DIPLOMAT MIDDLE SCHOOL

As a medium-sized middle school in CAPE CORAL, Florida, DIPLOMAT MIDDLE SCHOOL caters to 1,097 students from grades 6 through 8, part of LEE. That puts it 38% larger than the typical public school in Florida, which averages around 794 students.

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

For racial and ethnic makeup, DIPLOMAT MIDDLE SCHOOL records that the largest single group is Hispanic, at 55% of enrollment. Beyond that, the school reports 33% White, 8% Black, 2% multiracial. That is noticeably more Hispanic than the county at large, where the share is closer to 25%.

Looking at school resources, DIPLOMAT MIDDLE SCHOOL lists 50 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 21.8:1. That figure is higher than the state norm's 19.6:1 average. An estimated 49% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator.

With demographic context factored in, DIPLOMAT MIDDLE SCHOOL performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 56.6%, the actual is 54.2%, a residual of -2.4 points.

Across the wider county, the surrounding county (Lee County) records that the typical household earns roughly $76,107 per year, roughly 31% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and the poverty rate sits near 8%. DIPLOMAT MIDDLE SCHOOL is one of 123 public schools in Lee County (combined enrollment of about 102,524 students).

Nearest neighbor: DIPLOMAT ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, around 0.1 miles off. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. On composite proficiency, DIPLOMAT MIDDLE SCHOOL comes 3rd of 9 in the immediate cluster, above the nearby-schools average of 51.9%.

The school occupies a downtown site.

Trend over the last 7 years. Over the past 7-year window, the student count expanded 32%: 831 students in 2018 compared to 1,097 in 2025. The Hispanic share of enrollment climbed from 35% to 55% over that span. The student-to-teacher ratio loosened from 17.3:1 in 2018 to 21.8:1 today.

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