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Enrollment
2,129
High
DISTRICT 990 · STATE 1,035
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·LEE·NCES 120108003966
EAST LEE COUNTY HIGH SCHOOL
715 THOMAS SHERWIN AVE S, LEHIGH ACRES, FL 33974 · (239) 369-2932 · Lee County
GRADES 09–12HIGH21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL2,129 STUDENTS
F
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Scored higher than 0% of Florida public high schools
- FTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- FBeats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
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 high schools
Student : Teacher
24.5:1
87 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 24.7:1 · STATE 23.5:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
57%
1,203 students
DISTRICT 49% · STATE 50%
Community
6
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other high schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Grade 9 | 562 | 26% |
| Grade 10 | 563 | 26% |
| Grade 11 | 556 | 26% |
| Grade 12 | 448 | 21% |
Student demographics
50%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
33.0%
FL avg 56.7% . -1.0pp since 2023
Math
17.0%
FL avg 58.9% . +8.0pp since 2023
What this means: On the FAST / B.E.S.T., Florida's statewide test, about 33 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 17 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 8 points.
FAST / B.E.S.T. results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 33.0% | 17.0% |
| 2023-24 | 34.0% | 9.0% |
% 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
UNDERPERFORMING
Bottom 10% of FL schools after controlling for student poverty
Actual proficiency
28.6%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
52.9%
based on FL schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-24.2pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 29% of students here test proficient in math and reading, below the roughly 53% typical for Florida schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations compares each school with others at the same poverty level, not by raw scores, so a school lands here when its results trail those comparable schools, which is not the same as having low scores. A higher-scoring school can still fall in this tier if similar schools score higher still.
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 EAST LEE COUNTY HIGH SCHOOL
EAST LEE COUNTY HIGH SCHOOL's state test result (28.6% proficient) is higher than 0 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| EAST LEE COUNTY HIGH SCHOOL this school | 2,129 | 56.5% | 28.6% |
| FOREST HILL COMMUNITY HIGH SCHOOL WEST PALM BEACH | 1,923 | 56.7% | 44.1% |
| MIAMI SOUTHRIDGE SENIOR HIGH MIAMI | 2,238 | 57.4% | 45.8% |
| JOHN I. LEONARD HIGH SCHOOL GREENACRES | 3,262 | 55.4% | 42.3% |
| RIDGE COMMUNITY HIGH SCHOOL DAVENPORT | 2,632 | 61.7% | 39.4% |
| LEHIGH SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL LEHIGH ACRES | 2,550 | 53.9% | 38.9% |
Matched among Florida high 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 EAST LEE COUNTY HIGH SCHOOL ranks
Among high schools| Measure | This school | In Florida | In Lee County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 28.6% | #552 of 555 | #17 of 17 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 17.0% | #523 of 549 ▲ 21 | #15 of 17 ▲ 2 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 33.0% | #545 of 559 ▼ 41 | #17 of 17 ▼ 1 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 2,129 | #146 of 830 | #4 of 30 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 24.5:1 | #422 of 575 | #11 of 18 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 49.8% | #405 of 594 | #20 of 21 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 56.5% | #145 of 630 | #1 of 22 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +5.0% | #188 of 246 | #7 of 9 |
Ranked against other public high 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
2,129
+456 (+27%) vs 2020
+35% since 2010-11, when it was 1,576
Student : Teacher
24.5:1
was 19.4:1
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 | 2,129 | 87 | 24.5:1 | 57% (1,203) |
| 2023-24 | 1,985 | 77.5 | 25.6:1 | 64% (1,261) |
| 2022-23 | 1,896 | 81.5 | 23.3:1 | 61% (1,159) |
| 2020-21 | 1,673 | 86 | 19.4:1 | 57% (961) |
| 2017-18 | 2,027 | 110 | 18.4:1 | 66% (1,329) |
| 2015-16 | 1,910 | 96 | 19.9:1 | 66% (1,262) |
| 2010-11 | 1,576 | 79 | 19.9:1 | 79% (1,244) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for EAST LEE COUNTY HIGH SCHOOL.
