📍 4701 Huntsville Ave, North Port, Sarasota County, 34288
Atwater Elementary is a State/Public serving elementary age pupils, located in North Port, Sarasota County. The school has 802 pupils enrolled. It is part of the Sarasota school district. It serves grades Pre-K–5 in an urban setting. The school employs 53 full-time-equivalent teachers, a student-teacher ratio of 15.1:1. 63% of students are proficient in reading. 68% are proficient in maths. Technology infrastructure includes fiber internet, campus-wide Wi-Fi.
Atwater Elementary enrolls 802 students across grades Pre-K–5. The student body is 51% male and 49% female. A teaching staff of 53 full-time-equivalent teachers supports the school, giving a student-teacher ratio of 15.1:1.
By race and ethnicity, the student body is 65% White, 17% Hispanic or Latino and 9% Black or African American.
| Race / ethnicity | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| White | 521 | 65% |
| Hispanic or Latino | 139 | 17% |
| Black or African American | 72 | 9% |
| Two or more races | 59 | 7.4% |
| Asian | 7 | <1% |
| American Indian or Alaska Native | 2 | <1% |
| Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander | 2 | <1% |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data.
522 of the school's 802 students (65%) qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. Of these, 444 qualify for free lunch and 78 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.
Atwater Elementary 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.
Atwater Elementary 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 802 students, Atwater Elementary 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