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Enrollment
422
Elementary
DISTRICT 599 · STATE 604
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·SARASOTA·NCES 120168001855
WILKINSON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
3400 WILKINSON RD, SARASOTA, FL 34231 · (941) 361-6477 · Sarasota County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL422 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
12.9:1
33 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 13.5:1 · STATE 17.5:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
73%
306 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 | 47 | 11% |
| Kindergarten | 61 | 14% |
| Grade 1 | 72 | 17% |
| Grade 2 | 59 | 14% |
| Grade 3 | 49 | 12% |
| Grade 4 | 56 | 13% |
| Grade 5 | 78 | 18% |
This year's kindergarten class (61) is 22% smaller than its 5th grade class (78).
Student demographics
66%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
40.8%
FL avg 56.7% . -4.0pp since 2023
Math
47.3%
FL avg 58.9% . +0.9pp since 2023
What this means: On the FAST / B.E.S.T., Florida's statewide test, about 41 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 47 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Florida schools, those numbers are about 57 and 59. Reading and writing scores are down about 4 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 | 40.8% | 47.3% |
| 2023-24 | 44.8% | 46.4% |
% 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
46.0%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
44.8%
based on FL schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+1.1pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 46% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 45% 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 WILKINSON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
WILKINSON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL's state test result (46.0% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| WILKINSON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL this school | 422 | 72.5% | 46.0% |
| MCDONALD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL SEFFNER | 526 | 74.0% | 46.0% |
| SUNRAY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL HOLIDAY | 420 | 72.9% | 30.2% |
| WINTER SPRINGS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL WINTER SPRINGS | 501 | 75.6% | 58.7% |
| GULFSIDE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL HOLIDAY | 393 | 75.6% | 35.2% |
| ANCLOTE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL NEW PORT RICHEY | 543 | 71.8% | 30.3% |
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 WILKINSON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Florida | In Sarasota County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 46.0% | #1,525 of 2,136 | #27 of 30 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 47.3% | #1,679 of 2,149 ▼ 112 | #30 of 30 ▼ 1 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 40.8% | #1,745 of 2,149 ▼ 336 | #28 of 30 ▼ 2 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 422 | #1,705 of 2,267 | #28 of 34 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 12.9:1 | #135 of 2,077 | #2 of 29 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 66.5% | #464 of 2,108 | #2 of 29 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 72.5% | #363 of 2,188 | #6 of 30 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -12.3% | #840 of 1,374 | #9 of 16 |
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
422
-69 (-14%) vs 2020
-47% since 1990-91, when it was 790
Student : Teacher
12.9:1
was 12.3:1
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 | 422 | 32.6 | 12.9:1 | 73% (306) |
| 2023-24 | 436 | 40 | 10.9:1 | 76% (331) |
| 2022-23 | 460 | 40 | 11.5:1 | 77% (353) |
| 2020-21 | 491 | 40 | 12.3:1 | 79% (387) |
| 2017-18 | 481 | 43 | 11.2:1 | 81% (388) |
| 2015-16 | 434 | 38 | 11.4:1 | 78% (340) |
| 2010-11 | 527 | 39 | 13.5:1 | 67% (355) |
| 2000-01 | 911 | 49 | 18.6:1 | 44% (402) |
| 1990-91 | 790 | 43 | 18.4:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for WILKINSON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL.
About WILKINSON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
Located in SARASOTA, Florida, WILKINSON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is a low-enrollment elementary school. Enrollment is 422 students in 2024-25, and the school serves pre-K through 5. The average for elementary schools in Florida is about 604 students, so this school is 30% smaller than average.
WILKINSON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL falls under SARASOTA, which has 60 schools enrolling 45,246 students.
Hispanic students are the largest group at WILKINSON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, with 42% of enrollment. Other reported shares: 38% White, 12% Black, and 6% multiracial. Sarasota County's residents are about 11% Hispanic, 31 points below the school's share. WILKINSON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL has a diversity index of 66%, compared with 70% for all US public school students.
Its 32.6 full-time-equivalent teachers give the school a ratio of 12.9:1. The average ratio among elementary schools in Florida is 17.5:1, higher than at this school. The school's lunch program data list 73% of students as eligible for free or reduced-price meals. The 44% average for public schools in Sarasota County is 29 points lower.
WILKINSON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL sits between the top and bottom 10% of Florida schools on BeatsExpectations, with an actual average proficiency rate on state tests of 46.0% and a predicted 44.8%.
According to the American Community Survey, in Sarasota County, median household income is about $83,416, roughly 41% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and about 6% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Federal data list 63 public schools in Sarasota County, with a combined enrollment of about 45,253.
Of nearby public schools, TRIAD is the closest, at about 0.1 miles. The count of other public schools within five miles is at least 8. In a group of 6 nearby schools with scores, WILKINSON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL ranks 6th on average proficiency.
Its location is classified as Suburb: Large by the National Center for Education Statistics.
From 2020-21 to 2024-25, WILKINSON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL went from 491 students to 422.
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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
- 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 SARASOTA
- RIVERVIEW HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 2,637 students
- SARASOTA HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 2,359 students
- BOOKER HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 1,479 students
- SARASOTA MIDDLE SCHOOLMiddle · 1,290 students
- SARASOTA MILITARY ACADEMYHigh · 997 students
- ASHTON ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 964 students
Other Wilkinson Elementary schools
2 other US public schools in 3 states are named Wilkinson Elementary. WILKINSON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is the 2nd largest of the 3.
- Wilkinson Elementary SchoolCONROE, TX · 755 students
- WILKINSON ELEMENTARY SCHOOLWilliston, ND · 301 students
Nearby schools
- TRIAD0.1 mi · 77
- SUNCOAST POLYTECHNICAL HIGH SCHOOL0.2 mi · 556
- SARASOTA VIRTUAL INSTRUCTION PROGRAM0.3 mi · 103
- SARASOTA VIRTUAL ACADEMY (VIRTUAL FRANCHISE)0.3 mi · 12
- RIVERVIEW HIGH SCHOOL1.3 mi · 2,637
- BROOKSIDE MIDDLE SCHOOL1.6 mi · 724
Frequently asked questions
About WILKINSON ELEMENTARY SCHOOLWhat is the total enrollment at WILKINSON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
WILKINSON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL enrolls approximately 422 students in grades PK-05.
Is WILKINSON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL an elementary, middle, or high school?
WILKINSON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is an elementary school covering grades PK-05.
How many teachers does WILKINSON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL have?
WILKINSON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL employs 33 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 12.9:1.
What is the student diversity at WILKINSON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
Student demographics at WILKINSON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL are roughly 38% White, 42% Hispanic, 12% Black, 2% Asian, 6% Two or more.
Is WILKINSON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL public or private?
WILKINSON 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.