GOCIO ELEMENTARY SCHOOL

GOCIO ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is one of the mid-sized K-5 schools in SARASOTA, Florida, run under SARASOTA, with 654 students on its rolls from grades pre-K through 5.

GOCIO ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is one of 60 schools operated by SARASOTA, a district that teaches 45,246 students overall.

Demographically, GOCIO ELEMENTARY SCHOOL records that 60% of the student body identifies as Hispanic. Other groups include 20% White, 15% Black, 4% multiracial. That is noticeably more Hispanic than the county at large, where the share is closer to 11%.

Looking at school resources, On paper, GOCIO ELEMENTARY SCHOOL has 47 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 13.9:1. The state averages around 17.5:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. An estimated 81% of students are eligible 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.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), GOCIO ELEMENTARY SCHOOL sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 40.5%; this one delivers 44.7%.

Across the wider county, ACS estimates for Sarasota County put median household earnings sit near $83,416, 41% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 6%. Across Sarasota County's 63 public schools (combined enrollment of about 45,253 students), GOCIO ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is one campus in the mix.

The closest other public school is SARASOTA COUNTY ACCELERATION ACADEMIES, roughly 1.3 miles away. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts GOCIO ELEMENTARY SCHOOL at 3rd of 5; the average score across the group is 45.7%.

Geographically, the school is in a residential area.

Five-year trend. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at GOCIO ELEMENTARY SCHOOL has changed only slightly, going from 643 students in 2018 to 654 in 2025. The Hispanic share of enrollment ticked up from 55% to 60% over that span. Class-load math has widened: from 11.7:1 in 2018 to 13.9:1 in 2025.

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