VENICE MIDDLE SCHOOL

Set in VENICE, Florida, VENICE MIDDLE SCHOOL is a reasonably sized 6-8 campus, part of SARASOTA. It hosts 732 students across grades 6 through 8.

VENICE MIDDLE SCHOOL is one of 60 schools operated by SARASOTA, a district that instructs 45,246 students overall.

On demographics, VENICE MIDDLE SCHOOL reports that the largest single group is White, at 73% of enrollment; the rest consists of 15% Hispanic, 9% multiracial, 2% Asian. That is considerably less White than the county at large, where the share is closer to 82%.

On the income-and-resources front, Staff filings list 45 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 16.3:1 students per teacher. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 19.6:1 average. Around 39% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, VENICE MIDDLE SCHOOL performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 61.4%, the actual is 66.2%, a residual of +4.8 points.

In the area at large, ACS estimates for Sarasota County put the typical household earns roughly $83,416 per year, about 41% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 6%. Across Sarasota County's 63 public schools (combined enrollment of about 45,253 students), VENICE MIDDLE SCHOOL is one campus in the mix.

The closest other public school is TAYLOR RANCH ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, roughly 2.3 miles away. Counting just inside five miles, 5 other public schools cluster around VENICE MIDDLE SCHOOL. Among the 9 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), VENICE MIDDLE SCHOOL ranks 5th on composite proficiency, below the local average of 68.7%.

Geographically, the school is in a residential area.

Looking at the recent track record. VENICE MIDDLE SCHOOL's enrollment has increased 8% since 2018, when it stood at 680 (now 732). White enrollment moved from 80% to 73% across the same window. The student-to-teacher ratio loosened from 14.5:1 in 2018 to 16.3:1 today.

In the discussion threads here, posts here usually surface around enrollment questions, classroom assignments, and PTA news. The community welcomes input from current and former families.