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How has LAKEVIEW ELEMENTARY SCHOOL changed in the last five years, for better or worse?
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Enrollment
741
Elementary
DISTRICT 599 · STATE 604
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·SARASOTA·NCES 120168002583
LAKEVIEW ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
7299 HAND RD, SARASOTA, FL 34241 · (941) 361-6571 · Sarasota County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBREGULAR SCHOOL741 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
15.1:1
49 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 13.5:1 · STATE 17.5:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
28%
209 students
DISTRICT 46% · STATE 50%
Community
5
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 | 3 | 0% |
| Kindergarten | 109 | 15% |
| Grade 1 | 117 | 16% |
| Grade 2 | 130 | 18% |
| Grade 3 | 125 | 17% |
| Grade 4 | 126 | 17% |
| Grade 5 | 131 | 18% |
Student demographics
46%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
79.0%
FL avg 56.7% . +0.1pp since 2023
Math
84.3%
FL avg 58.9% . -4.9pp since 2023
What this means: On the FAST / B.E.S.T., Florida's statewide test, about 79 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 84 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Florida schools, those numbers are about 57 and 59. Reading and writing scores have held steady since 2023, while math scores are down about 5 points.
FAST / B.E.S.T. results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 79.0% | 84.3% |
| 2023-24 | 78.9% | 89.2% |
% 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
OUTPERFORMING
Top 10% of FL schools after controlling for student poverty
Actual proficiency
82.2%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
67.0%
based on FL schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+15.1pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 82% of students here test proficient in math and reading, well above the roughly 67% typical for Florida schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations ranks schools against others at the same poverty level, not by raw scores, so a school can post high scores and still fall short of its prediction, or post lower scores and still beat it. This school clears its prediction by about 15 points, placing it in Florida's top 10%.
BeatsExpectations runs a per-state regression of proficiency on free/reduced-lunch share, then scores each school by residual. How this is calculated →
Where LAKEVIEW ELEMENTARY SCHOOL ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Florida | In Sarasota County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 82.2% | #98 of 2,136 | #3 of 30 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 84.3% | #166 of 2,149 | #3 of 30 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 79.0% | #177 of 2,149 | #2 of 30 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 741 | #590 of 2,267 | #11 of 34 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 15.1:1 | #743 of 2,077 | #19 of 29 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 45.7% | #1,522 of 2,108 | #21 of 29 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +22.3% | #171 of 621 | #4 of 13 |
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.
7-year change
SY 2017-18 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
741
+135 (+22%) vs 2017
Student : Teacher
15.1:1
was 14.8:1
% White
71%
was 76%
% Hispanic
19%
was 13%
% Black
1%
was 2%
% Asian
4%
was 1%
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
Enrollment and staffing by year
| School year | Students | Teachers (FTE) | Students per teacher | Free or reduced lunch |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 741 | 49 | 15.1:1 | 28% (209) |
| 2023-24 | 728 | 49 | 14.9:1 | 31% (228) |
| 2022-23 | 691 | 46 | 15.0:1 | 29% (200) |
| 2017-18 | 606 | 41 | 14.8:1 | 40% (243) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for LAKEVIEW ELEMENTARY SCHOOL.
About LAKEVIEW ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
LAKEVIEW ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is a mid-sized elementary school serving families in SARASOTA, Florida. It enrolls 741 students in 2024-25. The grades offered are pre-K through 5. The school is 23% bigger than the average for elementary schools in Florida.
The SARASOTA system has 60 schools and 45,246 students.
White students are 71% of those enrolled at LAKEVIEW ELEMENTARY SCHOOL. The rest of enrollment is 19% Hispanic, 5% multiracial, and 4% Asian. Census estimates put the White share of Sarasota County's population at about 82%. On a 0 to 100 scale, the school's diversity index is 46, compared with 70 nationally.
Its ratio of 15.1:1 is based on 49 full-time-equivalent teachers. Elementary schools in Florida have an average ratio of 17.5:1. In all, 28% of students qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. That rate is below the 44% average among public schools in Sarasota County.
BeatsExpectations places LAKEVIEW ELEMENTARY SCHOOL in the top 10% of Florida schools. The measure fits a line through proficiency and free or reduced-price lunch share for each state, and this school sits 15.1 points above it (82.2% actual, 67.0% predicted).
The county, Sarasota County, is where the school is located. The median household earns about $83,416 a year, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 41%, and about 6% of people live in poverty. Counting LAKEVIEW ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, Sarasota County has 63 public schools.
LAKEVIEW ELEMENTARY SCHOOL's closest public school neighbor is OAK PARK SCHOOL, about 0.2 miles away. Counting only straight-line distance, at least 8 other public schools are within five miles. On proficiency, LAKEVIEW ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is ahead of the 68.9% nearby average, ranking 2nd of 8.
The school's federal locale classification is Suburb: Large.
The school grew from 606 students in 2017-18 to 741 in 2024-25. The percentage of Hispanic students grew from 13% to 19% between 2017-18 and 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
- OAK PARK SCHOOL0.2 mi · 211
- SARASOTA SUNCOAST ACADEMY2.0 mi · 823
- ASHTON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL2.5 mi · 964
- TATUM RIDGE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL2.8 mi · 864
- SARASOTA MIDDLE SCHOOL2.8 mi · 1,290
- BRENTWOOD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL3.3 mi · 590
Frequently asked questions
About LAKEVIEW ELEMENTARY SCHOOLHow many students attend LAKEVIEW ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
LAKEVIEW ELEMENTARY SCHOOL enrolls approximately 741 students in grades PK-05.
Is LAKEVIEW ELEMENTARY SCHOOL an elementary, middle, or high school?
LAKEVIEW ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is an elementary school covering grades PK-05.
What is the student-teacher ratio at LAKEVIEW ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
The student-to-teacher ratio at LAKEVIEW ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is approximately 15.1:1 (49 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at LAKEVIEW ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
At LAKEVIEW ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, the student body is approximately 71% White, 19% Hispanic, 1% Black, 4% Asian, 5% Two or more.
Is LAKEVIEW ELEMENTARY SCHOOL public or private?
LAKEVIEW 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.