SARASOTA SUNCOAST ACADEMY

SARASOTA SUNCOAST ACADEMY is one of the moderately sized elementary-level communitys in SARASOTA, Florida, run under SARASOTA, with 823 students on its rolls from grades K through 8. By comparison, Florida's public schools average about 604 students each, so SARASOTA SUNCOAST ACADEMY sits 36% above that benchmark.

SARASOTA SUNCOAST ACADEMY is one of 60 schools operated by SARASOTA, a district that works with 45,246 students overall.

On demographics, SARASOTA SUNCOAST ACADEMY shows that nearly all students (81%) are White. The remainder consists of 13% Hispanic, 5% multiracial. Compared to Sarasota County overall, the school's racial mix sits in roughly the same range.

Looking at the economic backdrop, SARASOTA SUNCOAST ACADEMY shows 48 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 17.1:1. That tracks the state average closely. An estimated 21% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy. By comparison, Sarasota County runs at roughly 44%, so the school's eligibility rate is meaningfully below the surrounding baseline.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, SARASOTA SUNCOAST ACADEMY performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 70.5%, the actual is 72.7%, a residual of +2.1 points.

Zooming out to the county, community-level numbers for Sarasota County indicate the typical household earns roughly $83,416 per year, about 41% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, 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), SARASOTA SUNCOAST ACADEMY is one campus in the mix.

The closest other public school is LAKEVIEW ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, roughly 2.0 miles away. Counting just inside five miles, 6 other public schools cluster around SARASOTA SUNCOAST ACADEMY. Among the 7 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), SARASOTA SUNCOAST ACADEMY ranks 5th on composite proficiency, ahead of the local average of 71.3%.

The school occupies an outlying site. As a public charter, SARASOTA SUNCOAST ACADEMY runs on public funding but with greater curricular and operational autonomy than a typical district school.

Looking at the recent track record. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at SARASOTA SUNCOAST ACADEMY has rose 39%, going from 593 students in 2018 to 823 in 2025. Class-load math has grew: from 15.2:1 in 2018 to 17.1:1 in 2025.

Within the allk12 community for this school, the page collects discussion, questions, and updates around open house dates, ride-share offers, and field-trip permission slips. Contributors range from current parents to recent graduates and teachers.