About EAST LEE COUNTY HIGH SCHOOL
EAST LEE COUNTY HIGH SCHOOL is a high school with a street address in LEHIGH ACRES, Florida. Students in grades 9 through 12 make up the school's enrollment of 2,129 students. By comparison, high schools in Florida enroll about 1,035 students on average.
LEE counts 102,524 students in its 116 schools, and EAST LEE COUNTY HIGH SCHOOL is one of them.
Hispanic students are 68% of those enrolled at EAST LEE COUNTY HIGH SCHOOL. Beyond that, enrollment is 18% Black and 12% White. In Lee County overall, about 25% of residents are Hispanic. On a 0 to 100 scale, the school's diversity index is 50, compared with 70 nationally.
EAST LEE COUNTY HIGH SCHOOL lists 87 full-time-equivalent teachers; that is about 24.5 students per teacher. Across high schools in Florida, the average ratio is 23.5:1. Free or reduced-price lunch covers 57% of the student body. The gap from the 48% average for public schools in Lee County is 9 points.
On the allk12 Grade, EAST LEE COUNTY HIGH SCHOOL lands at F, ahead of 0% of Florida public high schools.
The school's average proficiency rate across its state test results, 28.6%, is 24.2 points below the 52.9% the model predicts from its free or reduced-price lunch share. That result is in the bottom 10% of Florida schools.
The school is in Lee County, where the median household earns about $76,107 a year, about 31% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and roughly 8% of residents are in poverty. Across Lee County, 123 public schools serve about 102,524 students.
EAST LEE COUNTY HIGH SCHOOL's nearest public school is MIRROR LAKES ELEMENTARY SCHOOL (about 1.1 miles). In all, at least 8 other public schools sit within five miles of EAST LEE COUNTY HIGH SCHOOL. Among the 8 closest schools with test data, this one included, EAST LEE COUNTY HIGH SCHOOL ranks 8th on average proficiency.
The National Center for Education Statistics classifies the school's location as Suburb: Large, meaning it is in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
In 2024-25, the school enrolled 2,129, up from 1,673 in 2020-21. The number of students per teacher increased from 19.4 to 24.5 over 4 years.
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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
- CAPE CORAL HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 2,008 students
- NORTH FORT MYERS HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 1,938 students
Other schools in LEHIGH ACRES
- LEHIGH SENIOR HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 2,550 students
- VETERANS PARK ACADEMY FOR THE ARTSElementary · 1,937 students
- LEHIGH ACRES MIDDLE SCHOOLMiddle · 1,509 students
- SUNSHINE ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 1,456 students
- MIRROR LAKES ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 1,237 students
- LEHIGH ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 1,207 students
Nearby schools
- MIRROR LAKES ELEMENTARY SCHOOL1.1 mi · 1,237
- AMANECER ELEMENTARY SCHOOL2.4 mi · 1,072
- LEHIGH ACRES MIDDLE SCHOOL2.5 mi · 1,509
- DONNA J. BEASLEY TECHNICAL ACADEMY3.2 mi · 294
- VETERANS PARK ACADEMY FOR THE ARTS3.3 mi · 1,937
- LEMUEL TEAL MIDDLE SCHOOL3.3 mi · 1,008
Frequently asked questions
About EAST LEE COUNTY HIGH SCHOOLHow large is EAST LEE COUNTY HIGH SCHOOL?
EAST LEE COUNTY HIGH SCHOOL enrolls approximately 2,129 students in grades 09-12.
What grades does EAST LEE COUNTY HIGH SCHOOL serve?
EAST LEE COUNTY HIGH SCHOOL serves grades 09-12.
How many teachers does EAST LEE COUNTY HIGH SCHOOL have?
EAST LEE COUNTY HIGH SCHOOL employs 87 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 24.5:1.
What is the racial breakdown of students at EAST LEE COUNTY HIGH SCHOOL?
At EAST LEE COUNTY HIGH SCHOOL, the student body is approximately 12% White, 68% Hispanic, 18% Black, 0% Asian, 2% Two or more.
Is EAST LEE COUNTY HIGH SCHOOL public or private?
EAST LEE COUNTY HIGH 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.