CAPE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL

As a medium-sized elementary-level community in CAPE CORAL, Florida, CAPE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL hosts 798 students from grades pre-K through 5, part of LEE. Compared to the state average of about 604 students per school, that is 32% above typical.

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

For racial and ethnic makeup, CAPE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL lists that the most-represented group is White (49%), with the rest of the student body spread across multiple groups; the rest comes out to 42% Hispanic, 4% Black, 4% multiracial. The wider county runs roughly 67% White, putting the school's mix considerably less White than the area baseline.

Looking at school resources, The school currently runs with 40 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 19.9:1. The state averages around 17.5:1, so this campus is higher than the state norm typical. Roughly 45% of students at CAPE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment.

After controlling for student poverty, CAPE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 58.6%, the actual is 65.2%, a residual of +6.6 points.

In the broader community, ACS estimates for Lee County put the typical household earns roughly $76,107 per year, about 31% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 8%. In all, Lee County runs 123 public schools (combined enrollment of about 102,524 students), of which CAPE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is one.

PELICAN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is the nearest neighboring public school, about 2.3 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around CAPE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL. Among the 9 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), CAPE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL ranks 2nd on composite proficiency, above the local average of 52.5%.

The school occupies a metropolitan site.

Looking at the recent track record. CAPE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL's enrollment has ticked up 16% since 2018, when it stood at 690 (now 798). The Hispanic share of enrollment edged up from 27% to 42% over that span. Class-load math has loosened: from 15.7:1 in 2018 to 19.9:1 in 2025.

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