HEIGHTS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL

As a roomy primary school in FORT MYERS, Florida, HEIGHTS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL teaches 1,057 students from grades pre-K through 5, one of the schools within LEE. Enrollment runs roughly 75% bigger than the state mean of about 604.

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

Looking at the student body, HEIGHTS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL shows that the most-represented group is White (48%), with the rest of the student body spread across multiple groups. Beyond that, the school lists 33% Hispanic, 10% Black, 5% multiracial, 4% Asian. The wider county runs roughly 67% White, putting the school's mix noticeably less White than the area baseline.

On the income-and-resources front, Staff filings list 55 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 19.2:1 students per teacher. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 17.5:1, putting HEIGHTS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL higher than the state norm the norm. About 35% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. That share is lower than Lee County's rate of about 48%.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, HEIGHTS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 63.8%, the actual is 61.4%, a residual of -2.4 points.

Zooming out to the county, community-level numbers for Lee County indicate median household income runs about $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), HEIGHTS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is one campus in the mix.

The closest other public school is HARLEM HEIGHTS COMMUNITY CHARTER SCHOOL, roughly 0.4 miles away. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts HEIGHTS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL at 4th of 7; the average score across the group is 55.9%.

The campus sits in a suburban setting.

Trend over the last 7 years. Over the past 7-year window, the student count ticked down 11%: 1,188 students in 2018 compared to 1,057 in 2025. Over the same period, the White share declined from 53% to 48%. The student-to-teacher ratio widened from 15.4:1 in 2018 to 19.2:1 today.

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