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Enrollment
451
Elementary
DISTRICT 599 · STATE 604
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·SARASOTA·NCES 120168002904
EMMA E. BOOKER ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
2350 DR MARTIN LUTHER KING WAY, SARASOTA, FL 34234 · (941) 361-6480 · Sarasota County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL451 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
14.1:1
32 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 13.5:1 · STATE 17.5:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
86%
389 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 | 34 | 8% |
| Kindergarten | 75 | 17% |
| Grade 1 | 57 | 13% |
| Grade 2 | 64 | 14% |
| Grade 3 | 69 | 15% |
| Grade 4 | 72 | 16% |
| Grade 5 | 80 | 18% |
This year's kindergarten class (75) is 6% smaller than its 5th grade class (80).
Student demographics
66%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
46.7%
FL avg 56.7% . +1.5pp since 2023
Math
52.2%
FL avg 58.9% . +5.7pp since 2023
What this means: On the FAST / B.E.S.T., Florida's statewide test, about 47 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 52 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 1 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 6 points.
FAST / B.E.S.T. results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 46.7% | 52.2% |
| 2023-24 | 45.2% | 46.5% |
% 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
49.0%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
37.9%
based on FL schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+11.1pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 49% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 38% 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 EMMA E. BOOKER ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
EMMA E. BOOKER ELEMENTARY SCHOOL's state test result (49.0% proficient) is higher than 5 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| EMMA E. BOOKER ELEMENTARY SCHOOL this school | 451 | 86.3% | 49.0% |
| INWOOD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL WINTER HAVEN | 423 | 82.3% | 37.0% |
| DUVAL CHARTER SCHOLARS ACADEMY JACKSONVILLE | 501 | 84.2% | 38.7% |
| PALM BAY ACADEMY CHARTER SCHOOL PALM BAY | 370 | 90.8% | 38.1% |
| WYOMINA PARK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL OCALA | 502 | 83.7% | 30.6% |
| FOSTER ELEMENTARY SCHOOL TAMPA | 428 | 81.5% | 33.2% |
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 EMMA E. BOOKER ELEMENTARY SCHOOL ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Florida | In Sarasota County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 49.0% | #1,379 of 2,136 | #26 of 30 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 52.2% | #1,454 of 2,149 ▲ 104 | #25 of 30 ▲ 3 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 46.7% | #1,465 of 2,149 ▼ 81 | #25 of 30 no change |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 451 | #1,610 of 2,267 | #26 of 34 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 14.1:1 | #358 of 2,077 | #10 of 29 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 66.1% | #481 of 2,108 | #3 of 29 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 86.3% | #52 of 2,188 | #1 of 30 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -16.5% | #643 of 1,374 | #5 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
451
-58 (-11%) vs 2020
-31% since 2000-01, when it was 653
Student : Teacher
14.1:1
was 11.1:1
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 | 451 | 32 | 14.1:1 | 86% (389) |
| 2023-24 | 435 | 39 | 11.2:1 | 94% (408) |
| 2022-23 | 468 | 42 | 11.1:1 | 93% (434) |
| 2020-21 | 509 | 46 | 11.1:1 | 88% (446) |
| 2017-18 | 540 | 47 | 11.5:1 | 97% (523) |
| 2015-16 | 553 | 46 | 12.0:1 | 95% (523) |
| 2010-11 | 523 | 36 | 14.5:1 | 93% (485) |
| 2000-01 | 653 | 47 | 13.9:1 | 98% (639) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for EMMA E. BOOKER ELEMENTARY SCHOOL.
About EMMA E. BOOKER ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
A small elementary school in SARASOTA, Florida, EMMA E. BOOKER ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is part of SARASOTA. It has an enrollment of 451 students in pre-K through 5. Across elementary schools in Florida, the average enrollment is about 604.
The SARASOTA system has 60 schools and 45,246 students.
Black students make up 50% of enrollment at EMMA E. BOOKER ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, the largest share of any group. The next largest groups are 24% Hispanic, 14% multiracial, and 12% White. In Sarasota County overall, about 4% of residents are Black. A diversity index of 66% means there is a 66% chance two randomly chosen students at EMMA E. BOOKER ELEMENTARY SCHOOL are from different groups.
There are 32 full-time-equivalent teachers at EMMA E. BOOKER ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, giving a ratio of 14.1:1. Elementary schools in Florida have an average ratio of 17.5:1. By family income, 86% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. That is higher than the 44% average for public schools in Sarasota County.
EMMA E. BOOKER 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 49.0% and a predicted 37.9%.
Census data for Sarasota County show the median household earns about $83,416 a year, 41% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 6% of people live in poverty. The county has 63 public schools and about 45,253 students.
Straight-line distance to the nearest public school, DREAMERS ACADEMY, is about 0.6 miles. Other public schools within five miles: at least 8. On average proficiency, EMMA E. BOOKER ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is 3rd of 8 nearby schools with test data.
The National Center for Education Statistics classifies the school's location as Suburb: Large, meaning 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 11% between the 2020-21 and 2024-25 school years. By 2024-25, the school had 14.1 students per teacher, compared with 11.1 in 2020-21.
The discussion board for EMMA E. BOOKER ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is open to topics like special education services, counseling, and support programs. 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
Nearby schools
- DREAMERS ACADEMY0.6 mi · 519
- BOOKER MIDDLE SCHOOL0.7 mi · 811
- CHILDREN FIRST1.0 mi · 24
- BOOKER HIGH SCHOOL1.1 mi · 1,479
- TUTTLE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL1.2 mi · 698
- SARASOTA MILITARY ACADEMY1.4 mi · 997
Frequently asked questions
About EMMA E. BOOKER ELEMENTARY SCHOOLHow large is EMMA E. BOOKER ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
EMMA E. BOOKER ELEMENTARY SCHOOL enrolls approximately 451 students in grades PK-05.
What age range does EMMA E. BOOKER ELEMENTARY SCHOOL serve?
EMMA E. BOOKER ELEMENTARY SCHOOL serves students from grade PK through grade 05.
How many teachers does EMMA E. BOOKER ELEMENTARY SCHOOL have?
EMMA E. BOOKER ELEMENTARY SCHOOL employs 32 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 14.1:1.
How diverse is EMMA E. BOOKER ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
EMMA E. BOOKER ELEMENTARY SCHOOL reports a student body of 12% White, 24% Hispanic, 50% Black, 0% Asian, 14% Two or more.
Is EMMA E. BOOKER ELEMENTARY SCHOOL public or private?
EMMA E. BOOKER ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is a public K-12 school, overseen by SARASOTA.
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