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If you could change one rule at MARINER HIGH SCHOOL, what would it be?
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Enrollment
1,865
High
DISTRICT 990 · STATE 1,035
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·LEE·NCES 120108002565
MARINER HIGH SCHOOL
701 CHIQUITA BLVD N, CAPE CORAL, FL 33993 · (239) 772-3324 · Lee County
GRADES 09–12HIGH12-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL1,865 STUDENTS
F
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Scored higher than 3% of Florida public high schools
- DTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- FBeats 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 high schools
Student : Teacher
23.6:1
79 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 24.7:1 · STATE 23.5:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
40%
741 students
DISTRICT 49% · STATE 50%
Community
6
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other high schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Grade 9 | 450 | 24% |
| Grade 10 | 432 | 23% |
| Grade 11 | 531 | 28% |
| Grade 12 | 452 | 24% |
Student demographics
58%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 63% · 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
47.0%
FL avg 56.7% . +6.5pp since 2023
Math
8.0%
FL avg 58.9% . -7.0pp since 2023
What this means: On the FAST / B.E.S.T., Florida's statewide test, about 47 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 8 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 7 points since 2023, while math scores are down about 7 points.
FAST / B.E.S.T. results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 47.0% | 8.0% |
| 2023-24 | 40.5% | 15.0% |
% 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
UNDERPERFORMING
Bottom 10% of FL schools after controlling for student poverty
Actual proficiency
37.3%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
61.3%
based on FL schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-24.0pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 37% of students here test proficient in math and reading, below the roughly 61% typical for Florida schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations compares each school with others at the same poverty level, not by raw scores, so a school lands here when its results trail those comparable schools, which is not the same as having low scores. A higher-scoring school can still fall in this tier if similar schools score higher still.
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 MARINER HIGH SCHOOL
MARINER HIGH SCHOOL's state test result (37.3% proficient) is higher than 0 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| MARINER HIGH SCHOOL this school | 1,865 | 39.7% | 37.3% |
| RIVERDALE HIGH SCHOOL FORT MYERS | 1,916 | 40.6% | 47.8% |
| HARMONY HIGH SCHOOL ST CLOUD | 2,673 | 38.6% | 53.6% |
| CAPE CORAL HIGH SCHOOL CAPE CORAL | 2,008 | 38.4% | 46.0% |
| MANATEE SCHOOL FOR THE ARTS PALMETTO | 2,051 | 40.4% | 49.3% |
| IDA S. BAKER HIGH SCHOOL CAPE CORAL | 2,191 | 35.9% | 45.4% |
Matched among Florida high 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 MARINER HIGH SCHOOL ranks
Among high schools| Measure | This school | In Florida | In Lee County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 37.3% | #511 of 555 | #13 of 17 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 8.0% | #548 of 549 ▼ 25 | #17 of 17 ▼ 4 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 47.0% | #408 of 559 ▲ 33 | #13 of 17 no change |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 1,865 | #198 of 830 | #8 of 30 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 23.6:1 | #371 of 575 | #9 of 18 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 58.2% | #288 of 594 | #13 of 21 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 39.7% | #361 of 630 | #12 of 22 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +20.2% | #75 of 246 | #4 of 9 |
Ranked against other public high 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
1,865
+376 (+25%) vs 2020
+44% since 1990-91, when it was 1,291
Student : Teacher
23.6:1
was 21.3:1
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 | 1,865 | 78.9 | 23.6:1 | 40% (741) |
| 2023-24 | 1,894 | 77.7 | 24.4:1 | 48% (908) |
| 2022-23 | 1,852 | 77.8 | 23.8:1 | 42% (770) |
| 2020-21 | 1,489 | 70 | 21.3:1 | 41% (614) |
| 2017-18 | 1,551 | 84 | 18.5:1 | 44% (689) |
| 2015-16 | 1,546 | 81 | 19.1:1 | 43% (658) |
| 2010-11 | 1,424 | 63 | 22.6:1 | 55% (790) |
| 2000-01 | 1,817 | 82 | 22.2:1 | 17% (303) |
| 1990-91 | 1,291 | 68 | 19.0:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for MARINER HIGH SCHOOL.
