PINE RIDGE MIDDLE SCHOOL

PINE RIDGE MIDDLE SCHOOL is one of the mid-tier junior highs in NAPLES, Florida, overseen by COLLIER, with 791 students on its rolls from grades 6 through 8.

COLLIER comprises 69 schools with combined enrollment of 48,252 students; PINE RIDGE MIDDLE SCHOOL is among them.

For racial and ethnic makeup, PINE RIDGE MIDDLE SCHOOL reports that the largest single group is White at 45%, but no single group is in the majority. The remainder breaks down as 44% Hispanic, 4% Black, 3% multiracial, 3% Asian. That is noticeably less White than the county at large, where the share is closer to 65%.

In terms of school funding signals, On paper, PINE RIDGE MIDDLE SCHOOL has 42 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 18.7:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 19.6:1, putting PINE RIDGE MIDDLE SCHOOL tighter than the state norm the norm. About 43% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), PINE RIDGE MIDDLE SCHOOL performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 59.8%, the actual is 68.5%, a residual of +8.8 points.

Zooming out to the county, Collier County reports that the typical household earns roughly $90,045 per year, 40% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 7%. Across Collier County's 75 public schools (combined enrollment of about 48,252 students), PINE RIDGE MIDDLE SCHOOL is one campus in the mix.

SEA GATE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is the nearest neighboring public school, about 1.1 miles from this campus. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts PINE RIDGE MIDDLE SCHOOL at 6th of 8; the average score across the group is 72.4%.

The campus sits in a commuter-belt setting.

Five-year trend. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at PINE RIDGE MIDDLE SCHOOL has edged down 24%, going from 1,044 students in 2018 to 791 in 2025. Over the same period, the Hispanic share ticked up from 30% to 44%.

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