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Enrollment
499
Elementary
DISTRICT 596 · STATE 604
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·COLLIER·NCES 120033002731
LELY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
8125 LELY CULTURAL PKWY, NAPLES, FL 34113 · (239) 377-7500 · Collier County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL499 STUDENTS
B
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Scored higher than 60% of Florida public elementary schools
- BTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- BBeats 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
13.3:1
37 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 14.3:1 · STATE 17.5:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
57%
284 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 | 36 | 7% |
| Kindergarten | 73 | 15% |
| Grade 1 | 88 | 18% |
| Grade 2 | 68 | 14% |
| Grade 3 | 87 | 17% |
| Grade 4 | 79 | 16% |
| Grade 5 | 68 | 14% |
This year's kindergarten class (73) is 7% larger than its 5th grade class (68).
Student demographics
68%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
62.9%
FL avg 56.7% . +12.5pp since 2023
Math
64.5%
FL avg 58.9% . +4.8pp since 2023
What this means: On the FAST / B.E.S.T., Florida's statewide test, about 63 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 64 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 13 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 5 points.
FAST / B.E.S.T. results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 62.9% | 64.5% |
| 2023-24 | 50.3% | 59.7% |
% 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
58.4%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
52.6%
based on FL schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+5.8pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 58% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 53% 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 LELY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
LELY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL's state test result (58.4% proficient) is higher than 5 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| LELY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL this school | 499 | 56.9% | 58.4% |
| DANIA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL DANIA BEACH | 464 | 55.4% | 48.6% |
| DEERFIELD BEACH ELEMENTARY SCHOOL DEERFIELD BEACH | 572 | 53.5% | 41.4% |
| SOMERSET ACADEMY RIVERSIDE CORAL SPRINGS | 426 | 60.3% | 49.7% |
| ZELLWOOD ELEMENTARY ZELLWOOD | 564 | 51.6% | 52.2% |
| SAVANNA RIDGE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL PORT ST LUCIE | 512 | 57.4% | 49.5% |
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 LELY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Florida | In Collier County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 58.4% | #946 of 2,136 | #18 of 35 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 64.5% | #893 of 2,149 ▲ 57 | #22 of 35 no change |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 62.9% | #708 of 2,149 ▲ 446 | #12 of 35 ▲ 5 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 499 | #1,426 of 2,267 | #24 of 35 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 13.3:1 | #189 of 2,077 | #9 of 35 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 67.7% | #379 of 2,108 | #1 of 35 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 56.9% | #1,015 of 2,188 | #17 of 35 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -19.1% | #529 of 1,374 | #7 of 23 |
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
499
+29 (+6%) vs 2020
-33% since 1990-91, when it was 749
Student : Teacher
13.3:1
was 13.8:1
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 | 499 | 37.5 | 13.3:1 | 57% (284) |
| 2023-24 | 526 | 32.7 | 16.1:1 | 57% (299) |
| 2022-23 | 499 | 33.7 | 14.8:1 | 62% (309) |
| 2020-21 | 470 | 34 | 13.8:1 | 81% (383) |
| 2017-18 | 617 | 49 | 12.6:1 | 81% (498) |
| 2015-16 | 663 | 48 | 13.8:1 | 75% (494) |
| 2010-11 | 667 | 48 | 13.9:1 | 67% (446) |
| 2000-01 | 1,037 | 60 | 17.3:1 | 53% (551) |
| 1990-91 | 749 | 38 | 19.7:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for LELY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL.
About LELY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
At 8125 LELY CULTURAL PKWY in NAPLES, Florida, LELY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL operates as a small elementary school. The school serves pre-K through 5. Enrollment is 499 students.
COLLIER is responsible for 69 schools, LELY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL included, with 48,252 students in all.
No group is above 50% at LELY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL; the largest is Hispanic, at 44%. The rest of enrollment is 30% Black, 19% White, and 4% multiracial. Among all residents of Collier County, the Hispanic share is about 28%. Measured by the diversity index, the student body scores 68%.
The school has 37.5 full-time-equivalent teachers and a ratio of 13.3 students per teacher. Elementary schools in Florida have an average ratio of 17.5:1. The school reported 57% of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch in 2024-25. The rate at public schools in Collier County averages 48%, lower than here.
LELY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL earns a B on the allk12 Grade, which blends test scores, results against poverty-based expectations, and the three-year trend. It scored higher than 60% of Florida public elementary schools.
LELY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is 5.8 points above its predicted average proficiency rate across its state test results (58.4% versus 52.6%), which places it in neither the top nor the bottom 10% in Florida.
American Community Survey 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 share of residents below the poverty line is 7%. Collier County counts 75 public schools with about 48,252 students.
LELY HIGH SCHOOL, about 2.1 miles away, is the closest public school. Within five miles of LELY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, there are at least 8 other public schools. LELY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is 2nd of 8 nearby schools by average proficiency rate.
On the NCES locale scale, the school is Suburb: Large.
Enrollment rose by 6% across 4 years, from 470 in 2020-21 to 499 in 2024-25.
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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 NAPLES
- PALMETTO RIDGE HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 2,054 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
- AUBREY ROGERS HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 1,496 students
Nearby schools
- LELY HIGH SCHOOL2.1 mi · 1,475
- PARKSIDE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL2.3 mi · 589
- CALUSA PARK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL3.1 mi · 670
- MANATEE MIDDLE SCHOOL4.2 mi · 781
- MANATEE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL4.2 mi · 564
- GOLDEN GATE HIGH SCHOOL4.3 mi · 1,867
Frequently asked questions
About LELY ELEMENTARY SCHOOLHow large is LELY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
LELY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL enrolls approximately 499 students in grades PK-05.
What age range does LELY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL serve?
LELY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL serves students from grade PK through grade 05.
How many students per teacher at LELY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
Approximately 13.3:1 students per teacher at LELY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL.
What is the student diversity at LELY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
Student demographics at LELY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL are roughly 19% White, 44% Hispanic, 30% Black, 1% Asian, 4% Two or more.
Who oversees LELY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
LELY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is overseen by COLLIER in Collier County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.