Enrollment
293
Middle
DISTRICT 721 · STATE 794
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·SARASOTA·NCES 120168008043
SKY ACADEMY VENICE
701 CENTER RD, VENICE, FL 34285 · (941) 244-2626 · Sarasota County
GRADES 06–08MIDDLE21-SUBURBCHARTERREGULAR SCHOOL293 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
14.7:1
20 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 16.0:1 · STATE 19.6:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
5%
14 students
DISTRICT 46% · STATE 50%
Community
0
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 | 88 | 30% |
| Grade 7 | 96 | 33% |
| Grade 8 | 109 | 37% |
Student demographics
45%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
47.2%
FL avg 56.7% . -3.3pp since 2023
Math
61.1%
FL avg 58.9% . -2.5pp since 2023
What this means: On the FAST / B.E.S.T., Florida's statewide test, about 47 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 61 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Florida schools, those numbers are about 57 and 59. Reading and writing scores are down about 3 points since 2023, while math scores are down about 2 points.
FAST / B.E.S.T. results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 47.2% | 61.1% |
| 2023-24 | 50.4% | 63.6% |
% 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
UNDERPERFORMING
Bottom 10% of FL schools after controlling for student poverty
Actual proficiency
54.5%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
78.8%
based on FL schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-24.3pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 55% of students here test proficient in math and reading, below the roughly 79% typical for Florida schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations compares each school with others at the same poverty level, not by raw scores, so a school lands here when its results trail those comparable schools, which is not the same as having low scores. A higher-scoring school can still fall in this tier if similar schools score higher still.
BeatsExpectations runs a per-state regression of proficiency on free/reduced-lunch share, then scores each school by residual. How this is calculated →
Where SKY ACADEMY VENICE ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In Florida | In Sarasota County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 54.5% | #264 of 560 | #9 of 11 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 61.1% | #240 of 560 | #9 of 11 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 47.2% | #363 of 560 | #10 of 11 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 293 | #541 of 584 | #11 of 11 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 14.7:1 | #12 of 547 | #2 of 11 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 45.2% | #422 of 553 | #8 of 11 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +43.6% | #11 of 137 | #2 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.
7-year change
SY 2017-18 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
293
+89 (+44%) vs 2017
Student : Teacher
14.7:1
was 14.6:1
% White
71%
was 82%
% Hispanic
18%
was 9%
% Black
4%
was 1%
% Asian
1%
was 1%
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
Enrollment and staffing by year
| School year | Students | Teachers (FTE) | Students per teacher | Free or reduced lunch |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 293 | 20 | 14.7:1 | 5% (14) |
| 2023-24 | 281 | 19 | 14.8:1 | 2% (7) |
| 2022-23 | 261 | 19 | 13.7:1 | 14% (36) |
| 2017-18 | 204 | 14 | 14.6:1 | 28% (57) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for SKY ACADEMY VENICE.
About SKY ACADEMY VENICE
Federal records list SKY ACADEMY VENICE as a middle-grades school in VENICE, Florida. It had 293 students in 2024-25, spanning grades 6 through 8. Middle schools in Florida have about 794 students on average; enrollment here is 63% lower.
SARASOTA has 45,246 students spread across 60 schools.
White students are 71% of those enrolled at SKY ACADEMY VENICE. The next largest groups are 18% Hispanic, 6% multiracial, and 4% Black. In Sarasota County overall, about 82% of residents are White. A diversity index of 45% means there is a 45% chance two randomly chosen students at SKY ACADEMY VENICE are from different groups.
SKY ACADEMY VENICE lists 20 full-time-equivalent teachers; that is about 14.7 students per teacher. The school's 14.7:1 compares with an average of 19.6:1 for middle schools in Florida. Free or reduced-price lunch covers 5% of the student body. The gap from the 44% average for public schools in Sarasota County is 39 points.
The school's average proficiency rate across its state test results, 54.5%, is 24.3 points below the 78.8% the model predicts from its free or reduced-price lunch share. That result is in the bottom 10% of Florida schools.
The county, Sarasota County, is where the school is located. The median household earns about $83,416 a year, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 41%, and roughly 6% of residents are in poverty. Sarasota County has 63 public schools with about 45,253 students, including SKY ACADEMY VENICE.
About 0.2 miles separate SKY ACADEMY VENICE from the closest public school, GARDEN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL. A five-mile radius around the school includes at least 8 other public schools. Local comparison: SKY ACADEMY VENICE ranks 9th of 9 nearby schools, at 54.5% versus a 71.5% average.
The National Center for Education Statistics classifies the school's location as Suburb: Large, meaning it is in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more. The school is classified as a charter school in federal data.
In 2017-18, federal data counted 204 students at SKY ACADEMY VENICE; in 2024-25, 293. The grades served may not have been the same in both years. The White share of enrollment dropped from 82% to 71% over the same period.
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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 VENICE
- VENICE SENIOR HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 2,579 students
- TAYLOR RANCH ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 844 students
- VENICE MIDDLE SCHOOLMiddle · 732 students
- VENICE ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 616 students
- GARDEN ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 529 students
- ISLAND VILLAGE MONTESSORI SCHOOLElementary · 527 students
Nearby schools
- GARDEN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL0.2 mi · 529
- STUDENT LEADERSHIP ACADEMY2.6 mi · 328
- VENICE SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL2.6 mi · 2,579
- VENICE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL2.8 mi · 616
- VENICE MIDDLE SCHOOL2.9 mi · 732
- ISLAND VILLAGE MONTESSORI SCHOOL3.2 mi · 527
Frequently asked questions
About SKY ACADEMY VENICEWhat is the total enrollment at SKY ACADEMY VENICE?
SKY ACADEMY VENICE enrolls approximately 293 students in grades 06-08.
What grades does SKY ACADEMY VENICE serve?
SKY ACADEMY VENICE serves grades 06-08.
What is the student-teacher ratio at SKY ACADEMY VENICE?
The student-to-teacher ratio at SKY ACADEMY VENICE is approximately 14.7:1 (20 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at SKY ACADEMY VENICE?
At SKY ACADEMY VENICE, the student body is approximately 71% White, 18% Hispanic, 4% Black, 1% Asian, 6% Two or more.
Who oversees SKY ACADEMY VENICE?
SKY ACADEMY VENICE is overseen by SARASOTA in Sarasota County.
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