AMANECER ELEMENTARY SCHOOL

AMANECER ELEMENTARY SCHOOL operates as a well-populated elementary campus in LEHIGH ACRES, Florida, operated by LEE. Current enrollment sits at 1,072 students spanning grades pre-K through 5. By comparison, Florida's public schools average about 604 students each, so AMANECER ELEMENTARY SCHOOL sits 77% larger than that benchmark.

Across the 116 schools in LEE (102,524 students total), AMANECER ELEMENTARY SCHOOL accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

Looking at the student body, AMANECER ELEMENTARY SCHOOL reports that Hispanic students make up the majority at 62%. Beyond that, the school lists 19% Black, 14% White, 3% multiracial. By comparison, Lee County as a whole is about 25% Hispanic, so the school skews meaningfully more Hispanic than its surroundings.

On the resource side, Staff filings list 51 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 21.0:1 students per teacher. That figure is higher than the state norm's 17.5:1 average. About 67% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy. Set against Lee County (around 48%), the school's rate is noticeably above typical.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), AMANECER ELEMENTARY SCHOOL performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 47.5%, the actual is 35.8%, a residual of -11.7 points.

Around the school, the surrounding county (Lee County) shows that the typical household earns roughly $76,107 per year, 31% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 8%. AMANECER ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is one of 123 public schools in Lee County (combined enrollment of about 102,524 students).

The closest other public school is LEHIGH ACRES MIDDLE SCHOOL, roughly 0.1 miles away. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Among the 8 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), AMANECER ELEMENTARY SCHOOL ranks 6th on composite proficiency, below the local average of 41.9%.

Geographically, the school is in an outer-ring area.

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