Pine View School, Osprey FL - Test Scores & Data

Original Research by School Decision on Pine View School

Pine View School sits on its own campus off Old Venice Road in Osprey, a small unincorporated community in southern Sarasota County between Sarasota and Venice on the Gulf Coast. The school spans second grade through twelfth grade and is publicly reported as Sarasota County's gifted magnet, drawing students from across the county rather than from a neighborhood attendance zone. For a family weighing this school, the first question is usually about academics, and the state assessment data here is about as clear as it gets.

On Florida's FAST assessments, Pine View students at every tested grade level in math reached full or near-full proficiency, consistently across second grade through eighth grade. Reading and ELA results are essentially the same picture, with every tested grade at or within a point or two of the ceiling. Science scores at grades five and eight mirror that pattern. These are not selective results within a subject or a single grade; they hold across the entire tested span the state reports. That consistency across subjects and grades is a genuine strength.

The school's enrollment is large for a single campus, drawing students across a wide grade band. The student body is racially and ethnically diverse, with white and Asian students making up the largest shares, Hispanic students representing a meaningful portion, and smaller shares of Black, multiracial, and other students. The share of students qualifying for free or reduced-price lunch is well below typical public school averages, which is relevant context for understanding the population Pine View draws. IEP and English learner data were not available in the data provided.

Graduation rate data was not available in this dataset for Pine View specifically. A school of this structure, running from second through twelfth grade with a gifted-program design, may report that figure differently or it may simply not appear in the comparison set available here; a parent should ask the school directly.

On programs, the data payload does not include a specific program listing for Pine View beyond its magnet identification. Publicly reported information describes it as a gifted program serving the full K-12 span, with the campus adjacent to the Woodlands at Rivendell residential community. Families interested in specific course offerings, AP access, dual enrollment, or extracurricular depth would do well to ask the school directly, since that detail was not in the data available here.

The community context matters for families considering a move. Osprey housing sits well above Florida and national medians, and recent trends show values softening modestly from recent peaks. Renting is an option but carries a meaningful cost burden relative to income by standard affordability measures. The area is car-dependent; there is no walkable town center, commercial life runs along the US 41 corridor, and the Legacy Trail provides the main off-road connection for cyclists and pedestrians. Oscar Scherer State Park is immediately adjacent and draws steady use. Downtown Sarasota is a short drive north, Venice a short drive south. The community skews toward homeowners and retirees, though active residential construction, including new apartments and waterfront condominiums, reflects ongoing growth across Sarasota County.

At the district level, Sarasota County voters renewed a property tax millage in late 2024 through 2030, locking in supplemental funding that publicly reported sources say supports teacher retention, arts, and career and technical education across the district. The district also adopted a structural reorganization in late 2025, converting several elementary campuses to K-8 configurations and adding new magnet and STEAM programming, though that change primarily affects schools other than Pine View. The district made the transition to Florida's B.E.S.T. standards and the FAST assessment over the past few years, which means multi-year trend comparisons carry some caution since the assessment itself changed.

For a family whose child qualifies for Pine View's gifted program and can manage the Osprey commute or housing market, the academic profile here is among the strongest that Florida's state testing data can show. The school is a countywide draw rather than a neighborhood school, so proximity and transportation are practical questions worth working through before enrollment.

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Academic performance

State test results and graduation outcomes.

Graduation rate (ACGR)

>=99%Cohort of 201 students · Class of 2021

The federal source publishes a banded range instead of an exact rate when the graduating cohort is small enough that an exact number could risk identifying individual students.

How this school compares to all schools in this state

Each dot is one school’s SY 2020-21 graduation rate, binned by integer rate. Taller columns mean more schools at that rate. This school is highlighted.

867 schools plotted. 183 additional schools' rates are federally suppressed and not shown. Data: EDFacts SY 2020-21.

Math

Grade 3100%

School 100% · District 73% · ▲ 27 pts above district

▲ 37 pts above state median · ▲ 29 pts above county median

Grade 4100%

School 100% · District 72% · ▲ 28 pts above district

▲ 39 pts above state median · ▲ 30 pts above county median

Grade 5100%

School 100% · District 66% · ▲ 34 pts above district

▲ 45 pts above state median · ▲ 37 pts above county median

Grade 6100%

School 100% · District 68% · ▲ 32 pts above district

▲ 38 pts above state median · ▲ 35 pts above county median

Grade 8100%

School 100% · District 52% · ▲ 48 pts above district

▲ 49 pts above state median · ▲ 50 pts above county median

English language arts

Grade 399%

School 99% · District 67% · ▲ 32 pts above district

▲ 43 pts above state median · ▲ 35 pts above county median

Grade 499%

School 99% · District 67% · ▲ 32 pts above district

▲ 45 pts above state median · ▲ 34 pts above county median

Grade 5100%

School 100% · District 62% · ▲ 38 pts above district

▲ 46 pts above state median · ▲ 40 pts above county median

Grade 698%

School 98% · District 66% · ▲ 32 pts above district

▲ 38 pts above state median · ▲ 34 pts above county median

Grade 799%

School 99% · District 65% · ▲ 34 pts above district

▲ 44 pts above state median · ▲ 35 pts above county median

Grade 8100%

School 100% · District 63% · ▲ 37 pts above district

▲ 46 pts above state median · ▲ 38 pts above county median

Science

Grade 599%

School 99% · District 67% · ▲ 32 pts above district

▲ 46 pts above state median · ▲ 33 pts above county median

Grade 899%

School 99% · District 58% · ▲ 41 pts above district

▲ 53 pts above state median · ▲ 46 pts above county median

This schoolSARASOTA, same grade

Graduation rate (ACGR) reflects the federally published Adjusted Cohort Graduation Rate for the most recent year available. We refresh this data annually at the close of each academic year in June. The federal source publishes a banded rate (for example, "90-94%") instead of an exact number for cohorts small enough to risk identifying individual students. The state distribution chart, where shown, plots every school in the state with a published rate or band; schools whose rate is federally suppressed are excluded. Where the federal source publishes a band rather than an exact rate, the school is placed within its band using a stable, ID-derived offset, so its position is consistent across visits.

Proficiency by household income

English language arts

Grade 3Lower-income96%Higher-income100%4 pp gap

Grade 4Lower-income100%Higher-income99%1 pp gap

Grade 5Lower-income100%Higher-income100%0 pp gap

Grade 6Lower-income96%Higher-income99%3 pp gap

Grade 7Lower-income95%Higher-income99%4 pp gap

Grade 8Lower-income100%Higher-income100%0 pp gap

Mathematics

Grade 3Lower-income100%Higher-income100%0 pp gap

Grade 4Lower-income100%Higher-income100%0 pp gap

Grade 5Lower-income100%Higher-income100%0 pp gap

Grade 6Lower-income100%Higher-income100%0 pp gap

Grade 8Lower-income100%Higher-income100%0 pp gap