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Enrollment
530
Elementary
DISTRICT 805 · STATE 604
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·LEE·NCES 120108001136
J. COLIN ENGLISH ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
120 PINE ISLAND RD, NORTH FORT MYERS, FL 33903 · (239) 995-2258 · Lee County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL530 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
18.3:1
29 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 18.2:1 · STATE 17.5:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
69%
366 students
DISTRICT 49% · STATE 50%
Community
3
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other elementary schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade
Student demographics
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. 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
37.8%
FL avg 56.7% . +0.2pp since 2023
Math
44.1%
FL avg 58.9% . +2.6pp 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 44 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.
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
39.7%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
46.6%
based on FL schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-6.9pp
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 →
7-year change
SY 2017-18 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
530
+103 (+24%) vs 2017
Student : Teacher
18.3:1
was 12.2:1
% White
35%
was 47%
% Hispanic
56%
was 40%
% Black
5%
was 7%
% Asian
1%
was 1%
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
About J. COLIN ENGLISH ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
As a mid-sized primary school in NORTH FORT MYERS, Florida, J. COLIN ENGLISH ELEMENTARY SCHOOL enrolls 530 students from grades pre-K through 5, overseen by LEE.
Across the 116 schools in LEE (102,524 students total), J. COLIN ENGLISH ELEMENTARY SCHOOL accounts for its share of the district's footprint.
Looking at the student body, J. COLIN ENGLISH ELEMENTARY SCHOOL lists that 56% of the student body identifies as Hispanic. The remainder comes out to 35% White, 5% Black, 4% multiracial. The wider county runs roughly 25% Hispanic, putting the school's mix noticeably more Hispanic than the area baseline.
Looking at school resources, The school lists 29 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 18.3:1. That figure is higher than the state norm's 17.5:1 average. About 69% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. By comparison, Lee County runs at roughly 48%, so the school's eligibility rate is higher than the surrounding baseline.
After controlling for student poverty, J. COLIN ENGLISH ELEMENTARY SCHOOL performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 46.6%, the actual is 39.7%, a residual of -6.9 points.
Around the school, the surrounding county (Lee County) records that median household earnings sit near $76,107, 31% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 8%. J. COLIN ENGLISH ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is one of 123 public schools in Lee County (combined enrollment of about 102,524 students).
The closest other public school is NORTHERN PALMS CHARTER HIGH SCHOOL, roughly 1.5 miles away. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around J. COLIN ENGLISH ELEMENTARY SCHOOL. On composite proficiency, J. COLIN ENGLISH ELEMENTARY SCHOOL comes 6th of 7 in the immediate cluster, below the nearby-schools average of 47.6%.
J. COLIN ENGLISH ELEMENTARY SCHOOL operates from a bedroom-community location.
Looking at the recent track record. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at J. COLIN ENGLISH ELEMENTARY SCHOOL has increased 24%, going from 427 students in 2018 to 530 in 2025. Hispanic enrollment moved from 40% to 56% across the same window. The student-to-teacher ratio loosened from 12.2:1 in 2018 to 18.3:1 today.
On this page, members of the J. COLIN ENGLISH ELEMENTARY SCHOOL community share and discuss science fair prep, picture-day reminders, and bus-route questions. Anyone with firsthand experience at this school can post or comment.
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 NORTH FORT MYERS
- NORTH FORT MYERS HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 1,938 students
- NORTH FORT MYERS ACADEMY FOR THE ARTSElementary · 1,353 students
- HANCOCK CREEK ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 814 students
- TROPIC ISLES ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 804 students
- DR CARRIE D ROBINSON LITTLETON ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 640 students
- NORTHERN PALMS CHARTER HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 92 students
Nearby schools
- NORTHERN PALMS CHARTER HIGH SCHOOL1.5 mi · 92
- NORTH FORT MYERS ACADEMY FOR THE ARTS1.8 mi · 1,353
- DR CARRIE D ROBINSON LITTLETON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL1.8 mi · 640
- NORTH FORT MYERS HIGH SCHOOL2.1 mi · 1,938
- TROPIC ISLES ELEMENTARY SCHOOL2.2 mi · 804
- HANCOCK CREEK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL2.4 mi · 814
Frequently asked questions
About J. COLIN ENGLISH ELEMENTARY SCHOOLHow many students attend J. COLIN ENGLISH ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
J. COLIN ENGLISH ELEMENTARY SCHOOL enrolls approximately 530 students in grades PK-05.
Is J. COLIN ENGLISH ELEMENTARY SCHOOL an elementary, middle, or high school?
J. COLIN ENGLISH ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is an elementary school covering grades PK-05.
How many teachers does J. COLIN ENGLISH ELEMENTARY SCHOOL have?
J. COLIN ENGLISH ELEMENTARY SCHOOL employs 29 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 18.3:1.
What is the student diversity at J. COLIN ENGLISH ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
Student demographics at J. COLIN ENGLISH ELEMENTARY SCHOOL are roughly 35% White, 56% Hispanic, 5% Black, 1% Asian, 4% Two or more.
Who oversees J. COLIN ENGLISH ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
J. COLIN ENGLISH 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.