NAPLES PARK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL

Set in NAPLES, Florida, NAPLES PARK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is an intimate elementary-level community, overseen by COLLIER. It instructs 384 students across grades pre-K through 5. Compared to the state average of about 604 students per school, that is 36% smaller than typical.

NAPLES PARK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is one of 69 schools operated by COLLIER, a district that instructs 48,252 students overall.

For racial and ethnic makeup, NAPLES PARK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL reports that the most-represented group is Hispanic (52%), with the rest of the student body spread across multiple groups. Beyond that, the school logs 37% White, 4% Black, 4% multiracial. The wider county runs roughly 28% Hispanic, putting the school's mix meaningfully more Hispanic than the area baseline.

In terms of school funding signals, The school lists 32 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 12.0:1. The state averages around 17.5:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. Around 61% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. By comparison, Collier County runs at roughly 48%, so the school's eligibility rate is higher than the surrounding baseline.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), NAPLES PARK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL ranks in the top 10% of Florida public schools. The BeatsExpectations model, a per-state regression of composite proficiency on FRL share, predicts schools with this student profile to land around 50.6%; NAPLES PARK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL posts 67.1%, +16.5 points above that line.

In the area at large, community-level numbers for Collier County indicate 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%. Across Collier County's 75 public schools (combined enrollment of about 48,252 students), NAPLES PARK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is one campus in the mix.

The closest other public school is AUBREY ROGERS HIGH SCHOOL, roughly 2.4 miles away. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. Among the 9 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), NAPLES PARK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL ranks 6th on composite proficiency, above the local average of 65.2%.

The school occupies a residential site.

Looking at the recent track record. Over the past 7-year window, the student count shrank 13%: 439 students in 2018 compared to 384 in 2025. Hispanic enrollment moved from 44% to 52% across the same window.

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