GULF ELEMENTARY SCHOOL

GULF ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, a large K-5 school in CAPE CORAL, Florida, operated by LEE, serves 1,193 students, covering grades pre-K through 5. By comparison, Florida's public schools average about 604 students each, so GULF ELEMENTARY SCHOOL sits 98% bigger than that benchmark.

GULF ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is one of 116 schools operated by LEE, a district that enrolls 102,524 students overall.

On demographics, GULF ELEMENTARY SCHOOL lists that 54% of students identify as White, with the remaining enrollment distributed across several groups. Other groups include 36% Hispanic, 6% multiracial, 2% Black. The wider county runs roughly 67% White, putting the school's mix visibly less White than the area baseline.

Looking at the economic backdrop, Staff filings list 69 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 17.2:1 students per teacher. That tracks the state average closely. Around 37% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. That share is noticeably below Lee County's rate of about 48%.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, GULF ELEMENTARY SCHOOL sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 62.6%; this one delivers 65.0%.

In the area at large, census data for Lee County shows median household income runs about $76,107, about 31% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 8%. Across Lee County's 123 public schools (combined enrollment of about 102,524 students), GULF ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is one campus in the mix.

The closest other public school is GULF MIDDLE SCHOOL, roughly 0.2 miles away. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around GULF ELEMENTARY SCHOOL. On composite proficiency, GULF ELEMENTARY SCHOOL comes 4th of 9 in the immediate cluster, above the nearby-schools average of 63.4%.

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

Over the past 7-year window. GULF ELEMENTARY SCHOOL's enrollment has rose 12% since 2018, when it stood at 1,062 (now 1,193). Hispanic enrollment moved from 29% to 36% across the same window. Class-load math has widened: from 15.0:1 in 2018 to 17.2:1 in 2025.

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