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Enrollment
963
Elementary
DISTRICT 805 · STATE 604
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·LEE·NCES 120108002076
PELICAN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
3525 SW 3RD AVE, CAPE CORAL, FL 33914 · (239) 549-4966 · Lee County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY12-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL963 STUDENTS
C+
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Scored higher than 44% of Florida public elementary schools
- B-Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- C+Beats 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
18.9:1
51 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 18.2:1 · STATE 17.5:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
50%
479 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 | 33 | 3% |
| Kindergarten | 135 | 14% |
| Grade 1 | 139 | 14% |
| Grade 2 | 155 | 16% |
| Grade 3 | 167 | 17% |
| Grade 4 | 158 | 16% |
| Grade 5 | 176 | 18% |
This year's kindergarten class (135) is 23% smaller than its 5th grade class (176).
Student demographics
60%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
50.3%
FL avg 56.7% . +0.6pp since 2023
Math
60.4%
FL avg 58.9% . +1.5pp since 2023
What this means: On the FAST / B.E.S.T., Florida's statewide test, about 50 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 60 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 1 points.
FAST / B.E.S.T. results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 50.3% | 60.4% |
| 2023-24 | 49.7% | 58.9% |
% 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
55.6%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
56.2%
based on FL schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-0.7pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 56% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 56% 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 PELICAN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
PELICAN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL's state test result (55.6% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| PELICAN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL this school | 963 | 49.7% | 55.6% |
| HICKORY TREE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL SAINT CLOUD | 1,078 | 47.7% | 58.4% |
| RIVER HALL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL ALVA | 913 | 50.2% | 46.6% |
| SKYLINE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL CAPE CORAL | 1,141 | 52.4% | 51.8% |
| DIPLOMAT ELEMENTARY SCHOOL CAPE CORAL | 1,066 | 51.8% | 66.5% |
| CALOOSA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL CAPE CORAL | 968 | 52.7% | 58.0% |
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 PELICAN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Florida | In Lee County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 55.6% | #1,058 of 2,136 | #19 of 58 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 60.4% | #1,078 of 2,149 ▼ 101 | #21 of 58 ▼ 4 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 50.3% | #1,289 of 2,149 ▼ 99 | #22 of 58 ▼ 3 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 963 | #229 of 2,267 | #19 of 61 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 18.9:1 | #1,821 of 2,077 | #31 of 57 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 60.3% | #868 of 2,108 | #17 of 58 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 49.7% | #1,308 of 2,188 | #40 of 59 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +2.4% | #528 of 621 | #30 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
963
+126 (+15%) vs 2020
-9% since 1990-91, when it was 1,055
Student : Teacher
18.9:1
was 17.1:1
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 | 963 | 51 | 18.9:1 | 50% (479) |
| 2023-24 | 919 | 45.6 | 20.1:1 | 55% (510) |
| 2022-23 | 917 | 49.8 | 18.4:1 | 49% (446) |
| 2020-21 | 837 | 49 | 17.1:1 | 46% (388) |
| 2017-18 | 940 | 62 | 15.2:1 | 51% (484) |
| 2015-16 | 914 | 57 | 16.0:1 | 50% (453) |
| 2010-11 | 993 | 66 | 15.1:1 | 61% (602) |
| 2000-01 | 984 | 53 | 18.6:1 | 38% (372) |
| 1990-91 | 1,055 | 55 | 19.2:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for PELICAN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL.
About PELICAN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
Located in CAPE CORAL, Florida, PELICAN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is a large elementary school. Enrollment stands at 963 students, covering pre-K through 5. That puts enrollment 59% above the 604-student average for elementary schools in Florida.
LEE includes 116 schools. Together they enroll 102,524 students.
The largest group at PELICAN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is Hispanic students, at 45%. Smaller groups are 44% White, 6% multiracial, and 5% Black. For comparison, the population of Lee County is roughly 25% Hispanic. On the diversity index, which measures the chance that two random students are from different groups, PELICAN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL scores 60%.
PELICAN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL reports a ratio of 18.9 students per teacher, from 51 full-time-equivalent teachers. The school's 18.9:1 compares with an average of 17.5:1 for elementary schools in Florida. Lunch program data show 50% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price meals. The average for public schools in Lee County is similar, at 48%.
PELICAN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL holds a C+ allk12 Grade, placing it above 44% of Florida public elementary schools.
PELICAN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL scores 55.6% on state tests, averaged across results. The predicted figure, based on its student poverty level, is 56.2%.
The county, Lee County, is where the school is located. 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 has 123 public schools and about 102,524 students.
CAPE CORAL HIGH SCHOOL is about 1.6 miles from PELICAN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, the shortest distance to any other public school. Other public schools within five miles: at least 8. PELICAN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL comes in 4th of 9 nearby schools on average proficiency.
Locale data from NCES put PELICAN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL inside a principal city with a population between 100,000 and 250,000 (City: Mid-size).
From 837 students in 2020-21, enrollment increased to 963 by 2024-25. The number of students per teacher increased from 17.1 to 18.9 over 4 years.
PELICAN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL has a community page on allk12 for topics such as special education services, counseling, and support programs. You can also rate the school on this page.
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
- 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 Pelican Elementary schools
2 other US public schools in 3 states are named Pelican Elementary. PELICAN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is the largest of the 3.
- Pelican ElementaryRhinelander, WI · 263 students
- Pelican Elementary SchoolKlamath Falls, OR · 257 students
Nearby schools
- CAPE CORAL HIGH SCHOOL1.6 mi · 2,008
- HERITAGE CHARTER ACADEMY OF CAPE CORAL1.9 mi · 234
- GULF MIDDLE SCHOOL2.0 mi · 901
- GULF ELEMENTARY SCHOOL2.0 mi · 1,193
- SKYLINE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL2.2 mi · 1,141
- IDA S. BAKER HIGH SCHOOL2.3 mi · 2,191
Frequently asked questions
About PELICAN ELEMENTARY SCHOOLWhat is the total enrollment at PELICAN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
PELICAN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL enrolls approximately 963 students in grades PK-05.
What age range does PELICAN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL serve?
PELICAN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL serves students from grade PK through grade 05.
What is the student-teacher ratio at PELICAN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
The student-to-teacher ratio at PELICAN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is approximately 18.9:1 (51 FTE teachers).
How diverse is PELICAN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
PELICAN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL reports a student body of 44% White, 45% Hispanic, 5% Black, 1% Asian, 6% Two or more.
Who oversees PELICAN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
PELICAN 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.