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What's something CALUSA PARK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL does better than most schools?
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Enrollment
670
Elementary
DISTRICT 596 · STATE 604
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·COLLIER·NCES 120033003830
CALUSA PARK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
4600 SANTA BARBARA BLVD, NAPLES, FL 34104 · (239) 377-6400 · Collier County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL670 STUDENTS
B+
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Scored higher than 65% 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
13.4:1
50 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 14.3:1 · STATE 17.5:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
51%
344 students
DISTRICT 51% · 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 | 38 | 6% |
| Kindergarten | 91 | 14% |
| Grade 1 | 113 | 17% |
| Grade 2 | 104 | 16% |
| Grade 3 | 106 | 16% |
| Grade 4 | 112 | 17% |
| Grade 5 | 106 | 16% |
This year's kindergarten class (91) is 14% smaller than its 5th grade class (106).
Student demographics
61%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 60% · 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
56.0%
FL avg 56.7% . +1.4pp since 2023
Math
64.1%
FL avg 58.9% . +1.4pp since 2023
What this means: On the FAST / B.E.S.T., Florida's statewide test, about 56 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 64 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Florida schools, those numbers are about 57 and 59. Reading and writing scores are up about 1 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 1 points.
FAST / B.E.S.T. results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 56.0% | 64.1% |
| 2023-24 | 54.7% | 62.7% |
% 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
61.5%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
55.4%
based on FL schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+6.0pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 61% 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 CALUSA PARK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
CALUSA PARK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL's state test result (61.5% proficient) is higher than 5 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| CALUSA PARK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL this school | 670 | 51.3% | 61.5% |
| MANATEE CHARTER SCHOOL BRADENTON | 619 | 51.2% | 41.2% |
| GROVELAND ELEMENTARY SCHOOL GROVELAND | 683 | 50.8% | 36.2% |
| NORCREST ELEMENTARY SCHOOL POMPANO BEACH | 678 | 51.6% | 45.1% |
| DREAM LAKE ELEMENTARY APOPKA | 674 | 55.6% | 53.2% |
| NORTH ANDREWS GARDENS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL OAKLAND PARK | 742 | 55.7% | 51.9% |
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 CALUSA PARK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Florida | In Collier County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 61.5% | #800 of 2,136 | #14 of 35 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 64.1% | #905 of 2,149 ▼ 65 | #23 of 35 ▼ 5 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 56.0% | #1,023 of 2,149 ▼ 78 | #18 of 35 ▼ 3 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 670 | #810 of 2,267 | #11 of 35 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 13.4:1 | #202 of 2,077 | #10 of 35 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 61.3% | #802 of 2,108 | #3 of 35 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 51.3% | #1,245 of 2,188 | #24 of 35 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -2.9% | #1,247 of 1,374 | #22 of 23 |
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
670
+56 (+9%) vs 2020
-26% since 2010-11, when it was 901
Student : Teacher
13.4:1
was 13.1:1
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 | 670 | 50.1 | 13.4:1 | 51% (344) |
| 2023-24 | 679 | 48.3 | 14.1:1 | 59% (400) |
| 2022-23 | 707 | 47.4 | 14.9:1 | 62% (435) |
| 2020-21 | 614 | 47 | 13.1:1 | 77% (472) |
| 2017-18 | 690 | 50 | 13.8:1 | 72% (494) |
| 2015-16 | 843 | 55 | 15.3:1 | 68% (577) |
| 2010-11 | 901 | 55 | 16.4:1 | 60% (541) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for CALUSA PARK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL.
About CALUSA PARK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
CALUSA PARK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is a medium-sized elementary school in NAPLES, Florida, (ZIP code 34104). The school counts 670 students across pre-K through 5.
CALUSA PARK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is one of 69 schools in COLLIER, which enrolls 48,252 students in total.
A majority of students at CALUSA PARK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, 55%, are Hispanic. Other reported shares: 24% Black, 16% White, and 3% multiracial. Collier County's residents are about 28% Hispanic, 27 points below the school's share. The chance that two students picked at random at CALUSA PARK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL belong to different racial or ethnic groups, known as the diversity index, is 61%.
Its 50.1 full-time-equivalent teachers give the school a ratio of 13.4:1. That ratio is under the 17.5:1 average for elementary schools in Florida. Free or reduced-price lunch eligibility is 51%.
The allk12 Grade for CALUSA PARK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is B+. Compared with Florida public elementary schools, the school scored higher than 65% on a mix of test scores, poverty-adjusted results, and recent trend.
Predicted from its free or reduced-price lunch share, CALUSA PARK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL would score about 55.4%. It scores 61.5%, 6.0 points above that figure.
Within Collier County, median household income is about $90,045, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 40%, and roughly 7% of residents are in poverty. The public schools of Collier County number 75 and enroll about 48,252.
NAPLES AREA TEENAGE PARENTING is the public school closest to CALUSA PARK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, about 1.8 miles away. CALUSA PARK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL has at least 8 other public schools within five miles. CALUSA PARK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL's average proficiency of 61.5% compares with 50.0% for its nearest scored neighbors.
The National Center for Education Statistics classifies the school's location as Suburb: Large, meaning it is in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
The number of students climbed from 614 to 670 over 4 years.
Topics for discussion here include school safety, transportation, and start times. Anyone with firsthand experience at this school can post or comment.
Collier County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
398,291
Census ACS
Median income
$90,045
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
40%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
7%
Below federal line
Schools in county
75
48,252 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in COLLIER
- PALMETTO RIDGE HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 2,054 students
- IMMOKALEE HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 1,990 students
- GOLDEN GATE HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 1,867 students
- GULF COAST HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 1,714 students
- NAPLES HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 1,535 students
- MASON CLASSICAL ACADEMYCombined · 1,509 students
Other schools in NAPLES
- PALMETTO RIDGE HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 2,054 students
- GOLDEN GATE HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 1,867 students
- GULF COAST HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 1,714 students
- NAPLES HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 1,535 students
- MASON CLASSICAL ACADEMYCombined · 1,509 students
- AUBREY ROGERS HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 1,496 students
Nearby schools
- NAPLES AREA TEENAGE PARENTING1.8 mi · 29
- GOLDEN GATE HIGH SCHOOL1.8 mi · 1,867
- BRIDGEPREP ACADEMY COLLIER1.9 mi · 261
- MIKE DAVIS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL2.1 mi · 655
- LAVERN GAYNOR ELEMENTARY2.3 mi · 366
- GOLDEN GATE MIDDLE SCHOOL2.3 mi · 1,039
Frequently asked questions
About CALUSA PARK ELEMENTARY SCHOOLWhat is the total enrollment at CALUSA PARK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
CALUSA PARK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL enrolls approximately 670 students in grades PK-05.
What age range does CALUSA PARK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL serve?
CALUSA PARK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL serves students from grade PK through grade 05.
How many teachers does CALUSA PARK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL have?
CALUSA PARK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL employs 50 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 13.4:1.
How diverse is CALUSA PARK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
CALUSA PARK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL reports a student body of 16% White, 55% Hispanic, 24% Black, 1% Asian, 3% Two or more.
Is CALUSA PARK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL public or private?
CALUSA PARK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is a public K-12 school, overseen by COLLIER.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.