SABAL PALM ELEMENTARY SCHOOL

As an average-sized K-5 school in NAPLES, Florida, SABAL PALM ELEMENTARY SCHOOL teaches 792 students from grades pre-K through 5, overseen by COLLIER. That puts it 31% larger than the typical public school in Florida, which averages around 604 students.

COLLIER runs 69 schools in total, collectively educating 48,252 students. SABAL PALM ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is one of those campuses.

Looking at the student body, SABAL PALM ELEMENTARY SCHOOL lists that 66% of the student body identifies as Hispanic. The remainder breaks down as 24% White, 7% Black. By comparison, Collier County as a whole is about 28% Hispanic, so the school skews considerably more Hispanic than its surroundings.

On the resource side, The school lists 54 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 14.7:1. The state averages around 17.5:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. Around 70% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. By comparison, Collier County runs at roughly 48%, so the school's eligibility rate is meaningfully above the surrounding baseline.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), SABAL PALM ELEMENTARY SCHOOL performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 46.2%, the actual is 59.7%, a residual of +13.5 points.

In the surrounding community, ACS estimates for Collier County put median household earnings sit near $90,045, roughly 40% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 7% of residents live below the federal poverty line. SABAL PALM ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is one of 75 public schools in Collier County (combined enrollment of about 48,252 students).

Nearest neighbor: CYPRESS PALM MIDDLE SCHOOL, around 0.1 miles off. Within five miles, there are 5 other public schools. On composite proficiency, SABAL PALM ELEMENTARY SCHOOL comes 5th of 9 in the immediate cluster, beneath the nearby-schools average of 61.8%.

The school occupies an outlying site.

Five-year trend. Over the past 7-year window, the student count rose 41%: 562 students in 2018 compared to 792 in 2025. White enrollment moved from 32% to 24% across the same window.

In the discussion threads here, members of the SABAL PALM ELEMENTARY SCHOOL community share and discuss open house dates, ride-share offers, and field-trip permission slips. Contributors range from current parents to recent graduates and teachers.