📍 8084 Hawkins Rd, Sarasota, Sarasota County, 34241
Sarasota Suncoast Academy is a State/Public serving elementary age pupils, located in Sarasota, Sarasota County. The school has 836 pupils enrolled. It is part of the Sarasota school district. It serves grades K–8 in a rural setting. The school employs 51 full-time-equivalent teachers, a student-teacher ratio of 16.4:1. It operates as a public charter school. 75% of students are proficient in reading. 73% are proficient in maths. Technology infrastructure includes fiber internet, campus-wide Wi-Fi.
Sarasota Suncoast Academy enrolls 836 students across grades K–8. The student body is 50% male and 50% female. A teaching staff of 51 full-time-equivalent teachers supports the school, giving a student-teacher ratio of 16.4:1.
By race and ethnicity, the student body is 80% White, 14% Hispanic or Latino and 4.8% Two or more races.
| Race / ethnicity | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| White | 667 | 80% |
| Hispanic or Latino | 115 | 14% |
| Two or more races | 40 | 4.8% |
| Black or African American | 9 | 1.1% |
| Asian | 5 | <1% |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data.
242 of the school's 836 students (29%) qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. Of these, 220 qualify for free lunch and 22 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 Suncoast Academy is located in a rural setting (NCES locale: Rural, Fringe). It operates as a public charter school. 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.
Sarasota Suncoast Academy 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 836 students, Sarasota Suncoast Academy is close to the district average of about 730 students per school.
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Proficiency based on state assessments.
Setting: Rural - Fringe
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