📍 7200 69th St e, Palmetto, Manatee County, 34221
Virgil Mills Elementary School is a State/Public serving elementary age pupils, located in Palmetto, Manatee County. The school has 818 pupils enrolled. It is part of the Manatee school district. It serves grades Pre-K–5 in a rural setting. The school employs 52 full-time-equivalent teachers, a student-teacher ratio of 15.7:1. 65% of students are proficient in reading. 69% are proficient in maths. Technology infrastructure includes fiber internet, campus-wide Wi-Fi, devices for students.
Virgil Mills Elementary School enrolls 818 students across grades Pre-K–5. The student body is 52% male and 48% female. A teaching staff of 52 full-time-equivalent teachers supports the school, giving a student-teacher ratio of 15.7:1.
By race and ethnicity, the student body is 63% White, 20% Hispanic or Latino and 7.7% Black or African American.
| Race / ethnicity | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| White | 518 | 63% |
| Hispanic or Latino | 163 | 20% |
| Black or African American | 63 | 7.7% |
| Two or more races | 44 | 5.4% |
| Asian | 27 | 3.3% |
| American Indian or Alaska Native | 3 | <1% |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data.
354 of the school's 818 students (43%) qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. Of these, 299 qualify for free lunch and 55 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.
Virgil Mills Elementary School is located in a rural setting (NCES locale: Rural, Fringe). 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.
Virgil Mills 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 818 students, Virgil Mills Elementary School is larger than the district average of about 669 students per school.
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Proficiency based on state assessments.
Setting: Rural - Fringe
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