TATUM RIDGE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL

TATUM RIDGE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL operates as a mid-tier elementary school in SARASOTA, Florida, part of SARASOTA. Current enrollment sits at 864 students spanning grades pre-K through 5. By comparison, Florida's public schools average about 604 students each, so TATUM RIDGE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL sits 43% larger than that benchmark.

SARASOTA comprises 60 schools with combined enrollment of 45,246 students; TATUM RIDGE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is among them.

For racial and ethnic makeup, TATUM RIDGE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL records that 75% of the student body identifies as White. Other groups include 16% Hispanic, 5% multiracial, 2% Black.

Looking at school resources, Staff filings list 56 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 15.5:1 students per teacher. The state averages around 17.5:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. Roughly 25% of students at TATUM RIDGE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. By comparison, Sarasota County runs at roughly 44%, so the school's eligibility rate is meaningfully below the surrounding baseline.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, TATUM RIDGE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 68.5% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 75.4%.

Around the school, the surrounding county (Sarasota County) shows that median household earnings sit near $83,416, roughly 41% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 6% of residents live below the federal poverty line. TATUM RIDGE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is one of 63 public schools in Sarasota County (combined enrollment of about 45,253 students).

Nearest neighbor: OAK PARK SCHOOL, around 2.6 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around TATUM RIDGE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL. On composite proficiency, TATUM RIDGE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL comes 3rd of 7 in the immediate cluster, higher than the nearby-schools average of 65.4%.

The campus sits in a bedroom-community setting.

Over the past 7-year window. Over the past 7-year window, the student count rose 27%: 681 students in 2018 compared to 864 in 2025. Hispanic enrollment moved from 10% to 16% across the same window. Class-load math has grew: from 13.6:1 in 2018 to 15.5:1 in 2025.

In the discussion threads here, posts here usually surface around sports schedules, lunch menu changes, and school spirit week. Posting is open to anyone connected to the school.