📍 845 S School Ave, Sarasota, Sarasota County, 34237
Suncoast School for Innovative Studies is a State/Public serving elementary age pupils, located in Sarasota, Sarasota County. The school has 142 pupils enrolled. It is part of the Sarasota school district. It serves grades K–5 in an urban setting. The school employs 12.6 full-time-equivalent teachers, a student-teacher ratio of 11.2:1. It operates as a public charter school. 22% of students are proficient in reading. 17% are proficient in maths. Technology infrastructure includes fiber internet, campus-wide Wi-Fi.
Suncoast School for Innovative Studies enrolls 142 students across grades K–5. The student body is 50% male and 50% female. A teaching staff of 12.6 full-time-equivalent teachers supports the school, giving a student-teacher ratio of 11.2:1.
By race and ethnicity, the student body is 40% Black or African American, 34% Hispanic or Latino and 15% White.
| Race / ethnicity | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Black or African American | 57 | 40% |
| Hispanic or Latino | 48 | 34% |
| White | 21 | 15% |
| Two or more races | 14 | 9.9% |
| Asian | 2 | 1.4% |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data.
122 of the school's 142 students (86%) qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. Of these, 110 qualify for free lunch and 12 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.
Suncoast School for Innovative Studies 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 72.
Suncoast School for Innovative Studies 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 142 students, Suncoast School for Innovative Studies is smaller than 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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