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What's one thing LAKE TRAFFORD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL gets right about preparing students for what comes next?
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Enrollment
717
Elementary
DISTRICT 596 · STATE 604
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·COLLIER·NCES 120033000347
LAKE TRAFFORD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
3500 LAKE TRAFFORD RD, IMMOKALEE, FL 34142 · (239) 377-7300 · Collier County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY32-TOWNTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL717 STUDENTS
B
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Scored higher than 61% of Florida public elementary schools
- B-Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- A-Beats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- ·Three-year trend Not available for this school, so the grade uses the other parts.
Grades compare a school only with schools in the same state, because every state gives its own test. How grades work · Top-graded Florida public elementary schools
Student : Teacher
14.9:1
48 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 14.3:1 · STATE 17.5:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
74%
527 students
DISTRICT 51% · 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 | 49 | 7% |
| Kindergarten | 122 | 17% |
| Grade 1 | 129 | 18% |
| Grade 2 | 90 | 13% |
| Grade 3 | 105 | 15% |
| Grade 4 | 115 | 16% |
| Grade 5 | 107 | 15% |
This year's kindergarten class (122) is 14% larger than its 5th grade class (107).
Student demographics
42%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
57.1%
FL avg 56.7% . +11.4pp since 2023
Math
60.5%
FL avg 58.9% . +8.0pp since 2023
What this means: On the FAST / B.E.S.T., Florida's statewide test, about 57 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 61 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 11 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 8 points.
FAST / B.E.S.T. results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 57.1% | 60.5% |
| 2023-24 | 45.7% | 52.5% |
% 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
54.4%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
44.3%
based on FL schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+10.1pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 54% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 44% 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 LAKE TRAFFORD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
LAKE TRAFFORD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL's state test result (54.4% proficient) is higher than 4 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| LAKE TRAFFORD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL this school | 717 | 73.5% | 54.4% |
| EASTSIDE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL HAINES CITY | 725 | 77.0% | 40.0% |
| ALTA VISTA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL HAINES CITY | 780 | 70.9% | 34.6% |
| SOUTH GRADE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL LAKE WORTH | 624 | 73.7% | 41.4% |
| GREENACRES ELEMENTARY SCHOOL GREENACRES | 773 | 70.5% | 61.9% |
| IRVING & BEATRICE PESKOE K-8 CENTER MIAMI | 726 | 73.7% | 47.3% |
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 LAKE TRAFFORD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Florida | In Collier County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 54.4% | #1,113 of 2,136 | #25 of 35 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 60.5% | #1,075 of 2,149 ▲ 196 | #27 of 35 ▲ 5 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 57.1% | #974 of 2,149 ▲ 390 | #16 of 35 ▲ 9 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 717 | #661 of 2,267 | #8 of 35 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 14.9:1 | #634 of 2,077 | #28 of 35 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 42.1% | #1,614 of 2,108 | #27 of 35 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 73.5% | #324 of 2,188 | #6 of 35 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +1.4% | #565 of 621 | #9 of 9 |
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
717
+61 (+9%) vs 2020
-4% since 1990-91, when it was 744
Student : Teacher
14.9:1
was 11.7:1
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 | 717 | 48.1 | 14.9:1 | 74% (527) |
| 2023-24 | 704 | 45.7 | 15.4:1 | 80% (562) |
| 2022-23 | 672 | 46.2 | 14.5:1 | 82% (554) |
| 2020-21 | 656 | 56 | 11.7:1 | 95% (626) |
| 2017-18 | 707 | 57 | 12.4:1 | 97% (689) |
| 2015-16 | 713 | 56 | 12.7:1 | 98% (702) |
| 2010-11 | 908 | 67 | 13.6:1 | 97% (883) |
| 2000-01 | 712 | 54 | 13.2:1 | 23% (167) |
| 1990-91 | 744 | 48 | 15.5:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for LAKE TRAFFORD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL.
About LAKE TRAFFORD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
LAKE TRAFFORD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is a public elementary school in IMMOKALEE, Florida. Total enrollment is 717 students, and the grades served are pre-K through 5.
COLLIER oversees LAKE TRAFFORD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL and 68 other schools, with 48,252 students in total.
Hispanic students are 73% of those enrolled at LAKE TRAFFORD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL. The remaining shares are 23% Black and 4% White. Census estimates put the Hispanic share of Collier County's population at about 28%. On a 0 to 100 scale, the school's diversity index is 42, compared with 70 nationally.
With 48.1 full-time-equivalent teachers, the student-to-teacher ratio is about 14.9:1. The school's 14.9:1 compares with an average of 17.5:1 for elementary schools in Florida. The school has 74% of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. On average, public schools in Collier County report 48%.
LAKE TRAFFORD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL holds a B allk12 Grade, placing it above 61% of Florida public elementary schools.
After adjusting for student poverty, LAKE TRAFFORD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL lands between the top and bottom 10% of Florida schools. Its average proficiency rate across its state test results is 54.4%; the prediction is 44.3%.
Five-year Census Bureau estimates for Collier County show that median household income comes to about $90,045, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 40% of adults, and the poverty rate is about 7%. The county's public schools total 75, with about 48,252 students.
Straight-line distance to the nearest public school, EDEN PARK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, is about 0.5 miles. There are at least 8 other public schools within five miles. Among the 7 closest schools with test data, this one included, LAKE TRAFFORD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL ranks 4th on average proficiency.
In the federal locale system, LAKE TRAFFORD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is coded Town: Distant, for schools in a town some distance from an urbanized area.
The school grew from 656 students in 2020-21 to 717 in 2024-25. The student-to-teacher ratio went up from 11.7:1 to 14.9:1.
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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 IMMOKALEE
- IMMOKALEE HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 1,990 students
- IMMOKALEE MIDDLE SCHOOLMiddle · 1,402 students
- EDEN PARK ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 646 students
- HIGHLANDS ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 599 students
- PINECREST ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 584 students
- VILLAGE OAKS ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 511 students
Nearby schools
- EDEN PARK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL0.5 mi · 646
- HIGHLANDS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL1.9 mi · 599
- IMMOKALEE MIDDLE SCHOOL2.2 mi · 1,402
- IMMOKALEE HIGH SCHOOL2.3 mi · 1,990
- IMMOKALEE TEEN PARENTING PROG2.3 mi · 40
- PINECREST ELEMENTARY SCHOOL2.5 mi · 584
Frequently asked questions
About LAKE TRAFFORD ELEMENTARY SCHOOLWhat is the total enrollment at LAKE TRAFFORD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
LAKE TRAFFORD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL enrolls approximately 717 students in grades PK-05.
What grades does LAKE TRAFFORD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL serve?
LAKE TRAFFORD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL serves grades PK-05.
How many students per teacher at LAKE TRAFFORD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
Approximately 14.9:1 students per teacher at LAKE TRAFFORD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL.
How diverse is LAKE TRAFFORD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
LAKE TRAFFORD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL reports a student body of 4% White, 73% Hispanic, 23% Black, 0% Two or more.
What district is LAKE TRAFFORD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL in?
LAKE TRAFFORD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is part of COLLIER.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.