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Enrollment
696
Elementary
DISTRICT 599 · STATE 604
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·SARASOTA·NCES 120168001846
PHILLIPPI SHORES ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
4747 S TAMIAMI TRL, SARASOTA, FL 34231 · (941) 361-6424 · Sarasota County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBREGULAR SCHOOL696 STUDENTS
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Scored higher than 90% of Florida public elementary schools
- ATest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- ABeats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
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
15.8:1
44 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 13.5:1 · STATE 17.5:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
35%
242 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 | 1 | 0% |
| Kindergarten | 94 | 14% |
| Grade 1 | 127 | 18% |
| Grade 2 | 121 | 17% |
| Grade 3 | 108 | 16% |
| Grade 4 | 118 | 17% |
| Grade 5 | 127 | 18% |
This year's kindergarten class (94) is 26% smaller than its 5th grade class (127).
Student demographics
50%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
72.9%
FL avg 56.7% . +0.7pp since 2023
Math
83.4%
FL avg 58.9% . +6.3pp since 2023
What this means: On the FAST / B.E.S.T., Florida's statewide test, about 73 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 83 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 up about 6 points.
FAST / B.E.S.T. results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 72.9% | 83.4% |
| 2023-24 | 72.2% | 77.1% |
% 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
76.1%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
63.8%
based on FL schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+12.3pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 76% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 64% 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 PHILLIPPI SHORES ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
PHILLIPPI SHORES ELEMENTARY SCHOOL's state test result (76.1% proficient) is higher than 4 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| PHILLIPPI SHORES ELEMENTARY SCHOOL this school | 696 | 34.8% | 76.1% |
| BERKLEY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL AUBURNDALE | 696 | 35.8% | 77.2% |
| CURLEW CREEK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL PALM HARBOR | 610 | 32.6% | 73.6% |
| CHOCACHATTI ELEMENTARY SCHOOL BROOKSVILLE | 783 | 36.4% | 74.5% |
| LEILA DAVIS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL CLEARWATER | 636 | 33.6% | 71.0% |
| PATRONIS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL PANAMA CITY BEACH | 589 | 33.3% | 72.4% |
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 PHILLIPPI SHORES ELEMENTARY SCHOOL ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Florida | In Sarasota County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 76.1% | #275 of 2,136 | #6 of 30 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 83.4% | #190 of 2,149 ▲ 115 | #4 of 30 ▲ 2 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 72.9% | #345 of 2,149 ▼ 52 | #10 of 30 ▼ 3 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 696 | #714 of 2,267 | #14 of 34 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 15.8:1 | #1,042 of 2,077 | #23 of 29 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 50.4% | #1,351 of 2,108 | #16 of 29 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 34.8% | #1,703 of 2,188 | #23 of 30 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -11.1% | #889 of 1,374 | #10 of 16 |
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
696
-79 (-10%) vs 2020
-11% since 1990-91, when it was 778
Student : Teacher
15.8:1
was 15.5:1
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 | 696 | 44 | 15.8:1 | 35% (242) |
| 2023-24 | 709 | 49 | 14.5:1 | 38% (271) |
| 2022-23 | 731 | 52.6 | 13.9:1 | 38% (280) |
| 2020-21 | 775 | 50 | 15.5:1 | 38% (291) |
| 2017-18 | 783 | 56 | 14.0:1 | 51% (397) |
| 2015-16 | 810 | 54 | 15.0:1 | 47% (377) |
| 2010-11 | 646 | 41 | 15.8:1 | 37% (242) |
| 2000-01 | 583 | 37 | 15.8:1 | 44% (258) |
| 1990-91 | 778 | 47 | 16.6:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for PHILLIPPI SHORES ELEMENTARY SCHOOL.
About PHILLIPPI SHORES ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
PHILLIPPI SHORES ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, located in SARASOTA, Florida, is a mid-sized elementary school. The school enrolls 696 students in pre-K through 5.
The district, SARASOTA, operates 60 schools serving 45,246 students.
The largest group at PHILLIPPI SHORES ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is White students, at 67%. The remaining students are 20% Hispanic, 6% Black, and 6% multiracial. Among people living in Sarasota County, the White share is about 82%. The diversity index for PHILLIPPI SHORES ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is 50%. For US public schools as a whole it is 70%.
A staff of 44 full-time-equivalent teachers puts the student-to-teacher ratio at 15.8:1. The average for elementary schools in Florida, 17.5:1, is higher. The share of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch is 35%. It compares with 44% for public schools in Sarasota County.
PHILLIPPI SHORES ELEMENTARY SCHOOL earns an A on the allk12 Grade, which blends test scores, results against poverty-based expectations, and the three-year trend. It scored higher than 90% of Florida public elementary schools.
Given its share of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, PHILLIPPI SHORES ELEMENTARY SCHOOL would be expected to post about 63.8%. Its actual average proficiency rate across its state test results is 76.1%.
For the population of Sarasota County, the median household earns about $83,416 a year, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 41% of adults, and the poverty rate is about 6%. Across Sarasota County, 63 public schools serve about 45,253 students.
PHILLIPPI SHORES ELEMENTARY SCHOOL's closest public school neighbor is RIVERVIEW HIGH SCHOOL, about 0.5 miles away. A five-mile radius around the school includes at least 8 other public schools. Local comparison: PHILLIPPI SHORES ELEMENTARY SCHOOL ranks 3rd of 6 nearby schools, at 76.1% versus a 68.3% average.
NCES assigns PHILLIPPI SHORES ELEMENTARY SCHOOL the locale Suburb: Large, meaning in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
Since 2020-21, enrollment has fallen 10%, from 775 to 696.
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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
- RIVERVIEW HIGH SCHOOL0.5 mi · 2,637
- BROOKSIDE MIDDLE SCHOOL1.1 mi · 724
- SOUTHSIDE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL1.6 mi · 696
- WILKINSON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL1.7 mi · 422
- SARASOTA VIRTUAL INSTRUCTION PROGRAM1.8 mi · 103
- SARASOTA VIRTUAL ACADEMY (VIRTUAL FRANCHISE)1.8 mi · 12
Frequently asked questions
About PHILLIPPI SHORES ELEMENTARY SCHOOLWhat is the total enrollment at PHILLIPPI SHORES ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
PHILLIPPI SHORES ELEMENTARY SCHOOL enrolls approximately 696 students in grades PK-05.
What grades does PHILLIPPI SHORES ELEMENTARY SCHOOL serve?
PHILLIPPI SHORES ELEMENTARY SCHOOL serves grades PK-05.
What is the student-teacher ratio at PHILLIPPI SHORES ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
The student-to-teacher ratio at PHILLIPPI SHORES ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is approximately 15.8:1 (44 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at PHILLIPPI SHORES ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
At PHILLIPPI SHORES ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, the student body is approximately 67% White, 20% Hispanic, 6% Black, 1% Asian, 6% Two or more.
Who oversees PHILLIPPI SHORES ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
PHILLIPPI SHORES ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is overseen by SARASOTA in Sarasota County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.