Enrollment
193
Elementary
DISTRICT 599 · STATE 604
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·SARASOTA·NCES 120168008202
SARASOTA ACADEMY OF THE ARTS
582 MCINTOSH RD, SARASOTA, FL 34232 · (941) 377-2278 · Sarasota County
GRADES KG–08ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBCHARTERTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL193 STUDENTS
C
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 33% of Florida public elementary schools
- C+Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- CBeats 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
11.2:1
17 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 13.5:1 · STATE 17.5:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
55%
107 students
DISTRICT 46% · STATE 50%
Community
0
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Kindergarten | 25 | 13% |
| Grade 1 | 10 | 5% |
| Grade 2 | 16 | 8% |
| Grade 3 | 19 | 10% |
| Grade 4 | 14 | 7% |
| Grade 5 | 20 | 10% |
| Grade 6 | 25 | 13% |
| Grade 7 | 31 | 16% |
| Grade 8 | 33 | 17% |
This year's kindergarten class (25) is 24% smaller than its 8th grade class (33).
Student demographics
61%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
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FAST / B.E.S.T. 2024-25 . % at Level 3 or AboveEnglish Language Arts
56.8%
FL avg 56.7% . +4.5pp since 2023
Math
52.0%
FL avg 58.9% . +2.8pp since 2023
What this means: On the FAST / B.E.S.T., Florida's statewide test, about 57 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 52 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 5 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 3 points.
FAST / B.E.S.T. results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 56.8% | 52.0% |
| 2023-24 | 52.2% | 49.2% |
% 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
49.7%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
53.4%
based on FL schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-3.6pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 50% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 53% 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 SARASOTA ACADEMY OF THE ARTS
SARASOTA ACADEMY OF THE ARTS's state test result (49.7% proficient) is higher than 0 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| SARASOTA ACADEMY OF THE ARTS this school | 193 | 55.4% | 49.7% |
| HARTRIDGE ACADEMY WINTER HAVEN | 200 | 54.5% | 67.6% |
| MARION CHARTER SCHOOL OCALA | 228 | 57.9% | 60.1% |
| PINE ISLAND ELEMENTARY SCHOOL BOKEELIA | 227 | 47.6% | 59.6% |
| CAPE VIEW ELEMENTARY SCHOOL CAPE CANAVERAL | 273 | 52.7% | 51.9% |
| ANDERSON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL TAMPA | 221 | 54.3% | 53.4% |
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 SARASOTA ACADEMY OF THE ARTS ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Florida | In Sarasota County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 49.7% | #1,341 of 2,136 | #25 of 30 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 52.0% | #1,457 of 2,149 ▼ 40 | #26 of 30 no change |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 56.8% | #992 of 2,149 ▲ 70 | #20 of 30 ▲ 3 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 193 | #2,113 of 2,267 | #30 of 34 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 55.4% | #1,066 of 2,188 | #12 of 30 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -15.7% | #683 of 1,374 | #6 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
193
+6 (+3%) vs 2020
Student : Teacher
11.2:1
was 12.5:1
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 | 193 | 17.3 | 11.2:1 | 55% (107) |
| 2023-24 | 176 | 17.3 | 10.2:1 | 59% (104) |
| 2022-23 | 171 | 15.3 | 11.2:1 | 56% (95) |
| 2020-21 | 187 | 15 | 12.5:1 | 47% (88) |
| 2017-18 | 229 | 23 | 10.0:1 | 53% (122) |
| 2015-16 | 222 | 22 | 10.1:1 | 47% (104) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for SARASOTA ACADEMY OF THE ARTS.
About SARASOTA ACADEMY OF THE ARTS
SARASOTA ACADEMY OF THE ARTS is an elementary school located in SARASOTA, Florida, in Sarasota County. The school serves 193 students in kindergarten through 8 in 2024-25. For comparison, elementary schools in Florida average about 604 students.
SARASOTA is the district for SARASOTA ACADEMY OF THE ARTS. It has 60 schools and 45,246 students.
At SARASOTA ACADEMY OF THE ARTS, the largest share of students is White, at 49%. The remaining shares are 37% Hispanic, 9% multiracial, and 3% Black. Sarasota County as a whole is about 82% White, so the school's share is lower. SARASOTA ACADEMY OF THE ARTS's diversity index is 61%, against a US figure of 70%.
Federal records show a student-to-teacher ratio of 11.2:1 at SARASOTA ACADEMY OF THE ARTS, with 17.3 full-time-equivalent teachers. On average, elementary schools in Florida have 17.5:1, compared with 11.2:1 here. The count of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch equals 55% of enrollment. It compares with 44% for public schools in Sarasota County.
SARASOTA ACADEMY OF THE ARTS is graded C by allk12, scoring above 33% of Florida public elementary schools once test results, poverty-adjusted performance, and the recent trend are combined.
In Florida, SARASOTA ACADEMY OF THE ARTS is in the middle band of BeatsExpectations: 49.7% actual against a predicted 53.4%.
Sarasota County census figures show that the median household income is $83,416, about 41% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and roughly 6% of residents are in poverty. Sarasota County is home to 63 public schools and about 45,253 public school students.
The nearest other public school, MCINTOSH MIDDLE SCHOOL, is about 0.7 miles away. Inside a five-mile radius, there are at least 8 other public schools. On average proficiency, SARASOTA ACADEMY OF THE ARTS is 5th of 7 nearby schools with test data.
SARASOTA ACADEMY OF THE ARTS falls in the Suburb: Large locale category, used for schools in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more. SARASOTA ACADEMY OF THE ARTS is run as a public charter school.
SARASOTA ACADEMY OF THE ARTS's enrollment climbed from 187 in 2020-21 to 193 in 2024-25. From 2020-21 to 2024-25, the ratio fell from 12.5:1 to 11.2:1.
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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
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
- MCINTOSH MIDDLE SCHOOL0.7 mi · 693
- FRUITVILLE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL1.2 mi · 704
- THE FLORIDA CENTER FOR CHILD AND FAMILY DEVELOPMENT1.2 mi · 15
- SARASOTA COUNTY ACCELERATION ACADEMIES1.3 mi · 106
- BRENTWOOD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL1.5 mi · 590
- TUTTLE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL2.1 mi · 698
Frequently asked questions
About SARASOTA ACADEMY OF THE ARTSHow many students attend SARASOTA ACADEMY OF THE ARTS?
SARASOTA ACADEMY OF THE ARTS enrolls approximately 193 students in grades KG-08.
Is SARASOTA ACADEMY OF THE ARTS an elementary, middle, or high school?
SARASOTA ACADEMY OF THE ARTS is an elementary school covering grades KG-08.
How many students per teacher at SARASOTA ACADEMY OF THE ARTS?
Approximately 11.2:1 students per teacher at SARASOTA ACADEMY OF THE ARTS.
How diverse is SARASOTA ACADEMY OF THE ARTS?
SARASOTA ACADEMY OF THE ARTS reports a student body of 49% White, 37% Hispanic, 3% Black, 2% Asian, 9% Two or more.
Who oversees SARASOTA ACADEMY OF THE ARTS?
SARASOTA ACADEMY OF THE ARTS is overseen by SARASOTA in Sarasota County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.