IMAGINE SCHOOL AT PALMER RANCH

IMAGINE SCHOOL AT PALMER RANCH, an intimate K-5 school in SARASOTA, Florida, overseen by SARASOTA, hosts 433 students, covering grades pre-K through 8. That puts it 28% below the typical public school in Florida, which averages around 604 students.

IMAGINE SCHOOL AT PALMER RANCH is one of 60 schools operated by SARASOTA, a district that teaches 45,246 students overall.

For racial and ethnic makeup, IMAGINE SCHOOL AT PALMER RANCH shows that the largest single group is White at 49%, but no single group is in the majority. Other groups include 41% Hispanic, 5% multiracial, 3% Asian, 2% Black. The wider county runs roughly 82% White, putting the school's mix considerably less White than the area baseline.

On the income-and-resources front, IMAGINE SCHOOL AT PALMER RANCH reports 30 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 14.3:1. The state averages around 17.5:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. About 3% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. Set against Sarasota County (around 44%), the school's rate is meaningfully below typical.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, On a poverty-adjusted basis, IMAGINE SCHOOL AT PALMER RANCH sits in the bottom 10% statewide. Predicted proficiency from the FRL regression is roughly 79.5%; actual is 50.5%, a gap of -28.9 points.

In the surrounding community, the surrounding county (Sarasota County) shows that median household income runs about $83,416, 41% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 6%. In all, Sarasota County runs 63 public schools (combined enrollment of about 45,253 students), of which IMAGINE SCHOOL AT PALMER RANCH is one.

The closest other public school is SARASOTA MIDDLE SCHOOL, roughly 1.0 miles away. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. On composite proficiency, IMAGINE SCHOOL AT PALMER RANCH comes 5th of 6 in the immediate cluster, behind the nearby-schools average of 71.9%.

The school occupies a residential site. As a public charter, IMAGINE SCHOOL AT PALMER RANCH runs on public funding but with greater curricular and operational autonomy than a typical district school.

Five-year trend. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at IMAGINE SCHOOL AT PALMER RANCH has edged down 9%, going from 474 students in 2018 to 433 in 2025. Hispanic enrollment moved from 29% to 41% across the same window. The student-to-teacher ratio rose from 12.2:1 in 2018 to 14.3:1 today.

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