PHILLIPPI SHORES ELEMENTARY SCHOOL

Set in SARASOTA, Florida, PHILLIPPI SHORES ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is a middle-of-the-pack primary school, operated by SARASOTA. It educates 696 students across grades pre-K through 5.

SARASOTA comprises 60 schools with combined enrollment of 45,246 students; PHILLIPPI SHORES ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is among them.

On demographics, PHILLIPPI SHORES ELEMENTARY SCHOOL reports that 67% of the student body identifies as White; the rest comes out to 20% Hispanic, 6% Black, 6% multiracial. That is visibly less White than the county at large, where the share is closer to 82%.

In terms of school funding signals, Staff filings list 44 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 15.8:1 students per teacher. The state averages around 17.5:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. Roughly 35% of students at PHILLIPPI SHORES ELEMENTARY SCHOOL qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. By comparison, Sarasota County runs at roughly 44%, so the school's eligibility rate is below the surrounding baseline.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, PHILLIPPI SHORES ELEMENTARY SCHOOL sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 63.8%; this one delivers 76.1%.

Across the wider county, ACS estimates for Sarasota County put median household income runs about $83,416, roughly 41% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 6% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Across Sarasota County's 63 public schools (combined enrollment of about 45,253 students), PHILLIPPI SHORES ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is one campus in the mix.

RIVERVIEW HIGH SCHOOL is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.5 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around PHILLIPPI SHORES ELEMENTARY SCHOOL. On composite proficiency, PHILLIPPI SHORES ELEMENTARY SCHOOL comes 3rd of 6 in the immediate cluster, ahead of the nearby-schools average of 68.3%.

Geographically, the school is in a commuter-belt area.

Trend over the last 7 years. Over the past 7-year window, the student count fell 11%: 783 students in 2018 compared to 696 in 2025. Class-load math has rose: from 14.0:1 in 2018 to 15.8:1 in 2025.

Within the allk12 community for this school, the feed for PHILLIPPI SHORES ELEMENTARY SCHOOL typically covers science fair prep, picture-day reminders, and bus-route questions. Contributors range from current parents to recent graduates and teachers.