Booker High School - Sarasota, Florida/FL

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Booker High School

3201 N Orange Avenue, Sarasota, FL, 34234-4744 -

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Definition of Terms

Booker High School

School Level

High school

School Type

Magnet School

Grades Offered

Grades 9 - 12

County

Sarasota County, FL

Students & Faculty

Total Students

1657 students

% Male / % Female

48% / 52%

Total Classroom Teachers

95 teachers

Students by Grade

Grade 9 - 479 students

Grade 10 - 493 students

Grade 11 - 387 students

Grade 12 - 298 students

This School

(FL) School Average

Teacher : Student Ratio

1:17

1:19

Students by Ethnicity

This School

(FL) School Average

% American Indian	n/a	n/a
% Asian	2%	2%
% Hispanic	19%	18%
% Black	26%	26%
% White	53%	52%

Additional Student Information

This School

(FL) School Average

% Eligible for Free Lunch

26%

26%

% Eligible for Reduced Lunch

% Migrant Students Enrolled

n/a

n/a

(FL) Statewide Testing Performance

School Statewide Performance

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School District Name

Sarasota County School District

This School's Agency

(FL) District Average

Number of Schools Managed	59	24
Number of Students Managed	42,003 students	15,852 students
District Total Revenue	$449,413,000	$150,286,000
District Expenditure	$468,989,000	$148,035,000
District Revenue / Student	$10,700	$9,481
District Expenditure / Student	$11,166	$9,339
District Graduation Rates	83%	90%

Sarasota police arrest two in teen's murder (The Sarasota Herald-Tribune)
posted on November 17, 2009 at 05:57:03 pm
Anthony Cormier Two people have been arrested in connection with the death of Garrett Salvhus, a 16-year-old high school student who was shot while bicycling through Newtown on Sunday. In an unusual move, however, police asked a judge to seal the arrest warrants - essentially withholding their identities and the motives for the killing.
Witnesses sought in Newtown shooting that killed teenager (The Sarasota Herald-Tribune)
posted on November 17, 2009 at 06:13:08 am
By ANTHONY CORMIER The day after a 16-year-old was shot and killed in Newtown, police are trying to round up more than a dozen witnesses who may be able to identify the shooter. Detectives say they have good leads in the case but were no closer Monday to identifying the killer of Garrett Salvhus.
Sarasota teen found murdered (ABC Action News Tampa Bay)
posted on November 15, 2009 at 10:50:49 pm
At around 11:15 am officers responded to a home in the 1600 block on 32nd Street, where they found the victim, a 16-year-old male.
Syesha is now a Dreamgirl (The Sarasota Herald-Tribune)
posted on November 13, 2009 at 06:12:40 am
By JAY HANDELMAN, Syesha Mercado has been on a lot of stages in the 18 months since she finished third on "American Idol," but nothing prepared her for the thrill of stepping onto the stage of Harlem's historic Apollo Theatre.
Mother charged along with son in murder (The Sarasota Herald-Tribune)
posted on November 11, 2009 at 06:04:32 am
By TODD RUGER A man accused of fatally shooting an Iraq war veteran during a robbery has now been charged along with his mother in an attempt to arrange the killing of a witness, court records state. The new solicitation of murder charge against Deandre Tunstall, filed Monday, comes three weeks before his trial in the shooting.

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Booker High School may refer to:
Booker High School — Sarasota, Florida
Booker High School — Booker, Texas
Booker T. Crenshaw Christian School — San Diego, California
See also
Booker T. Washington High School

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