LEHIGH ACRES MIDDLE SCHOOL

LEHIGH ACRES MIDDLE SCHOOL, a high-enrollment middle school in LEHIGH ACRES, Florida, overseen by LEE, enrolls 1,509 students, covering grades 6 through 8. By comparison, Florida's public schools average about 794 students each, so LEHIGH ACRES MIDDLE SCHOOL sits 90% larger than that benchmark.

LEE comprises 116 schools with combined enrollment of 102,524 students; LEHIGH ACRES MIDDLE SCHOOL is among them.

Looking at the student body, LEHIGH ACRES MIDDLE SCHOOL records that Hispanic students make up the majority at 62%. The remainder breaks down as 20% Black, 13% White, 3% multiracial. By comparison, Lee County as a whole is about 25% Hispanic, so the school skews visibly more Hispanic than its surroundings.

On the income-and-resources front, The school currently runs with 70 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 21.6:1. The state averages around 19.6:1, so this campus is higher than the state norm typical. Roughly 59% of students at LEHIGH ACRES MIDDLE SCHOOL qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy. By comparison, Lee County runs at roughly 48%, so the school's eligibility rate is above the surrounding baseline.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, LEHIGH ACRES MIDDLE SCHOOL performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 51.7%, the actual is 44.4%, a residual of -7.3 points.

Across the wider county, census data for Lee County shows median household earnings sit near $76,107, about 31% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and roughly 8% of residents live below the federal poverty line. LEHIGH ACRES MIDDLE SCHOOL is one of 123 public schools in Lee County (combined enrollment of about 102,524 students).

AMANECER ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.1 miles from this campus. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts LEHIGH ACRES MIDDLE SCHOOL at 4th of 8; the average score across the group is 40.6%.

Geographically, the school is in a residential area.

Looking at the recent track record. LEHIGH ACRES MIDDLE SCHOOL's enrollment has expanded 14% since 2018, when it stood at 1,324 (now 1,509). The Hispanic share of enrollment grew from 53% to 62% over that span. Class-load math has loosened: from 16.4:1 in 2018 to 21.6:1 in 2025.

On allk12, members of the LEHIGH ACRES MIDDLE SCHOOL community share and discuss science fair prep, picture-day reminders, and bus-route questions. Contributors range from current parents to recent graduates and teachers.