CALOOSA MIDDLE SCHOOL

Located at 610 DEL PRADO BLVD S, in CAPE CORAL, Florida, CALOOSA MIDDLE SCHOOL is a moderately sized middle school that hosts 1,018 students (grades 6 through 8), part of LEE. Compared to the state average of about 794 students per school, that is 28% above typical.

Within LEE, which oversees 116 schools and 102,524 students, CALOOSA MIDDLE SCHOOL is one campus in the system.

In terms of who attends, CALOOSA MIDDLE SCHOOL reports that the most-represented group is Hispanic (49%), with the rest of the student body spread across multiple groups. Other groups include 34% White, 11% Black, 5% multiracial. The wider county runs roughly 25% Hispanic, putting the school's mix meaningfully more Hispanic than the area baseline.

Looking at school resources, The school employs 49 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 20.8:1. The state averages around 19.6:1, so this campus is higher than the state norm typical. About 58% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. That share is higher than Lee County's rate of about 48%.

With demographic context factored in, CALOOSA MIDDLE SCHOOL performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 52.3%, the actual is 46.2%, a residual of -6.1 points.

Zooming out to the county, census data for Lee County shows the typical household earns roughly $76,107 per year, 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 CALOOSA MIDDLE SCHOOL is one.

Nearest neighbor: CALOOSA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, around 0.1 miles off. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. On composite proficiency, CALOOSA MIDDLE SCHOOL comes 7th of 8 in the immediate cluster, behind the nearby-schools average of 50.5%.

CALOOSA MIDDLE SCHOOL operates from a downtown location.

Looking at the recent track record. Over the past 7-year window, the student count ticked up 24%: 818 students in 2018 compared to 1,018 in 2025. Over the same period, the White share edged down from 48% to 34%. Class-load math has rose: from 15.2:1 in 2018 to 20.8:1 in 2025.

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