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What's something LAUREL NOKOMIS SCHOOL does better than most schools?
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Enrollment
1,384
Elementary
DISTRICT 599 · STATE 604
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·SARASOTA·NCES 120168001154
LAUREL NOKOMIS SCHOOL
1900 LAUREL RD E, NOKOMIS, FL 34275 · (941) 486-2171 · Sarasota County
GRADES PK–08ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBREGULAR SCHOOL1,384 STUDENTS
A-
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Scored higher than 79% of Florida public elementary schools
- A-Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- B+Beats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- ·Three-year trend Not available for this school, so the grade uses the other parts.
Grades compare a school only with schools in the same state, because every state gives its own test. How grades work · Top-graded Florida public elementary schools
Student : Teacher
14.4:1
96 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 13.5:1 · STATE 17.5:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
36%
500 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 | 21 | 2% |
| Kindergarten | 116 | 8% |
| Grade 1 | 122 | 9% |
| Grade 2 | 125 | 9% |
| Grade 3 | 150 | 11% |
| Grade 4 | 118 | 9% |
| Grade 5 | 153 | 11% |
| Grade 6 | 180 | 13% |
| Grade 7 | 185 | 13% |
| Grade 8 | 214 | 15% |
This year's kindergarten class (116) is 46% smaller than its 8th grade class (214).
Student demographics
48%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
71.2%
FL avg 56.7% . +2.9pp since 2023
Math
76.4%
FL avg 58.9% . +1.4pp since 2023
What this means: On the FAST / B.E.S.T., Florida's statewide test, about 71 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 76 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Florida schools, those numbers are about 57 and 59. Reading and writing scores are up about 3 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 1 points.
FAST / B.E.S.T. results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 71.2% | 76.4% |
| 2023-24 | 68.2% | 75.0% |
% 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
70.8%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
63.1%
based on FL schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+7.7pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 71% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 63% 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 LAUREL NOKOMIS SCHOOL
LAUREL NOKOMIS SCHOOL's state test result (70.8% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| LAUREL NOKOMIS SCHOOL this school | 1,384 | 36.1% | 70.8% |
| BARBARA A HARVEY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL PARRISH | 1,356 | 37.7% | 67.2% |
| BREAKFAST POINT ACADEMY PANAMA CITY BEACH | 1,089 | 38.4% | 63.8% |
| OLD KINGS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL FLAGLER BEACH | 1,019 | 34.4% | 71.5% |
| CHALLENGER K-8 SCHOOL OF SCIENCE AND MATH SPRING HILL | 1,456 | 28.4% | 83.1% |
| ASHTON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL SARASOTA | 964 | 28.0% | 84.7% |
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 LAUREL NOKOMIS SCHOOL ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Florida | In Sarasota County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 70.8% | #431 of 2,136 | #11 of 30 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 76.4% | #398 of 2,149 ▼ 17 | #11 of 30 ▼ 2 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 71.2% | #401 of 2,149 ▲ 15 | #11 of 30 ▼ 1 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 1,384 | #45 of 2,267 | #1 of 34 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 14.4:1 | #467 of 2,077 | #14 of 29 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 47.7% | #1,458 of 2,108 | #20 of 29 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 36.1% | #1,678 of 2,188 | #22 of 30 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +21.0% | #190 of 621 | #6 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. 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
1,384
+223 (+19%) vs 2020
-17% since 2000-01, when it was 1,668
Student : Teacher
14.4:1
was 13.0:1
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 | 1,384 | 96 | 14.4:1 | 36% (500) |
| 2023-24 | 1,402 | 106 | 13.2:1 | 37% (521) |
| 2022-23 | 1,411 | 98 | 14.4:1 | 35% (500) |
| 2020-21 | 1,161 | 89 | 13.0:1 | 35% (410) |
| 2017-18 | 1,144 | 92 | 12.4:1 | 43% (492) |
| 2015-16 | 1,075 | 85 | 12.7:1 | 43% (464) |
| 2010-11 | 1,096 | 79 | 13.9:1 | 39% (423) |
| 2000-01 | 1,668 | 82 | 20.3:1 | 33% (555) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for LAUREL NOKOMIS SCHOOL.
About LAUREL NOKOMIS SCHOOL
LAUREL NOKOMIS SCHOOL is an elementary school in NOKOMIS, Florida, according to federal school records. Its grade span covers pre-K through 8, with 1,384 students on the rolls. On average, elementary schools in Florida enroll around 604, and this school is 129% larger than that mark.
The 60 schools in SARASOTA enroll 45,246 students altogether, LAUREL NOKOMIS SCHOOL among them.
The share of White students at LAUREL NOKOMIS SCHOOL is 70%, a majority. Other students are 16% Hispanic, 7% multiracial, and 5% Asian. That is lower than the 82% White share among all Sarasota County residents. A diversity index of 48% means there is a 48% chance two randomly chosen students at LAUREL NOKOMIS SCHOOL are from different groups.
With 96 full-time-equivalent teachers, the student-to-teacher ratio is about 14.4:1. Elementary schools in Florida have an average ratio of 17.5:1. Student poverty is often measured by lunch eligibility; at LAUREL NOKOMIS SCHOOL, 36% qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. For comparison, public schools in Sarasota County average 44%.
On the allk12 Grade, LAUREL NOKOMIS SCHOOL lands at A-, ahead of 79% of Florida public elementary schools.
The BeatsExpectations prediction for LAUREL NOKOMIS SCHOOL is 63.1%, and its average proficiency rate across its state test results is 70.8%.
In the surrounding county, Sarasota County, the median household earns about $83,416 a year, 41% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 6% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Counting LAUREL NOKOMIS SCHOOL, Sarasota County has 63 public schools.
ISLAND VILLAGE MONTESSORI SCHOOL is the nearest public school to LAUREL NOKOMIS SCHOOL, about 0.9 miles away. Within five miles of LAUREL NOKOMIS SCHOOL, there are 7 other public schools. On proficiency, LAUREL NOKOMIS SCHOOL is behind the 72.2% nearby average, ranking 5th of 9.
NCES lists the school's locale as Suburb: Large. That means it sits in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
The 2020-21-to-2024-25 change in enrollment was a 19% rise, from 1,161 to 1,384. The student-to-teacher ratio went up from 13.0:1 to 14.4:1.
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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
Nearby schools
- ISLAND VILLAGE MONTESSORI SCHOOL0.9 mi · 527
- VENICE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL2.8 mi · 616
- VENICE SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL3.0 mi · 2,579
- STUDENT LEADERSHIP ACADEMY3.9 mi · 328
- SKY ACADEMY VENICE4.2 mi · 293
- GARDEN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL4.3 mi · 529
Frequently asked questions
About LAUREL NOKOMIS SCHOOLWhat is the total enrollment at LAUREL NOKOMIS SCHOOL?
LAUREL NOKOMIS SCHOOL enrolls approximately 1,384 students in grades PK-08.
Is LAUREL NOKOMIS SCHOOL an elementary, middle, or high school?
LAUREL NOKOMIS SCHOOL is an elementary school covering grades PK-08.
How many teachers does LAUREL NOKOMIS SCHOOL have?
LAUREL NOKOMIS SCHOOL employs 96 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 14.4:1.
How diverse is LAUREL NOKOMIS SCHOOL?
LAUREL NOKOMIS SCHOOL reports a student body of 70% White, 16% Hispanic, 2% Black, 5% Asian, 7% Two or more.
Who oversees LAUREL NOKOMIS SCHOOL?
LAUREL NOKOMIS SCHOOL is overseen by SARASOTA in Sarasota County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.