The top reported proficiency rate is 56% in Math. The lowest is 33% in Science.
Original Research by School Decision on Robert H. Prine Elementary School
Robert H. Prine Elementary sits on Southern Parkway West in Bradenton, serving children from pre-kindergarten through fifth grade within the Manatee County school district. It is a standard public school, not a charter or magnet, and draws from one of the older residential corridors of a city that has been growing steadily across the county even as some of its closer-in neighborhoods remain economically stressed.
The school's student body is notably diverse, with Hispanic students making up the majority of enrollment, followed by white and Black students. A substantial share of students qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, which places this school among the higher-need campuses in the district. Data on English learners and students with IEPs was not available in the records provided.
State assessment results from the most recent school year show proficiency rates that fall below midpoint in reading and language arts across all tested grades. In English language arts, third through fifth graders scored in the low-to-mid thirties and forties on the FAST assessment. Math results were more varied: third and fourth grade results were in the mid-forties to low fifties, while fifth grade math proficiency dropped to the low thirties. The fifth grade science assessment showed roughly a third of students scoring at proficiency. There is also a sixth grade math data point recorded for this school, with a very high rate, though it is unusual for an elementary school serving grades through five; a parent may want to ask the school directly about that cohort, as it may reflect a very small group. Multi-year trend data was not available, so it is not possible to say whether these results represent improvement, stability, or decline. A parent who wants to understand whether the school is making ground should ask to see longitudinal data from the school itself.
The housing market around the school, in the zip code it serves, shows home values somewhat below the Florida statewide median and below the national benchmark, with both values and rents having declined modestly over the past year. That relative affordability makes this part of Bradenton accessible compared to the county's faster-growing eastern corridors, though mortgage costs against local incomes remain a stretch by national norms.
Bradenton itself is the county seat of Manatee County, with a walkable downtown along the Manatee River that holds the county library, the Bishop Museum of Science and Nature, the Manatee Performing Arts Center, and the Village of the Arts district, a neighborhood of early-twentieth-century homes that has been converted into a cultural and live-work area. Major employers publicly reported to anchor the local economy include the school district itself, Tropicana's main production plant, retailer Bealls, restaurant chain First Watch, IMG sports academy, and State College of Florida Manatee-Sarasota. Manatee County Area Transit provides fixed-route bus service across Bradenton and into neighboring communities, and has operated under a fare-free pilot program. The future of the downtown Central Library has been uncertain following hurricane damage and reported pressure to redevelop the site.
At the district level, Manatee County voters renewed a property tax referendum in late 2024, which publicly reported accounts say sustains teacher salary supplements, additional instructional time each school day, STEM and career-technical programs, arts, athletics, early literacy efforts, and school safety improvements. Families should know this levy directly affects both their property tax bill and the resources available in classrooms. The district has also redrawn elementary and middle school attendance zones in response to enrollment growth, and some students are being reassigned; families considering a move to this area should confirm current zone boundaries directly with the district rather than assuming historical assignments still apply. On safety, the district has installed AI-based weapon-detection systems at high schools and selectively at middle schools, funded partly through the referendum.
Prine is an elementary school, so graduation rates and course-access metrics such as AP or dual enrollment do not apply here. What the data does show is a school serving a high-need community where proficiency levels are currently below the state midpoint across subjects. Families who want to understand what the school is doing programmatically to address those gaps, and what support structures are in place for students who are behind grade level, would be well served to ask those questions directly when visiting.
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