LAUREL OAK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL

LAUREL OAK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is an expansive elementary campus in NAPLES, Florida, one of the schools within COLLIER. The school educates 1,069 students in grades pre-K through 5. That puts it 77% bigger than the typical public school in Florida, which averages around 604 students.

Across the 69 schools in COLLIER (48,252 students total), LAUREL OAK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

On the student-mix side, LAUREL OAK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL records that the largest single group is White, at 67% of enrollment. Other groups include 21% Hispanic, 4% multiracial, 4% Black, 4% Asian. Compared to Collier County overall, the school's racial mix sits in roughly the same range.

Looking at school resources, Staff filings list 76 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 14.1:1 students per teacher. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 17.5:1, putting LAUREL OAK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL tighter than the state norm the norm. Roughly 23% of students at LAUREL OAK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. By comparison, Collier County runs at roughly 48%, so the school's eligibility rate is below the surrounding baseline.

With demographic context factored in, LAUREL OAK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 69.5%; this one delivers 79.4%.

In the broader community, census data for Collier County shows the typical household earns roughly $90,045 per year, roughly 40% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 7%. Across Collier County's 75 public schools (combined enrollment of about 48,252 students), LAUREL OAK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is one campus in the mix.

The closest other public school is GULF COAST HIGH SCHOOL, roughly 0.2 miles away. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Among the 9 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), LAUREL OAK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL ranks 2nd on composite proficiency, above the local average of 74.3%.

The campus sits in an outer-ring setting.

Five-year trend. Over the past 7-year window, the student count climbed 14%: 937 students in 2018 compared to 1,069 in 2025. The student-to-teacher ratio fell from 16.7:1 in 2018 to 14.1:1 today.

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