Jessie P. Miller Elementary School

This school was recently (2024/2025) the only school in manatee county to improve two grades to a B grade school (that’s 8/10 rating).

Love this school. It’s easy to get in touch with teachers, the principal knows all the kids names, friendly environment. I’ve had children at this school since 2015 and every year it seems to get even better.

The teachers are very knowledgeable and are nice. They have good communication with you about your child. My son loves his teacher and his schoolmates.

BCS is no longer the quaint private school it once was. A year or two ago, they hired new administration, board members and now principals, which has turned this quaint private school into a public functioning school. This has become very disappointing to most all parents, staff and kids. BCS now requires security checks which includes dog sniffing backpacks, lockers & constant drills. If you receive any type of funding or grants towards their almost $20k annual tuition, BCS will target those families either by stating you do not participate enough in church and/or your child's absences is an issue so they can terminate enrollment. Personally, I've dealt with both accusations this past year, even though my child has been attending BCS over 5 years. We've never had so many problems and issues with BCS before until their new hires joined. I truly hope and pray this new administration & members change back to how BCS once was. If not, I'm seriously considering homeschooling.

Admin is cold and uncaring…PreK teachers are downright mean and act they don’t like children. Admin pretends they care but they don’t take action to fix complaints.

My 2 granddaughters are students at St Joseph's. They love their school. A very loving and nurturing place to learn.