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Schools in Fort Myers Shores · Lee County School District

Fort Myers Shores’s public schools score below 64% of Florida districts on tests and graduation

The grade covers the public school district serving Fort Myers Shores, from kindergarten through graduation, on state tests and graduation. Each state writes its own tests, so this is the one TownRatings grade compared within Florida, not nationally.

#515of 638 Florida townsK–12Where will my kid go?

From Florida state tests taken in spring 2022, when 95% of students in the tested grades sat them, and the class of 2023’s four-year graduation rate, as reported to the U.S. Department of Education.

Reading proficiency

49%

▼ 3 pts vs FL 52%

2021–22

Math proficiency

48%

▼ 4 pts vs FL 52%

2021–22

Graduate on time

85%

▼ 3 pts vs FL 88%

class of 2023

Spent per student

$12.4K

▼ 5% vs FL $13.0K

FY2024

Students per teacher

20.0

FL 18.0 · larger classes

Schools in town

87,224 students on the public path

In brief

Fort Myers Shores’s schools, in brief

Against towns with similar incomes

Among the 467 Florida towns with household incomes within a quarter of Fort Myers Shores’s, its schools beat 17%, lower than their 36% against all the state’s districts. The grade ↓

Results trail the state

In spring 2022, 49% of tested students were proficient in reading and 48% in math, against 52% and 52% statewide; 95% of students in the tested grades sat the tests. The grade ↓

Graduation

85% of the class of 2023 graduated in four years, against 88% across Florida. Districts ↓

Spending and class size

The district spends $12,384 per student, against $13,006 across Florida (FY2024). Spending doesn’t count toward the grade. Districts ↓

50 elementary schools, then 21 middle and 15 high schools

Which school depends on the address at every step. Enrollment is up 10% since 2020–21. See the path ↓

Written from the figures on this page. Tests are from 2021–22, graduation from the class of 2023; each school’s own letter uses 2020–21 results.

The School Grade

What’s behind Fort Myers Shores’s grade

C⁺ Test scoresC Graduation

C+: better than 36% of Florida school districts, #515 of 638 Florida towns. Both inputs trail the Florida average; test scores are the closer of the two to typical.

Florida school districts we grade (76)Better than 36%

Lower resultsHigher results

Florida towns with similar household incomes (467)Better than 17%

CC⁺A fairly firm grade. Ordinary sampling error in 55,648 test results and a graduating class of 7,144 could put Fort Myers Shores anywhere from C to C+. The tests are from spring 2022, when 95% of Fort Myers Shores’s students in the tested grades sat them (54,213 in math, 57,084 in reading).

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Where will my kid go?

Pick a grade. These are the public schools that serve Fort Myers Shores, with each school’s own grade.

50 schools teach K in Fort Myers Shores’s district. Which one depends on your address. Their grades range from D to A+, so check the specific school.

Veterans Park Academy for the Arts

Elementary · Grades PK–8 · Lehigh Acres

C⁺

1,937 students19:1Rate it →

Sunshine Elementary School

Elementary · Grades PK–5 · Lehigh Acres

C⁺

1,456 students20:1Rate it →

North Fort Myers Academy for the Arts

Elementary · Grades PK–8 · North Fort Myers

1,353 students19:1Rate it →

Mirror Lakes Elementary School

Elementary · Grades PK–5 · Lehigh Acres

B⁻

1,237 students17:1Rate it →

Lehigh Elementary School

Elementary · Grades PK–5 · Lehigh Acres

C⁺

1,207 students19:1Rate it →

The Alva School

Elementary · Grades PK–8 · Alva

1,203 students19:1Rate it →

Gulf Elementary School

Elementary · Grades PK–5 · Cape Coral

A⁻

1,193 students17:1Rate it →

Tortuga Preserve Elementary School

Elementary · Grades PK–5 · Lehigh Acres

C⁺

1,172 students24:1Rate it →

Skyline Elementary School

Elementary · Grades PK–5 · Cape Coral

1,141 students19:1Rate it →

Harns Marsh Elementary School

Elementary · Grades PK–5 · Lehigh Acres

C⁺

1,103 students19:1Rate it →

Amanecer Elementary School

Elementary · Grades PK–5 · Lehigh Acres

1,072 students21:1Rate it →

Diplomat Elementary School

Fort Myers Shores’s public schools score below 64% of Florida districts on tests and graduation

Fort Myers Shores’s schools, in brief

Against towns with similar incomes

Results trail the state

Graduation

Spending and class size

50 elementary schools, then 21 middle and 15 high schools

What’s behind Fort Myers Shores’s grade

Where will my kid go?

The district

Below the state in reading

Fort Myers Shores vs. its neighbors

Every school in Fort Myers Shores

Questions about Fort Myers Shores’s schools

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