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LAUREL OAK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
- ATest 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
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Pre-K | 1 | 0% |
| Kindergarten | 128 | 12% |
| Grade 1 | 146 | 14% |
| Grade 2 | 183 | 17% |
| Grade 3 | 212 | 20% |
| Grade 4 | 188 | 18% |
| Grade 5 | 211 | 20% |
This year's kindergarten class (128) is 39% smaller than its 5th grade class (211).
Test scores
FAST / B.E.S.T. 2024-25 . % at Level 3 or AboveWhat this means: On the FAST / B.E.S.T., Florida's statewide test, about 81 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 84 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 7 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 2 points.
FAST / B.E.S.T. results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 81.0% | 83.5% |
| 2023-24 | 74.2% | 81.9% |
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyWhat this means: About 79% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 70% 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%.
Schools most like LAUREL OAK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
LAUREL OAK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL's state test result (79.4% proficient) is higher than 4 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| LAUREL OAK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL this school | 1,069 | 23.2% | 79.4% |
| IMAGINE SCHOOLS AT SOUTH LAKE CLERMONT | 1,064 | 20.5% | 77.7% |
| PICOLATA CROSSING ELEMENTARY SCHOOL ST AUGUSTINE | 1,048 | 24.9% | 69.8% |
| LIZA JACKSON PREPARATORY SCHOOL FORT WALTON BEACH | 977 | 21.8% | 82.0% |
| PARRISH CHARTER ACADEMY PARRISH | 891 | 23.2% | 56.2% |
| B.D. GULLETT ELEMENTARY SCHOOL BRADENTON | 1,314 | 21.3% | 74.7% |
Where LAUREL OAK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Florida | In Collier County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 79.4% | #182 of 2,136 | #5 of 35 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 83.5% | #185 of 2,149 ▼ 8 | #4 of 35 ▲ 2 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 81.0% | #125 of 2,149 ▲ 121 | #2 of 35 ▲ 4 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 1,069 | #151 of 2,267 | #1 of 35 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 14.1:1 | #373 of 2,077 | #19 of 35 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 50.8% | #1,332 of 2,108 | #16 of 35 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 23.2% | #1,951 of 2,188 | #35 of 35 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +14.1% | #268 of 621 | #7 of 9 |
4-year change
SY 2020-21 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment and staffing by year
| School year | Students | Teachers (FTE) | Students per teacher | Free and reduced lunch |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 1,069 | 75.6 | 14.1:1 | 23% (248) |
| 2023-24 | 1,142 | 80.6 | 14.2:1 | 18% (206) |
| 2022-23 | 1,203 | 75.6 | 15.9:1 | 20% (236) |
| 2020-21 | 1,072 | 70 | 15.3:1 | 27% (286) |
| 2017-18 | 937 | 56 | 16.7:1 | 26% (247) |
| 2015-16 | 843 | 55 | 15.3:1 | 20% (170) |
| 2010-11 | 857 | 57 | 15.0:1 | 23% (193) |
| 2000-01 | 826 | 45 | 18.4:1 | 27% (219) |
About LAUREL OAK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
LAUREL OAK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, a large elementary school, is located in NAPLES, Florida. A federal count lists 1,069 students at the school, in pre-K through 5. An average school in this group (elementary schools in Florida) has about 604 students.
A total of 69 schools make up COLLIER, with 48,252 students enrolled.
At 67%, White students outnumber all other groups at LAUREL OAK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL combined. It is also 21% Hispanic, 4% multiracial, 4% Black, and 4% Asian. That is close to the 65% White share among all Collier County residents. By the diversity index, LAUREL OAK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL comes in at 51%.
The teaching staff at LAUREL OAK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is 75.6 full-time-equivalent teachers, and the ratio is 14.1:1. That ratio is under the 17.5:1 average for elementary schools in Florida. The percentage of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch is 23%. On average, public schools in Collier County report 48%.
Measured against Florida public elementary schools, LAUREL OAK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL receives an A. The grade weighs proficiency most heavily, then how results compare with what the school's low-income share predicts, then the three-year change.
LAUREL OAK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is 9.8 points above its predicted average proficiency rate on state tests (79.4% versus 69.5%), which places it in neither the top nor the bottom 10% in Florida.
Collier County has about 398,291 residents, and median household income is about $90,045, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 40% of adults, and the poverty rate is about 7%. Federal data list 75 public schools in Collier County, with a combined enrollment of about 48,252.
GULF COAST HIGH SCHOOL is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.2 miles away. A five-mile radius around the school includes at least 8 other public schools. LAUREL OAK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL ranks 2nd of 9 among nearby schools on average proficiency, with 79.4% against a local average of 74.3%.
On the NCES locale scale, the school is Suburb: Large.
Over 4 years, enrollment stayed close to where it was, going from 1,072 to 1,069. Students per teacher fell from 15.3 in 2020-21 to 14.1 in 2024-25.
Topics for discussion here include sports tryouts, band and choir, and theater. Alumni can share how the school prepared them.
Collier County at a glance
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