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Parents: what's one thing you'd want the DIPLOMAT ELEMENTARY SCHOOL administration to hear?
Community prompt from u/allk12. Replies below.
Enrollment
1,066
Elementary
DISTRICT 805 · STATE 604
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·LEE·NCES 120108002833
DIPLOMAT ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
1115 NE 16TH TER, CAPE CORAL, FL 33909 · (239) 458-0033 · Lee County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY12-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL1,066 STUDENTS
A-
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 79% 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.
- A-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
17.2:1
62 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 18.2:1 · STATE 17.5:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
52%
552 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 | 153 | 14% |
| Grade 1 | 187 | 18% |
| Grade 2 | 179 | 17% |
| Grade 3 | 178 | 17% |
| Grade 4 | 175 | 16% |
| Grade 5 | 194 | 18% |
This year's kindergarten class (153) is 21% smaller than its 5th grade class (194).
Student demographics
58%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
59.7%
FL avg 56.7% . +0.7pp since 2023
Math
76.0%
FL avg 58.9% . +3.4pp since 2023
What this means: On the FAST / B.E.S.T., Florida's statewide test, about 60 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 76 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Florida schools, those numbers are about 57 and 59. Reading and writing scores have held steady since 2023, while math scores are up about 3 points.
FAST / B.E.S.T. results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 59.7% | 76.0% |
| 2023-24 | 59.0% | 72.6% |
% 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
66.5%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
55.2%
based on FL schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+11.3pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 66% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 55% 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 DIPLOMAT ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
DIPLOMAT ELEMENTARY SCHOOL's state test result (66.5% proficient) is higher than 5 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| DIPLOMAT ELEMENTARY SCHOOL this school | 1,066 | 51.8% | 66.5% |
| SKYLINE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL CAPE CORAL | 1,141 | 52.4% | 51.8% |
| PATRIOT ELEMENTARY SCHOOL CAPE CORAL | 954 | 52.1% | 52.8% |
| MICHIGAN AVENUE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL SAINT CLOUD | 921 | 49.8% | 53.6% |
| CALOOSA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL CAPE CORAL | 968 | 52.7% | 58.0% |
| HICKORY TREE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL SAINT CLOUD | 1,078 | 47.7% | 58.4% |
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 DIPLOMAT ELEMENTARY SCHOOL ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Florida | In Lee County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 66.5% | #586 of 2,136 | #7 of 58 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 76.0% | #413 of 2,149 ▲ 33 | #6 of 58 ▲ 1 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 59.7% | #851 of 2,149 ▼ 89 | #10 of 58 ▼ 1 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 1,066 | #155 of 2,267 | #14 of 61 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 17.2:1 | #1,480 of 2,077 | #14 of 57 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 57.8% | #1,002 of 2,108 | #26 of 58 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 51.8% | #1,225 of 2,188 | #37 of 59 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +10.1% | #332 of 621 | #22 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
1,066
+122 (+13%) vs 2020
+10% since 2000-01, when it was 972
Student : Teacher
17.2:1
was 17.5:1
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 | 1,066 | 62 | 17.2:1 | 52% (552) |
| 2023-24 | 1,072 | 53 | 20.2:1 | 58% (626) |
| 2022-23 | 1,069 | 55 | 19.4:1 | 55% (593) |
| 2020-21 | 944 | 54 | 17.5:1 | 47% (441) |
| 2017-18 | 968 | 59 | 16.4:1 | 48% (465) |
| 2015-16 | 920 | 59 | 15.6:1 | 49% (455) |
| 2010-11 | 894 | 56 | 16.0:1 | 60% (540) |
| 2000-01 | 972 | 53 | 18.3:1 | 46% (447) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for DIPLOMAT ELEMENTARY SCHOOL.
About DIPLOMAT ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
Families in CAPE CORAL, Florida, are served by DIPLOMAT ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, a large elementary school. Students in pre-K through 5 attend the school, which enrolls 1,066 students. The average among elementary schools in Florida is roughly 604 students; this school is 76% larger than that.
LEE serves 102,524 students across 116 schools.
At 53%, Hispanic students outnumber all other groups at DIPLOMAT ELEMENTARY SCHOOL combined. Other students are 37% White, 5% Black, and 4% multiracial. By comparison, Lee County residents are about 25% Hispanic. The chance that two students picked at random at DIPLOMAT ELEMENTARY SCHOOL belong to different racial or ethnic groups, known as the diversity index, is 58%.
Teachers at the school number 62 full-time equivalents, and the ratio is 17.2:1. Elementary schools in Florida have a similar average ratio of 17.5:1. The school's lunch program data list 52% of students as eligible for free or reduced-price meals.
The allk12 Grade for DIPLOMAT ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is A-. Compared with Florida public elementary schools, the school scored higher than 79% on a mix of test scores, poverty-adjusted results, and recent trend.
The allk12 BeatsExpectations score for DIPLOMAT ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is +11.3 points: 66.5% actual, 55.2% predicted.
Federal survey data for Lee County show that median household income is about $76,107, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 31% of adults, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 8%. A total of 123 public schools operate in Lee County, serving about 102,524 students.
DIPLOMAT MIDDLE SCHOOL is the public school closest to DIPLOMAT ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, about 0.1 miles away. Inside a five-mile radius, there are at least 8 other public schools. Compared with its nearest neighbors, DIPLOMAT ELEMENTARY SCHOOL ranks 1st of 9 on average proficiency.
Locale data from NCES put DIPLOMAT ELEMENTARY SCHOOL inside a principal city with a population between 100,000 and 250,000 (City: Mid-size).
Between 2020-21 and 2024-25, the student count grew from 944 to 1,066.
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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 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
- DIPLOMAT MIDDLE SCHOOL0.1 mi · 1,097
- DR CARRIE D ROBINSON LITTLETON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL2.2 mi · 640
- TROPIC ISLES ELEMENTARY SCHOOL2.4 mi · 804
- HECTOR A. CAFFERATA JR ELEMENTARY SCHOOL2.6 mi · 606
- NORTH FORT MYERS HIGH SCHOOL2.7 mi · 1,938
- CALOOSA MIDDLE SCHOOL2.9 mi · 1,018
Frequently asked questions
About DIPLOMAT ELEMENTARY SCHOOLHow many students attend DIPLOMAT ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
DIPLOMAT ELEMENTARY SCHOOL enrolls approximately 1,066 students in grades PK-05.
What age range does DIPLOMAT ELEMENTARY SCHOOL serve?
DIPLOMAT ELEMENTARY SCHOOL serves students from grade PK through grade 05.
What is the student-teacher ratio at DIPLOMAT ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
The student-to-teacher ratio at DIPLOMAT ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is approximately 17.2:1 (62 FTE teachers).
How diverse is DIPLOMAT ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
DIPLOMAT ELEMENTARY SCHOOL reports a student body of 37% White, 53% Hispanic, 5% Black, 1% Asian, 4% Two or more.
What district is DIPLOMAT ELEMENTARY SCHOOL in?
DIPLOMAT ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is part of LEE.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.