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Enrollment
968
Elementary
DISTRICT 805 · STATE 604
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·LEE·NCES 120108001155
CALOOSA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
620 DEL PRADO BLVD S, CAPE CORAL, FL 33990 · (239) 574-3113 · Lee County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY12-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL968 STUDENTS
B
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Scored higher than 55% of Florida public elementary schools
- BTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- B-Beats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- ·Three-year trend Not available for this school, so the grade uses the other parts.
Grades compare a school only with schools in the same state, because every state gives its own test. How grades work · Top-graded Florida public elementary schools
Student : Teacher
16.6:1
58 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 18.2:1 · STATE 17.5:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
53%
510 students
DISTRICT 49% · STATE 50%
Community
6
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other elementary schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Pre-K | 22 | 2% |
| Kindergarten | 136 | 14% |
| Grade 1 | 117 | 12% |
| Grade 2 | 153 | 16% |
| Grade 3 | 190 | 20% |
| Grade 4 | 161 | 17% |
| Grade 5 | 189 | 20% |
This year's kindergarten class (136) is 28% smaller than its 5th grade class (189).
Student demographics
62%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 63% · STATE 70% · US 70%
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. District, state, and US figures are each group's share of all public school students in that area (US excludes territories). Very small groups may be suppressed in the source, so categories do not always sum exactly to total enrollment.
Gender split
Test scores
FAST / B.E.S.T. 2024-25 . % at Level 3 or AboveEnglish Language Arts
53.5%
FL avg 56.7% . -0.6pp since 2023
Math
66.1%
FL avg 58.9% . +6.7pp since 2023
What this means: On the FAST / B.E.S.T., Florida's statewide test, about 54 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 66 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Florida schools, those numbers are about 57 and 59. Reading and writing scores have held steady since 2023, while math scores are up about 7 points.
FAST / B.E.S.T. results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 53.5% | 66.1% |
| 2023-24 | 54.1% | 59.4% |
% at Level 3 or Above, all students and all tested grades.
Source: FAST / B.E.S.T.. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyTier
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
58.0%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
54.8%
based on FL schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+3.2pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 58% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 55% typical for Florida schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations measures results against demographically similar schools rather than by raw scores, and this school falls within the typical range, neither among Florida's top nor bottom 10%.
BeatsExpectations runs a per-state regression of proficiency on free/reduced-lunch share, then scores each school by residual. How this is calculated →
Schools most like CALOOSA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
CALOOSA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL's state test result (58.0% proficient) is higher than 4 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| CALOOSA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL this school | 968 | 52.7% | 58.0% |
| MICHIGAN AVENUE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL SAINT CLOUD | 921 | 49.8% | 53.6% |
| DIPLOMAT ELEMENTARY SCHOOL CAPE CORAL | 1,066 | 51.8% | 66.5% |
| PATRIOT ELEMENTARY SCHOOL CAPE CORAL | 954 | 52.1% | 52.8% |
| RIVER HALL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL ALVA | 913 | 50.2% | 46.6% |
| SKYLINE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL CAPE CORAL | 1,141 | 52.4% | 51.8% |
Matched among Florida elementary schools on enrollment, the share of students from low-income families (eligible for free or reduced-price lunch), and racial and ethnic makeup. Proficient is the average share of students meeting the state standard across all of the school's state tests in 2023-24 and 2024-25, the same combined score our test-score rankings use. Online schools and schools serving specialized populations are not matched.
Where CALOOSA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Florida | In Lee County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 58.0% | #960 of 2,136 | #17 of 58 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 66.1% | #821 of 2,149 ▲ 143 | #13 of 58 ▲ 3 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 53.5% | #1,134 of 2,149 ▼ 166 | #18 of 58 ▼ 2 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 968 | #224 of 2,267 | #18 of 61 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 16.6:1 | #1,290 of 2,077 | #7 of 57 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 62.2% | #743 of 2,108 | #13 of 58 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 52.7% | #1,187 of 2,188 | #33 of 59 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +5.0% | #444 of 621 | #25 of 31 |
Ranked against other public elementary schools. Online schools are left out of every list, and test-score lists leave out schools that serve specialized populations. Each rank links to the full list. Arrows under a test-score rank show places moved since the prior test year, among schools tested both years.
