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What's the most underrated thing about BOOKER MIDDLE SCHOOL that outsiders don't know?
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Enrollment
811
Middle
DISTRICT 721 · STATE 794
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·SARASOTA·NCES 120168002460
BOOKER MIDDLE SCHOOL
2250 MYRTLE ST, SARASOTA, FL 34234 · (941) 359-5824 · Sarasota County
GRADES 06–08MIDDLE21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL811 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
13.3:1
61 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 16.0:1 · STATE 19.6:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
73%
594 students
DISTRICT 46% · STATE 50%
Community
6
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other middle schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Grade 6 | 236 | 29% |
| Grade 7 | 261 | 32% |
| Grade 8 | 314 | 39% |
Student demographics
65%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
43.7%
FL avg 56.7% . +5.1pp since 2023
Math
50.5%
FL avg 58.9% . +9.2pp since 2023
What this means: On the FAST / B.E.S.T., Florida's statewide test, about 44 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 50 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Florida schools, those numbers are about 57 and 59. Reading and writing scores are up about 5 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 9 points.
FAST / B.E.S.T. results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 43.7% | 50.5% |
| 2023-24 | 38.7% | 41.3% |
% 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
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
43.8%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
44.5%
based on FL schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-0.7pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 44% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 44% typical for Florida schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations measures results against demographically similar schools rather than by raw scores, and this school falls within the typical range, neither among Florida's top nor bottom 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 BOOKER MIDDLE SCHOOL
BOOKER MIDDLE SCHOOL's state test result (43.8% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| BOOKER MIDDLE SCHOOL this school | 811 | 73.2% | 43.8% |
| DUNDEE RIDGE MIDDLE ACADEMY DUNDEE | 725 | 72.0% | 54.8% |
| LAKE ALFRED POLYTECH ACADEMY LAKE ALFRED | 734 | 72.8% | 45.0% |
| SLEEPY HILL MIDDLE SCHOOL LAKELAND | 886 | 76.6% | 27.9% |
| SOUTHWEST MIDDLE SCHOOL LAKELAND | 746 | 73.3% | 35.3% |
| W. C. PRYOR MIDDLE SCHOOL FORT WALTON BEACH | 721 | 71.3% | 50.8% |
Matched among Florida middle 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 BOOKER MIDDLE SCHOOL ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In Florida | In Sarasota County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 43.8% | #423 of 560 | #11 of 11 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 50.5% | #368 of 560 ▲ 57 | #11 of 11 no change |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 43.7% | #408 of 560 ▼ 2 | #11 of 11 no change |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 811 | #286 of 584 | #4 of 11 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 13.3:1 | #3 of 547 | #1 of 11 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 65.2% | #156 of 553 | #3 of 11 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 73.2% | #42 of 565 | #1 of 11 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +2.8% | #113 of 137 | #8 of 8 |
Ranked against other public middle 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
811
-5 (-1%) vs 2020
+62% since 1990-91, when it was 501
Student : Teacher
13.3:1
was 14.3:1
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 | 811 | 61 | 13.3:1 | 73% (594) |
| 2023-24 | 961 | 65 | 14.8:1 | 80% (769) |
| 2022-23 | 950 | 59 | 16.1:1 | 76% (721) |
| 2020-21 | 816 | 57 | 14.3:1 | 79% (642) |
| 2017-18 | 789 | 58 | 13.6:1 | 82% (648) |
| 2015-16 | 780 | 62 | 12.6:1 | 78% (606) |
| 2010-11 | 853 | 64 | 13.3:1 | 80% (686) |
| 2000-01 | 1,091 | 71 | 15.4:1 | 74% (807) |
| 1990-91 | 501 | 26 | 19.3:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for BOOKER MIDDLE SCHOOL.
About BOOKER MIDDLE SCHOOL
Located in SARASOTA, Florida, BOOKER MIDDLE SCHOOL is a mid-sized middle school. Its enrollment is 811 students, spread over grades 6 through 8.
SARASOTA counts 60 schools and 45,246 students, including BOOKER MIDDLE SCHOOL.
More than half of the students at BOOKER MIDDLE SCHOOL are Hispanic (51%). The next largest groups are 20% White, 19% Black, and 8% multiracial. In Sarasota County overall, about 11% of residents are Hispanic. On the diversity index, which measures the chance that two random students are from different groups, BOOKER MIDDLE SCHOOL scores 65%.
BOOKER MIDDLE SCHOOL has a student-to-teacher ratio of 13.3:1, with 61 full-time-equivalent teachers. The average for middle schools in Florida is 19.6:1, so this school has fewer students per teacher. A common income measure, free or reduced-price lunch eligibility, is 73% at BOOKER MIDDLE SCHOOL. On average, public schools in Sarasota County report 44%.
Based on its free or reduced-price lunch share, the BeatsExpectations model predicts an average proficiency rate across its state test results of 44.5% for BOOKER MIDDLE SCHOOL. The school posts 43.8%, within a point of the prediction.
The county, Sarasota County, is where the school is located. The median household earns about $83,416 a year, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 41%, and about 6% of people live in poverty. Counting BOOKER MIDDLE SCHOOL, Sarasota County has 63 public schools.
BOOKER MIDDLE SCHOOL is about 0.2 miles from DREAMERS ACADEMY, its nearest public school. Around the school, at least 8 other public schools are within five miles. Of 8 schools in the immediate area with test results, BOOKER MIDDLE SCHOOL ranks 8th on average proficiency.
Its location is classified as Suburb: Large by the National Center for Education Statistics.
From 2020-21 to 2024-25, enrollment held near 811, starting from 816. Students per teacher dropped from 14.3 in 2020-21 to 13.3 in 2024-25.
Parents, students, and staff can share information on pickup and drop-off, after-school programs, and teacher feedback here. Members of the school community can share what they know.
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 SARASOTA
- RIVERVIEW HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 2,637 students
- SARASOTA HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 2,359 students
- BOOKER HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 1,479 students
- SARASOTA MIDDLE SCHOOLMiddle · 1,290 students
- SARASOTA MILITARY ACADEMYHigh · 997 students
- ASHTON ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 964 students
Nearby schools
- DREAMERS ACADEMY0.2 mi · 519
- EMMA E. BOOKER ELEMENTARY SCHOOL0.7 mi · 451
- BOOKER HIGH SCHOOL1.0 mi · 1,479
- CHILDREN FIRST1.4 mi · 24
- GOCIO ELEMENTARY SCHOOL1.5 mi · 654
- TUTTLE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL1.8 mi · 698
Frequently asked questions
About BOOKER MIDDLE SCHOOLHow many students attend BOOKER MIDDLE SCHOOL?
BOOKER MIDDLE SCHOOL enrolls approximately 811 students in grades 06-08.
Is BOOKER MIDDLE SCHOOL an elementary, middle, or high school?
BOOKER MIDDLE SCHOOL is a middle school covering grades 06-08.
How many teachers does BOOKER MIDDLE SCHOOL have?
BOOKER MIDDLE SCHOOL employs 61 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 13.3:1.
What is the student diversity at BOOKER MIDDLE SCHOOL?
Student demographics at BOOKER MIDDLE SCHOOL are roughly 20% White, 51% Hispanic, 19% Black, 1% Asian, 8% Two or more.
What district is BOOKER MIDDLE SCHOOL in?
BOOKER MIDDLE SCHOOL is part of SARASOTA.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.