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There were 47,942 Hispanic students enrolled in Lee County schools in the 2023-24 school year, a 2.9% increase from the 46,572 Hispanic students in the previous school year, according to the Florida Department of Education.

Data showed that Lee County welcomed a total of 98,354 students during the 2023-24 school year. Among them, Hispanic students comprised 48.7% of the student body to be the most represented ethnicity in the county.

Among the 113 schools in Lee County, Gateway Charter Elementary School recorded the highest enrollment of Hispanic students in the 2023-24 school year, with a total of 1,463 students, making up 49.1% of the school's total student body.

Gov. DeSantis has approved an education budget of over $28 billion for the 2024-25 school year. The new budget includes more than $1 billion earmarked exclusively for teacher salaries to better address the teacher shortage the state faces.

A 2024 WalletHub study ranked Florida 49th in the nation for teacher salaries when adjusted for cost of living, making it one of the lowest in the U.S.

School name	% of Hispanic Students Enrolment	Total Enrollment
Gateway Charter Elementary School	49.1%	2,977
Lehigh Senior High School	57.3%	2,509
Gateway High School	52.4%	2,312
Ida S. Baker High School	44.7%	2,116
East Lee County High School	66.1%	1,985
Cape Coral High School	45.1%	1,936
Mariner High School	48.3%	1,894
Riverdale High School	46.4%	1,870
Fort Myers High School	26%	1,850
North Fort Myers High School	31.7%	1,831
Dunbar High School	56.9%	1,762
Veterans Park Academy for the Arts	62.7%	1,741
South Fort Myers High School	63.1%	1,738
Bonita Springs High School	57.6%	1,528
Estero High School	42.2%	1,523
Cypress Lake High School	36.1%	1,507
Oak Hammock Middle School	67.9%	1,422
Island Coast High School	48.2%	1,418
Sunshine Elementary School	62.2%	1,377
Lehigh Acres Middle School	56.4%	1,359
Bonita Springs Charter School	38.6%	1,320
Harns Marsh Middle School	65.7%	1,316
Varsity Lakes Middle School	59.4%	1,257
Lehigh Elementary School	67.4%	1,227
Mirror Lakes Elementary School	64%	1,218
The Alva School	25.9%	1,214
North Fort Myers Academy for the Arts	34.4%	1,165
Gulf Elementary School	35.6%	1,163
Challenger Middle School	42.6%	1,142
Heights Elementary School	31.2%	1,131
Treeline Elementary School	38.4%	1,127
Tortuga Preserve Elementary School	61.5%	1,110
Three Oaks Middle School	31.4%	1,100
Lexington Middle School	44.6%	1,100
Diplomat Elementary School	50%	1,072
Harns Marsh Elementary School	62.5%	1,056
Pinewoods Elementary School	31.7%	1,053
Skyline Elementary School	45.6%	1,040
Paul Laurence Dunbar Middle School	38.8%	995
Trafalgar Middle School	43%	973
Mariner Middle School	49.2%	964
Caloosa Elementary School	49.5%	963
Mid Cape Global Academy	68%	955
Diplomat Middle School	50.5%	934
Three Oaks Elementary School	28%	927
Pelican Elementary School	42.7%	919
Caloosa Middle School	46.4%	915
River Hall Elementary School	39.1%	890
Allen Park Elementary School	38.9%	890
Trafalgar Elementary School	44.2%	882
Oasis Charter Elementary School-South	28.1%	873
Villas Elementary School	72.3%	847
Gateway Elementary School	43.7%	846
Six Mile Charter Academy	41.2%	845
Oasis Charter Middle School	27%	840
Gulf Middle School	38.2%	823
Patriot Elementary School	47.5%	821
Tropic Isles Elementary School	46.8%	818
Oasis Elementary Charter School-North	31.2%	812
Oasis Charter High School	27.4%	804
Hancock Creek Elementary School	46.6%	788
Bonita Springs Middle Center for the Arts	71.9%	775
Cape Elementary School	41.4%	758
Cypress Lake Middle School	36%	753
Tanglewood Elementary School	37.4%	749
Rayma C. Page Elementary School	32.3%	747
Lee County Virtual Franchise	36%	737
Orange River Elementary School	86.4%	733
Colonial Elementary School	49.8%	655
Ray V. Pottorf Elementary School	46.2%	652
Manatee Elementary School	80.8%	640
G. Weaver Hipps Elementary School	65.6%	633
Oak Creek Charter School of Bonita Springs	85.8%	626
Spring Creek Elementary School	83.9%	620
Edgewood Academy	56.1%	618
San Carlos Park Elementary School	55.8%	606
Hector A. Cafferata Jr. Elementary School	68.4%	602
Dr. Carrie D. Robinson Littleton Elementary School	47.2%	600
Bayshore Elementary School	26.3%	596
Orangewood Elementary School	45.1%	586
Fort Myers Middle Academy	40.4%	572
Bonita Springs Elementary School	88.3%	555
James Stephens Elementary School	46%	541
J. Colin English Elementary School	48.9%	540
Tice Elementary School	92.1%	518
Edison Park Creative and Expressive Arts School	25.9%	432
Athenian Academy Charter School	46.1%	401
Florida Southwestern Collegiate High School	32.2%	394
Franklin Park Elementary School	21.1%	393
North Nicholas High School	46.4%	323
Coronado High School	58.8%	320
Palm Acres Charter High School	63.6%	280
Island Park High School	66.3%	276
Donna J. Beasley Technical Academy	54.5%	266
Pine Island Elementary School	30.1%	236
Heritage Charter Academy of Cape Coral	53.9%	232
The Sanibel School	10.6%	226
Harlem Heights Community Charter School	74.5%	196
Early Childhood Learning Services	61.7%	149
Lee County Acceleration Academies	35.4%	144
City of Palms Charter High School	55.9%	136
Royal Palm Exceptional School Center	33.3%	120
Northern Palms Charter High School	33.3%	111
Success Academy	46.9%	98
County Wide Exceptional Child Programs	44.4%	81
Pace School for Girls	43.3%	60
Buckingham Exceptional Student Center	50.8%	59
Lee Adolescent Mothers Program	74.1%	58
Southwest Florida Juvenile Detention Center	25%	52
Fort Myers Beach Elementary School	20.8%	48