FL Commissioner of Education Manny Diaz Jr. 2023 | Commissioner of Education
FL Commissioner of Education Manny Diaz Jr. 2023 | Commissioner of Education
Overall, there were 8,196 students enrolled in district’s third-grade in the 2022-23 school year, making up 8.2% of the student body in the district.
The number of students in the third-grade grew by 9.2% compared to the year before.
Lee County School District also had a high enrollment for the ninth-grade, the second highest recorded in the district.
Within the district, Gateway Charter Elementary School had the most third-grade students in the 2022-23 school year.
Data showed that Lee County School District enrolled a total of 99,354 students in the 2022-23 school year, the eighth highest enrollment in Florida.
It was also ranked eighth highest in the year before.
In 2022, Florida had more than 2.8 million students enrolled in a total of 4,202 schools. There were 163,558 teachers in the public schools, or roughly one teacher for every 17 students, compared to the national average of 1:16.
Private school enrolment increased by more than 51,000 students in the 2021-22 school year, which was a notable rebound after the pandemic. In total, there were 416,084 students enrolled, marking the highest enrollment in private schools reported by the Florida Department of Education in 30 years.
According to WalletHub's analysis, Florida is ranked 9th out of 50 states in terms of its public school quality and safety.
| Schools | Number of Students |
|---|---|
| Allen Park Elementary School | 900 |
| Athenian Academy Charter School | 405 |
| Bayshore Elementary School | 603 |
| Bonita Springs Charter School | 1,302 |
| Bonita Springs Elementary School | 546 |
| Bonita Springs High School | 1,543 |
| Bonita Springs Middle Center for the Arts | 807 |
| Buckingham Exceptional Student Center | 63 |
| Caloosa Elementary School | 972 |
| Caloosa Middle School | 935 |
| Cape Coral High School | 1,887 |
| Cape Elementary School | 759 |
| Challenger Middle School | 1,124 |
| City of Palms Charter High School | 133 |
| Colonial Elementary School | 760 |
| Coronado High School | 298 |
| County Wide Exceptional Child Programs | 79 |
| Cypress Lake High School | 1,580 |
| Cypress Lake Middle School | 781 |
| Diplomat Elementary School | 1,069 |
| Diplomat Middle School | 912 |
| Donna J. Beasley Technical Academy | 271 |
| Dr. Carrie D. Robinson Littleton Elementary School | 533 |
| Dunbar High School | 1,802 |
| Early Childhood Learning Services | 290 |
| East Lee County High School | 1,896 |
| Edgewood Academy | 480 |
| Edison Park Creative and Expressive Arts School | 402 |
| Estero High School | 1,433 |
| Florida Southwestern Collegiate High School | 344 |
| Fort Myers Beach Elementary School | 80 |
| Fort Myers High School | 1,902 |
| Fort Myers Middle Academy | 687 |
| Franklin Park Elementary School | 374 |
| G. Weaver Hipps Elementary School | 863 |
| Gateway Charter Elementary School | 1,245 |
| Gateway Charter High School | 604 |
| Gateway Charter Intermediate School | 1,036 |
| Gateway Elementary School | 840 |
| Gateway High School | 1,981 |
| Gulf Elementary School | 1,231 |
| Gulf Middle School | 812 |
| Hancock Creek Elementary School | 786 |
| Harlem Heights Community Charter School | 176 |
| Harns Marsh Elementary School | 989 |
| Harns Marsh Middle School | 1,422 |
| Hector A. Cafferata Jr. Elementary School | 723 |
| Heights Elementary School | 1,109 |
| Heritage Charter Academy of Cape Coral | 164 |
| Ida S. Baker High School | 1,933 |
| Island Coast High School | 1,653 |
| Island Park High School | 316 |
| J. Colin English Elementary School | 438 |
| James Stephens Elementary School | 454 |
| Lee County Jail | 0 |
| Lee County Virtual Franchise | 801 |
| Lehigh Acres Middle School | 1,356 |
| Lehigh Elementary School | 1,226 |
| Lehigh Senior High School | 2,476 |
| Lexington Middle School | 1,138 |
| Manatee Elementary School | 897 |
| Mariner High School | 1,852 |
| Mariner Middle School | 1,001 |
| Mid Cape Global Academy | 806 |
| Mirror Lakes Elementary School | 1,228 |
| North Fort Myers Academy for the Arts | 1,106 |
| North Fort Myers High School | 1,874 |
| North Nicholas High School | 315 |
| Northern Palms Charter High School | 114 |
| Oak Creek Charter School of Bonita Springs | 579 |
| Oak Hammock Middle School | 1,563 |
| Oasis Charter Elementary School-South | 873 |
| Oasis Charter High School | 764 |
| Oasis Charter Middle School | 839 |
| Oasis Elementary Charter School-North | 770 |
| Orange River Elementary School | 788 |
| Orangewood Elementary School | 615 |
| Pace School for Girls | 60 |
| Palm Acres Charter High School | 293 |
| Patriot Elementary School | 775 |
| Paul Laurence Dunbar Middle School | 1,007 |
| Pelican Elementary School | 917 |
| Pine Island Elementary School | 236 |
| Pinewoods Elementary School | 1,089 |
| Ray V. Pottorf Elementary School | 753 |
| Rayma C. Page Elementary School | 863 |
| River Hall Elementary School | 1,005 |
| Riverdale High School | 1,880 |
| Royal Palm Exceptional School Center | 131 |
| SW Florida Addiction Services-the Vince Smith Center | 0 |
| San Carlos Park Elementary School | 655 |
| Six Mile Charter Academy | 842 |
| Skyline Elementary School | 990 |
| South Fort Myers High School | 1,917 |
| Southwest Florida Juvenile Detention Center | 16 |
| Spring Creek Elementary School | 594 |
| Success Academy | 266 |
| Sunshine Elementary School | 408 |
| Tanglewood Elementary School | 724 |
| The Alva School | 1,237 |
| The Island School | 66 |
| The Sanibel School | 289 |
| Three Oaks Elementary School | 1,000 |
| Three Oaks Middle School | 1,099 |
| Tice Elementary School | 514 |
| Tortuga Preserve Elementary School | 1,104 |
| Trafalgar Elementary School | 911 |
| Trafalgar Middle School | 986 |
| Treeline Elementary School | 1,135 |
| Tropic Isles Elementary School | 800 |
| Varsity Lakes Middle School | 1,307 |
| Veterans Park Academy for the Arts | 2,133 |
| Villas Elementary School | 855 |
| Total Lee County School District | 99,354 |
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