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EAST NAPLES MIDDLE SCHOOL
Test scores
FAST / B.E.S.T. 2024-25 . % at Level 3 or AboveWhat this means: On the FAST / B.E.S.T., Florida's statewide test, about 58 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 75 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 9 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 5 points.
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyWhat this means: About 60% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 59% 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%.
7-year change
SY 2017-18 vs SY 2024-25About EAST NAPLES MIDDLE SCHOOL
EAST NAPLES MIDDLE SCHOOL operates as a mid-sized middle school in NAPLES, Florida, operated by COLLIER. Current enrollment sits at 875 students spanning grades 6 through 8.
Within COLLIER, which oversees 69 schools and 48,252 students, EAST NAPLES MIDDLE SCHOOL is one campus in the system.
Demographically, EAST NAPLES MIDDLE SCHOOL lists that Hispanic students make up the majority at 68%. Other groups include 18% Black, 12% White. By comparison, Collier County as a whole is about 28% Hispanic, so the school skews considerably more Hispanic than its surroundings.
On the income-and-resources front, Staff filings list 41 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 21.3:1 students per teacher. That figure is higher than the state norm's 19.6:1 average. Around 45% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, often used as a Title I proxy.
Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, EAST NAPLES MIDDLE SCHOOL sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 58.5%; this one delivers 60.4%.
In the area at large, ACS estimates for Collier County put median household earnings sit near $90,045, about 40% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 7%. In all, Collier County runs 75 public schools (combined enrollment of about 48,252 students), of which EAST NAPLES MIDDLE SCHOOL is one.
Nearest neighbor: THE PHOENIX PROGRAM NAPLES, around 0.2 miles off. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. On composite proficiency, EAST NAPLES MIDDLE SCHOOL comes 3rd of 5 in the immediate cluster, beneath the nearby-schools average of 65.9%.
The campus sits in a residential setting.
Five-year trend. EAST NAPLES MIDDLE SCHOOL's enrollment has ticked down 18% since 2018, when it stood at 1,068 (now 875). White enrollment moved from 23% to 12% across the same window. The student-to-teacher ratio loosened from 16.9:1 in 2018 to 21.3:1 today.
In the discussion threads here, the feed for EAST NAPLES MIDDLE SCHOOL typically covers school events, parent volunteer needs, and clubs. The community welcomes input from current and former families.
Collier County at a glance
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