LAKEVIEW ELEMENTARY SCHOOL

Located at 7299 HAND RD, in SARASOTA, Florida, LAKEVIEW ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is a middle-of-the-pack elementary school that serves 741 students (grades pre-K through 5), part of SARASOTA. That puts it 23% above the typical public school in Florida, which averages around 604 students.

Within SARASOTA, which oversees 60 schools and 45,246 students, LAKEVIEW ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is one campus in the system.

In terms of who attends, LAKEVIEW ELEMENTARY SCHOOL shows that the largest single group is White, at 71% of enrollment. Beyond that, the school reports 19% Hispanic, 5% multiracial, 4% Asian. By comparison, Sarasota County as a whole is about 82% White, so the school skews meaningfully less White than its surroundings.

In terms of school funding signals, LAKEVIEW ELEMENTARY SCHOOL reports 49 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 15.1:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 17.5:1 average. Roughly 28% of students at LAKEVIEW ELEMENTARY SCHOOL qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. That share is noticeably below Sarasota County's rate of about 44%.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), LAKEVIEW ELEMENTARY SCHOOL sits in the top 10% of Florida schools after the BeatsExpectations adjustment. Predicted proficiency for the school's FRL share is roughly 67.0%; actual is 82.2%, +15.1 points clear of the demographic baseline.

Across the wider county, census data for Sarasota County shows median household income runs about $83,416, roughly 41% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 6%. Across Sarasota County's 63 public schools (combined enrollment of about 45,253 students), LAKEVIEW ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is one campus in the mix.

The closest other public school is OAK PARK SCHOOL, roughly 0.2 miles away. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. On composite proficiency, LAKEVIEW ELEMENTARY SCHOOL comes 2nd of 8 in the immediate cluster, higher than the nearby-schools average of 68.9%.

The school occupies a residential site.

Five-year trend. Over the past 7-year window, the student count increased 22%: 606 students in 2018 compared to 741 in 2025. The Hispanic share of enrollment edged up from 13% to 19% over that span.

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