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Enrollment
590
Elementary
DISTRICT 599 · STATE 604
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·SARASOTA·NCES 120168001840
BRENTWOOD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
2500 VINSON AVE, SARASOTA, FL 34232 · (941) 361-6230 · Sarasota County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL590 STUDENTS
B
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 63% of Florida public elementary schools
- BTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- B+Beats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- ·Three-year trend Not available for this school, so the grade uses the other parts.
Grades compare a school only with schools in the same state, because every state gives its own test. How grades work · Top-graded Florida public elementary schools
Student : Teacher
12.6:1
47 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 13.5:1 · STATE 17.5:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
62%
364 students
DISTRICT 46% · STATE 50%
Community
6
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 | 67 | 11% |
| Kindergarten | 87 | 15% |
| Grade 1 | 87 | 15% |
| Grade 2 | 74 | 13% |
| Grade 3 | 93 | 16% |
| Grade 4 | 80 | 14% |
| Grade 5 | 102 | 17% |
This year's kindergarten class (87) is 15% smaller than its 5th grade class (102).
Student demographics
63%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
50.9%
FL avg 56.7% . -0.3pp since 2023
Math
69.7%
FL avg 58.9% . +6.5pp since 2023
What this means: On the FAST / B.E.S.T., Florida's statewide test, about 51 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 70 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Florida schools, those numbers are about 57 and 59. Reading and writing scores have held steady since 2023, while math scores are up about 7 points.
FAST / B.E.S.T. results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 50.9% | 69.7% |
| 2023-24 | 51.2% | 63.2% |
% 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
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
58.3%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
50.3%
based on FL schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+8.0pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 58% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 50% 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 BRENTWOOD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
BRENTWOOD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL's state test result (58.3% proficient) is higher than 4 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| BRENTWOOD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL this school | 590 | 61.7% | 58.3% |
| DUNNELLON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL DUNNELLON | 644 | 63.2% | 46.8% |
| CHESTER W. TAYLOR JR. ELEMENTARY SCHOOL ZEPHYRHILLS | 676 | 60.5% | 27.9% |
| BELLEVIEW-SANTOS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL BELLEVIEW | 663 | 63.2% | 39.5% |
| MORNINGSIDE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL PORT ST LUCIE | 653 | 58.7% | 77.1% |
| PEACE RIVER ELEMENTARY SCHOOL PORT CHARLOTTE | 557 | 63.2% | 38.6% |
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 BRENTWOOD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Florida | In Sarasota County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 58.3% | #953 of 2,136 | #22 of 30 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 69.7% | #653 of 2,149 ▲ 162 | #14 of 30 ▲ 3 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 50.9% | #1,252 of 2,149 ▼ 144 | #24 of 30 no change |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 590 | #1,061 of 2,267 | #19 of 34 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 12.6:1 | #82 of 2,077 | #1 of 29 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 62.9% | #702 of 2,108 | #5 of 29 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 61.7% | #840 of 2,188 | #11 of 30 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -13.0% | #799 of 1,374 | #7 of 16 |
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
590
-40 (-6%) vs 2020
-38% since 1990-91, when it was 958
Student : Teacher
12.6:1
was 12.3:1
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 | 590 | 47 | 12.6:1 | 62% (364) |
| 2023-24 | 562 | 51 | 11.0:1 | 69% (389) |
| 2022-23 | 573 | 51 | 11.2:1 | 71% (404) |
| 2020-21 | 630 | 51 | 12.3:1 | 64% (403) |
| 2017-18 | 678 | 58 | 11.7:1 | 73% (498) |
| 2015-16 | 720 | 56 | 12.9:1 | 71% (509) |
| 2010-11 | 652 | 46 | 14.2:1 | 68% (444) |
| 2000-01 | 1,028 | 56 | 18.4:1 | 42% (429) |
| 1990-91 | 958 | 51 | 18.8:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for BRENTWOOD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL.
About BRENTWOOD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
BRENTWOOD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is classified as an elementary school. It is located in SARASOTA, Florida. Its enrollment is 590 students, spread over pre-K through 5.
BRENTWOOD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is one school in SARASOTA, a system of 60 schools with 45,246 students.
More than half of enrollment at BRENTWOOD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is White: 51%. The remaining shares are 32% Hispanic, 12% Black, and 5% multiracial. Sarasota County as a whole is about 82% White, so the school's share is lower. On the diversity index, which measures the chance that two random students are from different groups, BRENTWOOD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL scores 63%.
Staffing at BRENTWOOD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL comes to 47 full-time-equivalent teachers, or 12.6:1. By comparison, the average for elementary schools in Florida is 17.5:1. BRENTWOOD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL counts 62% of students as eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. The rate at public schools in Sarasota County averages 44%, lower than here.
BRENTWOOD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL holds a B allk12 Grade, placing it above 63% of Florida public elementary schools.
BRENTWOOD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL sits between the top and bottom 10% of Florida schools on BeatsExpectations, with an actual average proficiency rate across its state test results of 58.3% and a predicted 50.3%.
Looking at the county, Sarasota County, median household income comes to about $83,416, about 41% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and roughly 6% of residents are in poverty. The county has 63 public schools and about 45,253 students.
BRENTWOOD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL's closest public school neighbor is MCINTOSH MIDDLE SCHOOL, about 1.3 miles away. The five-mile area around BRENTWOOD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL holds at least 8 other public schools. BRENTWOOD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL's average proficiency of 58.3% compares with 64.3% for its nearest scored neighbors.
The school's locale code, Suburb: Large, means it is in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
The school's student count decreased 6% between the 2020-21 and 2024-25 school years.
Anyone can start a thread about athletics, class schedules, and weather closures at BRENTWOOD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL. Teachers and staff are welcome to share updates too.
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
Other Brentwood Elementary schools
12 other US public schools in 8 states are named Brentwood Elementary. BRENTWOOD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is the 4th largest of the 13.
- BRENTWOOD ELEMENTARY SCHOOLPENSACOLA, FL · 390 students
- BRENTWOOD ELEMENTARY SCHOOLMIAMI GARDENS, FL · 330 students
- Brentwood ElementaryBrentwood, CA · 811 students
- Brentwood ElementaryVictorville, CA · 790 students
- Brentwood Elementary SchoolAUSTIN, TX · 671 students
Nearby schools
- MCINTOSH MIDDLE SCHOOL1.3 mi · 693
- SARASOTA ACADEMY OF THE ARTS1.5 mi · 193
- FRUITVILLE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL1.6 mi · 704
- TRIAD2.0 mi · 77
- WILKINSON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL2.1 mi · 422
- SUNCOAST POLYTECHNICAL HIGH SCHOOL2.2 mi · 556
Frequently asked questions
About BRENTWOOD ELEMENTARY SCHOOLWhat is the total enrollment at BRENTWOOD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
BRENTWOOD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL enrolls approximately 590 students in grades PK-05.
What grades does BRENTWOOD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL serve?
BRENTWOOD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL serves grades PK-05.
How many teachers does BRENTWOOD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL have?
BRENTWOOD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL employs 47 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 12.6:1.
What is the racial breakdown of students at BRENTWOOD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
At BRENTWOOD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, the student body is approximately 51% White, 32% Hispanic, 12% Black, 1% Asian, 5% Two or more.
Is BRENTWOOD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL public or private?
BRENTWOOD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is a public K-12 school, overseen by SARASOTA.
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