SOUTHWEST FLORIDA JUVENILE DETENTION CENTER

Set in FORT MYERS, Florida, SOUTHWEST FLORIDA JUVENILE DETENTION CENTER is a minimally staffed 9-12 campus, one of the schools within LEE. It enrolls 41 students across grades 5 through 12. That puts it 96% below the typical public school in Florida, which averages around 1,035 students.

SOUTHWEST FLORIDA JUVENILE DETENTION CENTER is one of 116 schools operated by LEE, a district that instructs 102,524 students overall.

In terms of who attends, SOUTHWEST FLORIDA JUVENILE DETENTION CENTER lists that 37% of students identify as White, with the remaining enrollment distributed across several groups. Beyond that, the school logs 37% Black, 24% Hispanic, 2% Asian. The wider county runs roughly 67% White, putting the school's mix visibly less White than the area baseline.

On the income-and-resources front, On paper, SOUTHWEST FLORIDA JUVENILE DETENTION CENTER has 4 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 11.7:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 23.5:1, putting SOUTHWEST FLORIDA JUVENILE DETENTION CENTER tighter than the state norm the norm. An estimated 37% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. That share is south of Lee County's rate of about 48%.

Around the school, census data for Lee County shows 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%. In all, Lee County runs 123 public schools (combined enrollment of about 102,524 students), of which SOUTHWEST FLORIDA JUVENILE DETENTION CENTER is one.

FORT MYERS ACADEMY is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.0 miles from this campus. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius.

The campus sits in a high-density setting.

Five-year trend. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at SOUTHWEST FLORIDA JUVENILE DETENTION CENTER has decreased 23%, going from 53 students in 2018 to 41 in 2025. Over the same period, the Black share edged up from 28% to 37%. The student-to-teacher ratio loosened from 10.6:1 in 2018 to 11.7:1 today.

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