Sarasota Review

There were 45,077 students enrolled in Sarasota County schools in the 2022-23 school year, 2.7% more than the previous year, according to the Florida Department of Education.

Data showed that white students made up 60.7% of the student body, the biggest percentage in Sarasota County schools, followed by 22.6% of Hispanic students, 7.4% of Black students and 6.3% of multiracial students.

Riverview High School registered the highest enrollment among Sarasota County's 60 schools in the 2022-23 academic year, welcoming 2,597 students.

In 2022, Florida had more than 2.8 million students enrolled in a total of 4,202 schools. There were 163,558 teachers in the public schools, or roughly one teacher for every 17 students, compared to the national average of 1:16.

Private school enrollment increased by more than 51,000 students in the 2021-22 school year, which was a notable rebound after the pandemic. In total, there were 416,084 students enrolled, marking the highest enrollment in private schools reported by the Florida Department of Education in 30 years.

According to WalletHub's analysis, Florida is ranked ninth out of 50 states in terms of its public school quality and safety.

School name	Total Enrollment in 2021-22	Total Enrollment in 2022-23	% Change
Riverview High School	2,542	2,597	2.2
Venice Senior High School	2,452	2,584	5.4
North Port High School	2,461	2,562	4.1
Sarasota High School	2,508	2,528	0.8
Pine View School	1,745	1,689	-3.2
Laurel Nokomis School	1,342	1,411	5.1
Booker High School	1,296	1,309	1
Sarasota Middle School	1,217	1,278	5
Sarasota Military Academy	1,251	1,213	-3
Imagine School at North Port	1,176	1,189	1.1
Lamarque Elementary School	1,027	1,073	4.5
Ashton Elementary School	1,030	1,046	1.6
Woodland Middle School	972	978	0.6
Booker Middle School	911	950	4.3
Heron Creek Middle School	835	902	8
Taylor Ranch Elementary School	868	901	3.8
McIntosh Middle School	846	851	0.6
Sarasota Suncoast Academy	840	836	-0.5
Tatum Ridge Elementary School	785	834	6.2
Atwater Elementary School	672	802	19.3
Toledo Blade Elementary School	767	799	4.2
Cranberry Elementary School	723	785	8.6
Fruitville Elementary School	746	775	3.9
Venice Middle School	762	761	-0.1
Sarasota School of Arts/Sciences	752	746	-0.8
Brookside Middle School	760	745	-2
Phillippi Shores Elementary School	763	731	-4.2
Glenallen Elementary School	669	716	7
Lakeview Elementary School	685	691	0.9
Southside Elementary School	681	687	0.9
Tuttle Elementary School	666	665	-0.2
Gulf Gate Elementary School	700	655	-6.4
Gocio Elementary School	616	644	4.5
Venice Elementary School	540	608	12.6
Englewood Elementary School	575	587	2.1
Suncoast Polytechnical High School	541	585	8.1
Bay Haven School of Basics Plus	587	582	-0.9
Island Village Montessori School	567	577	1.8
Brentwood Elementary School	603	573	-5
Garden Elementary School	535	513	-4.1
Alta Vista Elementary School	473	476	0.6
Emma E. Booker Elementary School	516	468	-9.3
Imagine School at Palmer Ranch	409	461	12.7
Wilkinson Elementary School	438	460	5
Sky Academy Englewood	261	325	24.5
Student Leadership Academy	305	308	1
Dreamers Academy	193	291	50.8
Sky Academy Venice	216	261	20.8
Oak Park School	276	239	-13.4
Sarasota Academy of the Arts	181	171	-5.5
State College of Fla Collegiate School-Venice	133	164	23.3
Suncoast School for Innovative Studies	144	142	-1.4
Triad	49	116	136.7
Sarasota County Acceleration Academies	127	109	-14.2
Sarasota Virtual Instruction Program	96	87	-9.4
Children First	15	20	33.3