SUNCOAST POLYTECHNICAL HIGH SCHOOL

Set in SARASOTA, Florida, SUNCOAST POLYTECHNICAL HIGH SCHOOL is a small senior high, part of SARASOTA. It enrolls 556 students across grades 9 through 12. That puts it 46% smaller than the typical public school in Florida, which averages around 1,035 students.

Across the 60 schools in SARASOTA (45,246 students total), SUNCOAST POLYTECHNICAL HIGH SCHOOL accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

Demographically, SUNCOAST POLYTECHNICAL HIGH SCHOOL lists that the largest single group is White, at 68% of enrollment. Beyond that, the school lists 23% Hispanic, 5% multiracial. By comparison, Sarasota County as a whole is about 82% White, so the school skews visibly less White than its surroundings.

On the resource side, The school currently runs with 29 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 19.2:1. The state averages around 23.5:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. Roughly 31% of students at SUNCOAST POLYTECHNICAL HIGH SCHOOL qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. Set against Sarasota County (around 44%), the school's rate is somewhat below typical.

With demographic context factored in, SUNCOAST POLYTECHNICAL HIGH SCHOOL is in the OUTPERFORMING tier of the BeatsExpectations model, which fits a per-state line through proficiency and FRL share. Schools with this campus's poverty mix typically land near 65.4%; this one delivers 88.0%, a residual of +22.6 points.

In the broader community, census data for Sarasota County shows median household earnings sit near $83,416, about 41% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 6%. SUNCOAST POLYTECHNICAL HIGH SCHOOL is one of 63 public schools in Sarasota County (combined enrollment of about 45,253 students).

SARASOTA VIRTUAL ACADEMY (VIRTUAL FRANCHISE) is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.1 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around SUNCOAST POLYTECHNICAL HIGH SCHOOL. On composite proficiency, SUNCOAST POLYTECHNICAL HIGH SCHOOL comes 1st of 6 in the immediate cluster, higher than the nearby-schools average of 61.0%.

The school occupies an outer-ring site.

Five-year trend. SUNCOAST POLYTECHNICAL HIGH SCHOOL's enrollment has held roughly steady since 2018, when it stood at 560 (now 556). Class-load math has narrowed: from 21.5:1 in 2018 to 19.2:1 in 2025.

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