FORT MYERS HIGH SCHOOL

FORT MYERS HIGH SCHOOL operates as a high-enrollment high school in FORT MYERS, Florida, part of LEE. Current enrollment sits at 1,835 students spanning grades 9 through 12. Enrollment runs roughly 77% larger than the state mean of about 1,035.

LEE comprises 116 schools with combined enrollment of 102,524 students; FORT MYERS HIGH SCHOOL is among them.

Demographically, FORT MYERS HIGH SCHOOL lists that the most-represented group is White (43%), with the rest of the student body spread across multiple groups. Beyond that, the school reports 27% Hispanic, 20% Black, 6% Asian, 3% multiracial. By comparison, Lee County as a whole is about 67% White, so the school skews considerably less White than its surroundings.

On the income-and-resources front, Staff filings list 79 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 23.3:1 students per teacher. That tracks the state average closely. Roughly 31% of students at FORT MYERS HIGH SCHOOL qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. Set against Lee County (around 48%), the school's rate is noticeably below typical.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, On a poverty-adjusted basis, FORT MYERS HIGH SCHOOL sits in the bottom 10% statewide. Predicted proficiency from the FRL regression is roughly 65.8%; actual is 47.7%, a gap of -18.1 points.

Around the school, Lee County reports that median household income runs about $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. FORT MYERS HIGH SCHOOL is one of 123 public schools in Lee County (combined enrollment of about 102,524 students).

Nearest neighbor: EDISON PARK CREATIVE AND EXPRESSIVE ARTS SCHOOL, around 0.4 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around FORT MYERS HIGH SCHOOL. Among the 5 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), FORT MYERS HIGH SCHOOL ranks 2nd on composite proficiency, above the local average of 42.1%.

The campus sits in a metropolitan setting.

Trend over the last 7 years. Over the past 7-year window, the student count declined 8%: 1,997 students in 2018 compared to 1,835 in 2025. Over the same period, the White share edged down from 57% to 43%. The student-to-teacher ratio loosened from 20.8:1 in 2018 to 23.3:1 today.

On this page, the page collects discussion, questions, and updates around open house dates, ride-share offers, and field-trip permission slips. Contributors range from current parents to recent graduates and teachers.