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Enrollment
892
Elementary
DISTRICT 599 · STATE 604
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·SARASOTA·NCES 120168007758
ATWATER ELEMENTARY
4701 HUNTSVILLE AVE, NORTH PORT, FL 34288 · (941) 257-2317 · Sarasota County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY13-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL892 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
16.2:1
55 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 13.5:1 · STATE 17.5:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
62%
551 students
DISTRICT 46% · STATE 50%
Community
5
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other elementary schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Pre-K | 20 | 2% |
| Kindergarten | 120 | 13% |
| Grade 1 | 139 | 16% |
| Grade 2 | 159 | 18% |
| Grade 3 | 158 | 18% |
| Grade 4 | 148 | 17% |
| Grade 5 | 148 | 17% |
This year's kindergarten class (120) is 19% smaller than its 5th grade class (148).
Student demographics
56%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 59% · STATE 70% · US 70%
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. District, state, and US figures are each group's share of all public school students in that area (US excludes territories). Very small groups may be suppressed in the source, so categories do not always sum exactly to total enrollment.
Gender split
Test scores
FAST / B.E.S.T. 2024-25 . % at Level 3 or AboveEnglish Language Arts
61.0%
FL avg 56.7% . -4.9pp since 2023
Math
64.3%
FL avg 58.9% . +0.1pp since 2023
What this means: On the FAST / B.E.S.T., Florida's statewide test, about 61 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 64 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Florida schools, those numbers are about 57 and 59. Reading and writing scores are down about 5 points since 2023, while math scores have held steady.
FAST / B.E.S.T. results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 61.0% | 64.3% |
| 2023-24 | 65.9% | 64.2% |
% at Level 3 or Above, all students and all tested grades.
Source: FAST / B.E.S.T.. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyTier
OUTPERFORMING
Top 10% of FL schools after controlling for student poverty
Actual proficiency
64.3%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
50.2%
based on FL schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+14.1pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 64% of students here test proficient in math and reading, well above the roughly 50% typical for Florida schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations ranks schools against others at the same poverty level, not by raw scores, so a school can post high scores and still fall short of its prediction, or post lower scores and still beat it. This school clears its prediction by about 14 points, placing it in Florida's top 10%.
BeatsExpectations runs a per-state regression of proficiency on free/reduced-lunch share, then scores each school by residual. How this is calculated →
Schools most like ATWATER ELEMENTARY
ATWATER ELEMENTARY's state test result (64.3% proficient) is higher than 4 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| ATWATER ELEMENTARY this school | 892 | 61.8% | 64.3% |
| LAMARQUE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL NORTH PORT | 1,025 | 64.0% | 60.1% |
| WALKER ELEMENTARY SCHOOL CRESTVIEW | 875 | 61.6% | 64.2% |
| SUWANNEE RIVERSIDE ELEMENTARY LIVE OAK | 901 | 63.5% | 52.6% |
| CRANBERRY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL NORTH PORT | 813 | 66.2% | 66.0% |
| PEA RIDGE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL PACE | 846 | 57.8% | 55.5% |
Matched among Florida elementary schools on enrollment, the share of students from low-income families (eligible for free or reduced-price lunch), and racial and ethnic makeup. Proficient is the average share of students meeting the state standard across all of the school's state tests in 2023-24 and 2024-25, the same combined score our test-score rankings use. Online schools and schools serving specialized populations are not matched.
Where ATWATER ELEMENTARY ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Florida | In Sarasota County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 64.3% | #670 of 2,136 | #16 of 30 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 64.3% | #898 of 2,149 ▼ 126 | #18 of 30 ▼ 2 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 61.0% | #797 of 2,149 ▼ 286 | #16 of 30 ▼ 3 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 892 | #319 of 2,267 | #4 of 34 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 16.2:1 | #1,197 of 2,077 | #25 of 29 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 55.6% | #1,099 of 2,108 | #11 of 29 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 61.8% | #836 of 2,188 | #10 of 30 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +25.3% | #138 of 621 | #3 of 13 |
Ranked against other public elementary schools. Online schools are left out of every list, and test-score lists leave out schools that serve specialized populations. Each rank links to the full list. Arrows under a test-score rank show places moved since the prior test year, among schools tested both years.
4-year change
SY 2020-21 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
892
+289 (+48%) vs 2020
+33% since 2010-11, when it was 672
Student : Teacher
16.2:1
was 13.4:1
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
Enrollment and staffing by year
| School year | Students | Teachers (FTE) | Students per teacher | Free and reduced lunch |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 892 | 55 | 16.2:1 | 62% (551) |
| 2023-24 | 853 | 61 | 14.0:1 | 66% (566) |
| 2022-23 | 802 | 53 | 15.1:1 | 65% (522) |
| 2020-21 | 603 | 45 | 13.4:1 | 62% (374) |
| 2017-18 | 712 | 52 | 13.7:1 | 71% (507) |
| 2015-16 | 712 | 51 | 14.0:1 | 65% (461) |
| 2010-11 | 672 | 45 | 14.9:1 | 65% (439) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for ATWATER ELEMENTARY.
