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How has TAYLOR RANCH ELEMENTARY SCHOOL changed in the last five years, for better or worse?
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Enrollment
844
Elementary
DISTRICT 599 · STATE 604
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·SARASOTA·NCES 120168002792
TAYLOR RANCH ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
2500 TAYLOR RANCH TRL, VENICE, FL 34293 · (941) 486-2000 · Sarasota County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBREGULAR SCHOOL844 STUDENTS
A
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Scored higher than 91% of Florida public elementary schools
- ATest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- ABeats 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 elementary schools
Student : Teacher
14.8:1
57 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 13.5:1 · STATE 17.5:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
33%
275 students
DISTRICT 46% · STATE 50%
Community
6
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other elementary schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Pre-K | 36 | 4% |
| Kindergarten | 110 | 13% |
| Grade 1 | 127 | 15% |
| Grade 2 | 120 | 14% |
| Grade 3 | 139 | 16% |
| Grade 4 | 144 | 17% |
| Grade 5 | 168 | 20% |
This year's kindergarten class (110) is 35% smaller than its 5th grade class (168).
Student demographics
36%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
78.2%
FL avg 56.7% . +4.6pp since 2023
Math
80.2%
FL avg 58.9% . +4.7pp since 2023
What this means: On the FAST / B.E.S.T., Florida's statewide test, about 78 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 80 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 5 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 5 points.
FAST / B.E.S.T. results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 78.2% | 80.2% |
| 2023-24 | 73.6% | 75.4% |
% 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
77.3%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
64.8%
based on FL schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+12.5pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 77% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 65% 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 TAYLOR RANCH ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
TAYLOR RANCH ELEMENTARY SCHOOL's state test result (77.3% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| TAYLOR RANCH ELEMENTARY SCHOOL this school | 844 | 32.6% | 77.3% |
| ORIOLE BEACH ELEMENTARY SCHOOL GULF BREEZE | 765 | 34.5% | 78.2% |
| OAKHURST ELEMENTARY SCHOOL LARGO | 677 | 30.7% | 75.2% |
| NORTH BAY HAVEN CHARTER ACADEMY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL PANAMA CITY | 696 | 29.9% | 73.1% |
| SWEETWATER ELEMENTARY SCHOOL PORT ORANGE | 617 | 31.9% | 80.1% |
| JAMES E PLEW ELEMENTARY SCHOOL NICEVILLE | 762 | 27.7% | 78.0% |
Matched among Florida elementary 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 TAYLOR RANCH ELEMENTARY SCHOOL ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Florida | In Sarasota County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 77.3% | #241 of 2,136 | #5 of 30 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 80.2% | #278 of 2,149 ▲ 90 | #6 of 30 ▲ 2 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 78.2% | #206 of 2,149 ▲ 56 | #3 of 30 ▲ 3 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 844 | #381 of 2,267 | #6 of 34 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 14.8:1 | #620 of 2,077 | #17 of 29 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 35.7% | #1,749 of 2,108 | #28 of 29 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 32.6% | #1,757 of 2,188 | #24 of 30 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +15.3% | #256 of 621 | #7 of 13 |
Ranked against other public elementary 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
844
+78 (+10%) vs 2020
+62% since 1990-91, when it was 521
Student : Teacher
14.8:1
was 14.2:1
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 | 844 | 57 | 14.8:1 | 33% (275) |
| 2023-24 | 882 | 61 | 14.5:1 | 38% (338) |
| 2022-23 | 901 | 63 | 14.3:1 | 39% (350) |
| 2020-21 | 766 | 54 | 14.2:1 | 36% (272) |
| 2017-18 | 732 | 54 | 13.6:1 | 42% (307) |
| 2015-16 | 642 | 44 | 14.6:1 | 40% (258) |
| 2010-11 | 701 | 46 | 15.2:1 | 40% (280) |
| 2000-01 | 840 | 42 | 20.0:1 | 30% (249) |
| 1990-91 | 521 | 29 | 18.0:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for TAYLOR RANCH ELEMENTARY SCHOOL.
