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Teachers: what resource would make the biggest difference at FLORIDA SOUTHWESTERN COLLEGIATE HIGH SCHOOL this year?
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Enrollment
411
High
DISTRICT 990 · STATE 1,035
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·LEE·NCES 120108007882
FLORIDA SOUTHWESTERN COLLEGIATE HIGH SCHOOL
8099 COLLEGE PKWY, FT MYERS, FL 33919 · (239) 432-6767 · Lee County
GRADES 09–12HIGH21-SUBURBCHARTERREGULAR SCHOOL411 STUDENTS
A+
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Scored higher than 95% of Florida public high schools
- A+Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- ABeats 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 high schools
Student : Teacher
37.4:1
11 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 24.7:1 · STATE 23.5:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
12%
50 students
DISTRICT 49% · STATE 50%
Community
6
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other high schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Grade 9 | 120 | 29% |
| Grade 10 | 94 | 23% |
| Grade 11 | 97 | 24% |
| Grade 12 | 100 | 24% |
Student demographics
64%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
90.8%
FL avg 56.7% . +0.8pp since 2023
Math
84.0%
FL avg 58.9% . -11.0pp since 2023
What this means: On the FAST / B.E.S.T., Florida's statewide test, about 91 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 84 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Florida schools, those numbers are about 57 and 59. Reading and writing scores have held steady since 2023, while math scores are down about 11 points.
FAST / B.E.S.T. results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 90.8% | 84.0% |
| 2023-24 | 90.0% | 95.0% |
% 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
OUTPERFORMING
Top 10% of FL schools after controlling for student poverty
Actual proficiency
92.3%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
75.1%
based on FL schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+17.3pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 92% of students here test proficient in math and reading, well above the roughly 75% typical for Florida schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations ranks schools against others at the same poverty level, not by raw scores, so a school can post high scores and still fall short of its prediction, or post lower scores and still beat it. This school clears its prediction by about 17 points, placing it in Florida's top 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 FLORIDA SOUTHWESTERN COLLEGIATE HIGH SCHOOL
FLORIDA SOUTHWESTERN COLLEGIATE HIGH SCHOOL's state test result (92.3% proficient) is higher than 4 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| FLORIDA SOUTHWESTERN COLLEGIATE HIGH SCHOOL this school | 411 | 12.2% | 92.3% |
| BROOKS DEBARTOLO COLLEGIATE HIGH SCHOOL TAMPA | 624 | 11.1% | 69.1% |
| FLORIDA SOUTHWESTERN COLLEGIATE HIGH SCHOOL PUNTA GORDA | 356 | 8.1% | 79.4% |
| BELL CREEK ACADEMY RIVERVIEW | 1,125 | 8.4% | 82.9% |
| MAST@FIU NORTH MIAMI | 489 | 24.1% | 97.3% |
| SAMUEL W. WOLFSON HIGH SCHOOL JACKSONVILLE | 1,007 | 12.7% | 89.1% |
Matched among Florida high 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 FLORIDA SOUTHWESTERN COLLEGIATE HIGH SCHOOL ranks
Among high schools| Measure | This school | In Florida | In Lee County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 92.3% | #11 of 555 | #1 of 17 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 84.0% | #30 of 549 ▼ 20 | #1 of 17 no change |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 90.8% | #19 of 559 ▲ 1 | #1 of 17 no change |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 411 | #513 of 830 | #17 of 30 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 37.4:1 | #554 of 575 | #17 of 18 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 64.1% | #176 of 594 | #4 of 21 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 12.2% | #591 of 630 | #22 of 22 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +3.8% | #200 of 246 | #8 of 9 |
Ranked against other public high 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
411
+35 (+9%) vs 2020
+311% since 2010-11, when it was 100
Student : Teacher
37.4:1
was 34.2:1
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 | 411 | 11 | 37.4:1 | 12% (50) |
| 2023-24 | 394 | 11 | 35.8:1 | 14% (57) |
| 2022-23 | 410 | 11 | 37.3:1 | 27% (110) |
| 2020-21 | 376 | 11 | 34.2:1 | 34% (126) |
| 2017-18 | 396 | 11 | 36.0:1 | 30% (119) |
| 2015-16 | 362 | 10 | 36.2:1 | 1% (3) |
| 2010-11 | 100 | 5 | 20.0:1 | 16% (16) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for FLORIDA SOUTHWESTERN COLLEGIATE HIGH SCHOOL.
About FLORIDA SOUTHWESTERN COLLEGIATE HIGH SCHOOL
FT MYERS, Florida, is home to FLORIDA SOUTHWESTERN COLLEGIATE HIGH SCHOOL, a very small high school. Enrollment stands at 411 students, covering grades 9 through 12. That puts enrollment 60% below the 1,035-student average for high schools in Florida.
District-wide, LEE has 116 schools and 102,524 students.
