📍 3201 N Orange Ave, Sarasota, Sarasota County, 34234
Booker High School is a State/Public serving high age pupils, located in Sarasota, Sarasota County. The school has 1,309 pupils enrolled. It is part of the Sarasota school district. It serves grades 9–12 in an urban setting. The school employs 75 full-time-equivalent teachers, a student-teacher ratio of 17.4:1. 43% of students are proficient in reading. 26% are proficient in maths. The four-year graduation rate is 84%. The school offers 6 AP courses, a gifted and talented program. Technology infrastructure includes fiber internet, campus-wide Wi-Fi.
Booker High School enrolls 1,309 students across grades 9–12. The student body is 46% male and 54% female. A teaching staff of 75 full-time-equivalent teachers supports the school, giving a student-teacher ratio of 17.4:1.
By race and ethnicity, the student body is 45% Hispanic or Latino, 24% Black or African American and 24% White.
| Race / ethnicity | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Hispanic or Latino | 583 | 45% |
| Black or African American | 312 | 24% |
| White | 308 | 24% |
| Two or more races | 81 | 6.2% |
| Asian | 21 | 1.6% |
| American Indian or Alaska Native | 2 | <1% |
| Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander | 2 | <1% |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data.
889 of the school's 1,309 students (68%) qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. Of these, 777 qualify for free lunch and 112 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 High School is located in an urban setting (NCES locale: City, Small). 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 High 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 1,309 students, Booker High 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: City - Small