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What's the most underrated thing about FORT MYERS MIDDLE SCHOOL that outsiders don't know?
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Enrollment
687
Middle
DISTRICT 972 · STATE 794
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·LEE·NCES 120108001132
FORT MYERS MIDDLE SCHOOL
3050 CENTRAL AVE, FORT MYERS, FL 33901 · (239) 936-1759 · Lee County
GRADES 06–08MIDDLE13-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL687 STUDENTS
F
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 3% of Florida public middle schools
- DTest 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 middle schools
Student : Teacher
20.8:1
33 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 19.9:1 · STATE 19.6:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
63%
432 students
DISTRICT 49% · STATE 50%
Community
6
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other middle schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Grade 6 | 251 | 37% |
| Grade 7 | 230 | 33% |
| Grade 8 | 206 | 30% |
Student demographics
61%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
33.8%
FL avg 56.7% . +1.8pp since 2023
Math
30.8%
FL avg 58.9% . -6.4pp since 2023
What this means: On the FAST / B.E.S.T., Florida's statewide test, about 34 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 31 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 2 points since 2023, while math scores are down about 6 points.
FAST / B.E.S.T. results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 33.8% | 30.8% |
| 2023-24 | 32.0% | 37.2% |
% 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
33.4%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
49.7%
based on FL schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-16.3pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 33% of students here test proficient in math and reading, below the roughly 50% 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 MIDDLE SCHOOL
FORT MYERS MIDDLE SCHOOL's state test result (33.4% proficient) is higher than 0 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| FORT MYERS MIDDLE SCHOOL this school | 687 | 62.9% | 33.4% |
| JEAGA MIDDLE SCHOOL WEST PALM BEACH | 862 | 61.7% | 37.1% |
| SOUTH TECH PREPARATORY ACADEMY BOYNTON BEACH | 529 | 62.9% | 61.1% |
| LANTANA MIDDLE SCHOOL LANTANA | 819 | 65.8% | 35.3% |
| FOREST GROVE MIDDLE SCHOOL FORT PIERCE | 855 | 62.0% | 41.7% |
| DAN MCCARTY MIDDLE SCHOOL FORT PIERCE | 657 | 68.2% | 41.3% |
Matched among Florida middle 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 MIDDLE SCHOOL ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In Florida | In Lee County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 33.4% | #527 of 560 | #17 of 18 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 30.8% | #547 of 560 ▼ 77 | #18 of 18 ▼ 1 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 33.8% | #502 of 560 ▼ 27 | #18 of 18 ▼ 1 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 687 | #385 of 584 | #18 of 18 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 20.8:1 | #407 of 547 | #13 of 18 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 61.1% | #230 of 553 | #4 of 18 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 62.9% | #132 of 565 | #1 of 18 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +31.9% | #15 of 137 | #2 of 9 |
Ranked against other public middle 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
687
+76 (+12%) vs 2020
-30% since 1990-91, when it was 988
Student : Teacher
20.8:1
was 15.3:1
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 | 687 | 33 | 20.8:1 | 63% (432) |
| 2023-24 | 572 | 32 | 17.9:1 | 67% (382) |
| 2022-23 | 687 | 35.6 | 19.3:1 | 67% (460) |
| 2020-21 | 611 | 40 | 15.3:1 | 73% (446) |
| 2017-18 | 521 | 38 | 13.7:1 | 76% (398) |
| 2015-16 | 550 | 33 | 16.7:1 | 76% (416) |
| 2010-11 | 615 | 37 | 16.6:1 | 88% (542) |
| 2000-01 | 815 | 48 | 17.0:1 | 52% (426) |
| 1990-91 | 988 | 51 | 19.4:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for FORT MYERS MIDDLE SCHOOL.
About FORT MYERS MIDDLE SCHOOL
FORT MYERS MIDDLE SCHOOL is a mid-sized middle-grades school serving families in FORT MYERS, Florida. The school enrolls 687 students in grades 6 through 8.
Enrollment across the 116 schools in LEE totals 102,524 students.
About 48% of students at FORT MYERS MIDDLE SCHOOL are Black, the largest single group. The rest of enrollment is 39% Hispanic, 8% White, and 4% multiracial. Among all residents of Lee County, the Black share is about 8%. A diversity index of 61% means there is a 61% chance two randomly chosen students at FORT MYERS MIDDLE SCHOOL are from different groups.
Staffing at FORT MYERS MIDDLE SCHOOL comes to 33 full-time-equivalent teachers, or 20.8:1. By comparison, the average for middle schools in Florida is 19.6:1. FORT MYERS MIDDLE SCHOOL counts 63% of students as eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. The gap from the 48% average for public schools in Lee County is 15 points.
Among Florida public middle schools, FORT MYERS MIDDLE SCHOOL outscored 3%, which works out to an F on the allk12 Grade.
The BeatsExpectations model predicts 49.7% for FORT MYERS MIDDLE SCHOOL, given its share of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. The actual figure is 33.4%. The 16.3-point gap ranks in the bottom 10% of Florida schools.
In Lee County, home to about 817,666 people, median household income comes to about $76,107, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 31%, and about 8% of people live in poverty. Lee County's 123 public schools enroll about 102,524 students and include FORT MYERS MIDDLE SCHOOL.
A public school about 0.4 miles away, CORONADO HIGH SCHOOL, is the closest to FORT MYERS MIDDLE SCHOOL. In all, at least 8 other public schools sit within five miles of FORT MYERS MIDDLE SCHOOL. Of 5 schools in the immediate area with test results, FORT MYERS MIDDLE SCHOOL ranks 5th on average proficiency.
The NCES locale for FORT MYERS MIDDLE SCHOOL is City: Small, which covers schools inside a principal city with a population under 100,000.
Between 2020-21 and 2024-25, FORT MYERS MIDDLE SCHOOL had a net gain of 76 students, or 12%. The ratio was 15.3:1 in 2020-21 and 20.8:1 in 2024-25.
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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
- FORT MYERS HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 1,835 students
- DUNBAR HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 1,734 students
- SOUTH FORT MYERS HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 1,693 students
Nearby schools
- CORONADO HIGH SCHOOL0.4 mi · 294
- ALLEN PARK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL0.8 mi · 926
- PACE SCHOOL FOR GIRLS0.9 mi · 62
- FORT MYERS HIGH SCHOOL1.0 mi · 1,835
- EDISON PARK CREATIVE AND EXPRESSIVE ARTS SCHOOL1.1 mi · 440
- SW FL ADDICTION SERVICES-THE VINCE SMITH CENTER1.1 mi · 6
Frequently asked questions
About FORT MYERS MIDDLE SCHOOLHow many students attend FORT MYERS MIDDLE SCHOOL?
FORT MYERS MIDDLE SCHOOL enrolls approximately 687 students in grades 06-08.
What age range does FORT MYERS MIDDLE SCHOOL serve?
FORT MYERS MIDDLE SCHOOL serves students from grade 06 through grade 08.
How many students per teacher at FORT MYERS MIDDLE SCHOOL?
Approximately 20.8:1 students per teacher at FORT MYERS MIDDLE SCHOOL.
What is the student diversity at FORT MYERS MIDDLE SCHOOL?
Student demographics at FORT MYERS MIDDLE SCHOOL are roughly 8% White, 39% Hispanic, 48% Black, 0% Asian, 4% Two or more.
What district is FORT MYERS MIDDLE SCHOOL in?
FORT MYERS MIDDLE SCHOOL is part of LEE.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.