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Enrollment
1,835
High
DISTRICT 990 · STATE 1,035
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·LEE·NCES 120108001133
FORT MYERS HIGH SCHOOL
2635 CORTEZ BLVD, FORT MYERS, FL 33901 · (239) 334-2167 · Lee County
GRADES 09–12HIGH13-CITYREGULAR SCHOOL1,835 STUDENTS
C-
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Scored higher than 23% of Florida public high schools
- C+Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- DBeats 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
23.3:1
79 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 24.7:1 · STATE 23.5:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
31%
561 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 | 453 | 25% |
| Grade 10 | 443 | 24% |
| Grade 11 | 465 | 25% |
| Grade 12 | 474 | 26% |
Student demographics
70%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
60.5%
FL avg 56.7% . +1.0pp since 2023
Math
15.0%
FL avg 58.9% . -4.0pp since 2023
What this means: On the FAST / B.E.S.T., Florida's statewide test, about 60 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 15 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 1 points since 2023, while math scores are down about 4 points.
FAST / B.E.S.T. results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 60.5% | 15.0% |
| 2023-24 | 59.5% | 19.0% |
% 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
UNDERPERFORMING
Bottom 10% of FL schools after controlling for student poverty
Actual proficiency
47.7%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
65.8%
based on FL schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-18.1pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 48% of students here test proficient in math and reading, below the roughly 66% typical for Florida schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations compares each school with others at the same poverty level, not by raw scores, so a school lands here when its results trail those comparable schools, which is not the same as having low scores. A higher-scoring school can still fall in this tier if similar schools score higher still.
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 FORT MYERS HIGH SCHOOL
FORT MYERS HIGH SCHOOL's state test result (47.7% proficient) is higher than 0 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| FORT MYERS HIGH SCHOOL this school | 1,835 | 30.6% | 47.7% |
| ROBINSON HIGH SCHOOL TAMPA | 1,438 | 28.5% | 59.3% |
| F. W. BUCHHOLZ HIGH SCHOOL GAINESVILLE | 2,416 | 34.5% | 61.4% |
| WESLEY CHAPEL HIGH SCHOOL WESLEY CHAPEL | 1,928 | 25.6% | 55.1% |
| WILLIAM T. DWYER HIGH SCHOOL WEST PALM BEACH | 2,163 | 31.9% | 59.3% |
| SANDALWOOD HIGH SCHOOL JACKSONVILLE | 2,627 | 32.9% | 55.6% |
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 FORT MYERS HIGH SCHOOL ranks
Among high schools| Measure | This school | In Florida | In Lee County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 47.7% | #351 of 555 | #5 of 17 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 15.0% | #532 of 549 ▼ 46 | #16 of 17 ▼ 7 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 60.5% | #219 of 559 ▼ 35 | #4 of 17 no change |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 1,835 | #205 of 830 | #9 of 30 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 23.3:1 | #359 of 575 | #8 of 18 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 69.7% | #48 of 594 | #1 of 21 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 30.6% | #474 of 630 | #18 of 22 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -8.1% | #162 of 289 | #7 of 8 |
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
1,835
-32 (-2%) vs 2020
+5% since 1990-91, when it was 1,747
Student : Teacher
23.3:1
was 22.5:1
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 | 1,835 | 78.8 | 23.3:1 | 31% (561) |
| 2023-24 | 1,850 | 74.3 | 24.9:1 | 35% (652) |
| 2022-23 | 1,902 | 83.3 | 22.8:1 | 32% (617) |
| 2020-21 | 1,867 | 83 | 22.5:1 | 31% (579) |
| 2017-18 | 1,997 | 96 | 20.8:1 | 37% (730) |
| 2015-16 | 1,866 | 89 | 21.0:1 | 38% (716) |
| 2010-11 | 1,853 | 85 | 21.8:1 | 36% (666) |
| 2000-01 | 2,005 | 92 | 21.8:1 | 17% (345) |
| 1990-91 | 1,747 | 92 | 19.0:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for FORT MYERS HIGH SCHOOL.
About FORT MYERS HIGH SCHOOL
FORT MYERS HIGH SCHOOL is a high-enrollment high school serving families in FORT MYERS, Florida. The school serves 1,835 students in grades 9 through 12 in 2024-25. For comparison, high schools in Florida average about 1,035 students.
The district, LEE, operates 116 schools serving 102,524 students.
FORT MYERS HIGH SCHOOL's enrollment has no majority group, and White students are the largest at 43%. The school is also 27% Hispanic, 20% Black, 6% Asian, and 3% multiracial. The White share of the county population is higher, at 67%. FORT MYERS HIGH SCHOOL has a diversity index of 70%, compared with 70% for all US public school students.
Its teaching staff equals 78.8 full-time positions, a ratio of 23.3:1. High schools in Florida average about 23.5:1, a similar figure. Around 31% of the school's students qualify for free or reduced-price meals. The 48% average for public schools in Lee County is 17 points higher.
allk12 grades FORT MYERS HIGH SCHOOL a C-. The grade compares the school only with Florida public high schools, because each state gives its own test.
When test results are adjusted for free or reduced-price lunch eligibility, FORT MYERS HIGH SCHOOL ranks in the bottom 10% of Florida schools. It scores 47.7%; the prediction is 65.8%.
In the county around the school, Lee County, median household income is about $76,107, roughly 31% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 8%. FORT MYERS HIGH SCHOOL is among the 123 public schools in Lee County.
EDISON PARK CREATIVE AND EXPRESSIVE ARTS SCHOOL is the closest public school, about 0.4 miles away in a straight line. FORT MYERS HIGH SCHOOL is one of several public schools in the area, with at least 8 others within five miles. FORT MYERS HIGH SCHOOL comes in 2nd of 5 nearby schools on average proficiency.
For locale, NCES codes FORT MYERS HIGH SCHOOL as City: Small.
Enrollment at FORT MYERS HIGH SCHOOL was 1,867 in 2020-21 and 1,835 in 2024-25, a change of less than 3%.
Threads on this page can be about enrollment questions, class placement, and PTA news. Alumni can share how the school prepared them.
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
- DUNBAR HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 1,734 students
- SOUTH FORT MYERS HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 1,693 students
- CYPRESS LAKE HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 1,429 students
Nearby schools
- EDISON PARK CREATIVE AND EXPRESSIVE ARTS SCHOOL0.4 mi · 440
- CORONADO HIGH SCHOOL0.6 mi · 294
- ALLEN PARK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL0.8 mi · 926
- FORT MYERS MIDDLE SCHOOL1.0 mi · 687
- LEE COUNTY JAIL1.0 mi · 4
- SW FL ADDICTION SERVICES-THE VINCE SMITH CENTER1.4 mi · 6
Frequently asked questions
About FORT MYERS HIGH SCHOOLHow large is FORT MYERS HIGH SCHOOL?
FORT MYERS HIGH SCHOOL enrolls approximately 1,835 students in grades 09-12.
Is FORT MYERS HIGH SCHOOL an elementary, middle, or high school?
FORT MYERS HIGH SCHOOL is a high school covering grades 09-12.
How many teachers does FORT MYERS HIGH SCHOOL have?
FORT MYERS HIGH SCHOOL employs 79 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 23.3:1.
How diverse is FORT MYERS HIGH SCHOOL?
FORT MYERS HIGH SCHOOL reports a student body of 43% White, 27% Hispanic, 20% Black, 6% Asian, 3% Two or more.
Who oversees FORT MYERS HIGH SCHOOL?
FORT MYERS HIGH SCHOOL is overseen by LEE in Lee County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.