4-year change
SY 2020-21 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
968
+75 (+8%) vs 2020
-15% since 1990-91, when it was 1,141
Student : Teacher
16.6:1
was 16.9:1
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
Enrollment and staffing by year
| School year | Students | Teachers (FTE) | Students per teacher | Free and reduced lunch |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 968 | 58.4 | 16.6:1 | 53% (510) |
| 2023-24 | 963 | 54.3 | 17.7:1 | 63% (608) |
| 2022-23 | 972 | 56.4 | 17.2:1 | 57% (554) |
| 2020-21 | 893 | 53 | 16.9:1 | 52% (467) |
| 2017-18 | 922 | 64 | 14.4:1 | 54% (501) |
| 2015-16 | 908 | 61 | 14.9:1 | 54% (490) |
| 2010-11 | 924 | 60 | 15.4:1 | 60% (551) |
| 2000-01 | 1,014 | 52 | 19.5:1 | 46% (471) |
| 1990-91 | 1,141 | 56 | 20.4:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for CALOOSA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL.
About CALOOSA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
CALOOSA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is one of the public schools in CAPE CORAL, Florida. It is a large elementary school. The school runs pre-K through 5 and enrolls 968 students. Elementary schools in Florida average about 604 students, which makes this school 60% larger than average.
Federal data list 116 schools in LEE, with 102,524 students enrolled.
The largest racial or ethnic group at CALOOSA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is Hispanic, with 49% of students. Other groups include 36% White, 7% Black, and 6% multiracial. The county population is about 25% Hispanic. The diversity index for CALOOSA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is 62%. For US public schools as a whole it is 70%.
For every teacher at CALOOSA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, there are about 16.6 students; the school has 58.4 full-time-equivalent teachers. Compared with the 17.5:1 average for elementary schools in Florida, this school's ratio is lower. The eligibility rate for free or reduced-price meals is 53%.
CALOOSA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL earns a B on the allk12 Grade, which blends test scores, results against poverty-based expectations, and the three-year trend. It scored higher than 55% of Florida public elementary schools.
On BeatsExpectations, CALOOSA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is 3.2 points above its prediction, a result in the middle 80% of Florida schools.
Lee County is the school's county. There, median household income comes to about $76,107, 31% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 8% of people live in poverty. There are 123 public schools in the county, enrolling about 102,524, CALOOSA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL among them.
CALOOSA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL's closest public school neighbor is CALOOSA MIDDLE SCHOOL, about 0.1 miles away. A five-mile radius around the school includes at least 8 other public schools. Nearby schools average 46.1% on proficiency, and CALOOSA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is above that at 58.0%.
The school is inside a principal city with a population between 100,000 and 250,000, according to its NCES locale (City: Mid-size).
Federal enrollment counts rose from 893 (2020-21) to 968 (2024-25).
The discussion board for CALOOSA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is open to topics like pickup and drop-off, after-school programs, and teacher feedback. Teachers and staff are welcome to share updates too.
Lee County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
817,666
Census ACS
Median income
$76,107
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
31%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
8%
Below federal line
Schools in county
123
102,524 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in LEE
- GATEWAY CHARTER SCHOOLCombined · 3,192 students
- LEHIGH SENIOR HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 2,550 students
- GATEWAY HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 2,343 students
- IDA S. BAKER HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 2,191 students
- EAST LEE COUNTY HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 2,129 students
- CAPE CORAL HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 2,008 students
Other schools in CAPE CORAL
- IDA S. BAKER HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 2,191 students
- CAPE CORAL HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 2,008 students
- MARINER HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 1,865 students
- ISLAND COAST HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 1,477 students
- GULF ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 1,193 students
- MID CAPE GLOBAL ACADEMYElementary · 1,145 students
Nearby schools
- CALOOSA MIDDLE SCHOOL0.1 mi · 1,018
- MID CAPE GLOBAL ACADEMY2.1 mi · 1,145
- TROPIC ISLES ELEMENTARY SCHOOL2.2 mi · 804
- HECTOR A. CAFFERATA JR ELEMENTARY SCHOOL2.3 mi · 606
- NORTH FORT MYERS HIGH SCHOOL2.3 mi · 1,938
- HANCOCK CREEK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL2.5 mi · 814
Frequently asked questions
About CALOOSA ELEMENTARY SCHOOLWhat is the total enrollment at CALOOSA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
CALOOSA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL enrolls approximately 968 students in grades PK-05.
What grades does CALOOSA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL serve?
CALOOSA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL serves grades PK-05.
How many students per teacher at CALOOSA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
Approximately 16.6:1 students per teacher at CALOOSA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL.
What is the student diversity at CALOOSA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
Student demographics at CALOOSA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL are roughly 36% White, 49% Hispanic, 7% Black, 2% Asian, 6% Two or more.
Is CALOOSA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL public or private?
CALOOSA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is a public K-12 school, overseen by LEE.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.