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What's something EDISON PARK CREATIVE AND EXPRESSIVE ARTS SCHOOL does better than most schools?
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Enrollment
440
Elementary
DISTRICT 805 · STATE 604
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·LEE·NCES 120108001130
EDISON PARK CREATIVE AND EXPRESSIVE ARTS SCHOOL
2401 EUCLID AVE, FORT MYERS, FL 33901 · (239) 334-6232 · Lee County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY13-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL440 STUDENTS
C+
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Scored higher than 44% of Florida public elementary schools
- B-Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- C+Beats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- ·Three-year trend Not available for this school, so the grade uses the other parts.
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 elementary schools
Student : Teacher
16.9:1
26 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 18.2:1 · STATE 17.5:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
44%
193 students
DISTRICT 49% · STATE 50%
Community
6
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other elementary schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Pre-K | 1 | 0% |
| Kindergarten | 85 | 19% |
| Grade 1 | 62 | 14% |
| Grade 2 | 68 | 15% |
| Grade 3 | 77 | 18% |
| Grade 4 | 73 | 17% |
| Grade 5 | 74 | 17% |
This year's kindergarten class (85) is 15% larger than its 5th grade class (74).
Student demographics
67%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
55.6%
FL avg 56.7% . -2.2pp since 2023
Math
62.3%
FL avg 58.9% . +6.2pp since 2023
What this means: On the FAST / B.E.S.T., Florida's statewide test, about 56 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 62 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 2 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 6 points.
FAST / B.E.S.T. results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 55.6% | 62.3% |
| 2023-24 | 57.9% | 56.1% |
% 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
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
57.1%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
59.2%
based on FL schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-2.1pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 57% 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%.
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 EDISON PARK CREATIVE AND EXPRESSIVE ARTS SCHOOL
EDISON PARK CREATIVE AND EXPRESSIVE ARTS SCHOOL's state test result (57.1% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| EDISON PARK CREATIVE AND EXPRESSIVE ARTS SCHOOL this school | 440 | 43.9% | 57.1% |
| SOMERSET ACADEMY WELLINGTON K-8 WELLINGTON | 459 | 43.6% | 44.0% |
| DILLARD STREET ELEMENTARY WINTER GARDEN | 466 | 44.8% | 49.8% |
| MCNAB ELEMENTARY SCHOOL POMPANO BEACH | 538 | 39.8% | 61.9% |
| ODYSSEY PREPARATORY CHARTER ACADEMY PALM BAY | 462 | 42.6% | 59.5% |
| GLOBAL LEADERSHIP ACADEMY ARTS JACKSONVILLE | 411 | 50.4% | 61.5% |
Matched among Florida elementary 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 EDISON PARK CREATIVE AND EXPRESSIVE ARTS SCHOOL ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Florida | In Lee County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 57.1% | #997 of 2,136 | #18 of 58 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 62.3% | #996 of 2,149 ▲ 113 | #16 of 58 ▲ 6 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 55.6% | #1,035 of 2,149 ▼ 226 | #16 of 58 ▼ 6 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 440 | #1,641 of 2,267 | #53 of 61 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 16.9:1 | #1,406 of 2,077 | #10 of 57 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 67.4% | #400 of 2,108 | #4 of 58 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 43.9% | #1,475 of 2,188 | #43 of 59 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +24.6% | #148 of 621 | #6 of 31 |
Ranked against other public elementary 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
440
+65 (+17%) vs 2020
+2% since 1990-91, when it was 430
Student : Teacher
16.9:1
was 15.6:1
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 | 440 | 26 | 16.9:1 | 44% (193) |
| 2023-24 | 432 | 25 | 17.3:1 | 50% (215) |
| 2022-23 | 402 | 24 | 16.8:1 | 46% (184) |
| 2020-21 | 375 | 24 | 15.6:1 | 51% (193) |
| 2017-18 | 353 | 31 | 11.4:1 | 56% (196) |
| 2015-16 | 346 | 30 | 11.5:1 | 50% (173) |
| 2010-11 | 369 | 31 | 11.9:1 | 43% (159) |
| 2000-01 | 508 | 26 | 19.5:1 | 32% (164) |
| 1990-91 | 430 | 26 | 16.5:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for EDISON PARK CREATIVE AND EXPRESSIVE ARTS SCHOOL.
