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Sarasota

A public school district in Sarasota, Florida, with 64 operational schools in 2024–25.

The district in 2024–25

45,246
Students enrolled
2,839.9
Teachers, full-time equivalent
Derived by NCES from the state’s counts.
6,384.9
All staff, full-time equivalent
$14,033
Spending per pupil, fiscal year 2023
Current expenditure over fall membership, both as the district reported them.

How this compares

Students enrolled: 45,246 in 2024–25
Ranks 113th of 17,800 districts by enrollment, and 21st of 82 in Florida. Larger than 99% of the 17,800 districts in the fifty states and DC that report an enrollment. The ranking →
Current spending per pupil: $14,033 in fiscal year 2023
More than 35% of the 17,189 districts with a spending figure. Current spending leaves out buildings and debt, and a district of a few pupils can spend far more per pupil than any large one.

Spending and revenue

Sarasota spent $14,033 per pupil in fiscal year 2023, against $8,513 in fiscal year 2005

Current spending per pupil, each fiscal year: current expenditure over fall membership, both as the district reported them to NCES. In the dollars of each year, not adjusted for inflation. A year with no column is a year the survey has no figure for.

U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics — School District Finance Survey (F-33), fiscal year 2005 onwards

The figures behind this chart
Sarasota spent $14,033 per pupil in fiscal year 2023, against $8,513 in fiscal year 2005. Current spending per pupil, each fiscal year: current expenditure over fall membership, both as the district reported them to NCES. In the dollars of each year, not adjusted for inflation. A year with no column is a year the survey has no figure for.
Fiscal yearSpending per pupilCurrent expenditureMembership
FY2023$14,033$632.6 million45,077
FY2022$12,753$559.8 million43,896
FY2021$12,169$518.6 million42,618
FY2020$11,778$512.2 million43,485
FY2019$11,595$499.9 million43,111
FY2018$11,282$484.0 million42,901
FY2017$10,801$462.4 million42,810
FY2016$10,566$447.7 million42,368
FY2015$10,620$445.1 million41,912
FY2014$10,465$433.2 million41,395
FY2013$10,122$416.0 million41,096
FY2012$9,915$407.3 million41,083
FY2011$10,563$432.0 million40,899
FY2010$10,489$433.0 million41,281
FY2009$10,701$439.5 million41,070
FY2008$10,838$455.3 million42,013
FY2007$10,315$435.2 million42,190
FY2006$9,412$394.3 million41,890
FY2005$8,513$352.5 million41,405

Revenue by source, fiscal year 2023

Revenue to Sarasota by source, fiscal year 2023, as the district reported it to NCES
SourceRevenueShare of total
Federal$80.7 million10.0%
State$74.0 million9.2%
Local$652.2 million80.8%
Total$806.9 million

Federal, state and local revenue as the F-33 records them. Each share is of the survey’s total revenue, so a part withheld does not inflate the others.

The district’s schools

64 operational schools, A to Z.

2 more columns on a wider screen

Schools in Sarasota
SchoolStudents
Alta Vista Elementary School453
Ashton Elementary School964
Atwater Elementary892
Bay Haven School of Basics Plus547
Booker High School1,479
Booker Middle School811
Brentwood Elementary School590
Brookside Middle School724
Children First24
College Preparatory Academy at Wellen Park409
Community Haven for Adults and Children with Disabilities1
Cranberry Elementary School813
Dreamers Academy519
Easter Seals Southwest Florida Inc Dba the Lily School for0
Emma E. Booker Elementary School451
Englewood Elementary School564
Ese Special Programs0
Fruitville Elementary School704
Garden Elementary School529
Glenallen Elementary School749
Gocio Elementary School654
Gulf Gate Elementary School596
Heron Creek Middle School945
Imagine School at North Port1,228
Imagine School at Palmer Ranch433
Island Village Montessori School527
Lakeview Elementary School741
Lamarque Elementary School1,025
Laurel Nokomis School1,384
McIntosh Middle School693
North Port High School2,557
Oak Park School211
Phillippi Shores Elementary School696
Pine View School1,752
Pinnacle Academy Inc.0
Riverview High School2,637
Sarasota Academy of the Arts193
Sarasota County Acceleration Academies106
Sarasota High School2,359
Sarasota Middle School1,290
Sarasota Military Academy997
Sarasota School of Arts/Sciences747
Sarasota Suncoast Academy823
Sarasota Virtual Academy (Virtual Franchise)12
Sarasota Virtual Instruction Program103
Sky Academy Englewood327
Sky Academy Venice293
Southside Elementary School696
State College of Fla Collegiate School-Venice290
Student Leadership Academy328
Suncoast Polytechnical High School556
Suncoast School for Innovative Studies96
Suncoast Technical College0
Tatum Ridge Elementary School864
Taylor Ranch Elementary School844
The Florida Center for Child and Family Development15
Toledo Blade Elementary School841
Triad77
Tuttle Elementary School698
Venice Elementary School616
Venice Middle School732
Venice Senior High School2,579
Wilkinson Elementary School422
Woodland Middle School1,040

The district’s entry

Name as NCES lists it
SARASOTA
Status
Open
Type
Regular public school district that is not a component of a supervisory union
Charter status
Not a charter district
Grades
Pre-kindergarten to Grade 12
NCES district ID
1201680

Elsewhere

Sources

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