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If you could change one rule at GOLDEN TERRACE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, what would it be?
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Enrollment
484
Elementary
DISTRICT 596 · STATE 604
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·COLLIER·NCES 120033002677
GOLDEN TERRACE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
2711 44TH TER SW, NAPLES, FL 34116 · (239) 377-7000 · Collier County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL484 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
13.6:1
36 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 14.3:1 · STATE 17.5:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
53%
257 students
DISTRICT 51% · STATE 50%
Community
5
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other elementary schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Pre-K | 54 | 11% |
| Kindergarten | 69 | 14% |
| Grade 1 | 81 | 17% |
| Grade 2 | 65 | 13% |
| Grade 3 | 85 | 18% |
| Grade 4 | 55 | 11% |
| Grade 5 | 75 | 15% |
Student demographics
34%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 60% · 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
41.4%
FL avg 56.7% . -0.3pp since 2023
Math
52.4%
FL avg 58.9% . +3.3pp since 2023
What this means: On the FAST / B.E.S.T., Florida's statewide test, about 41 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 52 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Florida schools, those numbers are about 57 and 59. Reading and writing scores have held steady since 2023, while math scores are up about 3 points.
FAST / B.E.S.T. results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 41.4% | 52.4% |
| 2023-24 | 41.6% | 49.1% |
% 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
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
45.6%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
54.6%
based on FL schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-8.9pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 46% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 55% typical for Florida schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations measures results against demographically similar schools rather than by raw scores, and this school falls within the typical range, neither among Florida's top nor bottom 10%.
BeatsExpectations runs a per-state regression of proficiency on free/reduced-lunch share, then scores each school by residual. How this is calculated →
Where GOLDEN TERRACE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Florida | In Collier County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 45.6% | #1,547 of 2,136 | #33 of 35 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 52.4% | #1,443 of 2,149 | #33 of 35 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 41.4% | #1,713 of 2,149 | #33 of 35 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 484 | #1,476 of 2,267 | #25 of 35 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 13.6:1 | #231 of 2,077 | #12 of 35 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 34.0% | #1,778 of 2,108 | #31 of 35 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -48.2% | #26 of 1,374 | #1 of 23 |
Ranked against other public elementary 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.
7-year change
SY 2017-18 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
484
-450 (-48%) vs 2017
Student : Teacher
13.6:1
was 13.7:1
% White
7%
was 7%
% Hispanic
80%
was 77%
% Black
12%
was 14%
% Asian
0%
was 0%
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
Enrollment and staffing by year
| School year | Students | Teachers (FTE) | Students per teacher | Free or reduced lunch |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 484 | 35.7 | 13.6:1 | 53% (257) |
| 2023-24 | 480 | 32.2 | 14.9:1 | 64% (306) |
| 2022-23 | 501 | 31.6 | 15.8:1 | 65% (324) |
| 2017-18 | 934 | 68 | 13.7:1 | 94% (875) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for GOLDEN TERRACE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL.
About GOLDEN TERRACE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
GOLDEN TERRACE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is a low-enrollment elementary school in NAPLES, Florida, one of the schools in COLLIER. Its grade span covers pre-K through 5, with 484 students on the rolls.
The COLLIER system has 69 schools and 48,252 students.
Federal enrollment data show GOLDEN TERRACE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is 80% Hispanic. Other groups make up 12% Black and 7% White. Collier County as a whole is about 28% Hispanic, so the school's share is higher. On a 0 to 100 scale, the school's diversity index is 34, compared with 70 nationally.
GOLDEN TERRACE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL lists 35.7 full-time-equivalent teachers; that is about 13.6 students per teacher. The school's 13.6:1 compares with an average of 17.5:1 for elementary schools in Florida. Free or reduced-price lunch covers 53% of the student body.
On a poverty-adjusted basis, GOLDEN TERRACE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL falls in the middle 80% of Florida schools: 45.6% actual against 54.6% predicted.
The county, Collier County, is where the school is located. The median household earns about $90,045 a year, 40% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 7% of people live in poverty. Collier County has 75 public schools with about 48,252 students, including GOLDEN TERRACE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL.
LAVERN GAYNOR ELEMENTARY, about 0.3 miles away, is the closest public school. Other public schools within five miles number at least 8. Compared with its nearest neighbors, GOLDEN TERRACE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL ranks 7th of 8 on average proficiency.
NCES assigns GOLDEN TERRACE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL the locale Suburb: Large, meaning in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
Between 2017-18 and 2024-25, reported enrollment went from 934 to 484. Such a large difference may reflect a change in the grades served.
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Collier County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
398,291
Census ACS
Median income
$90,045
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
40%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
7%
Below federal line
Schools in county
75
48,252 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in COLLIER
- PALMETTO RIDGE HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 2,054 students
- IMMOKALEE HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 1,990 students
- GOLDEN GATE HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 1,867 students
- GULF COAST HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 1,714 students
- NAPLES HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 1,535 students
- MASON CLASSICAL ACADEMYCombined · 1,509 students
Other schools in NAPLES
- PALMETTO RIDGE HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 2,054 students
- GOLDEN GATE HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 1,867 students
- GULF COAST HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 1,714 students
- NAPLES HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 1,535 students
- MASON CLASSICAL ACADEMYCombined · 1,509 students
- AUBREY ROGERS HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 1,496 students
Nearby schools
- LAVERN GAYNOR ELEMENTARY0.3 mi · 366
- GOLDEN GATE MIDDLE SCHOOL0.5 mi · 1,039
- MIKE DAVIS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL0.7 mi · 655
- NAPLES AREA TEENAGE PARENTING0.8 mi · 29
- GOLDEN GATE HIGH SCHOOL0.8 mi · 1,867
- HERBERT CAMBRIDGE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL1.0 mi · 283
Frequently asked questions
About GOLDEN TERRACE ELEMENTARY SCHOOLWhat is the total enrollment at GOLDEN TERRACE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
GOLDEN TERRACE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL enrolls approximately 484 students in grades PK-05.
What age range does GOLDEN TERRACE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL serve?
GOLDEN TERRACE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL serves students from grade PK through grade 05.
What is the student-teacher ratio at GOLDEN TERRACE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
The student-to-teacher ratio at GOLDEN TERRACE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is approximately 13.6:1 (36 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at GOLDEN TERRACE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
At GOLDEN TERRACE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, the student body is approximately 7% White, 80% Hispanic, 12% Black, 1% Two or more.
Is GOLDEN TERRACE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL public or private?
GOLDEN TERRACE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is a public K-12 school, overseen by COLLIER.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.