The largest group at FLORIDA SOUTHWESTERN COLLEGIATE HIGH SCHOOL is White students, at 47%. Smaller groups are 35% Hispanic, 9% Black, and 6% Asian. For comparison, the population of Lee County is roughly 67% White. The diversity index for FLORIDA SOUTHWESTERN COLLEGIATE HIGH SCHOOL is 64%. For US public schools as a whole it is 70%.
There are 11 full-time-equivalent teachers at FLORIDA SOUTHWESTERN COLLEGIATE HIGH SCHOOL, giving a ratio of 37.4:1. By comparison, the average for high schools in Florida is 23.5:1. A total of 50 students, or 12%, are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. The rate at public schools in Lee County averages 48%, higher than here.
Among Florida public high schools, FLORIDA SOUTHWESTERN COLLEGIATE HIGH SCHOOL outscored 95%, which works out to an A+ on the allk12 Grade.
Compared with Florida schools that have similar shares of low-income students, FLORIDA SOUTHWESTERN COLLEGIATE HIGH SCHOOL does better than predicted by 17.3 points. Its average proficiency rate across its state test results is 92.3%; the prediction is 75.1%.
American Community Survey estimates for Lee County show that the median household earns about $76,107 a year, about 31% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and the poverty rate is about 8%. Across Lee County, 123 public schools serve about 102,524 students.
Of the public schools around it, FLORIDA SOUTHWESTERN COLLEGIATE HIGH SCHOOL is closest to LEE COUNTY ACCELERATION ACADEMIES, about 1.0 miles away. The count of other public schools within five miles is at least 8. The average proficiency across nearby scored schools is 48.3%; FLORIDA SOUTHWESTERN COLLEGIATE HIGH SCHOOL's is 92.3%, ranking 1st of 8.
Locale data from NCES put FLORIDA SOUTHWESTERN COLLEGIATE HIGH SCHOOL in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more (Suburb: Large). FLORIDA SOUTHWESTERN COLLEGIATE HIGH SCHOOL holds a charter, making it a public charter school.
Since 2020-21, enrollment has grown 9%, from 376 to 411. Students per teacher increased from 34.2 in 2020-21 to 37.4 in 2024-25.
People who know FLORIDA SOUTHWESTERN COLLEGIATE HIGH SCHOOL can post here about special education services, counseling, and support programs. Parents, students, alumni, and staff are welcome to post.
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 FT MYERS
- RAYMA C. PAGE ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 697 students
- CORONADO HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 294 students
- PACE SCHOOL FOR GIRLSHigh · 62 students
- SW FL ADDICTION SERVICES-THE VINCE SMITH CENTERHigh · 6 students
- GATEWAY CHARTER INTERMEDIATE SCHOOLCombined
Other Florida Southwestern Collegiate High schools
One other US public school is named Florida Southwestern Collegiate High. FLORIDA SOUTHWESTERN COLLEGIATE HIGH SCHOOL is the largest of the 2.
- FLORIDA SOUTHWESTERN COLLEGIATE HIGH SCHOOLPUNTA GORDA, FL · 356 students
Nearby schools
- LEE COUNTY ACCELERATION ACADEMIES1.0 mi · 230
- CYPRESS LAKE MIDDLE SCHOOL1.1 mi · 768
- CYPRESS LAKE HIGH SCHOOL1.3 mi · 1,429
- VILLAS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL1.5 mi · 784
- TANGLEWOOD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL1.8 mi · 687
- SOUTH FORT MYERS HIGH SCHOOL2.7 mi · 1,693
Frequently asked questions
About FLORIDA SOUTHWESTERN COLLEGIATE HIGH SCHOOLHow large is FLORIDA SOUTHWESTERN COLLEGIATE HIGH SCHOOL?
FLORIDA SOUTHWESTERN COLLEGIATE HIGH SCHOOL enrolls approximately 411 students in grades 09-12.
What age range does FLORIDA SOUTHWESTERN COLLEGIATE HIGH SCHOOL serve?
FLORIDA SOUTHWESTERN COLLEGIATE HIGH SCHOOL serves students from grade 09 through grade 12.
How many teachers does FLORIDA SOUTHWESTERN COLLEGIATE HIGH SCHOOL have?
FLORIDA SOUTHWESTERN COLLEGIATE HIGH SCHOOL employs 11 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 37.4:1.
What is the racial breakdown of students at FLORIDA SOUTHWESTERN COLLEGIATE HIGH SCHOOL?
At FLORIDA SOUTHWESTERN COLLEGIATE HIGH SCHOOL, the student body is approximately 47% White, 35% Hispanic, 9% Black, 6% Asian, 2% Two or more.
Is FLORIDA SOUTHWESTERN COLLEGIATE HIGH SCHOOL public or private?
FLORIDA SOUTHWESTERN COLLEGIATE HIGH SCHOOL is a public K-12 school operated as a charter, overseen by LEE.
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