CAPE CORAL HIGH SCHOOL

CAPE CORAL HIGH SCHOOL operates as a big secondary school in CAPE CORAL, Florida, part of LEE. Current enrollment sits at 2,008 students spanning grades 9 through 12. Enrollment runs roughly 94% above the state mean of about 1,035.

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

On the student-mix side, CAPE CORAL HIGH SCHOOL logs that the most-represented group is Hispanic (47%), with the rest of the student body spread across multiple groups; the rest reads as 39% White, 8% Black, 4% multiracial, 3% Asian. That is noticeably more Hispanic than the county at large, where the share is closer to 25%.

Looking at school resources, Staff filings list 89 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 22.6:1 students per teacher. The state averages around 23.5:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. About 38% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy. That share is noticeably below Lee County's rate of about 48%.

After controlling for student poverty, CAPE CORAL HIGH SCHOOL falls in the UNDERPERFORMING tier of the BeatsExpectations residual. Given its student profile, a typical campus would land near 61.9%; this one comes in at 46.0%, -15.9 points off the demographic line.

In the area at large, community-level numbers for Lee County indicate median household income runs about $76,107, roughly 31% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 8% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Across Lee County's 123 public schools (combined enrollment of about 102,524 students), CAPE CORAL HIGH SCHOOL is one campus in the mix.

Nearest neighbor: HERITAGE CHARTER ACADEMY OF CAPE CORAL, around 0.3 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around CAPE CORAL HIGH SCHOOL. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts CAPE CORAL HIGH SCHOOL at 7th of 9; the average score across the group is 53.8%.

CAPE CORAL HIGH SCHOOL operates from an urban location.

Trend over the last 7 years. Over the past 7-year window, the student count increased 25%: 1,602 students in 2018 compared to 2,008 in 2025. Hispanic enrollment moved from 34% to 47% across the same window. The student-to-teacher ratio widened from 19.8:1 in 2018 to 22.6:1 today.

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