LAUREL NOKOMIS SCHOOL

Set in NOKOMIS, Florida, LAUREL NOKOMIS SCHOOL is a substantial primary school, operated by SARASOTA. It instructs 1,384 students across grades pre-K through 8. Compared to the state average of about 604 students per school, that is 129% larger than typical.

Across the 60 schools in SARASOTA (45,246 students total), LAUREL NOKOMIS SCHOOL accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

In terms of who attends, LAUREL NOKOMIS SCHOOL shows that the largest single group is White, at 70% of enrollment. The remainder consists of 16% Hispanic, 7% multiracial, 5% Asian. The wider county runs roughly 82% White, putting the school's mix considerably less White than the area baseline.

On the resource side, LAUREL NOKOMIS SCHOOL logs 96 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 14.4:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 17.5:1 average. An estimated 36% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. That share is below Sarasota County's rate of about 44%.

With demographic context factored in, LAUREL NOKOMIS SCHOOL sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 63.1%; this one delivers 70.8%.

In the broader community, census data for Sarasota County shows the typical household earns roughly $83,416 per year, about 41% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 6%. Across Sarasota County's 63 public schools (combined enrollment of about 45,253 students), LAUREL NOKOMIS SCHOOL is one campus in the mix.

Nearest neighbor: ISLAND VILLAGE MONTESSORI SCHOOL, around 0.9 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 7 other public schools cluster around LAUREL NOKOMIS SCHOOL. On composite proficiency, LAUREL NOKOMIS SCHOOL comes 5th of 9 in the immediate cluster, beneath the nearby-schools average of 72.2%.

The school occupies a commuter-belt site.

Looking at the recent track record. LAUREL NOKOMIS SCHOOL's enrollment has expanded 21% since 2018, when it stood at 1,144 (now 1,384). White enrollment moved from 77% to 70% across the same window. The student-to-teacher ratio grew from 12.4:1 in 2018 to 14.4:1 today.

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