📍 6501 W Price Blvd, North Port, Sarasota County, 34291
Heron Creek Middle School is a State/Public serving middle age pupils, located in North Port, Sarasota County. The school has 902 pupils enrolled. It is part of the Sarasota school district. It serves grades 6–8 in an urban setting. The school employs 59 full-time-equivalent teachers, a student-teacher ratio of 15.3:1. 52% of students are proficient in reading. 54% are proficient in maths. Technology infrastructure includes fiber internet, campus-wide Wi-Fi, devices for students.
Heron Creek Middle School enrolls 902 students across grades 6–8. The student body is 53% male and 47% female. A teaching staff of 59 full-time-equivalent teachers supports the school, giving a student-teacher ratio of 15.3:1.
By race and ethnicity, the student body is 61% White, 19% Hispanic or Latino and 8.6% Two or more races.
| Race / ethnicity | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| White | 554 | 61% |
| Hispanic or Latino | 172 | 19% |
| Two or more races | 78 | 8.6% |
| Black or African American | 76 | 8.4% |
| Asian | 16 | 1.8% |
| American Indian or Alaska Native | 3 | <1% |
| Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander | 3 | <1% |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data.
645 of the school's 902 students (72%) qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. Of these, 542 qualify for free lunch and 103 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.
Heron Creek Middle 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 74.
Heron Creek 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 902 students, Heron Creek 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: City - Small
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