EDGEWOOD ACADEMY

Set in FORT MYERS, Florida, EDGEWOOD ACADEMY is an average-sized elementary school, run under LEE. It works with 598 students across grades pre-K through 5.

LEE comprises 116 schools with combined enrollment of 102,524 students; EDGEWOOD ACADEMY is among them.

Looking at the student body, EDGEWOOD ACADEMY reports that 56% of the student body identifies as Hispanic. The remainder reads as 35% Black, 7% White, 2% multiracial. By comparison, Lee County as a whole is about 25% Hispanic, so the school skews noticeably more Hispanic than its surroundings.

On the income-and-resources front, The school employs 43 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 13.9:1. The state averages around 17.5:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. An estimated 69% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. Set against Lee County (around 48%), the school's rate is north of typical.

With demographic context factored in, EDGEWOOD ACADEMY tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 46.7% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 35.8%.

Around the school, community-level numbers for Lee County indicate median household earnings sit near $76,107, roughly 31% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 8% of residents live below the federal poverty line. In all, Lee County runs 123 public schools (combined enrollment of about 102,524 students), of which EDGEWOOD ACADEMY is one.

Nearest neighbor: SUCCESS ACADEMY, around 1.0 miles off. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts EDGEWOOD ACADEMY at 2nd of 5; the average score across the group is 32.7%.

Geographically, the school is in a metropolitan area.

Looking at the recent track record. Over the past 7-year window, the student count rose 3%: 583 students in 2018 compared to 598 in 2025. Black enrollment moved from 27% to 35% across the same window. The student-to-teacher ratio loosened from 11.9:1 in 2018 to 13.9:1 today.

On allk12, recent activity here tends to focus on open house dates, ride-share offers, and field-trip permission slips. Contributors range from current parents to recent graduates and teachers.