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Enrollment
2,579
High
DISTRICT 1,364 · STATE 1,035
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·SARASOTA·NCES 120168001851
VENICE SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL
1 INDIAN AVE, VENICE, FL 34285 · (941) 488-6726 · Sarasota County
GRADES 09–12HIGH13-CITYREGULAR SCHOOL2,579 STUDENTS
A
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Scored higher than 86% of Florida public high schools
- ATest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- A-Beats 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 high schools
Student : Teacher
21.5:1
120 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 22.1:1 · STATE 23.5:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
27%
695 students
DISTRICT 46% · STATE 50%
Community
6
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other high schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Grade 9 | 642 | 25% |
| Grade 10 | 680 | 26% |
| Grade 11 | 671 | 26% |
| Grade 12 | 586 | 23% |
Student demographics
40%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
67.5%
FL avg 56.7% . +2.0pp since 2023
Math
78.0%
FL avg 58.9% . +0.0pp since 2023
What this means: On the FAST / B.E.S.T., Florida's statewide test, about 67 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 78 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 2 points since 2023, while math scores have held steady.
FAST / B.E.S.T. results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 67.5% | 78.0% |
| 2023-24 | 65.5% | 78.0% |
% 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
73.9%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
67.7%
based on FL schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+6.3pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 74% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 68% 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 VENICE SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL
VENICE SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL's state test result (73.9% proficient) is higher than 5 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| VENICE SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL this school | 2,579 | 26.9% | 73.9% |
| LAKEWOOD RANCH HIGH SCHOOL BRADENTON | 2,422 | 26.1% | 63.0% |
| RIVER RIDGE HIGH SCHOOL NEW PORT RICHEY | 1,798 | 26.5% | 55.2% |
| NAVARRE HIGH SCHOOL NAVARRE | 2,410 | 30.4% | 67.2% |
| GULF BREEZE HIGH SCHOOL GULF BREEZE | 1,946 | 21.6% | 69.4% |
| A. CRAWFORD MOSLEY HIGH SCHOOL LYNN HAVEN | 1,864 | 29.7% | 59.9% |
Matched among Florida high 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 VENICE SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL ranks
Among high schools| Measure | This school | In Florida | In Sarasota County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 73.9% | #76 of 555 | #3 of 8 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 78.0% | #47 of 549 ▼ 8 | #2 of 8 ▼ 1 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 67.5% | #148 of 559 ▼ 11 | #4 of 8 ▼ 1 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 2,579 | #61 of 830 | #2 of 9 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 21.5:1 | #250 of 575 | #7 of 8 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 40.0% | #490 of 594 | #8 of 8 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 26.9% | #507 of 630 | #8 of 8 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +19.1% | #80 of 246 | N/A |
Ranked against other public high 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
2,579
+216 (+9%) vs 2020
+50% since 1990-91, when it was 1,723
Student : Teacher
21.5:1
was 22.7:1
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 | 2,579 | 120 | 21.5:1 | 27% (695) |
| 2023-24 | 2,562 | 121 | 21.2:1 | 31% (791) |
| 2022-23 | 2,584 | 109 | 23.7:1 | 31% (794) |
| 2020-21 | 2,363 | 104 | 22.7:1 | 30% (705) |
| 2017-18 | 2,165 | 103 | 21.0:1 | 38% (821) |
| 2015-16 | 2,107 | 99 | 21.3:1 | 36% (754) |
| 2010-11 | 1,950 | 97 | 20.1:1 | 36% (710) |
| 2000-01 | 2,693 | 129 | 20.9:1 | 23% (632) |
| 1990-91 | 1,723 | 90 | 19.1:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for VENICE SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL.
About VENICE SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL
VENICE SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL is a large high school found in VENICE, Florida. Classes run from 9 through 12, and the school has 2,579 students. Against the 1,035-student average for high schools in Florida, enrollment here is 149% higher.
VENICE SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL reports to SARASOTA, which has 60 schools and 45,246 students.
At VENICE SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL, White students make up 76% of the student body. The school is also 13% Hispanic, 6% multiracial, and 3% Asian. The school's diversity index is 40%, meaning two students picked at random have a 40% chance of belonging to different racial or ethnic groups.
The school has about 21.5 students per teacher and 120 full-time-equivalent teachers. This ratio sits 2.0 below the 23.5:1 average for high schools in Florida. Federal records put free or reduced-price lunch eligibility at 27%. The 44% average for public schools in Sarasota County is 17 points higher.
The allk12 Grade for VENICE SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL is A. Compared with Florida public high schools, the school scored higher than 86% on a mix of test scores, poverty-adjusted results, and recent trend.
VENICE SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL sits between the top and bottom 10% of Florida schools on BeatsExpectations, with an actual average proficiency rate on state tests of 73.9% and a predicted 67.7%.
In the county around the school, Sarasota County, the median household income is $83,416, roughly 41% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and about 6% of residents live below the federal poverty line. There are 63 public schools in Sarasota County, enrolling about 45,253 students in all.
The nearest other public school, VENICE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, is about 0.3 miles away. Inside a five-mile radius, there are 6 other public schools. Ranked by average proficiency, VENICE SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL places 4th out of 9 schools in its immediate area.
The NCES locale for VENICE SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL is City: Small, which covers schools inside a principal city with a population under 100,000.
Compared with 2020-21, the school had 216 more students in 2024-25. The school's ratio fell from 22.7:1 to 21.5:1 between 2020-21 and 2024-25.
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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
- 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
- LAUREL NOKOMIS SCHOOLElementary · 1,384 students
Other schools in VENICE
- TAYLOR RANCH ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 844 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
Other Venice Senior High schools
One other US public school is named Venice Senior High. VENICE SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL is the largest of the 2.
- Venice Senior HighLos Angeles, CA · 2,293 students
Nearby schools
- VENICE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL0.3 mi · 616
- STUDENT LEADERSHIP ACADEMY0.9 mi · 328
- ISLAND VILLAGE MONTESSORI SCHOOL2.5 mi · 527
- SKY ACADEMY VENICE2.6 mi · 293
- GARDEN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL2.7 mi · 529
- LAUREL NOKOMIS SCHOOL3.0 mi · 1,384
Frequently asked questions
About VENICE SENIOR HIGH SCHOOLHow large is VENICE SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL?
VENICE SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL enrolls approximately 2,579 students in grades 09-12.
Is VENICE SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL an elementary, middle, or high school?
VENICE SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL is a high school covering grades 09-12.
How many students per teacher at VENICE SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL?
Approximately 21.5:1 students per teacher at VENICE SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL.
How diverse is VENICE SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL?
VENICE SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL reports a student body of 76% White, 13% Hispanic, 1% Black, 3% Asian, 6% Two or more.
Who oversees VENICE SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL?
VENICE SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL is overseen by SARASOTA in Sarasota County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.