About EDISON PARK CREATIVE AND EXPRESSIVE ARTS SCHOOL
EDISON PARK CREATIVE AND EXPRESSIVE ARTS SCHOOL is a small elementary school in LEE, located in FORT MYERS, Florida. Enrollment stands at 440 students, covering pre-K through 5. It has 27% fewer students than the average for elementary schools in Florida (about 604).
EDISON PARK CREATIVE AND EXPRESSIVE ARTS SCHOOL is a school in LEE. The district has 116 schools and 102,524 students.
The biggest share of students at EDISON PARK CREATIVE AND EXPRESSIVE ARTS SCHOOL, 41%, is White. Next come 31% Hispanic, 25% Black, and 3% multiracial. That compares with about 67% White among all Lee County residents. Measured by the diversity index, the student body scores 67%.
A staff of 26 full-time-equivalent teachers puts the student-to-teacher ratio at 16.9:1. The average ratio among elementary schools in Florida is similar, at 17.5:1. By family income, 44% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch.
EDISON PARK CREATIVE AND EXPRESSIVE ARTS SCHOOL earns a C+ on the allk12 Grade, which blends test scores, results against poverty-based expectations, and the three-year trend. It scored higher than 44% of Florida public elementary schools.
The BeatsExpectations prediction for EDISON PARK CREATIVE AND EXPRESSIVE ARTS SCHOOL is 59.2%, and its average proficiency rate across its state test results is 57.1%.
Census data for Lee County show the median household earns about $76,107 a year, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 31%, and about 8% of people live in poverty. The county has 123 public schools and about 102,524 students.
EDISON PARK CREATIVE AND EXPRESSIVE ARTS SCHOOL is about 0.4 miles from FORT MYERS HIGH SCHOOL, its nearest public school. Around the school, at least 8 other public schools are within five miles. On proficiency, EDISON PARK CREATIVE AND EXPRESSIVE ARTS SCHOOL is ahead of the 37.5% nearby average, ranking 1st of 5.
EDISON PARK CREATIVE AND EXPRESSIVE ARTS SCHOOL is inside a principal city with a population under 100,000, a location NCES labels City: Small.
The school's student count rose 17% between the 2020-21 and 2024-25 school years. Over the same period, the student-to-teacher ratio increased to 16.9:1, from 15.6:1.
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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
- EAST LEE COUNTY HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 2,129 students
- CAPE CORAL HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 2,008 students
Other schools in FORT MYERS
- GATEWAY CHARTER SCHOOLCombined · 3,192 students
- GATEWAY HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 2,343 students
- RIVERDALE HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 1,916 students
- FORT MYERS HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 1,835 students
- DUNBAR HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 1,734 students
- SOUTH FORT MYERS HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 1,693 students
Nearby schools
- FORT MYERS HIGH SCHOOL0.4 mi · 1,835
- LEE COUNTY JAIL0.6 mi · 4
- CORONADO HIGH SCHOOL0.9 mi · 294
- FORT MYERS MIDDLE SCHOOL1.1 mi · 687
- ALLEN PARK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL1.2 mi · 926
- SW FL ADDICTION SERVICES-THE VINCE SMITH CENTER1.2 mi · 6
Frequently asked questions
About EDISON PARK CREATIVE AND EXPRESSIVE ARTS SCHOOLHow large is EDISON PARK CREATIVE AND EXPRESSIVE ARTS SCHOOL?
EDISON PARK CREATIVE AND EXPRESSIVE ARTS SCHOOL enrolls approximately 440 students in grades PK-05.
What age range does EDISON PARK CREATIVE AND EXPRESSIVE ARTS SCHOOL serve?
EDISON PARK CREATIVE AND EXPRESSIVE ARTS SCHOOL serves students from grade PK through grade 05.
What is the student-teacher ratio at EDISON PARK CREATIVE AND EXPRESSIVE ARTS SCHOOL?
The student-to-teacher ratio at EDISON PARK CREATIVE AND EXPRESSIVE ARTS SCHOOL is approximately 16.9:1 (26 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at EDISON PARK CREATIVE AND EXPRESSIVE ARTS SCHOOL?
At EDISON PARK CREATIVE AND EXPRESSIVE ARTS SCHOOL, the student body is approximately 41% White, 31% Hispanic, 25% Black, 3% Two or more.
Who oversees EDISON PARK CREATIVE AND EXPRESSIVE ARTS SCHOOL?
EDISON PARK CREATIVE AND EXPRESSIVE ARTS SCHOOL is overseen by LEE in Lee County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.