FORT MYERS MIDDLE SCHOOL

Set in FORT MYERS, Florida, FORT MYERS MIDDLE SCHOOL is an average-sized junior high, operated by LEE. It teaches 687 students across grades 6 through 8.

Across the 116 schools in LEE (102,524 students total), FORT MYERS MIDDLE SCHOOL accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

Demographically, FORT MYERS MIDDLE SCHOOL records that the most-represented group is Black (48%), with the rest of the student body spread across multiple groups. Beyond that, the school shows 39% Hispanic, 8% White, 4% multiracial. By comparison, Lee County as a whole is about 8% Black, so the school skews visibly more Black than its surroundings.

On the income-and-resources front, On paper, FORT MYERS MIDDLE SCHOOL has 33 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 20.8:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 19.6:1, putting FORT MYERS MIDDLE SCHOOL higher than the state norm the norm. Roughly 63% of students at FORT MYERS MIDDLE SCHOOL qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. By comparison, Lee County runs at roughly 48%, so the school's eligibility rate is above the surrounding baseline.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, On a poverty-adjusted basis, FORT MYERS MIDDLE SCHOOL sits in the bottom 10% statewide. Predicted proficiency from the FRL regression is roughly 49.7%; actual is 33.4%, a gap of -16.3 points.

Across the wider county, ACS estimates for Lee County put the typical household earns roughly $76,107 per year, roughly 31% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and the poverty rate sits near 8%. Across Lee County's 123 public schools (combined enrollment of about 102,524 students), FORT MYERS MIDDLE SCHOOL is one campus in the mix.

Nearest neighbor: CORONADO HIGH SCHOOL, around 0.4 miles off. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Among the 5 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), FORT MYERS MIDDLE SCHOOL ranks 5th on composite proficiency, behind the local average of 45.7%.

Geographically, the school is in a high-density area.

Looking at the recent track record. Over the past 7-year window, the student count edged up 32%: 521 students in 2018 compared to 687 in 2025. The Hispanic share of enrollment expanded from 30% to 39% over that span. The student-to-teacher ratio grew from 13.7:1 in 2018 to 20.8:1 today.

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