BROOKSIDE MIDDLE SCHOOL

BROOKSIDE MIDDLE SCHOOL, a middle-of-the-pack junior high in SARASOTA, Florida, operated by SARASOTA, educates 724 students, covering grades 6 through 8.

Across the 60 schools in SARASOTA (45,246 students total), BROOKSIDE MIDDLE SCHOOL accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

For racial and ethnic makeup, BROOKSIDE MIDDLE SCHOOL logs that the largest single group is White at 41%, but no single group is in the majority. Other groups include 40% Hispanic, 12% Black, 6% multiracial. The wider county runs roughly 82% White, putting the school's mix visibly less White than the area baseline.

Looking at the economic backdrop, Staff filings list 48 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 15.1:1 students per teacher. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 19.6:1 average. An estimated 60% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. Set against Sarasota County (around 44%), the school's rate is meaningfully above typical.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, BROOKSIDE MIDDLE SCHOOL sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 51.3%; this one delivers 57.6%.

In the broader community, census data for Sarasota County shows median household income runs about $83,416, about 41% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 6%. In all, Sarasota County runs 63 public schools (combined enrollment of about 45,253 students), of which BROOKSIDE MIDDLE SCHOOL is one.

The closest other public school is SOUTHSIDE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, roughly 0.7 miles away. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Among the 8 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), BROOKSIDE MIDDLE SCHOOL ranks 6th on composite proficiency, beneath the local average of 67.4%.

The campus sits in an urban setting.

Over the past 7-year window. BROOKSIDE MIDDLE SCHOOL's enrollment has declined 4% since 2018, when it stood at 752 (now 724). The White share of enrollment ticked down from 54% to 41% over that span. The student-to-teacher ratio rose from 13.7:1 in 2018 to 15.1:1 today.

On the community side, members of the BROOKSIDE MIDDLE SCHOOL community share and discuss fundraisers, lost-and-found posts, and report-card season. Contributors range from current parents to recent graduates and teachers.