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EDEN PARK ELEMENTARY 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 42 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 70 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Florida schools, those numbers are about 57 and 59. Reading and writing scores are down about 4 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 14 points.
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyWhat this means: About 51% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 42% 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 EDEN PARK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
EDEN PARK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is one of the middle-of-the-pack primary schools in IMMOKALEE, Florida, operated by COLLIER, with 646 students on its rolls from grades pre-K through 5.
COLLIER comprises 69 schools with combined enrollment of 48,252 students; EDEN PARK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is among them.
On the student-mix side, EDEN PARK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL reports that the student body is overwhelmingly Hispanic (84%). Other groups include 12% Black, 3% White. 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, EDEN PARK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL has 44 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 14.6:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 17.5:1, putting EDEN PARK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL tighter than the state norm the norm. Roughly 77% of students at EDEN PARK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL qualify 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 somewhat above the surrounding baseline.
On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), EDEN PARK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 42.5%, the actual is 51.3%, a residual of +8.8 points.
Around the school, Collier County reports that the typical household earns roughly $90,045 per year, 40% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 7%. EDEN PARK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is one of 75 public schools in Collier County (combined enrollment of about 48,252 students).
LAKE TRAFFORD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.5 miles from this campus. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Among the 7 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), EDEN PARK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL ranks 6th on composite proficiency, behind the local average of 55.7%.
The campus sits in a small-town setting.
Over the past 7-year window. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at EDEN PARK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL has fell 4%, going from 671 students in 2018 to 646 in 2025. The student-to-teacher ratio loosened from 12.2:1 in 2018 to 14.6:1 today.
On the community side, the feed for EDEN PARK ELEMENTARY 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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