FRANKLIN PARK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL

FRANKLIN PARK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is an intimate primary school in FORT MYERS, Florida, overseen by LEE. The school instructs 505 students in grades pre-K through 5.

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

On the student-mix side, FRANKLIN PARK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL records that 71% of the student body identifies as Black. The remainder comes out to 22% Hispanic, 4% White, 3% multiracial. The wider county runs roughly 8% Black, putting the school's mix considerably more Black than the area baseline.

Looking at the economic backdrop, Staff filings list 24 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 21.0:1 students per teacher. The state averages around 17.5:1, so this campus is higher than the state norm typical. Around 74% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, often used as a Title I proxy. By comparison, Lee County runs at roughly 48%, so the school's eligibility rate is somewhat above the surrounding baseline.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, FRANKLIN PARK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL falls in the UNDERPERFORMING tier of the BeatsExpectations residual. Given its student profile, a typical campus would land near 44.3%; this one comes in at 29.6%, -14.7 points off the demographic line.

Across the wider county, Lee County reports that median household earnings sit near $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. Across Lee County's 123 public schools (combined enrollment of about 102,524 students), FRANKLIN PARK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is one campus in the mix.

SW FL ADDICTION SERVICES-THE VINCE SMITH CENTER is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.5 miles from this campus. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius.

FRANKLIN PARK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL operates from a high-density location.

Five-year trend. Over the past 7-year window, the student count grew 6%: 476 students in 2018 compared to 505 in 2025. The student-to-teacher ratio widened from 12.9:1 in 2018 to 21.0:1 today.

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