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Enrollment
736
Elementary
DISTRICT 805 · STATE 604
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·LEE·NCES 120108003949
RAY V. POTTORF ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
4600 CHALLENGER BLVD, FORT MYERS, FL 33966 · (239) 274-3932 · Lee County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY13-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL736 STUDENTS
C-
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Scored higher than 23% of Florida public elementary schools
- CTest 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
16.9:1
44 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 18.2:1 · STATE 17.5:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
55%
404 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 | 21 | 3% |
| Kindergarten | 132 | 18% |
| Grade 1 | 121 | 16% |
| Grade 2 | 104 | 14% |
| Grade 3 | 135 | 18% |
| Grade 4 | 100 | 14% |
| Grade 5 | 123 | 17% |
This year's kindergarten class (132) is 7% larger than its 5th grade class (123).
Student demographics
66%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
45.1%
FL avg 56.7% . +0.9pp since 2023
Math
51.4%
FL avg 58.9% . +4.7pp since 2023
What this means: On the FAST / B.E.S.T., Florida's statewide test, about 45 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 51 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 5 points.
FAST / B.E.S.T. results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 45.1% | 51.4% |
| 2023-24 | 44.2% | 46.6% |
% 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
46.8%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
53.7%
based on FL schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-6.9pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 47% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 54% 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 RAY V. POTTORF ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
RAY V. POTTORF ELEMENTARY SCHOOL's state test result (46.8% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| RAY V. POTTORF ELEMENTARY SCHOOL this school | 736 | 54.9% | 46.8% |
| DREAM LAKE ELEMENTARY APOPKA | 674 | 55.6% | 53.2% |
| INNOVATION PREPARATORY ACADEMY OF SOUTH FT. MYERS FORT MYERS | 770 | 54.9% | 32.5% |
| CORR ELEMENTARY SCHOOL GIBSONTON | 696 | 57.6% | 38.5% |
| SAMUEL S. GAINES ACADEMY OF EMERGING TECHNOLOGIES FORT PIERCE | 786 | 56.0% | 57.1% |
| ORANGEWOOD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL FORT MYERS | 679 | 58.3% | 38.4% |
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 RAY V. POTTORF ELEMENTARY SCHOOL ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Florida | In Lee County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 46.8% | #1,495 of 2,136 | #33 of 58 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 51.4% | #1,489 of 2,149 ▲ 65 | #31 of 58 ▲ 9 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 45.1% | #1,539 of 2,149 ▼ 106 | #31 of 58 no change |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 736 | #605 of 2,267 | #35 of 61 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 16.9:1 | #1,393 of 2,077 | #9 of 57 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 65.6% | #521 of 2,108 | #6 of 58 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 54.9% | #1,100 of 2,188 | #31 of 59 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +3.8% | #478 of 621 | #27 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
736
+79 (+12%) vs 2020
+13% since 2010-11, when it was 650
Student : Teacher
16.9:1
was 16.4:1
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 | 736 | 43.6 | 16.9:1 | 55% (404) |
| 2023-24 | 652 | 37 | 17.6:1 | 59% (382) |
| 2022-23 | 753 | 45 | 16.7:1 | 60% (453) |
| 2020-21 | 657 | 40 | 16.4:1 | 70% (462) |
| 2017-18 | 709 | 54 | 13.1:1 | 83% (590) |
| 2015-16 | 711 | 49 | 14.5:1 | 82% (583) |
| 2010-11 | 650 | 46 | 14.1:1 | 94% (608) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for RAY V. POTTORF ELEMENTARY SCHOOL.
About RAY V. POTTORF ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
RAY V. POTTORF ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, a mid-sized elementary school, is located in FORT MYERS, Florida. There are 736 students enrolled, covering pre-K through 5. On average, elementary schools in Florida enroll around 604, and this school is 22% larger than that mark.
LEE enrolls 102,524 students in 116 schools, including RAY V. POTTORF ELEMENTARY SCHOOL.
No group is above 50% at RAY V. POTTORF ELEMENTARY SCHOOL; the largest is Hispanic, at 47%. The rest of enrollment is 31% Black, 14% White, 4% multiracial, and 2% Asian. Among all residents of Lee County, the Hispanic share is about 25%. The diversity index for RAY V. POTTORF ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is 66%. For US public schools as a whole it is 70%.
There are 43.6 full-time-equivalent teachers at the school, a ratio of 16.9:1. The average ratio among elementary schools in Florida is similar, at 17.5:1. On the income side, 55% of students qualify for free or reduced-price lunch.
On the allk12 Grade, RAY V. POTTORF ELEMENTARY SCHOOL lands at C-, ahead of 23% of Florida public elementary schools.
On BeatsExpectations, RAY V. POTTORF ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is 6.9 points below its prediction, a result in the middle 80% of Florida schools.
The school is in Lee County, where median household income comes to about $76,107, 31% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 8% of people live in poverty. Lee County's 123 public schools enroll about 102,524 students and include RAY V. POTTORF ELEMENTARY SCHOOL.
Straight-line distance to the nearest public school, PAUL LAURENCE DUNBAR MIDDLE SCHOOL, is about 0.2 miles. Around the school, at least 8 other public schools are within five miles. Of the 4 nearby schools with scores, including this one, RAY V. POTTORF ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is 2nd on average proficiency.
Federal records code the school's setting as City: Small.
Enrollment figures show a rise of 79 students from 2020-21 to 2024-25.
RAY V. POTTORF ELEMENTARY SCHOOL has a community page on allk12 for topics such as pickup and drop-off, after-school programs, and teacher feedback. Teachers and staff are welcome to share updates too.
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 FORT MYERS
- GATEWAY CHARTER SCHOOLCombined · 3,192 students
- GATEWAY HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 2,343 students
- RIVERDALE HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 1,916 students
- FORT MYERS HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 1,835 students
- DUNBAR HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 1,734 students
- SOUTH FORT MYERS HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 1,693 students
Nearby schools
- PAUL LAURENCE DUNBAR MIDDLE SCHOOL0.2 mi · 999
- COLONIAL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL1.7 mi · 661
- SOUTHWEST FLORIDA JUVENILE DETENTION CENTER2.2 mi · 41
- FORT MYERS ACADEMY2.2 mi · 18
- TREELINE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL2.3 mi · 1,057
- LEE COUNTY VIRTUAL FRANCHISE2.3 mi · 796
Frequently asked questions
About RAY V. POTTORF ELEMENTARY SCHOOLHow many students attend RAY V. POTTORF ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
RAY V. POTTORF ELEMENTARY SCHOOL enrolls approximately 736 students in grades PK-05.
What age range does RAY V. POTTORF ELEMENTARY SCHOOL serve?
RAY V. POTTORF ELEMENTARY SCHOOL serves students from grade PK through grade 05.
How many teachers does RAY V. POTTORF ELEMENTARY SCHOOL have?
RAY V. POTTORF ELEMENTARY SCHOOL employs 44 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 16.9:1.
How diverse is RAY V. POTTORF ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
RAY V. POTTORF ELEMENTARY SCHOOL reports a student body of 14% White, 47% Hispanic, 31% Black, 2% Asian, 4% Two or more.
Who oversees RAY V. POTTORF ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
RAY V. POTTORF 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.