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Enrollment
798
Elementary
DISTRICT 805 · STATE 604
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·LEE·NCES 120108001126
CAPE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
4519 VINCENNES BLVD, CAPE CORAL, FL 33904 · (239) 542-3551 · Lee County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY12-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL798 STUDENTS
B+
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Scored higher than 71% of Florida public elementary schools
- B+Test 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
19.9:1
40 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 18.2:1 · STATE 17.5:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
45%
360 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Kindergarten | 133 | 17% |
| Grade 1 | 133 | 17% |
| Grade 2 | 147 | 18% |
| Grade 3 | 135 | 17% |
| Grade 4 | 134 | 17% |
| Grade 5 | 116 | 15% |
This year's kindergarten class (133) is 15% larger than its 5th grade class (116).
Student demographics
59%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
63.2%
FL avg 56.7% . +1.6pp since 2023
Math
66.0%
FL avg 58.9% . -1.3pp since 2023
What this means: On the FAST / B.E.S.T., Florida's statewide test, about 63 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 are up about 2 points since 2023, while math scores are down about 1 points.
FAST / B.E.S.T. results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 63.2% | 66.0% |
| 2023-24 | 61.6% | 67.3% |
% 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
65.2%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
58.6%
based on FL schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+6.6pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 65% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 59% 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 CAPE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
CAPE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL's state test result (65.2% proficient) is higher than 5 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| CAPE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL this school | 798 | 45.1% | 65.2% |
| ST. CLOUD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL ST CLOUD | 721 | 46.2% | 60.8% |
| LOXAHATCHEE GROVES ELEMENTARY LOXAHATCHEE | 695 | 43.0% | 59.2% |
| WILLIAM MONROE ROWLETT ACADEMY FOR ARTS AND COMMUNICATION BRADENTON | 917 | 47.4% | 60.0% |
| TANGLEWOOD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL FORT MYERS | 687 | 40.0% | 60.6% |
| PELICAN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL CAPE CORAL | 963 | 49.7% | 55.6% |
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 CAPE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Florida | In Lee County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 65.2% | #635 of 2,136 | #8 of 58 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 66.0% | #828 of 2,149 ▼ 189 | #14 of 58 ▼ 5 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 63.2% | #698 of 2,149 ▼ 41 | #7 of 58 no change |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 798 | #470 of 2,267 | #31 of 61 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 19.9:1 | #1,937 of 2,077 | #47 of 57 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 58.5% | #961 of 2,108 | #23 of 58 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 45.1% | #1,443 of 2,188 | #42 of 59 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +15.7% | #247 of 621 | #16 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
798
+126 (+19%) vs 2020
+12% since 1990-91, when it was 714
Student : Teacher
19.9:1
was 16.4:1
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 | 798 | 40 | 19.9:1 | 45% (360) |
| 2023-24 | 758 | 40 | 18.9:1 | 50% (377) |
| 2022-23 | 759 | 43 | 17.6:1 | 43% (328) |
| 2020-21 | 672 | 41 | 16.4:1 | 39% (260) |
| 2017-18 | 690 | 44 | 15.7:1 | 43% (296) |
| 2015-16 | 731 | 45 | 16.2:1 | 44% (324) |
| 2010-11 | 727 | 51 | 14.3:1 | 58% (419) |
| 2000-01 | 934 | 44 | 21.2:1 | 32% (302) |
| 1990-91 | 714 | 36 | 19.8:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for CAPE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL.
About CAPE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
CAPE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is an elementary school located in CAPE CORAL, Florida, in Lee County. It serves 798 students in pre-K through 5. For comparison, elementary schools in Florida average about 604 students.
LEE serves 102,524 students across 116 schools.
At CAPE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, the largest share of students is White, at 49%. The school is also 42% Hispanic, 4% Black, and 4% multiracial. That is lower than the 67% White share among all Lee County residents. CAPE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL's diversity index is 59%, against a US figure of 70%.
CAPE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL's 40 full-time-equivalent teachers put its ratio at 19.9:1. That is higher than the 17.5:1 average for elementary schools in Florida. Eligibility for subsidized school meals is 45%. For comparison, public schools in Lee County average 48%.
CAPE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is graded B+ by allk12, scoring above 71% of Florida public elementary schools once test results, poverty-adjusted performance, and the recent trend are combined.
The school's average proficiency rate on state tests is 65.2%. For its free or reduced-price lunch share, the predicted value is 58.6%.
According to the American Community Survey, in Lee County, the median household income is $76,107, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 31% of adults, and the poverty rate is about 8%. There are 123 public schools in Lee County, enrolling about 102,524 students in all.
The nearest other public school, PELICAN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, is about 2.3 miles away. Inside a five-mile radius, there are at least 8 other public schools. Ranked by average proficiency, CAPE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL places 2nd out of 9 schools in its immediate area.
The NCES locale for CAPE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is City: Mid-size, which covers schools inside a principal city with a population between 100,000 and 250,000.
2024-25 enrollment was 798, a 19% rise from 672 in 2020-21. The school's ratio rose from 16.4:1 to 19.9:1 between 2020-21 and 2024-25.
Families, students, and staff can use this page to discuss enrollment questions, class placement, and PTA news at CAPE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL. Anyone with firsthand experience at this school can post or comment.
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
- PELICAN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL2.3 mi · 963
- CAPE CORAL HIGH SCHOOL3.3 mi · 2,008
- CYPRESS LAKE MIDDLE SCHOOL3.3 mi · 768
- HERITAGE CHARTER ACADEMY OF CAPE CORAL3.5 mi · 234
- CYPRESS LAKE HIGH SCHOOL3.5 mi · 1,429
- HEIGHTS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL3.5 mi · 1,057
Frequently asked questions
About CAPE ELEMENTARY SCHOOLHow large is CAPE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
CAPE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL enrolls approximately 798 students in grades PK-05.
What age range does CAPE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL serve?
CAPE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL serves students from grade PK through grade 05.
How many students per teacher at CAPE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
Approximately 19.9:1 students per teacher at CAPE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL.
How diverse is CAPE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
CAPE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL reports a student body of 49% White, 42% Hispanic, 4% Black, 1% Asian, 4% Two or more.
Is CAPE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL public or private?
CAPE 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.