PINE ISLAND ELEMENTARY SCHOOL

PINE ISLAND ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is one of the rural-scale elementary-level communitys in BOKEELIA, Florida, one of the schools within LEE, with 227 students on its rolls from grades pre-K through 5. That puts it 62% smaller than the typical public school in Florida, which averages around 604 students.

Within LEE, which oversees 116 schools and 102,524 students, PINE ISLAND ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is one campus in the system.

In terms of who attends, PINE ISLAND ELEMENTARY SCHOOL lists that 58% of the student body identifies as White; the rest comes out to 38% Hispanic. By comparison, Lee County as a whole is about 67% White, so the school skews noticeably less White than its surroundings.

In terms of school funding signals, On paper, PINE ISLAND ELEMENTARY SCHOOL has 14 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 16.7:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 17.5:1, putting PINE ISLAND ELEMENTARY SCHOOL tighter than the state norm the norm. About 48% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy.

After controlling for student poverty, PINE ISLAND ELEMENTARY SCHOOL sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 57.3%; this one delivers 59.6%.

In the area at large, community-level numbers for Lee County indicate median household earnings sit near $76,107, roughly 31% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and the poverty rate sits near 8%. Across Lee County's 123 public schools (combined enrollment of about 102,524 students), PINE ISLAND ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is one campus in the mix.

Nearest neighbor: OASIS ELEMENTARY CHARTER SCHOOL-NORTH, around 5.4 miles off. Within ten miles, there are 8 other public schools, a sparser pattern than typical urban areas. Among the 9 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), PINE ISLAND ELEMENTARY SCHOOL ranks 8th on composite proficiency, beneath the local average of 66.1%.

The campus sits in an outlying setting.

Over the past 7-year window. Over the past 7-year window, the student count fell 3%: 235 students in 2018 compared to 227 in 2025. The White share of enrollment declined from 65% to 58% over that span. The student-to-teacher ratio rose from 12.4:1 in 2018 to 16.7:1 today.

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