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Atwater Elementary, North Port, FL

Atwater Elementary is a public elementary school in North Port, part of Sarasota County Public Schools. It enrolled 892 students in 2024-25, with 16.2 students per full-time teacher.Listed in NCES data as "ATWATER ELEMENTARY".

Enrollment and teachers

Students
892
Teachers (FTE)
55.0
Students per teacher
16.2
Grades
PK to 5

This school's ratio is about the same as the district figure of 15.9. The Florida average across schools is 18.2. Ratios count all teachers, including specialists, so they are lower than typical class sizes.

This school16.2
District15.9
Florida18.2
United States15.3

School details

Address
4701 Huntsville Ave, North Port, FL 34288
Phone
(941)257-2317
District
Sarasota County Public Schools
County
Sarasota County
Level
Elementary
Type
Regular
Status
Open
Charter
No
Virtual
No
Locale
City: Small
NCES school ID
120168007758
Location from NCES coordinates. Map data OpenStreetMap contributors. Open larger map

School meals

Counts of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, as reported to NCES.
Free lunch
435
Reduced-price lunch
116
Free or reduced-price lunch
55161.8% of enrollment.
Direct certification
349Students certified through programs such as SNAP, without an application.
Community Eligibility Provision
No

Schools in the Community Eligibility Provision (CEP) serve free meals to all students, so their free lunch counts often reflect direct certification or total enrollment. Free and reduced lunch shares are not comparable between CEP and non-CEP schools.

Related schools

Other elementary schools in Sarasota County Public Schools

We publish official enrollment and staffing data, not ratings or test scores.

Source: NCES Common Core of Data 2024-25 and F-33 finance 2020, via the Urban Institute Education Data Portal. Last reviewed October 2026. Blank values are not available, not applicable or suppressed in the source. See the methodology.