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BONITA SPRINGS CHARTER SCHOOL
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FAST / B.E.S.T. 2024-25 . % at Level 3 or AboveBeatsExpectations
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SY 2017-18 vs SY 2024-25About BONITA SPRINGS CHARTER SCHOOL
BONITA SPRINGS CHARTER SCHOOL operates as a roomy elementary-level community in BONITA SPRINGS, Florida, one of the schools within LEE. Current enrollment sits at 1,287 students spanning grades K through 8. Enrollment runs roughly 113% above the state mean of about 604.
Within LEE, which oversees 116 schools and 102,524 students, BONITA SPRINGS CHARTER SCHOOL is one campus in the system.
On the student-mix side, BONITA SPRINGS CHARTER SCHOOL logs that 50% of students identify as White, with the remaining enrollment distributed across several groups; the rest breaks down as 40% Hispanic, 4% multiracial, 3% Asian, 3% Black. That is noticeably less White than the county at large, where the share is closer to 67%.
Looking at school resources, Staff filings list 68 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 18.9:1 students per teacher. That figure is higher than the state norm's 17.5:1 average. An estimated 38% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy. By comparison, Lee County runs at roughly 48%, so the school's eligibility rate is lower than the surrounding baseline.
After controlling for student poverty, BONITA SPRINGS CHARTER SCHOOL sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 61.9%; this one delivers 59.8%.
Across the wider county, Lee County reports that median household earnings sit near $76,107, 31% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 8%. Across Lee County's 123 public schools (combined enrollment of about 102,524 students), BONITA SPRINGS CHARTER SCHOOL is one campus in the mix.
Nearest neighbor: SPRING CREEK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, around 0.6 miles off. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. On composite proficiency, BONITA SPRINGS CHARTER SCHOOL comes 3rd of 9 in the immediate cluster, higher than the nearby-schools average of 50.4%.
The campus sits in a suburban setting. As a public charter, BONITA SPRINGS CHARTER SCHOOL runs on public funding but with greater curricular and operational autonomy than a typical district school.
Trend over the last 7 years. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at BONITA SPRINGS CHARTER SCHOOL has stayed largely flat, going from 1,272 students in 2018 to 1,287 in 2025. Class-load math has grew: from 12.5:1 in 2018 to 18.9:1 in 2025.
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