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Enrollment
704
Elementary
DISTRICT 599 · STATE 604
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·SARASOTA·NCES 120168001843
FRUITVILLE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
601 HONORE AVE, SARASOTA, FL 34232 · (941) 361-6200 · Sarasota County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL704 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
13.5:1
52 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 13.5:1 · STATE 17.5:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
55%
387 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 | 24 | 3% |
| Kindergarten | 111 | 16% |
| Grade 1 | 121 | 17% |
| Grade 2 | 116 | 16% |
| Grade 3 | 111 | 16% |
| Grade 4 | 103 | 15% |
| Grade 5 | 118 | 17% |
This year's kindergarten class (111) is 6% smaller than its 5th grade class (118).
Student demographics
58%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
63.8%
FL avg 56.7% . +3.8pp since 2023
Math
68.3%
FL avg 58.9% . +5.9pp since 2023
What this means: On the FAST / B.E.S.T., Florida's statewide test, about 64 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 68 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 4 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 | 63.8% | 68.3% |
| 2023-24 | 60.0% | 62.4% |
% 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
64.1%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
53.6%
based on FL schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+10.4pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 64% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 54% 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 FRUITVILLE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
FRUITVILLE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL's state test result (64.1% proficient) is higher than 4 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| FRUITVILLE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL this school | 704 | 55.0% | 64.1% |
| MEADOW PARK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL PORT CHARLOTTE | 708 | 55.5% | 57.1% |
| LIBERTY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL PORT CHARLOTTE | 764 | 55.2% | 58.9% |
| CENTENNIAL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL DADE CITY | 684 | 51.8% | 46.3% |
| CRACKER TRAIL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL SEBRING | 710 | 54.6% | 59.1% |
| GULF GATE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL SARASOTA | 596 | 54.9% | 64.3% |
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 FRUITVILLE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Florida | In Sarasota County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 64.1% | #683 of 2,136 | #17 of 30 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 68.3% | #719 of 2,149 ▲ 130 | #15 of 30 ▲ 4 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 63.8% | #669 of 2,149 ▲ 46 | #13 of 30 ▲ 6 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 704 | #692 of 2,267 | #12 of 34 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 13.5:1 | #229 of 2,077 | #6 of 29 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 57.9% | #997 of 2,108 | #8 of 29 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 55.0% | #1,092 of 2,188 | #13 of 30 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -4.0% | #1,210 of 1,374 | #15 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
704
-22 (-3%) vs 2020
-2% since 1990-91, when it was 721
Student : Teacher
13.5:1
was 11.9:1
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 | 704 | 52 | 13.5:1 | 55% (387) |
| 2023-24 | 747 | 60 | 12.4:1 | 58% (430) |
| 2022-23 | 775 | 63 | 12.3:1 | 57% (443) |
| 2020-21 | 726 | 61 | 11.9:1 | 56% (405) |
| 2017-18 | 733 | 59 | 12.4:1 | 63% (461) |
| 2015-16 | 749 | 57 | 13.1:1 | 59% (442) |
| 2010-11 | 713 | 56 | 12.7:1 | 53% (376) |
| 2000-01 | 824 | 49 | 16.8:1 | 40% (331) |
| 1990-91 | 721 | 44 | 16.4:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for FRUITVILLE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL.
About FRUITVILLE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
FRUITVILLE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is a mid-sized elementary school that serves part of SARASOTA, Florida. There are 704 students enrolled, covering pre-K through 5.
The district, SARASOTA, has 45,246 students enrolled across 60 schools.
White students are 57% of those enrolled at FRUITVILLE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL. Next come 29% Hispanic, 8% Black, and 4% multiracial. That compares with about 82% White among all Sarasota County residents. A diversity index of 58% means there is a 58% chance two randomly chosen students at FRUITVILLE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL are from different groups.
Teacher count: 52 full-time equivalents. Student-to-teacher ratio: 13.5:1. Across elementary schools in Florida, the average ratio is 17.5:1. Roughly 55% of students come from households that qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. The 44% average for public schools in Sarasota County is 11 points lower.
FRUITVILLE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is 10.4 points above its predicted average proficiency rate across its state test results (64.1% versus 53.6%), which places it in neither the top nor the bottom 10% in Florida.
In Sarasota County, home to about 459,547 people, the median household earns about $83,416 a year, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 41% of adults, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 6%. Public schools in Sarasota County number 63, with about 45,253 students.
Measured in a straight line, MCINTOSH MIDDLE SCHOOL is about 0.6 miles from FRUITVILLE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL. The five-mile area around FRUITVILLE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL holds at least 8 other public schools. Nearby schools with test data average 54.6% proficiency; FRUITVILLE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL posts 64.1%.
The school's federal locale classification is Suburb: Large.
Enrollment was 704 in 2024-25. In 2020-21, it was 726. The student-to-teacher ratio went up from 11.9:1 to 13.5:1.
Anyone can start a thread about athletics, class schedules, and weather closures at FRUITVILLE 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
Nearby schools
- MCINTOSH MIDDLE SCHOOL0.6 mi · 693
- SARASOTA ACADEMY OF THE ARTS1.2 mi · 193
- THE FLORIDA CENTER FOR CHILD AND FAMILY DEVELOPMENT1.4 mi · 15
- BRENTWOOD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL1.6 mi · 590
- SARASOTA COUNTY ACCELERATION ACADEMIES2.4 mi · 106
- TATUM RIDGE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL2.7 mi · 864
Frequently asked questions
About FRUITVILLE ELEMENTARY SCHOOLHow large is FRUITVILLE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
FRUITVILLE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL enrolls approximately 704 students in grades PK-05.
What grades does FRUITVILLE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL serve?
FRUITVILLE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL serves grades PK-05.
What is the student-teacher ratio at FRUITVILLE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
The student-to-teacher ratio at FRUITVILLE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is approximately 13.5:1 (52 FTE teachers).
What is the student diversity at FRUITVILLE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
Student demographics at FRUITVILLE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL are roughly 57% White, 29% Hispanic, 8% Black, 1% Asian, 4% Two or more.
What district is FRUITVILLE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL in?
FRUITVILLE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is part of SARASOTA.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.