📍 7285 Hand Rd, Sarasota, Sarasota County, 34241
Oak Park School is a Special Education serving other age pupils, located in Sarasota, Sarasota County. The school has 239 pupils enrolled. It is part of the Sarasota school district. It serves grades K–12 in a suburban setting. The school employs 47 full-time-equivalent teachers, a student-teacher ratio of 5.1:1. 17% of students are proficient in reading. 22% are proficient in maths. The four-year graduation rate is 90%. Technology infrastructure includes fiber internet, campus-wide Wi-Fi.
Oak Park School enrolls 239 students across grades K–12. The student body is 72% male and 28% female. A teaching staff of 47 full-time-equivalent teachers supports the school, giving a student-teacher ratio of 5.1:1.
By race and ethnicity, the student body is 55% White, 18% Hispanic or Latino and 18% Black or African American.
| Race / ethnicity | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| White | 131 | 55% |
| Hispanic or Latino | 43 | 18% |
| Black or African American | 42 | 18% |
| Two or more races | 15 | 6.3% |
| Asian | 8 | 3.3% |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data.
153 of the school's 239 students (64%) qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. Of these, 137 qualify for free lunch and 16 for a reduced price. The school participates in the National School Lunch Program. Free and reduced-price lunch eligibility is a widely used indicator of the share of students from lower-income households.
Oak Park School is located in a suburban setting (NCES locale: Suburb, Large). The school runs a schoolwide Title I program, which provides federal funding to support students from low-income families. For civic and policy purposes, the school sits in congressional district FL At-Large (non-voting delegate), state senate district 23, state house district 73.
Oak Park School is one of 62 schools in SARASOTA, based in SARASOTA, Florida. The district serves 45,246 students district-wide and employs 2,942 full-time-equivalent teachers. With 239 students, Oak Park School is smaller than the district average of about 730 students per school.
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Proficiency based on state assessments.
Setting: Suburb - Large