CHILDREN FIRST

CHILDREN FIRST is a very small elementary campus in SARASOTA, Florida, overseen by SARASOTA. The school educates 24 students in grade pre-K. By comparison, Florida's public schools average about 604 students each, so CHILDREN FIRST sits 96% below that benchmark.

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

In terms of who attends, CHILDREN FIRST lists that the largest single group is White, at 71% of enrollment; the rest looks like 21% Hispanic, 8% Black. By comparison, Sarasota County as a whole is about 82% White, so the school skews noticeably less White than its surroundings.

On the income-and-resources front, CHILDREN FIRST records 8 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 3.0:1. The state averages around 17.5:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical.

Around the school, the surrounding county (Sarasota County) records that the typical household earns roughly $83,416 per year, about 41% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and the poverty rate sits near 6%. CHILDREN FIRST is one of 63 public schools in Sarasota County (combined enrollment of about 45,253 students).

SARASOTA MILITARY ACADEMY is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.6 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around CHILDREN FIRST.

CHILDREN FIRST operates from an inner-city location.

Over the past 7-year window. CHILDREN FIRST's enrollment has declined 25% since 2018, when it stood at 32 (now 24). Over the same period, the White share grew from 38% to 71%. Class-load math has grew: from 0.7:1 in 2018 to 3.0:1 in 2025.

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