LEXINGTON MIDDLE SCHOOL

LEXINGTON MIDDLE SCHOOL is a reasonably sized junior high in FORT MYERS, Florida, run under LEE. The school enrolls 1,054 students in grades 6 through 8. By comparison, Florida's public schools average about 794 students each, so LEXINGTON MIDDLE SCHOOL sits 33% larger than that benchmark.

Across the 116 schools in LEE (102,524 students total), LEXINGTON MIDDLE SCHOOL accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

Looking at the student body, LEXINGTON MIDDLE SCHOOL records that 50% of students identify as Hispanic, with the remaining enrollment distributed across several groups. The remainder comes out to 33% White, 11% Black, 4% multiracial, 3% Asian. By comparison, Lee County as a whole is about 25% Hispanic, so the school skews noticeably more Hispanic than its surroundings.

On the income-and-resources front, LEXINGTON MIDDLE SCHOOL logs 52 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 20.1:1. That tracks the state average closely. An estimated 38% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. By comparison, Lee County runs at roughly 48%, so the school's eligibility rate is somewhat below the surrounding baseline.

After controlling for student poverty, LEXINGTON MIDDLE SCHOOL tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 62.0% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 48.6%.

Zooming out to the county, the surrounding county (Lee County) reports that median household earnings sit near $76,107, 31% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and roughly 8% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Across Lee County's 123 public schools (combined enrollment of about 102,524 students), LEXINGTON MIDDLE SCHOOL is one campus in the mix.

Nearest neighbor: HARLEM HEIGHTS COMMUNITY CHARTER SCHOOL, around 1.5 miles off. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts LEXINGTON MIDDLE SCHOOL at 6th of 8; the average score across the group is 62.1%.

The school occupies a commuter-belt site.

Over the past 7-year window. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at LEXINGTON MIDDLE SCHOOL has shrank 5%, going from 1,106 students in 2018 to 1,054 in 2025. The Hispanic share of enrollment climbed from 30% to 50% over that span. The student-to-teacher ratio rose from 19.1:1 in 2018 to 20.1:1 today.

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