CYPRESS PALM MIDDLE SCHOOL

As a mid-sized middle school in NAPLES, Florida, CYPRESS PALM MIDDLE SCHOOL educates 836 students from grades 6 through 8, overseen by COLLIER.

Within COLLIER, which oversees 69 schools and 48,252 students, CYPRESS PALM MIDDLE SCHOOL is one campus in the system.

Demographically, CYPRESS PALM MIDDLE SCHOOL lists that 64% of the student body identifies as Hispanic. The remainder consists of 25% White, 7% Black, 2% multiracial. By comparison, Collier County as a whole is about 28% Hispanic, so the school skews meaningfully more Hispanic than its surroundings.

On the resource side, On paper, CYPRESS PALM MIDDLE SCHOOL has 41 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 20.4:1. That figure is higher than the state norm's 19.6:1 average. An estimated 67% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. By comparison, Collier County runs at roughly 48%, so the school's eligibility rate is meaningfully above the surrounding baseline.

After controlling for student poverty, CYPRESS PALM MIDDLE SCHOOL performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 47.4%, the actual is 58.6%, a residual of +11.3 points.

Around the school, the surrounding county (Collier County) records that median household income runs about $90,045, roughly 40% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 7% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Across Collier County's 75 public schools (combined enrollment of about 48,252 students), CYPRESS PALM MIDDLE SCHOOL is one campus in the mix.

The closest other public school is SABAL PALM ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, roughly 0.1 miles away. Within five miles, there are 5 other public schools. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts CYPRESS PALM MIDDLE SCHOOL at 7th of 9; the average score across the group is 61.9%.

The campus sits in a small-town setting.

Five-year trend. Over the past 7-year window, the student count grew 16%: 719 students in 2018 compared to 836 in 2025. White enrollment moved from 40% to 25% across the same window. The student-to-teacher ratio grew from 16.3:1 in 2018 to 20.4:1 today.

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