- April 16, 2024
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An analysis of FCAT results shows most grades in the majority of Sarasota schools beat the state average in reading, math, writing and science.
Pine View School had the best performance, with 100% of its students meeting the testing requirements in third, fourth, fifth and seventh grades.
Although Pine View did see several declines from 2008, such as in fifth-grade science, the score in that area was still higher than any other school in the district, dropping from 100% to 95%.
Bay Haven and Phillippi Shores elementary schools improved their scores from last year in each grade.
Emma E. Booker Elementary increased its scores in third and fourth grades, but it was below the state average in all subjects for all grades.
It was a similar story at Alta Vista Elementary. Scores increased in third and fourth grades, but the school was below the state average in third-grade math, fourth-grade math and fifth-grade math, reading and science.
Booker Middle School’s combined sixth-grade scores were up nearly 18% over last year, but both reading and math scores were below the state average. Booker Middle’s seventh- and eighth-grade scores were also below the state average in all subjects.
For 10th grade, Pine View, Sarasota Military Academy and Lakewood Ranch in East County were the only schools to outperform the state average in all subjects.
Booker and Sarasota high schools fell below the state average in all subjects. Riverview underperformed in writing only. And, Booker High School and Sarasota Military were the only schools to show improvement in 10th-grade scores from last year.
In East County, more than half of schools scored lower on the FCAT than last year in fifth-, eighth- and 10th-grade levels. However, most of those schools still outperformed the state average.
Eight of 15 schools performed worse than they did on the 2008 FCAT, with Myakka City Elementary dropping the most at 31.3%. Two of three middle schools and both high schools declined from last year.
Tara Elementary showed the greatest year-over-year gain at 18.4%.
Nine of 15 East County schools scored higher than the state average in all subjects. Five schools fell below the state average in one subject. Only Myakka City Elementary scored below the state average in two subjects. In the chart below, East County schools are designated by (EC).
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Sarasota 2009 FCAT results
Third Grade
School Reading Math Writing Science Total % change from 2008
Pine View 100 100 n/a n/a 200 0.5%
Southside 96 94 n/a n/a 190 0.5%
Bay Haven 95 94 n/a n/a 189 0.5%
Laurel Nokomis 90 84 n/a n/a 174 -3.9%
Phillippi Shores 82 82 n/a n/a 164 1.9%
Gulf Gate 78 78 n/a n/a 156 -3.7%
Alta Vista 74 76 n/a n/a 150 1.4%
Emma E. Booker 60 67 n/a n/a 127 5%
Fourth Grade
School Reading Math Writing Science Total % change from 2008
Pine View 100 100 98 n/a 298 0%
Bay Haven 93 90 95 n/a 278 5.3%
Southside 90 86 92 n/a 268 -5.6%
Laurel Nokomis 87 87 92 n/a 266 -0.4%
Gulf Gate 84 81 91 n/a 256 9.9%
Phillippi Shores 82 84 88 n/a 254 7.2%
Alta Vista 76 70 89 n/a 235 16.9%
Emma E. Booker 56 56 84 n/a 196 14%
Fifth Grade
School Reading Math Writing Science Total % change from 2008
Pine View 100 100 n/a 95 295 -0.7%
Southside 95 87 n/a 77 259 7.5%
Robert Willis (EC) 90 86 n/a 78 254 4.5%
Bay Haven 93 79 n/a 65 237 6.3%
Gilbert W. McNeal (EC) 87 76 n/a 69 232 7.4%
Gene Witt (EC) 85 79 n/a 67 231 -4.1%
Laurel Nokomis 86 75 n/a 68 229 10.1%
Phillippi Shores 85 77 n/a 63 225 9.8%
Braden River (EC) 81 73 n/a 64 218 -11.7%
Kinnan (EC) 80 71 n/a 43 194 -0.5%
Gulf Gate 80 59 n/a 54 193 -15.7%
Tara (EC) 77 61 n/a 49 187 18.4%
B.D. Gullett (EC) 73 61 n/a 51 185 2.8%
Freedom (EC) 76 59 n/a 47 182 9%
William H. Bashaw (EC) 65 59 n/a 42 166 1.8%
Alta Vista 66 61 n/a 26 153 -3.8%
Myakka City (EC) 73 39 n/a 31 143 -31.3%
Emma E. Booker 48 41 n/a 23 112 -12.5%
Sixth Grade
School Reading Math Writing Science Total % change from 2008
Pine View 99 100 n/a n/a 199 -0.5%
Laurel Nokomis 88 87 n/a n/a 175 10.8%
SSAS 85 81 n/a n/a 166 13.7%
Booker Middle 57 49 n/a n/a 106 17.8%
Seventh Grade
School Reading Math Writing Science Total % change from 2008
Pine View 100 100 n/a n/a 200 0%
Laurel Nokomis 80 79 n/a n/a 159 0%
SSAS 85 74 n/a n/a 159 -1.2%
Booker Middle 49 37 n/a n/a 86 3.6%
Eighth Grade
School Reading Math Writing Science Total % change from 2008
Pine View 98 100 99 96 393 -0.5%
SSAS 73 84 100 62 319 2.2%
Laurel Nokomis 74 83 95 64 316 2.6%
Carlos E. Haile (EC) 66 77 92 51 286 1.8%
Braden River Middle (EC) 65 76 94 49 284 -0.4%
R. Dan Nolan (EC) 64 80 88 49 281 -3.1%
Booker Middle 38 47 74 22 181 -14.2%
Ninth Grade
School Reading Math Writing Science Total % change from 2008
Pine View 98 100 n/a n/a 198 -1%
Riverview 63 82 n/a n/a 145 1.4%
Sarasota Military 58 78 n/a n/a 136 -6.8%
Sarasota High 56 77 n/a n/a 133 10.8%
Booker High 49 65 n/a n/a 104 8.3%
10th Grade
School Reading Math Writing Science Total % change from 2008
Pine View 95 100 100 n/a 295 -0.7%
Riverview 53 79 75 n/a 207 -1%
Lakewood Ranch (EC) 44 78 82 n/a 204 -6.4%
Sarasota Military 42 78 84 n/a 204 13.3%
Braden River High (EC) 37 75 76 n/a 188 -4.6%
Sarasota High 35 68 69 n/a 172 -9.9%
Booker High 31 61 71 n/a 163 6.3%
11th Grade
School Reading Math Writing Science Total % change from 2008
Pine View n/a n/a n/a 98 98 1%
Riverview n/a n/a n/a 44 44 -18.5%
Sarasota High n/a n/a n/a 43 43 7.5%
Sarasota Military n/a n/a n/a 43 43 -12.2%
Booker High n/a n/a n/a 29 29 -9.4%
