Manatee Virtual School ( Virtual Franchise)
PALMETTO · FL · MANATEE · Public · K-12 combined
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ACCESS TO EDUCATION → PACE CENTER FOR GIRLS → PALMSHORES BEHAVIOR HEALTH CENTER → JUVENILE DETENTION CENTER → THE PORT ACADEMY → HOSPITAL/HOMEBOUND → MANATEE TECHNICAL COLLEGE → TRIAD →At a glance
- Gifted & talented program
- AP rigor: Bottom 25% of US high schools
- SAT/ACT participation: Bottom 6% by test-taker volume
- 4-yr grad rate: 90% in 2019 (Bottom 49% of US high schools by 4-yr grad rate)
Composed from federal CRDC offerings, EDFacts graduation data, and other public data. Full breakdowns below.
How Manatee Virtual School ( Virtual Franchise) compares for families
What families should know about Manatee Virtual School ( Virtual Franchise).
- ▸ LocallyFL sits right at the US average on NAEP 8th-grade math — local school quality will set your kid apart.
- ▸ vs Similar SchoolsThe closest comparables nearby: ACCESS TO EDUCATION, PACE CENTER FOR GIRLS, PALMSHORES BEHAVIOR HEALTH CENTER and 5 more. See the sidebar to compare side-by-side.
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SAT / ACT participation
CRDC federal data · 2020-21Bottom 6% by test-taker volume
Source: federal Civil Rights Data Collection (CRDC 2020-21). Volume — not score — is what's reported here. A higher count means more students at this school are entering the college admissions pipeline. Note: 2020-21 was COVID-disrupted; some districts (especially those that stayed remote longer) report unusually low or zero takers.
4-year graduation rate · federal EDFacts
What % of students graduate on time?
Bottom 49% of US high schools by 4-yr grad rate
Source: federal EDFacts ACGR (Adjusted Cohort Graduation Rate), 2019 vintage via Urban Institute. EDFacts publishes a range (low-high) to preserve privacy on small cohorts; we display the midpoint.
Federal Title I context
Mixed-income school
Below Title I eligibility threshold (FRPL < 35%)
25-34% of students qualify for free/reduced lunch. Below the federal Title I threshold but a meaningful share of the population is income-eligible for free lunch.
Source: NCES Common Core of Data, free/reduced-price lunch eligibility. The actual Title I designation is a district decision and may differ from eligibility — but the federal eligibility math is what we show here. We don't claim to assert whether the district formally chose to enroll this school in Title I.
Your state's public flagship
University of Florida
The in-state tuition gap is the flagship's biggest draw — most in-state families pay far less than the out-of-state sticker. Average net price after aid runs about $6,541/yr. Admission odds depend on your student's GPA and test scores, not which high school they attend.
Source: IPEDS admissions, tuition & enrollment + College Scorecard net price. Flagship = the state's primary public research university.
Pay for college in Florida
Florida's public scholarships
Florida's Bright Futures pays 75–100% of in-state tuition by tier, based on GPA, test scores, and community-service hours. We built a calculator that checks the exact thresholds for you.
Florida's merit scholarship pays 75–100% of in-state tuition by tier. Use our Bright Futures calculator for the exact GPA, test, and service-hour cutoffs. (Use our Bright Futures calculator for exact GPA, test & service thresholds.)
Check eligibility with our calculator → official program ↗Eligibility rules change yearly — confirm with the official program before relying on it. Amounts are recent published figures; awards cover tuition/fees, not housing or books unless noted. Verified 2026-06-14.
Chronic absenteeism
Why this matters to enrollment: A low chronic-absence rate is the cleanest school-level signal of strong family connection, classroom culture, and student engagement — all upstream drivers of enrollment stability.
Source: U.S. Department of Education, Civil Rights Data Collection 2020–2021. Rate = students chronically absent ÷ 2021 total enrollment.
Enrollment trend & projection
Total enrollment + grade 12, NCES Common Core of Data (2021–2024).
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The schools most like this one — same type, blended on distance and size — and where their enrollment is heading. These are the schools families here weigh against each other.
| School | Type | Miles | HS enrollment | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ACCESS TO EDUCATION BRADENTON |
Public | 6.9 | 33 | — |
| PACE CENTER FOR GIRLS BRADENTON |
Public | 3.1 | 45 | — |
| PALMSHORES BEHAVIOR HEALTH CENTER BRADENTON |
Public | 4.2 | 53 | — |
| JUVENILE DETENTION CENTER BRADENTON |
Public | 3.0 | 63 | — |
| THE PORT ACADEMY PALMETTO |
Public | 8.2 | 21 | — |
| HOSPITAL/HOMEBOUND PINELLAS PARK |
Public | 24.6 | 33 | — |
| MANATEE TECHNICAL COLLEGE BRADENTON |
Public | 7.3 | — | — |
| TRIAD SARASOTA |
Public | 16.7 | 51 | — |