STATE COLLEGE OF FLA COLLEGIATE SCHOOL-VENICE

Located at 8000 S TAMIAMI TRL, in VENICE, Florida, STATE COLLEGE OF FLA COLLEGIATE SCHOOL-VENICE is a rural-scale high school that caters to 290 students (grades 9 through 12), overseen by SARASOTA. That puts it 72% leaner than the typical public school in Florida, which averages around 1,035 students.

SARASOTA comprises 60 schools with combined enrollment of 45,246 students; STATE COLLEGE OF FLA COLLEGIATE SCHOOL-VENICE is among them.

On the student-mix side, STATE COLLEGE OF FLA COLLEGIATE SCHOOL-VENICE lists that the largest single group is White, at 72% of enrollment. Other groups include 15% Hispanic, 7% multiracial, 3% Asian, 2% Black. By comparison, Sarasota County as a whole is about 82% White, so the school skews considerably less White than its surroundings.

On the resource side, The school employs 11 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 26.4:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 23.5:1, putting STATE COLLEGE OF FLA COLLEGIATE SCHOOL-VENICE higher than the state norm the norm. Around 33% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. By comparison, Sarasota County runs at roughly 44%, so the school's eligibility rate is lower than the surrounding baseline.

With demographic context factored in, STATE COLLEGE OF FLA COLLEGIATE SCHOOL-VENICE performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 64.8%, the actual is 78.1%, a residual of +13.3 points.

In the surrounding community, 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 census figures put the poverty rate at about 6%. STATE COLLEGE OF FLA COLLEGIATE SCHOOL-VENICE is one of 63 public schools in Sarasota County (combined enrollment of about 45,253 students).

COLLEGE PREPARATORY ACADEMY AT WELLEN PARK is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.3 miles from this campus. Within five miles, there are 3 other public schools. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts STATE COLLEGE OF FLA COLLEGIATE SCHOOL-VENICE at 1st of 9; the average score across the group is 64.6%.

Geographically, the school is in a rural area. As a public charter, STATE COLLEGE OF FLA COLLEGIATE SCHOOL-VENICE runs on public funding but with greater curricular and operational autonomy than a typical district school.

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