Enrollment
136
Combined
DISTRICT 470 · STATE 353
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·COLLIER·NCES 120033000336
EVERGLADES CITY SCHOOL
415 SCHOOL DR, EVERGLADES CITY, FL 34139 · (239) 377-9800 · Collier County
GRADES PK–12COMBINED42-RURALTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL136 STUDENTS
B+
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 70% of Florida public K-12 schools
- B-Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- A-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 K-12 schools
Student : Teacher
10.8:1
13 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 17.1:1 · STATE 17.7:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
64%
87 students
DISTRICT 51% · STATE 50%
Community
0
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other combined schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Pre-K | 14 | 10% |
| Kindergarten | 14 | 10% |
| Grade 1 | 7 | 5% |
| Grade 2 | 7 | 5% |
| Grade 3 | 9 | 7% |
| Grade 4 | 11 | 8% |
| Grade 5 | 7 | 5% |
| Grade 6 | 12 | 9% |
| Grade 7 | 8 | 6% |
| Grade 8 | 12 | 9% |
| Grade 9 | 5 | 4% |
| Grade 10 | 13 | 10% |
| Grade 11 | 10 | 7% |
| Grade 12 | 7 | 5% |
This year's kindergarten class (14) is 17% larger than its 8th grade class (12).
Student demographics
50%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 60% · 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
61.5%
FL avg 56.7% . +3.2pp since 2023
Math
64.8%
FL avg 58.9% . -9.0pp since 2023
What this means: On the FAST / B.E.S.T., Florida's statewide test, about 61 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 65 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 3 points since 2023, while math scores are down about 9 points.
FAST / B.E.S.T. results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 61.5% | 64.8% |
| 2023-24 | 58.2% | 73.8% |
% 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
61.2%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
49.1%
based on FL schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+12.1pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 61% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 49% 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 EVERGLADES CITY SCHOOL
EVERGLADES CITY SCHOOL's state test result (61.2% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| EVERGLADES CITY SCHOOL this school | 136 | 64.0% | 61.2% |
| CEDAR KEY HIGH SCHOOL CEDAR KEY | 202 | 63.4% | 72.4% |
| BETHLEHEM HIGH SCHOOL BONIFAY | 363 | 62.8% | 46.7% |
| POPLAR SPRINGS HIGH SCHOOL GRACEVILLE | 415 | 62.4% | 48.5% |
| LAUREL HILL SCHOOL LAUREL HILL | 432 | 69.2% | 54.5% |
| MALONE SCHOOL MALONE | 559 | 54.9% | 61.5% |
Matched among Florida K-12 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 EVERGLADES CITY SCHOOL ranks
Among K-12 schools| Measure | This school | In Florida |
|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 61.2% | #13 of 25 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 64.8% | #12 of 25 ▼ 7 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 61.5% | #12 of 25 ▼ 3 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 136 | #57 of 180 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 64.0% | #26 of 74 |
Ranked against other public K-12 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
136
-19 (-12%) vs 2020
-44% since 1990-91, when it was 244
Student : Teacher
10.8:1
was 11.1:1
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 | 136 | 12.6 | 10.8:1 | 64% (87) |
| 2023-24 | 144 | 17.4 | 8.3:1 | 67% (96) |
| 2022-23 | 158 | 16 | 9.9:1 | 70% (110) |
| 2020-21 | 155 | 14 | 11.1:1 | 88% (136) |
| 2017-18 | 188 | 18 | 10.4:1 | 79% (148) |
| 2015-16 | 206 | 22 | 9.4:1 | 63% (130) |
| 2010-11 | 154 | 22 | 7.0:1 | 69% (107) |
| 2000-01 | 243 | 21 | 11.6:1 | 53% (130) |
| 1990-91 | 244 | 21 | 11.6:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for EVERGLADES CITY SCHOOL.
About EVERGLADES CITY SCHOOL
EVERGLADES CITY SCHOOL is a very small school serving multiple grade levels found in EVERGLADES CITY, Florida. It offers pre-K through 12 and has 136 students enrolled. By comparison, combined schools in Florida enroll about 353 students on average.
A total of 69 schools make up COLLIER, with 48,252 students enrolled.
About 65% of the student body at EVERGLADES CITY SCHOOL is White. Other groups include 26% Hispanic, 6% multiracial, and 2% Black. Collier County residents are about 65% White, a similar share. A diversity index of 50% means there is a 50% chance two randomly chosen students at EVERGLADES CITY SCHOOL are from different groups.
The school's 12.6 full-time-equivalent teachers translate to a student-to-teacher ratio of 10.8:1. Combined schools in Florida have an average ratio of 17.7:1. At EVERGLADES CITY SCHOOL, 64% of students qualify for free or reduced-price lunch in 2024-25. The rate at public schools in Collier County averages 48%, lower than here.
EVERGLADES CITY SCHOOL earns a B+ on the allk12 Grade, which blends test scores, results against poverty-based expectations, and the three-year trend. It scored higher than 70% of Florida public K-12 schools.
A school with EVERGLADES CITY SCHOOL's lunch-eligibility share in Florida is predicted to score 49.1%. EVERGLADES CITY SCHOOL scores 61.2%, 12.1 points above that line.
American Community Survey estimates for Collier County show that median household income comes to about $90,045, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 40% of adults, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 7%. Collier County counts 75 public schools with about 48,252 students.
MARCO ISLAND ACADEMY is the nearest public school to EVERGLADES CITY SCHOOL, about 18.8 miles away. In a group of 9 nearby schools with scores, EVERGLADES CITY SCHOOL ranks 4th on average proficiency.
Under the NCES locale system, EVERGLADES CITY SCHOOL is Rural: Distant.
Enrollment fell by 12% across 4 years, from 155 in 2020-21 to 136 in 2024-25.
The allk12 page for EVERGLADES CITY SCHOOL lets the school community talk about pickup and drop-off, after-school programs, and teacher feedback. Current and former families are welcome to add their experience.
Collier County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
398,291
Census ACS
Median income
$90,045
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
40%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
7%
Below federal line
Schools in county
75
48,252 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in COLLIER
- PALMETTO RIDGE HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 2,054 students
- IMMOKALEE HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 1,990 students
- GOLDEN GATE HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 1,867 students
- GULF COAST HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 1,714 students
- NAPLES HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 1,535 students
- MASON CLASSICAL ACADEMYCombined · 1,509 students
Nearby schools
- MARCO ISLAND ACADEMY18.8 mi · 298
- MARCO ISLAND CHARTER MIDDLE20.8 mi · 277
- TOMMIE BARFIELD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL20.8 mi · 474
- MANATEE MIDDLE SCHOOL22.0 mi · 781
- MANATEE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL22.1 mi · 564
- LELY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL25.2 mi · 499
Frequently asked questions
About EVERGLADES CITY SCHOOLHow many students attend EVERGLADES CITY SCHOOL?
EVERGLADES CITY SCHOOL enrolls approximately 136 students in grades PK-12.
Is EVERGLADES CITY SCHOOL an elementary, middle, or high school?
EVERGLADES CITY SCHOOL is a combined-grade school covering grades PK-12.
How many teachers does EVERGLADES CITY SCHOOL have?
EVERGLADES CITY SCHOOL employs 13 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 10.8:1.
What is the student diversity at EVERGLADES CITY SCHOOL?
Student demographics at EVERGLADES CITY SCHOOL are roughly 65% White, 26% Hispanic, 2% Black, 6% Two or more.
Who oversees EVERGLADES CITY SCHOOL?
EVERGLADES CITY SCHOOL is overseen by COLLIER in Collier County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.