GATEWAY HIGH SCHOOL

GATEWAY HIGH SCHOOL, a sizable secondary school in FORT MYERS, Florida, operated by LEE, works with 2,343 students, covering grades 9 through 12. By comparison, Florida's public schools average about 1,035 students each, so GATEWAY HIGH SCHOOL sits 126% above that benchmark.

LEE comprises 116 schools with combined enrollment of 102,524 students; GATEWAY HIGH SCHOOL is among them.

In terms of who attends, GATEWAY HIGH SCHOOL logs that 54% of students identify as Hispanic, with the remaining enrollment distributed across several groups. Other groups include 22% White, 20% Black, 3% multiracial. The wider county runs roughly 25% Hispanic, putting the school's mix visibly more Hispanic than the area baseline.

On the resource side, On paper, GATEWAY HIGH SCHOOL has 94 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 25.1:1. That figure is higher than the state norm's 23.5:1 average. About 44% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy.

With demographic context factored in, GATEWAY HIGH SCHOOL performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 59.2%, the actual is 46.9%, a residual of -12.3 points.

In the area at large, the surrounding county (Lee County) records that median household income runs about $76,107, roughly 31% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 8% of residents live below the federal poverty line. In all, Lee County runs 123 public schools (combined enrollment of about 102,524 students), of which GATEWAY HIGH SCHOOL is one.

The closest other public school is GATEWAY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, roughly 0.9 miles away. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts GATEWAY HIGH SCHOOL at 3rd of 8; the average score across the group is 42.0%.

The campus sits in an outlying setting.

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