LELY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL

Located at 8125 LELY CULTURAL PKWY, in NAPLES, Florida, LELY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is a small elementary school that serves 499 students (grades pre-K through 5), run under COLLIER.

Within COLLIER, which oversees 69 schools and 48,252 students, LELY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is one campus in the system.

Looking at the student body, LELY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL shows that 44% of students identify as Hispanic, with the remaining enrollment distributed across several groups. Other groups include 30% Black, 19% White, 4% multiracial. That is noticeably more Hispanic than the county at large, where the share is closer to 28%.

Looking at school resources, The school currently runs with 37 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 13.3:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 17.5:1 average. Around 57% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. That share is noticeably above Collier County's rate of about 48%.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), LELY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 52.6%, the actual is 58.4%, a residual of +5.8 points.

Zooming out to the county, the surrounding county (Collier County) reports that median household income runs about $90,045, roughly 40% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 7% of residents live below the federal poverty line. In all, Collier County runs 75 public schools (combined enrollment of about 48,252 students), of which LELY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is one.

Nearest neighbor: LELY HIGH SCHOOL, around 2.1 miles off. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. Among the 8 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), LELY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL ranks 2nd on composite proficiency, above the local average of 54.4%.

The school occupies a bedroom-community site.

Looking at the recent track record. Over the past 7-year window, the student count declined 19%: 617 students in 2018 compared to 499 in 2025. The White share of enrollment decreased from 24% to 19% over that span.

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