reduced price. The school participates in the National School Lunch Program. Free and reduced-price lunch eligibility is a widely used indicator of the share of students from lower-income households.

School setting & status

Suburb, LargeGrades Pre-Kโ€“5Title I

Tara Elementary School is located in a suburban setting (NCES locale: Suburb, Large). The school runs a schoolwide Title I program, which provides federal funding to support students from low-income families. For civic and policy purposes, the school sits in congressional district FL At-Large (non-voting delegate), state senate district 21, state house district 73.

School district: MANATEE

Tara Elementary School is one of 81 schools in MANATEE, based in BRADENTON, Florida. The district serves 54,215 students district-wide and employs 2,963 full-time-equivalent teachers. With 559 students, Tara Elementary School is smaller than the district average of about 669 students per school.

54,215
District students
81
Schools
2,963
Teachers (FTE)

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Academic Performance

66%
Reading proficient
79%
Math proficient
16%
Poverty rate

Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Proficiency based on state assessments.

Technology & Programs

๐Ÿ“ถ Fiber internet ๐Ÿ“ก Campus Wi-Fi ๐Ÿ’ป Provides devices

Setting: Suburb - Large

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