SKY ACADEMY VENICE

Located at 701 CENTER RD, in VENICE, Florida, SKY ACADEMY VENICE is a very small junior high that serves 293 students (grades 6 through 8), overseen by SARASOTA. That puts it 63% leaner than the typical public school in Florida, which averages around 794 students.

Across the 60 schools in SARASOTA (45,246 students total), SKY ACADEMY VENICE accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

On the student-mix side, SKY ACADEMY VENICE reports that the largest single group is White, at 71% of enrollment. Other groups include 18% Hispanic, 6% multiracial, 4% Black. The wider county runs roughly 82% White, putting the school's mix noticeably less White than the area baseline.

In terms of school funding signals, Staff filings list 20 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 14.7:1 students per teacher. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 19.6:1 average. About 5% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. By comparison, Sarasota County runs at roughly 44%, so the school's eligibility rate is somewhat below the surrounding baseline.

After controlling for student poverty, On a poverty-adjusted basis, SKY ACADEMY VENICE sits in the bottom 10% statewide. Predicted proficiency from the FRL regression is roughly 78.8%; actual is 54.5%, a gap of -24.3 points.

In the surrounding community, Sarasota County reports that median household earnings sit near $83,416, 41% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 6%. SKY ACADEMY VENICE is one of 63 public schools in Sarasota County (combined enrollment of about 45,253 students).

Nearest neighbor: GARDEN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, around 0.2 miles off. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts SKY ACADEMY VENICE at 9th of 9; the average score across the group is 71.5%.

Geographically, the school is in an outer-ring area. SKY ACADEMY VENICE is a charter school, which puts it inside the public-school system but outside the standard district-managed model.

Five-year trend. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at SKY ACADEMY VENICE has grew 44%, going from 204 students in 2018 to 293 in 2025. Over the same period, the White share shrank from 82% to 71%.

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