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Teachers: what resource would make the biggest difference at SARASOTA MIDDLE SCHOOL this year?
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Enrollment
1,290
Middle
DISTRICT 721 · STATE 794
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·SARASOTA·NCES 120168001837
SARASOTA MIDDLE SCHOOL
4826 ASHTON RD, SARASOTA, FL 34233 · (941) 361-6464 · Sarasota County
GRADES 06–08MIDDLE21-SUBURBREGULAR SCHOOL1,290 STUDENTS
A
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Scored higher than 88% of Florida public middle schools
- ATest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- A-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 middle schools
Student : Teacher
17.4:1
74 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 16.0:1 · STATE 19.6:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
22%
288 students
DISTRICT 46% · STATE 50%
Community
6
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other middle schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Grade 6 | 436 | 34% |
| Grade 7 | 423 | 33% |
| Grade 8 | 431 | 33% |
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
80.0%
FL avg 56.7% . +6.5pp since 2023
Math
83.9%
FL avg 58.9% . +2.3pp since 2023
What this means: On the FAST / B.E.S.T., Florida's statewide test, about 80 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 84 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 6 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 2 points.
FAST / B.E.S.T. results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 80.0% | 83.9% |
| 2023-24 | 73.5% | 81.6% |
% 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
76.5%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
70.0%
based on FL schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+6.6pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 77% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 70% 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 MIDDLE SCHOOL
SARASOTA MIDDLE SCHOOL's state test result (76.5% proficient) is higher than 4 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| SARASOTA MIDDLE SCHOOL this school | 1,290 | 22.3% | 76.5% |
| INDEPENDENCE MIDDLE SCHOOL JUPITER | 1,236 | 20.1% | 69.7% |
| SEVEN SPRINGS MIDDLE SCHOOL TRINITY | 1,498 | 25.6% | 68.0% |
| PACETTI BAY MIDDLE SCHOOL ST AUGUSTINE | 1,481 | 19.5% | 76.6% |
| CHILES MIDDLE SCHOOL OVIEDO | 1,279 | 25.6% | 70.2% |
| DUNCAN U. FLETCHER MIDDLE SCHOOL JACKSONVILLE BEACH | 1,190 | 25.4% | 64.0% |
Matched among Florida middle 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 MIDDLE SCHOOL ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In Florida | In Sarasota County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 76.5% | #53 of 560 | #2 of 11 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 83.9% | #53 of 560 ▲ 4 | #2 of 11 no change |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 80.0% | #30 of 560 ▲ 11 | #1 of 11 ▲ 1 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 1,290 | #37 of 584 | #1 of 11 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 17.4:1 | #117 of 547 | #10 of 11 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 47.9% | #401 of 553 | #7 of 11 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 22.3% | #515 of 565 | #8 of 11 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +4.6% | #103 of 137 | #7 of 8 |
Ranked against other public middle 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
1,290
+121 (+10%) vs 2020
+4% since 1990-91, when it was 1,236
Student : Teacher
17.4:1
was 16.5:1
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 | 1,290 | 74 | 17.4:1 | 22% (288) |
| 2023-24 | 1,308 | 76 | 17.2:1 | 24% (316) |
| 2022-23 | 1,278 | 77 | 16.6:1 | 26% (331) |
| 2020-21 | 1,169 | 71 | 16.5:1 | 27% (311) |
| 2017-18 | 1,233 | 82 | 15.0:1 | 32% (391) |
| 2015-16 | 1,267 | 80 | 15.8:1 | 27% (340) |
| 2010-11 | 1,145 | 68 | 16.8:1 | 30% (349) |
| 2000-01 | 1,411 | 69 | 20.4:1 | 20% (276) |
| 1990-91 | 1,236 | 64 | 19.3:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for SARASOTA MIDDLE SCHOOL.
About SARASOTA MIDDLE SCHOOL
SARASOTA MIDDLE SCHOOL is a middle-grades school in SARASOTA, Florida, according to federal school records. The school has 1,290 students in 2024-25 across grades 6 through 8. By comparison, middle schools in Florida enroll about 794 students on average.
SARASOTA, which runs SARASOTA MIDDLE SCHOOL, has 60 schools and 45,246 students.
At SARASOTA MIDDLE SCHOOL, 70% of students are White. The school is also 17% Hispanic, 8% multiracial, and 4% Asian. That is lower than the 82% White share among all Sarasota County residents. Measured by the diversity index, the student body scores 48%.
SARASOTA MIDDLE SCHOOL reported 74 full-time-equivalent teachers in 2024-25, a ratio of 17.4:1. The school's 17.4:1 compares with an average of 19.6:1 for middle schools in Florida. Roughly 22% of students at SARASOTA MIDDLE SCHOOL can receive free or reduced-price lunch. The 44% average for public schools in Sarasota County is 22 points higher.
SARASOTA MIDDLE 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 88% of Florida public middle schools.
SARASOTA MIDDLE SCHOOL sits between the top and bottom 10% of Florida schools on BeatsExpectations, with an actual average proficiency rate across its state test results of 76.5% and a predicted 70.0%.
In the wider Sarasota County area, median household income comes to about $83,416, roughly 41% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and about 6% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Sarasota County's 63 public schools enroll about 45,253 students and include SARASOTA MIDDLE SCHOOL.
About 0.3 miles separate SARASOTA MIDDLE SCHOOL from the closest public school, ASHTON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL. The five-mile area around SARASOTA MIDDLE SCHOOL holds at least 8 other public schools. Nearby schools average 65.5% on proficiency, and SARASOTA MIDDLE SCHOOL is above that at 76.5%.
SARASOTA MIDDLE SCHOOL is in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more, a location NCES labels Suburb: Large.
Over the 4 years from 2020-21 to 2024-25, enrollment rose 10%.
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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 MILITARY ACADEMYHigh · 997 students
- ASHTON ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 964 students
- TATUM RIDGE ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 864 students
Nearby schools
- ASHTON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL0.3 mi · 964
- IMAGINE SCHOOL AT PALMER RANCH1.0 mi · 433
- SARASOTA VIRTUAL ACADEMY (VIRTUAL FRANCHISE)1.9 mi · 12
- SARASOTA VIRTUAL INSTRUCTION PROGRAM1.9 mi · 103
- SUNCOAST POLYTECHNICAL HIGH SCHOOL1.9 mi · 556
- TRIAD2.0 mi · 77
Frequently asked questions
About SARASOTA MIDDLE SCHOOLHow large is SARASOTA MIDDLE SCHOOL?
SARASOTA MIDDLE SCHOOL enrolls approximately 1,290 students in grades 06-08.
What age range does SARASOTA MIDDLE SCHOOL serve?
SARASOTA MIDDLE SCHOOL serves students from grade 06 through grade 08.
How many students per teacher at SARASOTA MIDDLE SCHOOL?
Approximately 17.4:1 students per teacher at SARASOTA MIDDLE SCHOOL.
How diverse is SARASOTA MIDDLE SCHOOL?
SARASOTA MIDDLE SCHOOL reports a student body of 70% White, 17% Hispanic, 2% Black, 4% Asian, 8% Two or more.
Who oversees SARASOTA MIDDLE SCHOOL?
SARASOTA MIDDLE SCHOOL is overseen by SARASOTA in Sarasota County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.