About ATWATER ELEMENTARY
ATWATER ELEMENTARY is a medium-sized elementary school based in NORTH PORT, Florida. Enrollment in 2024-25 was 892 students in pre-K through 5. Against the 604-student average for elementary schools in Florida, enrollment here is 48% higher.
Across its 60 schools, SARASOTA enrolls 45,246 students. ATWATER ELEMENTARY is one of those schools.
White students account for 63% of enrollment at ATWATER ELEMENTARY. Enrollment also includes 20% Hispanic, 9% Black, and 7% multiracial. The school's White share is 20 points below the 82% share among Sarasota County residents. By the diversity index, ATWATER ELEMENTARY comes in at 56%.
Teachers at the school number 55 full-time equivalents, and the ratio is 16.2:1. Among elementary schools in Florida, the typical ratio is 17.5:1. The school's lunch program data list 62% of students as eligible for free or reduced-price meals. By comparison, the figure for public schools in Sarasota County is 44%.
ATWATER ELEMENTARY posts an average proficiency rate on state tests of 64.3%. Schools with its free or reduced-price lunch share in Florida are predicted to post 50.2%, so the school is 14.1 points ahead and in the state's top 10%.
According to the American Community Survey, in Sarasota County, median household income is about $83,416, roughly 41% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and about 6% of residents live below the federal poverty line. ATWATER ELEMENTARY is one of 63 public schools in Sarasota County, which together enroll about 45,253 students.
WOODLAND MIDDLE SCHOOL is located about 1.5 miles from ATWATER ELEMENTARY. Within five miles are at least 8 other public schools. Its average proficiency rate of 64.3% is above the 58.9% average for nearby schools.
ATWATER ELEMENTARY falls in the City: Small locale category, used for schools inside a principal city with a population under 100,000.
Enrollment records show 603 in 2020-21 and 892 in 2024-25. Because schools sometimes add or drop grades, the two numbers may not be directly comparable. The ratio of students to teachers went from 13.4:1 to 16.2:1 over the same years.
The ATWATER ELEMENTARY community page is open for posts about school events, clubs, and volunteer needs. Posting is open to anyone connected to the school.
Sarasota County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
459,547
Census ACS
Median income
$83,416
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
41%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
6%
Below federal line
Schools in county
63
45,253 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in SARASOTA
- RIVERVIEW HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 2,637 students
- VENICE SENIOR HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 2,579 students
- NORTH PORT HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 2,557 students
- SARASOTA HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 2,359 students
- PINE VIEW SCHOOLCombined · 1,752 students
- BOOKER HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 1,479 students
Other schools in NORTH PORT
- NORTH PORT HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 2,557 students
- IMAGINE SCHOOL AT NORTH PORTCombined · 1,228 students
- WOODLAND MIDDLE SCHOOLMiddle · 1,040 students
- LAMARQUE ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 1,025 students
- HERON CREEK MIDDLE SCHOOLMiddle · 945 students
- TOLEDO BLADE ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 841 students
Other Atwater Elementary schools
One other US public school is named Atwater Elementary. ATWATER ELEMENTARY is the largest of the 2.
- Atwater ElementaryShorewood, WI · 474 students
Nearby schools
- WOODLAND MIDDLE SCHOOL1.5 mi · 1,040
- TOLEDO BLADE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL2.5 mi · 841
- LIBERTY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL2.9 mi · 764
- IMAGINE SCHOOL AT NORTH PORT3.4 mi · 1,228
- NEIL ARMSTRONG ELEMENTARY SCHOOL4.4 mi · 763
- KINGSWAY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL4.5 mi · 579
Frequently asked questions
About ATWATER ELEMENTARYHow large is ATWATER ELEMENTARY?
ATWATER ELEMENTARY enrolls approximately 892 students in grades PK-05.
Is ATWATER ELEMENTARY an elementary, middle, or high school?
ATWATER ELEMENTARY is an elementary school covering grades PK-05.
What is the student-teacher ratio at ATWATER ELEMENTARY?
The student-to-teacher ratio at ATWATER ELEMENTARY is approximately 16.2:1 (55 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at ATWATER ELEMENTARY?
At ATWATER ELEMENTARY, the student body is approximately 63% White, 20% Hispanic, 9% Black, 0% Asian, 7% Two or more.
Who oversees ATWATER ELEMENTARY?
ATWATER ELEMENTARY is overseen by SARASOTA in Sarasota County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.