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Enrollment
823
Elementary
DISTRICT 599 · STATE 604
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·SARASOTA·NCES 120168004199
SARASOTA SUNCOAST ACADEMY
8084 HAWKINS RD, SARASOTA, FL 34241 · (941) 924-4242 · Sarasota County
GRADES KG–08ELEMENTARY41-RURALCHARTERREGULAR SCHOOL823 STUDENTS
B+
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Scored higher than 70% of Florida public elementary schools
- A-Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- B-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 elementary schools
Student : Teacher
17.1:1
48 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 13.5:1 · STATE 17.5:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
21%
175 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Kindergarten | 85 | 10% |
| Grade 1 | 80 | 10% |
| Grade 2 | 78 | 9% |
| Grade 3 | 93 | 11% |
| Grade 4 | 88 | 11% |
| Grade 5 | 83 | 10% |
| Grade 6 | 104 | 13% |
| Grade 7 | 101 | 12% |
| Grade 8 | 111 | 13% |
This year's kindergarten class (85) is 23% smaller than its 8th grade class (111).
Student demographics
32%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
73.8%
FL avg 56.7% . +6.4pp since 2023
Math
78.8%
FL avg 58.9% . +3.2pp since 2023
What this means: On the FAST / B.E.S.T., Florida's statewide test, about 74 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 79 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 3 points.
FAST / B.E.S.T. results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 73.8% | 78.8% |
| 2023-24 | 67.4% | 75.6% |
% 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
72.7%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
70.5%
based on FL schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+2.1pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 73% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 71% 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 SUNCOAST ACADEMY
SARASOTA SUNCOAST ACADEMY's state test result (72.7% proficient) is higher than 0 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| SARASOTA SUNCOAST ACADEMY this school | 823 | 21.3% | 72.7% |
| BLUEWATER ELEMENTARY SCHOOL NICEVILLE | 885 | 20.9% | 77.6% |
| GULF BREEZE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL GULF BREEZE | 865 | 22.8% | 84.7% |
| OZONA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL PALM HARBOR | 727 | 24.6% | 82.3% |
| TATUM RIDGE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL SARASOTA | 864 | 25.3% | 75.4% |
| SOUTHSIDE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL SARASOTA | 696 | 22.1% | 89.2% |
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 SUNCOAST ACADEMY ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Florida | In Sarasota County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 72.7% | #360 of 2,136 | #8 of 30 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 78.8% | #321 of 2,149 ▲ 42 | #9 of 30 ▼ 2 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 73.8% | #316 of 2,149 ▲ 132 | #8 of 30 ▲ 3 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 823 | #416 of 2,267 | #8 of 34 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 17.1:1 | #1,467 of 2,077 | #28 of 29 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 32.5% | #1,806 of 2,108 | #29 of 29 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 21.3% | #1,985 of 2,188 | #29 of 30 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +38.8% | #83 of 621 | #1 of 13 |
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
823
+45 (+6%) vs 2020
+93% since 2010-11, when it was 427
Student : Teacher
17.1:1
was 15.9:1
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 | 823 | 48 | 17.1:1 | 21% (175) |
| 2023-24 | 817 | 51 | 16.0:1 | 26% (215) |
| 2022-23 | 836 | 51 | 16.4:1 | 29% (242) |
| 2020-21 | 778 | 49 | 15.9:1 | 31% (238) |
| 2017-18 | 593 | 39 | 15.2:1 | 38% (224) |
| 2015-16 | 503 | 33 | 15.2:1 | 31% (155) |
| 2010-11 | 427 | 28 | 15.3:1 | 32% (137) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for SARASOTA SUNCOAST ACADEMY.
About SARASOTA SUNCOAST ACADEMY
SARASOTA SUNCOAST ACADEMY is a mid-sized elementary school in SARASOTA, Florida, under SARASOTA. The school counted 823 students in 2024-25, covering kindergarten through 8. That is 36% larger than the average of about 604 students for elementary schools in Florida.
SARASOTA counts 45,246 students in its 60 schools, and SARASOTA SUNCOAST ACADEMY is one of them.
The share of students at SARASOTA SUNCOAST ACADEMY who are White is 81%. Other students are 13% Hispanic and 5% multiracial. Sarasota County residents are about 82% White, a similar share. A diversity index of 32% means there is a 32% chance two randomly chosen students at SARASOTA SUNCOAST ACADEMY are from different groups.
Its ratio of 17.1:1 is based on 48 full-time-equivalent teachers. The ratio is within a point of the 17.5:1 average for elementary schools in Florida. In all, 21% of students qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. For comparison, public schools in Sarasota County average 44%.
Among Florida public elementary schools, SARASOTA SUNCOAST ACADEMY outscored 70%, which works out to a B+ on the allk12 Grade.
Compared with Florida schools that have similar shares of low-income students, SARASOTA SUNCOAST ACADEMY's results are 2.1 points above predicted: 72.7% against 70.5%.
Census data for Sarasota County show median household income comes to about $83,416, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 41%, and about 6% of people live in poverty. There are 63 public schools in the county, enrolling about 45,253, SARASOTA SUNCOAST ACADEMY among them.
LAKEVIEW ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is the nearest public school to SARASOTA SUNCOAST ACADEMY, about 2.0 miles away. SARASOTA SUNCOAST ACADEMY is one of several public schools in the area, with 6 others within five miles. The nearest schools with test data average 71.3%, lower than SARASOTA SUNCOAST ACADEMY's 72.7%.
SARASOTA SUNCOAST ACADEMY has an NCES locale of Rural: Fringe. The school is a charter school, funded with public money and operated under a charter agreement.
Federal enrollment counts increased from 778 (2020-21) to 823 (2024-25). Over the same period, the student-to-teacher ratio increased to 17.1:1, from 15.9:1.
SARASOTA SUNCOAST ACADEMY has a community page on allk12 for topics such as athletics, class schedules, and weather closures. Teachers and staff are welcome to share updates too.
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
- LAKEVIEW ELEMENTARY SCHOOL2.0 mi · 741
- OAK PARK SCHOOL2.1 mi · 211
- ASHTON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL3.6 mi · 964
- SARASOTA MIDDLE SCHOOL3.8 mi · 1,290
- IMAGINE SCHOOL AT PALMER RANCH4.3 mi · 433
- TATUM RIDGE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL4.5 mi · 864
Frequently asked questions
About SARASOTA SUNCOAST ACADEMYHow large is SARASOTA SUNCOAST ACADEMY?
SARASOTA SUNCOAST ACADEMY enrolls approximately 823 students in grades KG-08.
What age range does SARASOTA SUNCOAST ACADEMY serve?
SARASOTA SUNCOAST ACADEMY serves students from grade KG through grade 08.
What is the student-teacher ratio at SARASOTA SUNCOAST ACADEMY?
The student-to-teacher ratio at SARASOTA SUNCOAST ACADEMY is approximately 17.1:1 (48 FTE teachers).
How diverse is SARASOTA SUNCOAST ACADEMY?
SARASOTA SUNCOAST ACADEMY reports a student body of 81% White, 13% Hispanic, 1% Black, 1% Asian, 5% Two or more.
Is SARASOTA SUNCOAST ACADEMY public or private?
SARASOTA SUNCOAST 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.