Enrollment
328
Middle
DISTRICT 721 · STATE 794
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·SARASOTA·NCES 120168004203
STUDENT LEADERSHIP ACADEMY
200 FIELD AVE E, VENICE, FL 34285 · (941) 485-5551 · Sarasota County
GRADES 06–08MIDDLE13-CITYCHARTERREGULAR SCHOOL328 STUDENTS
A
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 92% of Florida public middle schools
- ATest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- A-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 middle schools
Student : Teacher
16.6:1
20 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 16.0:1 · STATE 19.6:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
19%
62 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 | 110 | 34% |
| Grade 7 | 110 | 34% |
| Grade 8 | 108 | 33% |
Student demographics
30%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
73.7%
FL avg 56.7% . +2.6pp since 2023
Math
94.8%
FL avg 58.9% . +2.8pp 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 95 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 3 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 | 73.7% | 94.8% |
| 2023-24 | 71.1% | 92.1% |
% 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
80.6%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
71.7%
based on FL schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+8.9pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 81% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 72% 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 STUDENT LEADERSHIP ACADEMY
STUDENT LEADERSHIP ACADEMY's state test result (80.6% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| STUDENT LEADERSHIP ACADEMY this school | 328 | 18.9% | 80.6% |
| DELAURA MIDDLE SCHOOL SATELLITE BEACH | 548 | 19.5% | 77.6% |
| OKALOOSA STEMM CENTER VALPARAISO | 366 | 27.9% | 97.8% |
| EAST LAKE MIDDLE SCHOOL ACADEMY OF ENGINEERING TARPON SPRINGS | 392 | 11.2% | 87.1% |
| BEULAH ACADEMY OF SCIENCE PENSACOLA | 318 | 28.3% | 69.8% |
| HERBERT C. HOOVER MIDDLE SCHOOL INDIALANTIC | 473 | 30.9% | 65.9% |
Matched among Florida middle 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 STUDENT LEADERSHIP ACADEMY ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In Florida | In Sarasota County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 80.6% | #32 of 560 | #1 of 11 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 94.8% | #8 of 560 ▲ 4 | #1 of 11 no change |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 73.7% | #69 of 560 ▼ 14 | #4 of 11 ▼ 1 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 328 | #527 of 584 | #9 of 11 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 16.6:1 | #65 of 547 | #8 of 11 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 30.1% | #500 of 553 | #11 of 11 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 18.9% | #533 of 565 | #9 of 11 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +10.8% | #69 of 137 | #5 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. 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
328
+77 (+31%) vs 2020
+7% since 2010-11, when it was 306
Student : Teacher
16.6:1
was 14.8:1
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 | 328 | 19.8 | 16.6:1 | 19% (62) |
| 2023-24 | 330 | 20.3 | 16.2:1 | 25% (81) |
| 2022-23 | 308 | 19.1 | 16.1:1 | 30% (93) |
| 2020-21 | 251 | 17 | 14.8:1 | 28% (71) |
| 2017-18 | 296 | 26 | 11.4:1 | 43% (127) |
| 2015-16 | 311 | 22 | 14.1:1 | 38% (118) |
| 2010-11 | 306 | 20 | 15.3:1 | 46% (142) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for STUDENT LEADERSHIP ACADEMY.
About STUDENT LEADERSHIP ACADEMY
STUDENT LEADERSHIP ACADEMY is a small middle school located in VENICE, Florida. Students in grades 6 through 8 make up the school's enrollment of 328 students. Middle schools in Florida average about 794 students, which makes this school 59% below average.
SARASOTA has 45,246 students spread across 60 schools.
The share of students at STUDENT LEADERSHIP ACADEMY who are White is 83%. Other groups include 8% Hispanic and 7% multiracial. Sarasota County residents are about 82% White, a similar share. A diversity index of 30% means there is a 30% chance two randomly chosen students at STUDENT LEADERSHIP ACADEMY are from different groups.
STUDENT LEADERSHIP ACADEMY has a student-to-teacher ratio of 16.6:1, with 19.8 full-time-equivalent teachers. Compared with the 19.6:1 average for middle schools in Florida, this school's ratio is lower. The school has 19% of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. Among public schools in Sarasota County, the average eligibility rate is 44%.
STUDENT LEADERSHIP ACADEMY earns an A on the allk12 Grade, which blends test scores, results against poverty-based expectations, and the three-year trend. It scored higher than 92% of Florida public middle schools.
The model predicts 71.7% for a school in Florida with STUDENT LEADERSHIP ACADEMY's free or reduced-price lunch share. STUDENT LEADERSHIP ACADEMY posts 80.6%.
Sarasota County is the school's county. There, median household income comes to about $83,416, 41% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 6% of people live in poverty. There are 63 public schools in the county, enrolling about 45,253, STUDENT LEADERSHIP ACADEMY among them.
Among nearby public schools, VENICE SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL is closest at about 0.9 miles. STUDENT LEADERSHIP ACADEMY is one of several public schools in the area, with 6 others within five miles. The nearest schools with test data average 68.2%, lower than STUDENT LEADERSHIP ACADEMY's 80.6%.
NCES lists the school's locale as City: Small. That means it sits inside a principal city with a population under 100,000. STUDENT LEADERSHIP ACADEMY is a publicly funded charter school.
Federal enrollment counts rose from 251 (2020-21) to 328 (2024-25). There were more students per teacher in 2024-25 (16.6:1) than in 2020-21 (14.8:1).
The discussion board for STUDENT LEADERSHIP ACADEMY is open to topics like pickup and drop-off, after-school programs, and teacher feedback. 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 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
- VENICE SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL0.9 mi · 2,579
- VENICE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL1.1 mi · 616
- SKY ACADEMY VENICE2.6 mi · 293
- GARDEN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL2.6 mi · 529
- ISLAND VILLAGE MONTESSORI SCHOOL3.3 mi · 527
- LAUREL NOKOMIS SCHOOL3.9 mi · 1,384
Frequently asked questions
About STUDENT LEADERSHIP ACADEMYHow many students attend STUDENT LEADERSHIP ACADEMY?
STUDENT LEADERSHIP ACADEMY enrolls approximately 328 students in grades 06-08.
Is STUDENT LEADERSHIP ACADEMY an elementary, middle, or high school?
STUDENT LEADERSHIP ACADEMY is a middle school covering grades 06-08.
How many students per teacher at STUDENT LEADERSHIP ACADEMY?
Approximately 16.6:1 students per teacher at STUDENT LEADERSHIP ACADEMY.
What is the racial breakdown of students at STUDENT LEADERSHIP ACADEMY?
At STUDENT LEADERSHIP ACADEMY, the student body is approximately 83% White, 8% Hispanic, 1% Black, 1% Asian, 7% Two or more.
Is STUDENT LEADERSHIP ACADEMY public or private?
STUDENT LEADERSHIP 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.