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Enrollment
1,237
Elementary
DISTRICT 805 · STATE 604
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·LEE·NCES 120108003197
MIRROR LAKES ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
525 CHARWOOD AVE S, LEHIGH ACRES, FL 33974 · (239) 369-2200 · Lee County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL1,237 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
17.3:1
72 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 18.2:1 · STATE 17.5:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
65%
804 students
DISTRICT 49% · 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 | 31 | 3% |
| Kindergarten | 168 | 14% |
| Grade 1 | 195 | 16% |
| Grade 2 | 193 | 16% |
| Grade 3 | 238 | 19% |
| Grade 4 | 202 | 16% |
| Grade 5 | 210 | 17% |
This year's kindergarten class (168) is 20% smaller than its 5th grade class (210).
Student demographics
54%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
48.2%
FL avg 56.7% . +0.1pp since 2023
Math
57.2%
FL avg 58.9% . +1.9pp since 2023
What this means: On the FAST / B.E.S.T., Florida's statewide test, about 48 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 57 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Florida schools, those numbers are about 57 and 59. Reading and writing scores have held steady since 2023, while math scores are up about 2 points.
FAST / B.E.S.T. results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 48.2% | 57.2% |
| 2023-24 | 48.1% | 55.3% |
% 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
52.1%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
48.6%
based on FL schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+3.5pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 52% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 49% 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 MIRROR LAKES ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
MIRROR LAKES ELEMENTARY SCHOOL's state test result (52.1% proficient) is higher than 4 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| MIRROR LAKES ELEMENTARY SCHOOL this school | 1,237 | 65.0% | 52.1% |
| LEHIGH ELEMENTARY SCHOOL LEHIGH ACRES | 1,207 | 65.9% | 39.9% |
| AMANECER ELEMENTARY SCHOOL LEHIGH ACRES | 1,072 | 67.2% | 35.8% |
| ESTATES ELEMENTARY SCHOOL NAPLES | 1,041 | 66.0% | 64.7% |
| HARNS MARSH ELEMENTARY SCHOOL LEHIGH ACRES | 1,103 | 67.8% | 39.9% |
| GLOBAL LEADERSHIP ACADEMY DISCOVERY JACKSONVILLE | 1,068 | 64.8% | 35.0% |
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 MIRROR LAKES ELEMENTARY SCHOOL ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Florida | In Lee County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 52.1% | #1,223 of 2,136 | #21 of 58 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 57.2% | #1,232 of 2,149 ▼ 85 | #23 of 58 ▲ 1 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 48.2% | #1,381 of 2,149 ▼ 131 | #26 of 58 ▼ 2 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 1,237 | #75 of 2,267 | #5 of 61 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 17.3:1 | #1,500 of 2,077 | #16 of 57 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 53.5% | #1,199 of 2,108 | #35 of 58 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 65.0% | #686 of 2,188 | #16 of 59 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +12.0% | #308 of 621 | #20 of 31 |
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
1,237
+222 (+22%) vs 2020
+47% since 2000-01, when it was 841
Student : Teacher
17.3:1
was 16.6:1
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 | 1,237 | 71.6 | 17.3:1 | 65% (804) |
| 2023-24 | 1,218 | 66 | 18.4:1 | 75% (914) |
| 2022-23 | 1,228 | 66 | 18.6:1 | 68% (833) |
| 2020-21 | 1,015 | 61 | 16.6:1 | 69% (702) |
| 2017-18 | 1,104 | 85 | 13.0:1 | 74% (820) |
| 2015-16 | 1,093 | 77 | 14.2:1 | 75% (822) |
| 2010-11 | 978 | 66 | 14.8:1 | 85% (835) |
| 2000-01 | 841 | 48 | 17.5:1 | 56% (467) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for MIRROR LAKES ELEMENTARY SCHOOL.
About MIRROR LAKES ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
MIRROR LAKES ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is a large elementary school. Its address is in LEHIGH ACRES, Florida. It had 1,237 students in 2024-25, spanning pre-K through 5. Elementary schools in Florida have about 604 students on average; enrollment here is 105% higher.
The LEE system has 116 schools and 102,524 students.
More than half of the students at MIRROR LAKES ELEMENTARY SCHOOL are Hispanic (64%). Beyond that, enrollment is 16% Black, 15% White, and 3% multiracial. In Lee County overall, about 25% of residents are Hispanic. On the diversity index, which measures the chance that two random students are from different groups, MIRROR LAKES ELEMENTARY SCHOOL scores 54%.
Teacher count: 71.6 full-time equivalents. Student-to-teacher ratio: 17.3:1. That is in line with the 17.5:1 average for elementary schools in Florida. Eligibility for free or reduced-price lunch, often used to gauge student poverty, is 65%. Compared with the 48% average for public schools in Lee County, the school's rate is higher.
Test results at MIRROR LAKES ELEMENTARY SCHOOL are 3.5 points above what its free or reduced-price lunch share predicts (52.1% actual, 48.6% predicted).
In Lee County, median household income comes to about $76,107, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 31% of adults, and the poverty rate is about 8%. The county's public schools total 123, with about 102,524 students.
Straight-line distance to the nearest public school, EAST LEE COUNTY HIGH SCHOOL, is about 1.1 miles. There are at least 8 other public schools within five miles. MIRROR LAKES ELEMENTARY SCHOOL places 1st of 8 on proficiency among the closest schools that report scores.
On the NCES locale scale, the school is Suburb: Large.
The school's student count increased 22% between the 2020-21 and 2024-25 school years.
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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 LEHIGH ACRES
- LEHIGH SENIOR HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 2,550 students
- EAST LEE COUNTY HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 2,129 students
- VETERANS PARK ACADEMY FOR THE ARTSElementary · 1,937 students
- LEHIGH ACRES MIDDLE SCHOOLMiddle · 1,509 students
- SUNSHINE ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 1,456 students
- LEHIGH ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 1,207 students
Nearby schools
- EAST LEE COUNTY HIGH SCHOOL1.1 mi · 2,129
- AMANECER ELEMENTARY SCHOOL1.5 mi · 1,072
- LEHIGH ACRES MIDDLE SCHOOL1.6 mi · 1,509
- VETERANS PARK ACADEMY FOR THE ARTS2.3 mi · 1,937
- LEMUEL TEAL MIDDLE SCHOOL2.3 mi · 1,008
- DONNA J. BEASLEY TECHNICAL ACADEMY2.4 mi · 294
Frequently asked questions
About MIRROR LAKES ELEMENTARY SCHOOLWhat is the total enrollment at MIRROR LAKES ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
MIRROR LAKES ELEMENTARY SCHOOL enrolls approximately 1,237 students in grades PK-05.
What grades does MIRROR LAKES ELEMENTARY SCHOOL serve?
MIRROR LAKES ELEMENTARY SCHOOL serves grades PK-05.
What is the student-teacher ratio at MIRROR LAKES ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
The student-to-teacher ratio at MIRROR LAKES ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is approximately 17.3:1 (72 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at MIRROR LAKES ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
At MIRROR LAKES ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, the student body is approximately 15% White, 64% Hispanic, 16% Black, 0% Asian, 3% Two or more.
What district is MIRROR LAKES ELEMENTARY SCHOOL in?
MIRROR LAKES ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is part of LEE.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.