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Teachers: what resource would make the biggest difference at GULF GATE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL this year?
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Enrollment
596
Elementary
DISTRICT 599 · STATE 604
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·SARASOTA·NCES 120168001854
GULF GATE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
6500 S LOCKWOOD RIDGE RD, SARASOTA, FL 34231 · (941) 361-6499 · Sarasota County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL596 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
13.2:1
45 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 13.5:1 · STATE 17.5:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
55%
327 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 | 6% |
| Kindergarten | 85 | 14% |
| Grade 1 | 91 | 15% |
| Grade 2 | 88 | 15% |
| Grade 3 | 103 | 17% |
| Grade 4 | 92 | 15% |
| Grade 5 | 103 | 17% |
This year's kindergarten class (85) is 17% smaller than its 5th grade class (103).
Student demographics
53%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
58.2%
FL avg 56.7% . -11.5pp since 2023
Math
64.3%
FL avg 58.9% . -1.4pp since 2023
What this means: On the FAST / B.E.S.T., Florida's statewide test, about 58 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 64 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Florida schools, those numbers are about 57 and 59. Reading and writing scores are down about 11 points since 2023, while math scores are down about 1 points.
FAST / B.E.S.T. results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 58.2% | 64.3% |
| 2023-24 | 69.7% | 65.7% |
% 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
64.3%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
53.7%
based on FL schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+10.7pp
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 GULF GATE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
GULF GATE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL's state test result (64.3% proficient) is higher than 5 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| GULF GATE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL this school | 596 | 54.9% | 64.3% |
| CRACKER TRAIL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL SEBRING | 710 | 54.6% | 59.1% |
| PINECREST ELEMENTARY SCHOOL LITHIA | 614 | 50.8% | 39.5% |
| FRUITVILLE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL SARASOTA | 704 | 55.0% | 64.1% |
| MEADOW PARK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL PORT CHARLOTTE | 708 | 55.5% | 57.1% |
| CYPRESS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL NEW PORT RICHEY | 554 | 53.6% | 39.2% |
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 GULF GATE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Florida | In Sarasota County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 64.3% | #668 of 2,136 | #15 of 30 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 64.3% | #901 of 2,149 ▼ 183 | #19 of 30 ▼ 4 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 58.2% | #911 of 2,149 ▼ 544 | #19 of 30 ▼ 10 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 596 | #1,043 of 2,267 | #18 of 34 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 13.2:1 | #173 of 2,077 | #4 of 29 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 53.3% | #1,215 of 2,108 | #12 of 29 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 54.9% | #1,103 of 2,188 | #14 of 30 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -17.2% | #607 of 1,374 | #4 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
596
-49 (-8%) vs 2020
-38% since 1990-91, when it was 957
Student : Teacher
13.2:1
was 12.9:1
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 | 596 | 45 | 13.2:1 | 55% (327) |
| 2023-24 | 624 | 49 | 12.7:1 | 61% (380) |
| 2022-23 | 655 | 48 | 13.7:1 | 55% (357) |
| 2020-21 | 645 | 50 | 12.9:1 | 49% (317) |
| 2017-18 | 720 | 57 | 12.6:1 | 59% (426) |
| 2015-16 | 723 | 51 | 14.2:1 | 57% (413) |
| 2010-11 | 751 | 48 | 15.7:1 | 51% (383) |
| 2000-01 | 847 | 45 | 18.8:1 | 33% (279) |
| 1990-91 | 957 | 54 | 17.7:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for GULF GATE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL.
About GULF GATE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
At 6500 S LOCKWOOD RIDGE RD in SARASOTA, Florida, GULF GATE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL operates as a mid-sized elementary school. It is open to students in pre-K through 5 and enrolls 596 students.
GULF GATE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is one school in a 60-school district, SARASOTA, which enrolls 45,246 students.
More than half of the students at GULF GATE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL are White (62%). Next come 27% Hispanic, 7% multiracial, and 3% Black. That compares with about 82% White among all Sarasota County residents. Measured by the diversity index, the student body scores 53%.
With 45 full-time-equivalent teachers, the student-to-teacher ratio is about 13.2:1. Statewide, elementary schools in Florida average 17.5:1. Roughly 55% of students come from households that qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. By comparison, the figure for public schools in Sarasota County is 44%.
Schools in Florida with a similar free or reduced-price lunch share are predicted to score about 53.7%. GULF GATE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL scores 64.3%.
Five-year Census Bureau estimates for Sarasota County show that median household income comes to about $83,416, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 41% of adults, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 6%. Sarasota County counts 63 public schools with about 45,253 students.
Measured in a straight line, RIVERVIEW HIGH SCHOOL is about 1.6 miles from GULF GATE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL. Within five miles are at least 8 other public schools. Among its closest neighbors with test data, GULF GATE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is 3rd of 6 on proficiency.
NCES describes the area around GULF GATE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL as Suburb: Large, meaning in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
Enrollment fell by 8% across 4 years, from 645 in 2020-21 to 596 in 2024-25.
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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
- RIVERVIEW HIGH SCHOOL1.6 mi · 2,637
- IMAGINE SCHOOL AT PALMER RANCH1.7 mi · 433
- SARASOTA VIRTUAL ACADEMY (VIRTUAL FRANCHISE)1.8 mi · 12
- SARASOTA VIRTUAL INSTRUCTION PROGRAM1.8 mi · 103
- SUNCOAST POLYTECHNICAL HIGH SCHOOL1.9 mi · 556
- PHILLIPPI SHORES ELEMENTARY SCHOOL2.0 mi · 696
Frequently asked questions
About GULF GATE ELEMENTARY SCHOOLHow large is GULF GATE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
GULF GATE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL enrolls approximately 596 students in grades PK-05.
What age range does GULF GATE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL serve?
GULF GATE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL serves students from grade PK through grade 05.
How many teachers does GULF GATE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL have?
GULF GATE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL employs 45 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 13.2:1.
How diverse is GULF GATE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
GULF GATE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL reports a student body of 62% White, 27% Hispanic, 3% Black, 1% Asian, 7% Two or more.
Is GULF GATE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL public or private?
GULF GATE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is a public K-12 school, overseen by SARASOTA.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.