FL Commissioner of Education Manny Diaz Jr. 2023 | Commissioner of Education
FL Commissioner of Education Manny Diaz Jr. 2023 | Commissioner of Education
Overall, there were 3,836 students enrolled in district’s ninth-grade in the 2022-23 school year, making up 8.5% of the student body in the district.
The number of students in the ninth-grade grew by 3.5% compared to the year before.
Sarasota County School District also had a high enrollment for the 10th-grade, the second highest recorded in the district.
Within the district, North Port High School had the most ninth-grade students in the 2022-23 school year.
Data showed that Sarasota County School District enrolled a total of 45,077 students in the 2022-23 school year, the 20th highest enrollment in Florida.
It was also ranked 20th highest in the year before.
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 enrolment 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 9th out of 50 states in terms of its public school quality and safety.
| Schools | Number of Students |
|---|---|
| Alta Vista Elementary School | 769 |
| Ashton Elementary School | 1,046 |
| Atwater Elementary School | 802 |
| Bay Haven School of Basics Plus | 582 |
| Booker High School | 1,309 |
| Booker Middle School | 950 |
| Brentwood Elementary School | 428 |
| Brookside Middle School | 745 |
| Children First | 20 |
| Cranberry Elementary School | 785 |
| Dreamers Academy | 291 |
| Emma E. Booker Elementary School | 468 |
| Englewood Elementary School | 437 |
| Ese Special Programs | 0 |
| Fruitville Elementary School | 775 |
| Garden Elementary School | 513 |
| Glenallen Elementary School | 716 |
| Gocio Elementary School | 644 |
| Gulf Gate Elementary School | 655 |
| Heron Creek Middle School | 902 |
| Imagine School at North Port | 1,189 |
| Imagine School at Palmer Ranch | 461 |
| Island Village Montessori School | 577 |
| Lakeview Elementary School | 384 |
| Lamarque Elementary School | 1,073 |
| Laurel Nokomis School | 1,411 |
| McIntosh Middle School | 851 |
| North Port High School | 2,562 |
| Oak Park School | 239 |
| Phillippi Shores Elementary School | 731 |
| Pine View School | 1,689 |
| Riverview High School | 2,599 |
| Sarasota Academy of the Arts | 171 |
| Sarasota County Acceleration Academies | 109 |
| Sarasota High School | 2,528 |
| Sarasota Middle School | 1,278 |
| Sarasota Military Academy | 1,213 |
| Sarasota School of Arts/Sciences | 746 |
| Sarasota Suncoast Academy | 836 |
| Sarasota Virtual Instruction Program | 87 |
| Sky Academy Englewood | 325 |
| Sky Academy Venice | 261 |
| Southside Elementary School | 627 |
| State College of Fla Collegiate School-Venice | 164 |
| Student Leadership Academy | 308 |
| Suncoast Polytechnical High School | 585 |
| Suncoast School for Innovative Studies | 142 |
| Tatum Ridge Elementary School | 834 |
| Taylor Ranch Elementary School | 901 |
| The Florida Center for Child and Family Development | 0 |
| Toledo Blade Elementary School | 799 |
| Triad | 116 |
| Tuttle Elementary School | 665 |
| Venice Elementary School | 608 |
| Venice Middle School | 761 |
| Venice Senior High School | 2,584 |
| Wilkinson Elementary School | 460 |
| Woodland Middle School | 978 |
| Total Sarasota County School District | 45,077 |
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