TUTTLE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL

TUTTLE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is one of the mid-sized elementary campuss in SARASOTA, Florida, run under SARASOTA, with 698 students on its rolls from grades pre-K through 5.

SARASOTA runs 60 schools in total, collectively educating 45,246 students. TUTTLE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is one of those campuses.

Demographically, TUTTLE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL lists that 65% of the student body identifies as Hispanic. Beyond that, the school shows 18% White, 11% Black, 5% multiracial. The wider county runs roughly 11% Hispanic, putting the school's mix visibly more Hispanic than the area baseline.

Looking at the economic backdrop, TUTTLE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL logs 51 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 13.7:1. The state averages around 17.5:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. About 79% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. That share is noticeably above Sarasota County's rate of about 44%.

With demographic context factored in, TUTTLE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 41.4%, the actual is 45.9%, a residual of +4.5 points.

In the surrounding community, ACS estimates for Sarasota County put the typical household earns roughly $83,416 per year, 41% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and roughly 6% of residents live below the federal poverty line. In all, Sarasota County runs 63 public schools (combined enrollment of about 45,253 students), of which TUTTLE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is one.

SARASOTA COUNTY ACCELERATION ACADEMIES is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.8 miles from this campus. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Among the 7 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), TUTTLE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL ranks 4th on composite proficiency, behind the local average of 48.5%.

The school occupies a downtown site.

Looking at the recent track record. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at TUTTLE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL has ticked down 5%, going from 735 students in 2018 to 698 in 2025. Class-load math has rose: from 12.3:1 in 2018 to 13.7:1 in 2025.

On the community side, the page collects discussion, questions, and updates around science fair prep, picture-day reminders, and bus-route questions. Contributors range from current parents to recent graduates and teachers.