TOLEDO BLADE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL

TOLEDO BLADE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, a moderately sized elementary-level community in NORTH PORT, Florida, part of SARASOTA, teaches 841 students, covering grades pre-K through 5. That puts it 39% larger than the typical public school in Florida, which averages around 604 students.

Within SARASOTA, which oversees 60 schools and 45,246 students, TOLEDO BLADE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is one campus in the system.

In terms of who attends, TOLEDO BLADE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL shows that 66% of the student body identifies as White. Beyond that, the school logs 18% Hispanic, 8% Black, 7% multiracial. The wider county runs roughly 82% White, putting the school's mix noticeably less White than the area baseline.

Looking at school resources, On paper, TOLEDO BLADE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL has 46 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 18.3:1. The state averages around 17.5:1, so this campus is higher than the state norm typical. Around 54% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. By comparison, Sarasota County runs at roughly 44%, so the school's eligibility rate is somewhat above the surrounding baseline.

With demographic context factored in, TOLEDO BLADE ELEMENTARY 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 54.1%; this one delivers 71.5%, a residual of +17.5 points.

Zooming out to the county, Sarasota County reports that the typical household earns roughly $83,416 per year, 41% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 6%. Across Sarasota County's 63 public schools (combined enrollment of about 45,253 students), TOLEDO BLADE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is one campus in the mix.

Nearest neighbor: IMAGINE SCHOOL AT NORTH PORT, around 1.6 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around TOLEDO BLADE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts TOLEDO BLADE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL at 1st of 7; the average score across the group is 61.8%.

Geographically, the school is in a downtown area.

Five-year trend. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at TOLEDO BLADE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL has rose 10%, going from 766 students in 2018 to 841 in 2025. Class-load math has widened: from 13.4:1 in 2018 to 18.3:1 in 2025.

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