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DREAMERS ACADEMY
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FAST / B.E.S.T. 2024-25 . % at Level 3 or AboveBeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyAbout DREAMERS ACADEMY
DREAMERS ACADEMY is one of the medium-sized elementary campuss in SARASOTA, Florida, overseen by SARASOTA, with 519 students on its rolls from grades K through 5.
Across the 60 schools in SARASOTA (45,246 students total), DREAMERS ACADEMY accounts for its share of the district's footprint.
Looking at the student body, DREAMERS ACADEMY logs that the largest single group is Hispanic, at 67% of enrollment. The remainder looks like 21% White, 8% Black, 4% multiracial. The wider county runs roughly 11% Hispanic, putting the school's mix visibly more Hispanic than the area baseline.
Looking at the economic backdrop, DREAMERS ACADEMY lists 36 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 14.4:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 17.5:1 average. About 69% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. By comparison, Sarasota County runs at roughly 44%, so the school's eligibility rate is above the surrounding baseline.
With demographic context factored in, DREAMERS ACADEMY sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 46.4%; this one delivers 44.1%.
In the area at large, the surrounding county (Sarasota County) reports that median household earnings sit near $83,416, about 41% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and the poverty rate sits near 6%. Across Sarasota County's 63 public schools (combined enrollment of about 45,253 students), DREAMERS ACADEMY is one campus in the mix.
Nearest neighbor: BOOKER MIDDLE SCHOOL, around 0.2 miles off. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. Among the 8 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), DREAMERS ACADEMY ranks 7th on composite proficiency, below the local average of 49.6%.
DREAMERS ACADEMY operates from an outer-ring location. DREAMERS ACADEMY is a charter school, which puts it inside the public-school system but outside the standard district-managed model.
Within the allk12 community for this school, recent activity here tends to focus on fundraisers, lost-and-found posts, and report-card season. Contributors range from current parents to recent graduates and teachers.
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