MASON CLASSICAL ACADEMY

MASON CLASSICAL ACADEMY, a sprawling combined-grade school in NAPLES, Florida, operated by COLLIER, instructs 1,509 students, covering grades K through 12. By comparison, Florida's public schools average about 353 students each, so MASON CLASSICAL ACADEMY sits 327% bigger than that benchmark.

Within COLLIER, which oversees 69 schools and 48,252 students, MASON CLASSICAL ACADEMY is one campus in the system.

On demographics, MASON CLASSICAL ACADEMY logs that the most-represented group is White (53%), with the rest of the student body spread across multiple groups. Beyond that, the school reports 24% Hispanic, 14% Black, 5% Asian, 3% multiracial. That is meaningfully less White than the county at large, where the share is closer to 65%.

Looking at the economic backdrop, Staff filings list 101 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 14.9:1 students per teacher. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 17.7:1, putting MASON CLASSICAL ACADEMY tighter than the state norm the norm. Around 19% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. That share is below Collier County's rate of about 48%.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, MASON CLASSICAL ACADEMY tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 71.5% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 76.3%.

In the surrounding community, Collier County reports that the typical household earns roughly $90,045 per year, about 40% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 7%. In all, Collier County runs 75 public schools (combined enrollment of about 48,252 students), of which MASON CLASSICAL ACADEMY is one.

Nearest neighbor: GULF COAST CHARTER ACADEMY SOUTH, around 0.6 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around MASON CLASSICAL ACADEMY. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts MASON CLASSICAL ACADEMY at 3rd of 6; the average score across the group is 67.1%.

Geographically, the school is in a city-core area. As a public charter, MASON CLASSICAL ACADEMY runs on public funding but with greater curricular and operational autonomy than a typical district school.

Over the past 7-year window. Over the past 7-year window, the student count climbed 77%: 853 students in 2018 compared to 1,509 in 2025. White enrollment moved from 67% to 53% across the same window.

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