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Enrollment
997
High
DISTRICT 1,364 · STATE 1,035
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·SARASOTA·NCES 120168003933
SARASOTA MILITARY ACADEMY
801 N ORANGE AVE, SARASOTA, FL 34236 · (941) 926-1700 · Sarasota County
GRADES 06–12HIGH13-CITYCHARTERTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL997 STUDENTS
C
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 31% of Florida public high schools
- CTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- C+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 high schools
Student : Teacher
14.9:1
67 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 22.1:1 · STATE 23.5:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
53%
528 students
DISTRICT 46% · STATE 50%
Community
6
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other high schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Grade 6 | 124 | 12% |
| Grade 7 | 152 | 15% |
| Grade 8 | 168 | 17% |
| Grade 9 | 142 | 14% |
| Grade 10 | 151 | 15% |
| Grade 11 | 137 | 14% |
| Grade 12 | 123 | 12% |
Student demographics
60%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
45.4%
FL avg 56.7% . -0.3pp since 2023
Math
48.8%
FL avg 58.9% . +7.2pp since 2023
What this means: On the FAST / B.E.S.T., Florida's statewide test, about 45 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 49 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 7 points.
FAST / B.E.S.T. results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 45.4% | 48.8% |
| 2023-24 | 45.7% | 41.7% |
% 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
45.6%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
54.6%
based on FL schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-9.0pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 46% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 55% 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 MILITARY ACADEMY
SARASOTA MILITARY ACADEMY's state test result (45.6% proficient) is higher than 5 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| SARASOTA MILITARY ACADEMY this school | 997 | 53.0% | 45.6% |
| ANCLOTE HIGH SCHOOL HOLIDAY | 1,150 | 53.0% | 40.0% |
| DESOTO COUNTY HIGH SCHOOL ARCADIA | 1,215 | 50.9% | 40.0% |
| MARATHON SCHOOL MARATHON | 809 | 49.3% | 43.3% |
| PASCO HIGH SCHOOL DADE CITY | 1,523 | 47.8% | 35.8% |
| GULF HIGH SCHOOL NEW PORT RICHEY | 1,518 | 54.7% | 36.5% |
Matched among Florida high 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 MILITARY ACADEMY ranks
Among high schools| Measure | This school | In Florida | In Sarasota County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 45.6% | #397 of 555 | #8 of 8 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 48.8% | #193 of 549 ▲ 23 | #5 of 8 ▼ 1 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 45.4% | #438 of 559 ▼ 71 | #7 of 8 no change |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 997 | #400 of 830 | #6 of 9 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 14.9:1 | #23 of 575 | #1 of 8 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 60.4% | #252 of 594 | #2 of 8 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 53.0% | #183 of 630 | #2 of 8 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -32.1% | #25 of 289 | N/A |
Ranked against other public high 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
997
-309 (-24%) vs 2020
+24% since 2010-11, when it was 801
Student : Teacher
14.9:1
was 14.2:1
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 | 997 | 67 | 14.9:1 | 53% (528) |
| 2023-24 | 1,099 | 76 | 14.5:1 | 53% (584) |
| 2022-23 | 1,213 | 82 | 14.8:1 | 54% (657) |
| 2020-21 | 1,306 | 92 | 14.2:1 | 51% (671) |
| 2017-18 | 1,469 | 108 | 13.6:1 | 49% (721) |
| 2015-16 | 1,016 | 68 | 14.9:1 | 32% (324) |
| 2010-11 | 801 | 52 | 15.4:1 | 32% (257) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for SARASOTA MILITARY ACADEMY.
About SARASOTA MILITARY ACADEMY
SARASOTA MILITARY ACADEMY is a high school in SARASOTA, Florida, according to federal school records. A federal count lists 997 students at the school, in grades 6 through 12.
SARASOTA enrolls 45,246 students, and its 60 schools include SARASOTA MILITARY ACADEMY.
Enrollment at SARASOTA MILITARY ACADEMY is mixed, with Hispanic students the largest group at 46%. Beyond that, enrollment is 43% White, 5% Black, 4% multiracial, and 2% Asian. In Sarasota County overall, about 11% of residents are Hispanic. The chance that two students picked at random at SARASOTA MILITARY ACADEMY belong to different racial or ethnic groups, known as the diversity index, is 60%.
A ratio of 14.9:1 comes from the school's 67 full-time-equivalent teachers. For comparison, high schools in Florida average 23.5:1. Free or reduced-price lunch eligibility was 53% in 2024-25. Compared with the 44% average for public schools in Sarasota County, the school's rate is higher.
The allk12 Grade for SARASOTA MILITARY ACADEMY is C. Compared with Florida public high schools, the school scored higher than 31% on a mix of test scores, poverty-adjusted results, and recent trend.
When test results are adjusted for free or reduced-price lunch eligibility, SARASOTA MILITARY ACADEMY is 9.0 points below its prediction. Actual: 45.6%. Predicted: 54.6%.
County data help place the school in context: in Sarasota County, median household income is about $83,416, about 41% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and the poverty rate is about 6%. SARASOTA MILITARY ACADEMY is among the 63 public schools in Sarasota County.
The closest public school to SARASOTA MILITARY ACADEMY is SARASOTA SCHOOL OF ARTS/SCIENCES, about 0.3 miles away. Within five miles of SARASOTA MILITARY ACADEMY, there are at least 8 other public schools. Among its closest neighbors with test data, SARASOTA MILITARY ACADEMY is 7th of 8 on proficiency.
Federal data place SARASOTA MILITARY ACADEMY in the City: Small locale, which means it is inside a principal city with a population under 100,000. SARASOTA MILITARY ACADEMY is a public charter school.
Federal counts put enrollment at 1,306 in 2020-21 and 997 in 2024-25, a 24% decrease.
Parents and students can post about school events, clubs, and volunteer needs at SARASOTA MILITARY ACADEMY. Alumni can share how the school prepared them.
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
- ASHTON ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 964 students
- TATUM RIDGE ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 864 students
Nearby schools
- SARASOTA SCHOOL OF ARTS/SCIENCES0.3 mi · 747
- CHILDREN FIRST0.6 mi · 24
- EMMA E. BOOKER ELEMENTARY SCHOOL1.4 mi · 451
- SUNCOAST SCHOOL FOR INNOVATIVE STUDIES1.4 mi · 96
- BAY HAVEN SCHOOL OF BASICS PLUS1.5 mi · 547
- BOOKER HIGH SCHOOL1.5 mi · 1,479
Frequently asked questions
About SARASOTA MILITARY ACADEMYHow many students attend SARASOTA MILITARY ACADEMY?
SARASOTA MILITARY ACADEMY enrolls approximately 997 students in grades 06-12.
What grades does SARASOTA MILITARY ACADEMY serve?
SARASOTA MILITARY ACADEMY serves grades 06-12.
What is the student-teacher ratio at SARASOTA MILITARY ACADEMY?
The student-to-teacher ratio at SARASOTA MILITARY ACADEMY is approximately 14.9:1 (67 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at SARASOTA MILITARY ACADEMY?
At SARASOTA MILITARY ACADEMY, the student body is approximately 43% White, 46% Hispanic, 5% Black, 2% Asian, 4% Two or more.
Is SARASOTA MILITARY ACADEMY public or private?
SARASOTA MILITARY ACADEMY is a public K-12 school operated as a charter, overseen by SARASOTA.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.