Manatee Academy K-8

Manatee Academy K-8 received a B for 2025-26, after B grades in 2025 and 2024, by earning 64 percent of the points available to a Florida combination school (FLDOE 2025-26 school grades workbook, row 3162).

In the state workbook, the Heatherwood Boulevard campus appears as school 0361 of the St. Lucie district, coded 04 in the School Type column; the legend at the top of the file defines 04 as a combination school (FLDOE 2025-26 school grades workbook, row 3162). Schools of that type are graded on the same cut points as high schools, so a B spans 60 to 64 percent and an A starts at 65 percent (grading scale note, FLDOE 2025-26 workbook).

The workbook keeps a long record for this St. Lucie campus, with letters back to 1999; the earliest columns show a C in 1999 and 2000 and an A in 2001 (FLDOE 2025-26 school grades workbook, row 3162). Two of the recent columns are marked as informational baseline years, 2015 and 2023, when the statewide tests changed, and the 2021 grade column is blank; the file has no 2020 column.

A district page describes the school differently. The welcome text on the Manatee profile calls it an A-rated school in Port Saint Lucie (St. Lucie Public Schools profile for Manatee Academy K-8), whereas the 2026, 2025 and 2024 columns of the state file all show B, and the only recent A is the 2023 baseline letter (FLDOE 2025-26 school grades workbook, row 3162).

Middle school acceleration, at 92, was the best Manatee Academy component in 2026, and reading gains among the lowest-scoring quarter of students, at 48, were the weakest (FLDOE 2025-26 school grades workbook, row 3162).

Mathematics ran ahead of English Language Arts at the school this year: math achievement was 63 and math learning gains 62, against 61 for both reading achievement and reading gains (FLDOE 2025-26 school grades workbook, row 3162). Science achievement came in at 57, and social studies achievement at 78.

The Manatee row lists 636 total points earned across 10 components, and it shows 98 percent of eligible students tested (FLDOE 2025-26 school grades workbook, row 3162). Florida law requires each school to assess at least 95 percent of its eligible students (Florida Statutes section 1008.34). The same Manatee row flags the campus as Title I and not a charter, and prints 65.5 as its percent of economically disadvantaged students (FLDOE 2025-26 school grades workbook, row 3162).

Florida law defines a B as a school making above average progress, and a K-8 campus such as Manatee Academy picks up extra components because it includes both grade 3 and the middle grades (Florida Statutes section 1008.34).

Section 1008.34 sets the five letters used in the Manatee Academy row: A for excellent progress, B for above average progress, C for satisfactory progress, D for less than satisfactory progress and F for failing to make adequate progress (Florida Statutes section 1008.34). Achievement components count the share of eligible students passing state tests in English Language Arts, mathematics, science and social studies, and learning gain components count students who show growth from the prior year.

Two Manatee measures depend on the grades it serves. A school that includes grade 3 is scored on the share of third graders reaching level 3 or higher in English Language Arts, which was 58 at Manatee (Florida Statutes section 1008.34; FLDOE 2025-26 school grades workbook, row 3162). A school with grades 6 through 8 is scored on students passing high school level end-of-course exams or earning industry certifications on the state CAPE list, the middle school acceleration column where Manatee reached 92 (Florida Statutes section 1008.34).

The lowest 25 percent components follow the students who scored lowest in the prior year, as the statute defines them, and check whether they made learning gains (Florida Statutes section 1008.34). The statute also requires a school report card with the grade and subject results to be provided to parents each year, and the Manatee district profile links the school grade and testing results (St. Lucie Public Schools profile for Manatee Academy K-8).

Manatee Academy K-8 is inside Port St. Lucie city limits: the Census geocoder places 1450 SW Heatherwood Blvd., 34986, in Port St. Lucie city, GEOID 1258715 (Census geocoder result for 1450 SW Heatherwood Blvd).

The district profile gives the full address as 1450 S.W. Heatherwood Blvd., Port St. Lucie, FL 34986, with phone (772) 340-4745 and fax (772) 340-4775 (St. Lucie Public Schools profile for Manatee Academy K-8). The school's website header carries the same street address and phone number (Manatee Academy K-8 website), and the federal school search lists Manatee Academy K-8 at 1450 SW Heatherwood Blvd with the same (772) 340-4745 (NCES public school search for Port St. Lucie).

The Manatee Academy school day runs from 8:30 a.m. to 3:00 p.m., according to the district profile, which also links a Safe Routes to School map and a directions page (St. Lucie Public Schools profile for Manatee Academy K-8). The St. Lucie Public Schools district office is at 9461 Brandywine Lane, Port St. Lucie, (772) 429-3600 (St. Lucie Public Schools profile for Manatee Academy K-8).

Manatee Academy K-8 serves kindergarten through grade 8 in the district's Red zone, with a building capacity of 1,849 and 1,700 students counted for 2024-25 (St. Lucie Public Schools profile for Manatee Academy K-8; NCES public school search for Port St. Lucie).

St. Lucie Public Schools uses regional zones rather than neighborhood schools for elementary and middle grades, and the Red zone is the area south of Midway Road and west of Florida's Turnpike (St. Lucie Public Schools Student Assignment page). Each zone takes in parts of both Fort Pierce and Port St. Lucie. Within a zone, preference goes to families with a sibling already at the school or who live within two miles of it, and the district says the zones let it avoid redistricting as Port St. Lucie grows (St. Lucie Public Schools Student Assignment page). Getting a seat is a two-step process: apply for a school in the regional zone, then complete registration at the assigned school.

The federal count of 1,700 students comes from official 2024-25 membership data, while the address and phone are preliminary 2025-26 directory data (NCES public school search for Port St. Lucie). The district profile places Manatee Academy in school board district 3 and gives its mascot as the Mighty Manatee and its colors as blue and silver (St. Lucie Public Schools profile for Manatee Academy K-8). Student Assignment answers questions about zones and transfers at (772) 429-3930 (St. Lucie Public Schools Student Assignment page).

Manatee Academy asks every family to register for the PikMyKid parent pickup app, whatever way the child goes home, and posts its handbook, dress code and dismissal rules on the school website (Manatee Academy K-8 website).

The Manatee Academy website links the student handbook, the dress code, the school calendar, the school meals application and the arrival and dismissal procedures, along with Skyward Family Access for grades and i-Ready (Manatee Academy K-8 website). It also links the school board approved FLDOE Uniform Assessment Calendar.

For care after the 3:00 p.m. dismissal, the district profile lists after school care through the Boys and Girls Clubs at (772) 398-0291 (St. Lucie Public Schools profile for Manatee Academy K-8). The profile also links the school improvement plan and the school grade and testing results page (St. Lucie Public Schools profile for Manatee Academy K-8).

The Port St. Lucie schools hub compares Manatee Academy with the other district campuses in the city, and the charter schools guide covers tuition-free charter options. Last verified: October 22, 2026, with the FLDOE grades row for school 0361, the Manatee Academy district profile and website, the NCES search, the Census geocoder, the Student Assignment page and section 1008.34 each re-read that day.