📍 2250 Myrtle St, Sarasota, Sarasota County, 34234
Booker Middle School is a State/Public serving middle age pupils, located in Sarasota, Sarasota County. The school has 950 pupils enrolled. It is part of the Sarasota school district. It serves grades 6–8 in a suburban setting. The school employs 59 full-time-equivalent teachers, a student-teacher ratio of 16.1:1. 41% of students are proficient in reading. 45% are proficient in maths. Technology infrastructure includes fiber internet, campus-wide Wi-Fi.
Booker Middle School enrolls 950 students across grades 6–8. The student body is 49% male and 51% female. A teaching staff of 59 full-time-equivalent teachers supports the school, giving a student-teacher ratio of 16.1:1.
By race and ethnicity, the student body is 49% Hispanic or Latino, 25% Black or African American and 19% White.
| Race / ethnicity | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Hispanic or Latino | 470 | 49% |
| Black or African American | 237 | 25% |
| White | 180 | 19% |
| Two or more races | 53 | 5.6% |
| Asian | 7 | <1% |
| American Indian or Alaska Native | 3 | <1% |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data.
721 of the school's 950 students (76%) qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. Of these, 646 qualify for free lunch and 75 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.
Booker Middle 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 70.
Booker Middle 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 950 students, Booker Middle School is larger than the district average of about 730 students per school.
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Proficiency based on state assessments.
Setting: Suburb - Large
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