BONITA SPRINGS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL

As a modestly sized elementary campus in BONITA SPRINGS, Florida, BONITA SPRINGS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL caters to 502 students from grades pre-K through 5, part of LEE.

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

On the student-mix side, BONITA SPRINGS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL logs that 91% of students identify as Hispanic, making the school strongly Hispanic-majority; the rest is composed of 7% White. That is visibly more Hispanic than the county at large, where the share is closer to 25%.

On the resource side, On paper, BONITA SPRINGS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL has 29 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 17.3:1. That tracks the state average closely. About 57% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. That share is higher than Lee County's rate of about 48%.

After controlling for student poverty, On a poverty-adjusted basis, BONITA SPRINGS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL sits in the bottom 10% statewide. Predicted proficiency from the FRL regression is roughly 52.6%; actual is 36.5%, a gap of -16.1 points.

Zooming out to the county, ACS estimates for Lee County put median household income runs about $76,107, 31% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 8%. In all, Lee County runs 123 public schools (combined enrollment of about 102,524 students), of which BONITA SPRINGS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is one.

OAK CREEK CHARTER SCHOOL OF BONITA SPRINGS is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.4 miles from this campus. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. On composite proficiency, BONITA SPRINGS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL comes 8th of 9 in the immediate cluster, beneath the nearby-schools average of 57.7%.

Geographically, the school is in a bedroom-community area.

Trend over the last 7 years. Over the past 7-year window, the student count showed little movement: 514 students in 2018 compared to 502 in 2025. The student-to-teacher ratio widened from 14.3:1 in 2018 to 17.3:1 today.

Inside the community feed, members of the BONITA SPRINGS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL community share and discuss pickup logistics, teacher feedback, and after-school programs. The community welcomes input from current and former families.