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Sarasota School of Arts/sciences is a State/Public serving middle age pupils, located in Sarasota, Sarasota County. The school has 746 pupils enrolled. It is part of the Sarasota school district. It serves grades 6–8 in an urban setting. The school employs 40 full-time-equivalent teachers, a student-teacher ratio of 18.6:1. It operates as a public charter school. 74% of students are proficient in reading. 72% are proficient in maths. Technology infrastructure includes campus-wide Wi-Fi, devices for students.
Sarasota School of Arts/sciences enrolls 746 students across grades 6–8. The student body is 48% male and 52% female. A teaching staff of 40 full-time-equivalent teachers supports the school, giving a student-teacher ratio of 18.6:1.
By race and ethnicity, the student body is 59% White, 28% Hispanic or Latino and 5.9% Black or African American.
| Race / ethnicity | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| White | 439 | 59% |
| Hispanic or Latino | 209 | 28% |
| Black or African American | 44 | 5.9% |
| Two or more races | 43 | 5.8% |
| Asian | 11 | 1.5% |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data.
311 of the school's 746 students (42%) qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. Of these, 234 qualify for free lunch and 77 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.
Sarasota School of Arts/sciences is located in an urban setting (NCES locale: City, Small). It operates as a public charter school. 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.
Sarasota School of Arts/sciences 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 746 students, Sarasota School of Arts/sciences is close to the district average of about 730 students per school.
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Proficiency based on state assessments.
Setting: City - Small
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