About TAYLOR RANCH ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
TAYLOR RANCH ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is the name of a medium-sized elementary school in VENICE, Florida. Enrollment in 2024-25 was 844 students in pre-K through 5. The average for elementary schools in Florida is about 604 students, so this school is 40% bigger than average.
TAYLOR RANCH ELEMENTARY SCHOOL belongs to SARASOTA, a district of 60 schools and 45,246 students.
By race and ethnicity, TAYLOR RANCH ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is 79% White. Beyond that, enrollment is 11% Hispanic, 7% multiracial, and 3% Asian. The White share in Sarasota County as a whole is similar, at about 82%. By the diversity index, TAYLOR RANCH ELEMENTARY SCHOOL comes in at 36%.
The school's student-to-teacher ratio is about 14.8:1, with 57 full-time-equivalent teachers. Among elementary schools in Florida, the typical ratio is 17.5:1. Lunch subsidy eligibility at TAYLOR RANCH ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is 33%. That is lower than the 44% average for public schools in Sarasota County.
Measured against Florida public elementary schools, TAYLOR RANCH ELEMENTARY SCHOOL receives an A. The grade weighs proficiency most heavily, then how results compare with what the school's low-income share predicts, then the three-year change.
Given its share of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, TAYLOR RANCH ELEMENTARY SCHOOL would be expected to post about 64.8%. Its actual average proficiency rate on state tests is 77.3%.
Among Sarasota County residents, median household income is about $83,416, about 41% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and roughly 6% of residents are in poverty. TAYLOR RANCH ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is one of 63 public schools in Sarasota County, which together enroll about 45,253 students.
The next-closest public school is VENICE MIDDLE SCHOOL, about 2.3 miles away. There are 5 more public schools inside five miles. TAYLOR RANCH ELEMENTARY SCHOOL's average proficiency of 77.3% compares with 67.8% for its nearest scored neighbors.
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.
Federal counts put enrollment at 766 in 2020-21 and 844 in 2024-25, a 10% increase.
The TAYLOR RANCH ELEMENTARY SCHOOL community page is open for posts about enrollment questions, class placement, and PTA news. Posting is open to anyone connected to the school.
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
- VENICE MIDDLE SCHOOLMiddle · 732 students
- VENICE ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 616 students
- GARDEN ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 529 students
- ISLAND VILLAGE MONTESSORI SCHOOLElementary · 527 students
- STUDENT LEADERSHIP ACADEMYMiddle · 328 students
Nearby schools
- VENICE MIDDLE SCHOOL2.3 mi · 732
- STATE COLLEGE OF FLA COLLEGIATE SCHOOL-VENICE2.5 mi · 290
- COLLEGE PREPARATORY ACADEMY AT WELLEN PARK2.8 mi · 409
- GARDEN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL3.4 mi · 529
- SKY ACADEMY VENICE3.5 mi · 293
- ENGLEWOOD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL5.5 mi · 564
Frequently asked questions
About TAYLOR RANCH ELEMENTARY SCHOOLHow large is TAYLOR RANCH ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
TAYLOR RANCH ELEMENTARY SCHOOL enrolls approximately 844 students in grades PK-05.
What grades does TAYLOR RANCH ELEMENTARY SCHOOL serve?
TAYLOR RANCH ELEMENTARY SCHOOL serves grades PK-05.
What is the student-teacher ratio at TAYLOR RANCH ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
The student-to-teacher ratio at TAYLOR RANCH ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is approximately 14.8:1 (57 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at TAYLOR RANCH ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
At TAYLOR RANCH ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, the student body is approximately 79% White, 11% Hispanic, 0% Black, 3% Asian, 7% Two or more.
Is TAYLOR RANCH ELEMENTARY SCHOOL public or private?
TAYLOR RANCH ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is a public K-12 school, overseen by SARASOTA.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.