About MARINER HIGH SCHOOL
MARINER HIGH SCHOOL, located in CAPE CORAL, Florida, is a high-enrollment high school. Its 1,865 students are spread across grades 9 through 12. The typical figure for high schools in Florida is about 1,035 students.
LEE includes 116 schools. Together they enroll 102,524 students.
Hispanic students make up a majority at MARINER HIGH SCHOOL, at 53%. Other students are 37% White, 6% Black, and 3% multiracial. That is higher than the 25% Hispanic share among all Lee County residents. Pick two students at random and there is a 58% chance they belong to different racial or ethnic groups; that figure is the school's diversity index.
The school has about 23.6 students per teacher and 78.9 full-time-equivalent teachers. That matches the 23.5:1 average for high schools in Florida fairly closely. Federal records put free or reduced-price lunch eligibility at 40%.
MARINER HIGH SCHOOL is graded F by allk12, scoring above 3% of Florida public high schools once test results, poverty-adjusted performance, and the recent trend are combined.
The allk12 BeatsExpectations score for MARINER HIGH SCHOOL is -24.0 points, in the bottom 10% of Florida. Its average proficiency rate on state tests is 37.3%, and the predicted rate is 61.3%.
Among Lee County residents, the median household income is $76,107, roughly 31% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 8%. MARINER HIGH SCHOOL is one of 123 public schools in the county.
The nearest public school is MARINER MIDDLE SCHOOL, at about 0.3 miles. Around the school, at least 8 other public schools are within five miles. By average proficiency, MARINER HIGH SCHOOL is 8th among 8 schools close by.
The NCES locale for MARINER HIGH SCHOOL is City: Mid-size, which covers schools inside a principal city with a population between 100,000 and 250,000.
Enrollment grew 25% from its 2020-21 level of 1,489. Its ratio of students to teachers was 21.3:1 in 2020-21, and 23.6:1 in 2024-25.
Families, students, and staff can use this page to discuss school safety, transportation, and start times at MARINER HIGH SCHOOL. Alumni can share how the school prepared them.
Lee County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
817,666
Census ACS
Median income
$76,107
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
31%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
8%
Below federal line
Schools in county
123
102,524 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in LEE
- GATEWAY CHARTER SCHOOLCombined · 3,192 students
- LEHIGH SENIOR HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 2,550 students
- GATEWAY HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 2,343 students
- IDA S. BAKER HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 2,191 students
- EAST LEE COUNTY HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 2,129 students
- CAPE CORAL HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 2,008 students
Other schools in CAPE CORAL
- IDA S. BAKER HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 2,191 students
- CAPE CORAL HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 2,008 students
- ISLAND COAST HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 1,477 students
- GULF ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 1,193 students
- MID CAPE GLOBAL ACADEMYElementary · 1,145 students
- SKYLINE ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 1,141 students
Other Mariner High schools
One other US public school is named Mariner High. MARINER HIGH SCHOOL is the 2nd largest of the 2.
- Mariner High SchoolEverett, WA · 2,106 students
Nearby schools
- MARINER MIDDLE SCHOOL0.3 mi · 691
- NORTH NICHOLAS HIGH SCHOOL1.8 mi · 353
- HECTOR A. CAFFERATA JR ELEMENTARY SCHOOL1.9 mi · 606
- MID CAPE GLOBAL ACADEMY2.2 mi · 1,145
- OASIS ELEMENTARY CHARTER SCHOOL-NORTH2.2 mi · 813
- TRAFALGAR MIDDLE SCHOOL3.1 mi · 962
Frequently asked questions
About MARINER HIGH SCHOOLHow large is MARINER HIGH SCHOOL?
MARINER HIGH SCHOOL enrolls approximately 1,865 students in grades 09-12.
What age range does MARINER HIGH SCHOOL serve?
MARINER HIGH SCHOOL serves students from grade 09 through grade 12.
What is the student-teacher ratio at MARINER HIGH SCHOOL?
The student-to-teacher ratio at MARINER HIGH SCHOOL is approximately 23.6:1 (79 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at MARINER HIGH SCHOOL?
At MARINER HIGH SCHOOL, the student body is approximately 37% White, 53% Hispanic, 6% Black, 1% Asian, 3% Two or more.
Who oversees MARINER HIGH SCHOOL?
MARINER HIGH SCHOOL is overseen by LEE in Lee County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.