NORTH PORT HIGH SCHOOL

NORTH PORT HIGH SCHOOL operates as a big secondary school in NORTH PORT, Florida, operated by SARASOTA. Current enrollment sits at 2,557 students spanning grades 9 through 12. That puts it 147% larger than the typical public school in Florida, which averages around 1,035 students.

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

For racial and ethnic makeup, NORTH PORT HIGH SCHOOL shows that 61% of the student body identifies as White. The remainder consists of 21% Hispanic, 10% Black, 6% multiracial, 2% Asian. The wider county runs roughly 82% White, putting the school's mix noticeably less White than the area baseline.

In terms of school funding signals, Staff filings list 125 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 20.5:1 students per teacher. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 23.5:1 average. An estimated 52% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy.

After controlling for student poverty, NORTH PORT HIGH SCHOOL performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 55.3%, the actual is 48.0%, a residual of -7.3 points.

Around the school, census data for Sarasota County shows the typical household earns roughly $83,416 per year, 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 NORTH PORT HIGH SCHOOL is one.

HERON CREEK MIDDLE SCHOOL is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.4 miles from this campus. 6 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts NORTH PORT HIGH SCHOOL at 9th of 9; the average score across the group is 64.0%.

NORTH PORT HIGH SCHOOL operates from a metropolitan location.

Five-year trend. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at NORTH PORT HIGH SCHOOL has increased 8%, going from 2,365 students in 2018 to 2,557 in 2025. Over the same period, the White share declined from 67% to 61%. The student-to-teacher ratio loosened from 18.6:1 in 2018 to 20.5:1 today.

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