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Enrollment
1,103
Elementary
DISTRICT 805 · STATE 604
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·LEE·NCES 120108003953
HARNS MARSH ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
1800 UNICE AVE N, LEHIGH ACRES, FL 33971 · (239) 690-1249 · Lee County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY41-RURALTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL1,103 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
19.5:1
57 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 18.2:1 · STATE 17.5:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
68%
748 students
DISTRICT 49% · STATE 50%
Community
6
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 | 15 | 1% |
| Kindergarten | 178 | 16% |
| Grade 1 | 191 | 17% |
| Grade 2 | 173 | 16% |
| Grade 3 | 203 | 18% |
| Grade 4 | 153 | 14% |
| Grade 5 | 190 | 17% |
This year's kindergarten class (178) is 6% smaller than its 5th grade class (190).
Student demographics
53%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
37.5%
FL avg 56.7% . +2.6pp since 2023
Math
41.8%
FL avg 58.9% . +1.5pp since 2023
What this means: On the FAST / B.E.S.T., Florida's statewide test, about 38 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 42 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 3 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 1 points.
FAST / B.E.S.T. results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 37.5% | 41.8% |
| 2023-24 | 34.9% | 40.4% |
% 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
39.9%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
47.2%
based on FL schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-7.3pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 40% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 47% 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 →
Schools most like HARNS MARSH ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
HARNS MARSH ELEMENTARY SCHOOL's state test result (39.9% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| HARNS MARSH ELEMENTARY SCHOOL this school | 1,103 | 67.8% | 39.9% |
| AMANECER ELEMENTARY SCHOOL LEHIGH ACRES | 1,072 | 67.2% | 35.8% |
| SANDHILL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL HAINES CITY | 1,111 | 68.5% | 35.1% |
| BARTON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL LAKE WORTH | 1,185 | 68.6% | 35.7% |
| DAVENPORT ELEMENTARY DAVENPORT | 938 | 67.4% | 44.6% |
| LEHIGH ELEMENTARY SCHOOL LEHIGH ACRES | 1,207 | 65.9% | 39.9% |
Matched among Florida elementary 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 HARNS MARSH ELEMENTARY SCHOOL ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Florida | In Lee County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 39.9% | #1,809 of 2,136 | #42 of 58 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 41.8% | #1,861 of 2,149 ▼ 51 | #45 of 58 ▲ 1 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 37.5% | #1,870 of 2,149 ▼ 25 | #43 of 58 ▲ 2 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 1,103 | #129 of 2,267 | #12 of 61 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 19.5:1 | #1,904 of 2,077 | #43 of 57 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 53.3% | #1,208 of 2,108 | #37 of 58 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 67.8% | #551 of 2,188 | #10 of 59 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +7.9% | #372 of 621 | #23 of 31 |
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. 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
1,103
+223 (+25%) vs 2020
+20% since 2010-11, when it was 922
Student : Teacher
19.5:1
was 14.9:1
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 | 1,103 | 56.6 | 19.5:1 | 68% (748) |
| 2023-24 | 1,056 | 48.8 | 21.6:1 | 73% (770) |
| 2022-23 | 989 | 49.6 | 19.9:1 | 72% (712) |
| 2020-21 | 880 | 59 | 14.9:1 | 65% (569) |
| 2017-18 | 1,022 | 71 | 14.4:1 | 72% (740) |
| 2015-16 | 993 | 69 | 14.4:1 | 76% (754) |
| 2010-11 | 922 | 62 | 14.9:1 | 91% (840) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for HARNS MARSH ELEMENTARY SCHOOL.
About HARNS MARSH ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
HARNS MARSH ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is a public elementary school run by LEE in LEHIGH ACRES, Florida. Classes run from pre-K through 5, and the school has 1,103 students. The average for elementary schools in Florida is about 604 students, so this school is 83% larger than average.
HARNS MARSH ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is a school in LEE. The district has 116 schools and 102,524 students.
HARNS MARSH ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is 63% Hispanic by enrollment. Beyond that, enrollment is 23% Black, 10% White, and 3% multiracial. In Lee County overall, about 25% of residents are Hispanic. HARNS MARSH ELEMENTARY SCHOOL's diversity index is 53%, against a US figure of 70%.
The school employs the equivalent of 56.6 full-time teachers, for a ratio of 19.5:1. That is higher than the 17.5:1 average for elementary schools in Florida. The free or reduced-price lunch share, often used to gauge student poverty, is 68%. For comparison, public schools in Lee County average 48%.
On a poverty-adjusted basis, HARNS MARSH ELEMENTARY SCHOOL falls in the middle 80% of Florida schools: 39.9% actual against 47.2% predicted.
Recent Census Bureau figures for Lee County show that the median household income is $76,107, roughly 31% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 8%. HARNS MARSH ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is one of 123 public schools in the county.
The nearest other public school, HARNS MARSH MIDDLE SCHOOL, is about 0.2 miles away. Inside a five-mile radius, there are at least 8 other public schools. The average proficiency across nearby scored schools is 41.4%; HARNS MARSH ELEMENTARY SCHOOL's is 39.9%, ranking 5th of 8.
In the federal locale system, HARNS MARSH ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is coded Rural: Fringe, for schools in rural territory close to an urban area.
2024-25 enrollment was 1,103, a 25% gain from 880 in 2020-21. The ratio of students to teachers went from 14.9:1 to 19.5:1 over the same years.
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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 LEHIGH ACRES
- LEHIGH SENIOR HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 2,550 students
- EAST LEE COUNTY HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 2,129 students
- VETERANS PARK ACADEMY FOR THE ARTSElementary · 1,937 students
- LEHIGH ACRES MIDDLE SCHOOLMiddle · 1,509 students
- SUNSHINE ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 1,456 students
- MIRROR LAKES ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 1,237 students
Nearby schools
- HARNS MARSH MIDDLE SCHOOL0.2 mi · 905
- SUNSHINE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL1.3 mi · 1,456
- PALM ACRES CHARTER HIGH SCHOOL1.4 mi · 274
- TORTUGA PRESERVE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL1.6 mi · 1,172
- LEHIGH SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL2.0 mi · 2,550
- VARSITY LAKES MIDDLE SCHOOL2.3 mi · 1,009
Frequently asked questions
About HARNS MARSH ELEMENTARY SCHOOLHow many students attend HARNS MARSH ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
HARNS MARSH ELEMENTARY SCHOOL enrolls approximately 1,103 students in grades PK-05.
Is HARNS MARSH ELEMENTARY SCHOOL an elementary, middle, or high school?
HARNS MARSH ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is an elementary school covering grades PK-05.
How many students per teacher at HARNS MARSH ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
Approximately 19.5:1 students per teacher at HARNS MARSH ELEMENTARY SCHOOL.
How diverse is HARNS MARSH ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
HARNS MARSH ELEMENTARY SCHOOL reports a student body of 10% White, 63% Hispanic, 23% Black, 1% Asian, 3% Two or more.
Who oversees HARNS MARSH ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
HARNS MARSH ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is overseen by LEE in Lee County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.