G. WEAVER HIPPS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL

Located at 1200 HOMESTEAD RD N, in LEHIGH ACRES, Florida, G. WEAVER HIPPS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is a high-enrollment elementary school that enrolls 960 students (grades pre-K through 5), one of the schools within LEE. Enrollment runs roughly 59% larger than the state mean of about 604.

LEE comprises 116 schools with combined enrollment of 102,524 students; G. WEAVER HIPPS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is among them.

Demographically, G. WEAVER HIPPS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL logs that Hispanic students make up the majority at 67%. The remainder comes out to 17% Black, 12% White, 3% multiracial. That is visibly more Hispanic than the county at large, where the share is closer to 25%.

Looking at school resources, On paper, G. WEAVER HIPPS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL has 40 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 24.0:1. That figure is higher than the state norm's 17.5:1 average. Roughly 72% of students at G. WEAVER HIPPS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. Set against Lee County (around 48%), the school's rate is meaningfully above typical.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), G. WEAVER HIPPS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 45.2% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 46.1%.

Around the school, community-level numbers for Lee County indicate median household earnings sit near $76,107, about 31% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and the poverty rate sits near 8%. In all, Lee County runs 123 public schools (combined enrollment of about 102,524 students), of which G. WEAVER HIPPS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is one.

VETERANS PARK ACADEMY FOR THE ARTS is the nearest neighboring public school, about 1.2 miles from this campus. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts G. WEAVER HIPPS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL at 2nd of 7; the average score across the group is 39.8%.

The school occupies a residential site.

Trend over the last 7 years. G. WEAVER HIPPS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL's enrollment has edged up 19% since 2018, when it stood at 807 (now 960). Over the same period, the White share contracted from 20% to 12%. Class-load math has grew: from 14.7:1 in 2018 to 24.0:1 in 2025.

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