WILKINSON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL

Located at 3400 WILKINSON RD, in SARASOTA, Florida, WILKINSON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is a close-knit elementary-level community that enrolls 422 students (grades pre-K through 5), part of SARASOTA. That puts it 30% leaner than the typical public school in Florida, which averages around 604 students.

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

On the student-mix side, WILKINSON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL logs that 42% of students identify as Hispanic, with the remaining enrollment distributed across several groups. Beyond that, the school logs 38% White, 12% Black, 6% multiracial. By comparison, Sarasota County as a whole is about 11% Hispanic, so the school skews visibly more Hispanic than its surroundings.

In terms of school funding signals, Staff filings list 33 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 12.9:1 students per teacher. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 17.5:1, putting WILKINSON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL tighter than the state norm the norm. Roughly 73% of students at WILKINSON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. By comparison, Sarasota County runs at roughly 44%, so the school's eligibility rate is higher than the surrounding baseline.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, WILKINSON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 44.8%; this one delivers 46.0%.

In the broader community, census data for Sarasota County shows median household earnings sit near $83,416, roughly 41% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 6% of residents live below the federal poverty line. WILKINSON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is one of 63 public schools in Sarasota County (combined enrollment of about 45,253 students).

TRIAD is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.1 miles from this campus. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. On composite proficiency, WILKINSON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL comes 6th of 6 in the immediate cluster, behind the nearby-schools average of 71.8%.

WILKINSON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL operates from a residential location.

Five-year trend. Over the past 7-year window, the student count decreased 12%: 481 students in 2018 compared to 422 in 2025. Hispanic enrollment moved from 35% to 42% across the same window. The student-to-teacher ratio rose from 11.2:1 in 2018 to 12.9:1 today.

On the community side, recent activity here tends to focus on science fair prep, picture-day reminders, and bus-route questions. Posting is open to anyone connected to the school.