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Enrollment
954
Elementary
DISTRICT 805 · STATE 604
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·LEE·NCES 120108007328
PATRIOT ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
711 SW 18TH ST, CAPE CORAL, FL 33991 · (239) 242-1023 · Lee County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY12-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL954 STUDENTS
C+
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Scored higher than 39% of Florida public elementary schools
- C+Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- CBeats 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 elementary schools
Student : Teacher
19.1:1
50 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 18.2:1 · STATE 17.5:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
52%
497 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 | 19 | 2% |
| Kindergarten | 166 | 17% |
| Grade 1 | 168 | 18% |
| Grade 2 | 137 | 14% |
| Grade 3 | 137 | 14% |
| Grade 4 | 157 | 16% |
| Grade 5 | 170 | 18% |
This year's kindergarten class (166) is about the same size as its 5th grade class (170).
Student demographics
59%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
52.8%
FL avg 56.7% . +3.8pp since 2023
Math
52.2%
FL avg 58.9% . -4.6pp since 2023
What this means: On the FAST / B.E.S.T., Florida's statewide test, about 53 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 52 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 4 points since 2023, while math scores are down about 5 points.
FAST / B.E.S.T. results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 52.8% | 52.2% |
| 2023-24 | 49.0% | 56.8% |
% 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
52.8%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
55.1%
based on FL schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-2.3pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 53% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 55% 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 PATRIOT ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
PATRIOT ELEMENTARY SCHOOL's state test result (52.8% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| PATRIOT ELEMENTARY SCHOOL this school | 954 | 52.1% | 52.8% |
| MICHIGAN AVENUE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL SAINT CLOUD | 921 | 49.8% | 53.6% |
| DIPLOMAT ELEMENTARY SCHOOL CAPE CORAL | 1,066 | 51.8% | 66.5% |
| CALOOSA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL CAPE CORAL | 968 | 52.7% | 58.0% |
| RIVER HALL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL ALVA | 913 | 50.2% | 46.6% |
| SKYLINE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL CAPE CORAL | 1,141 | 52.4% | 51.8% |
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 PATRIOT ELEMENTARY SCHOOL ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Florida | In Lee County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 52.8% | #1,189 of 2,136 | #20 of 58 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 52.2% | #1,455 of 2,149 ▼ 374 | #29 of 58 ▼ 10 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 52.8% | #1,171 of 2,149 ▲ 51 | #19 of 58 ▲ 3 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 954 | #238 of 2,267 | #21 of 61 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 19.1:1 | #1,849 of 2,077 | #35 of 57 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 58.8% | #951 of 2,108 | #22 of 58 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 52.1% | #1,212 of 2,188 | #36 of 59 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +32.0% | #108 of 621 | #4 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
954
+239 (+33%) vs 2020
+34% since 2010-11, when it was 714
Student : Teacher
19.1:1
was 17.0:1
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 | 954 | 50 | 19.1:1 | 52% (497) |
| 2023-24 | 821 | 42 | 19.6:1 | 59% (488) |
| 2022-23 | 775 | 42 | 18.4:1 | 55% (430) |
| 2020-21 | 715 | 42 | 17.0:1 | 56% (399) |
| 2017-18 | 723 | 51 | 14.2:1 | 57% (411) |
| 2015-16 | 664 | 47 | 14.1:1 | 57% (381) |
| 2010-11 | 714 | 50 | 14.3:1 | 73% (524) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for PATRIOT ELEMENTARY SCHOOL.
About PATRIOT ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
In CAPE CORAL, Florida, part of Lee County, PATRIOT ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is an elementary school. The school enrolls 954 students, from pre-K through 5. Average enrollment for elementary schools in Florida is about 604, so this school runs 58% above that.
LEE enrolls 102,524 students in 116 schools, including PATRIOT ELEMENTARY SCHOOL.
Roughly 54% of students at PATRIOT ELEMENTARY SCHOOL are Hispanic. The rest of enrollment is 34% White, 7% Black, and 5% multiracial. Among all residents of Lee County, the Hispanic share is about 25%. The school's diversity index is 59%, meaning two students picked at random have a 59% chance of belonging to different racial or ethnic groups.
At PATRIOT ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, 50 full-time-equivalent teachers work with students, a ratio of about 19.1:1. On average, elementary schools in Florida have 17.5:1, compared with 19.1:1 here. Students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch make up 52% of enrollment.
allk12 grades PATRIOT ELEMENTARY SCHOOL a C+. The grade compares the school only with Florida public elementary schools, because each state gives its own test.
BeatsExpectations compares each school's average proficiency rate on state tests with a prediction based on free or reduced-price lunch eligibility. For PATRIOT ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, the prediction is 55.1% and the result is 52.8%.
Lee County has about 817,666 residents, and the median household income is $76,107, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 31%, and about 8% of people live in poverty. Besides PATRIOT ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, Lee County has 122 other public schools.
The nearest other public school, CHALLENGER MIDDLE SCHOOL, is about 0.1 miles away. There are at least 8 more public schools inside five miles. Among the 8 closest schools with test data, this one included, PATRIOT ELEMENTARY SCHOOL ranks 4th on average proficiency.
PATRIOT ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is inside a principal city with a population between 100,000 and 250,000, a location NCES labels City: Mid-size.
Over 4 years, PATRIOT ELEMENTARY SCHOOL's enrollment climbed 33%, to 954. By 2024-25, the school had 19.1 students per teacher, compared with 17.0 in 2020-21.
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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
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- 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
- MARINER HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 1,865 students
- ISLAND COAST HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 1,477 students
- GULF ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 1,193 students
- MID CAPE GLOBAL ACADEMYElementary · 1,145 students
Other Patriot Elementary schools
4 other US public schools in 5 states are named Patriot Elementary. PATRIOT ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is the 2nd largest of the 5.
- Patriot Elementary -06Box Elder, SD · 982 students
- Patriot ElementaryBakersfield, CA · 931 students
- Patriot Elementary SchoolFORT CARSON, CO · 523 students
- PATRIOT ELEMENTARYPAPILLION, NE · 361 students
Nearby schools
- CHALLENGER MIDDLE SCHOOL0.1 mi · 999
- SKYLINE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL0.3 mi · 1,141
- HERITAGE CHARTER ACADEMY OF CAPE CORAL1.1 mi · 234
- CAPE CORAL HIGH SCHOOL1.1 mi · 2,008
- TRAFALGAR ELEMENTARY SCHOOL1.7 mi · 910
- TRAFALGAR MIDDLE SCHOOL1.7 mi · 962
Frequently asked questions
About PATRIOT ELEMENTARY SCHOOLHow many students attend PATRIOT ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
PATRIOT ELEMENTARY SCHOOL enrolls approximately 954 students in grades PK-05.
What grades does PATRIOT ELEMENTARY SCHOOL serve?
PATRIOT ELEMENTARY SCHOOL serves grades PK-05.
What is the student-teacher ratio at PATRIOT ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
The student-to-teacher ratio at PATRIOT ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is approximately 19.1:1 (50 FTE teachers).
How diverse is PATRIOT ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
PATRIOT ELEMENTARY SCHOOL reports a student body of 34% White, 54% Hispanic, 7% Black, 1% Asian, 5% Two or more.
Who oversees PATRIOT ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
PATRIOT ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is overseen by LEE in Lee County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.