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What's the one class at CYPRESS LAKE MIDDLE SCHOOL every student should take?
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Enrollment
768
Middle
DISTRICT 972 · STATE 794
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·LEE·NCES 120108001127
CYPRESS LAKE MIDDLE SCHOOL
8901 CYPRESS LAKE DR, FORT MYERS, FL 33919 · (239) 481-1533 · Lee County
GRADES 06–08MIDDLE21-SUBURBREGULAR SCHOOL768 STUDENTS
B+
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 67% of Florida public middle schools
- B+Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- BBeats 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 middle schools
Student : Teacher
19.1:1
40 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 19.9:1 · STATE 19.6:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
34%
262 students
DISTRICT 49% · STATE 50%
Community
6
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other middle schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Grade 6 | 281 | 37% |
| Grade 7 | 245 | 32% |
| Grade 8 | 242 | 32% |
Student demographics
60%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
65.0%
FL avg 56.7% . +3.7pp since 2023
Math
72.6%
FL avg 58.9% . +0.7pp since 2023
What this means: On the FAST / B.E.S.T., Florida's statewide test, about 65 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 73 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 4 points since 2023, while math scores have held steady.
FAST / B.E.S.T. results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 65.0% | 72.6% |
| 2023-24 | 61.3% | 71.9% |
% 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
64.3%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
64.1%
based on FL schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+0.3pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 64% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 64% 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 CYPRESS LAKE MIDDLE SCHOOL
CYPRESS LAKE MIDDLE SCHOOL's state test result (64.3% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| CYPRESS LAKE MIDDLE SCHOOL this school | 768 | 34.1% | 64.3% |
| GULF MIDDLE SCHOOL CAPE CORAL | 901 | 36.0% | 63.8% |
| TRAFALGAR MIDDLE SCHOOL CAPE CORAL | 962 | 34.2% | 61.1% |
| OSCEOLA CREEK MIDDLE SCHOOL LOXAHATCHEE | 851 | 35.6% | 62.6% |
| ROCK LAKE MIDDLE SCHOOL LONGWOOD | 898 | 38.4% | 72.2% |
| SARASOTA SCHOOL OF ARTS/SCIENCES SARASOTA | 747 | 40.2% | 74.6% |
Matched among Florida middle 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 CYPRESS LAKE MIDDLE SCHOOL ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In Florida | In Lee County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 64.3% | #156 of 560 | #3 of 18 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 72.6% | #126 of 560 ▼ 14 | #4 of 18 no change |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 65.0% | #148 of 560 ▼ 18 | #3 of 18 no change |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 768 | #319 of 584 | #15 of 18 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 19.1:1 | #256 of 547 | #6 of 18 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 60.0% | #255 of 553 | #7 of 18 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 34.1% | #445 of 565 | #16 of 18 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -9.5% | #244 of 379 | #6 of 8 |
Ranked against other public middle 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
768
-111 (-13%) vs 2020
-11% since 1990-91, when it was 862
Student : Teacher
19.1:1
was 18.7:1
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 | 768 | 40.3 | 19.1:1 | 34% (262) |
| 2023-24 | 753 | 39.3 | 19.2:1 | 40% (299) |
| 2022-23 | 781 | 41.9 | 18.6:1 | 39% (307) |
| 2020-21 | 879 | 47 | 18.7:1 | 39% (340) |
| 2017-18 | 849 | 49 | 17.3:1 | 39% (334) |
| 2015-16 | 825 | 50 | 16.5:1 | 37% (302) |
| 2010-11 | 726 | 41 | 17.7:1 | 48% (349) |
| 2000-01 | 1,117 | 58 | 19.3:1 | 34% (385) |
| 1990-91 | 862 | 45 | 19.2:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for CYPRESS LAKE MIDDLE SCHOOL.
About CYPRESS LAKE MIDDLE SCHOOL
CYPRESS LAKE MIDDLE SCHOOL operates as a mid-sized middle school in FORT MYERS, Florida. It is open to students in grades 6 through 8 and enrolls 768 students.
LEE is made up of 116 schools with 102,524 students in all.
No group is above 50% at CYPRESS LAKE MIDDLE SCHOOL; the largest is White, at 50%. The rest of enrollment is 38% Hispanic, 6% Black, 3% multiracial, and 2% Asian. Among all residents of Lee County, the White share is about 67%. Measured by the diversity index, the student body scores 60%.
CYPRESS LAKE MIDDLE SCHOOL lists 40.3 full-time-equivalent teachers; that is about 19.1 students per teacher. The average ratio among middle schools in Florida is similar, at 19.6:1. About 34% of students at CYPRESS LAKE MIDDLE SCHOOL are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. That rate is below the 48% average among public schools in Lee County.
CYPRESS LAKE MIDDLE SCHOOL earns a B+ on the allk12 Grade, which blends test scores, results against poverty-based expectations, and the three-year trend. It scored higher than 67% of Florida public middle schools.
CYPRESS LAKE MIDDLE SCHOOL sits between the top and bottom 10% of Florida schools on BeatsExpectations, with an actual average proficiency rate across its state test results of 64.3% and a predicted 64.1%.
Census data for Lee County show the median household earns about $76,107 a year, 31% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 8% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Public schools in Lee County number 123, with about 102,524 students.
About 0.3 miles separate CYPRESS LAKE MIDDLE SCHOOL from the closest public school, CYPRESS LAKE HIGH SCHOOL. The five-mile area around CYPRESS LAKE MIDDLE SCHOOL holds at least 8 other public schools. Nearby schools average 51.1% on proficiency, and CYPRESS LAKE MIDDLE SCHOOL is above that at 64.3%.
CYPRESS LAKE MIDDLE SCHOOL is in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more, a location NCES labels Suburb: Large.
By 2024-25, enrollment had dropped to 768, from 879 in 2020-21.
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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 FORT MYERS
- GATEWAY CHARTER SCHOOLCombined · 3,192 students
- GATEWAY HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 2,343 students
- RIVERDALE HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 1,916 students
- FORT MYERS HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 1,835 students
- DUNBAR HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 1,734 students
- SOUTH FORT MYERS HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 1,693 students
Nearby schools
- CYPRESS LAKE HIGH SCHOOL0.3 mi · 1,429
- FLORIDA SOUTHWESTERN COLLEGIATE HIGH SCHOOL1.1 mi · 411
- LEE COUNTY ACCELERATION ACADEMIES2.1 mi · 230
- HEIGHTS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL2.2 mi · 1,057
- HARLEM HEIGHTS COMMUNITY CHARTER SCHOOL2.6 mi · 209
- VILLAS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL2.6 mi · 784
Frequently asked questions
About CYPRESS LAKE MIDDLE SCHOOLHow large is CYPRESS LAKE MIDDLE SCHOOL?
CYPRESS LAKE MIDDLE SCHOOL enrolls approximately 768 students in grades 06-08.
What age range does CYPRESS LAKE MIDDLE SCHOOL serve?
CYPRESS LAKE MIDDLE SCHOOL serves students from grade 06 through grade 08.
How many students per teacher at CYPRESS LAKE MIDDLE SCHOOL?
Approximately 19.1:1 students per teacher at CYPRESS LAKE MIDDLE SCHOOL.
What is the racial breakdown of students at CYPRESS LAKE MIDDLE SCHOOL?
At CYPRESS LAKE MIDDLE SCHOOL, the student body is approximately 50% White, 38% Hispanic, 6% Black, 2% Asian, 3% Two or more.
Who oversees CYPRESS LAKE MIDDLE SCHOOL?
CYPRESS LAKE MIDDLE SCHOOL is overseen by LEE in Lee County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.