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SPRING CREEK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
Test scores
FAST / B.E.S.T. 2024-25 . % at Level 3 or AboveWhat this means: On the FAST / B.E.S.T., Florida's statewide test, about 41 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 63 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Florida schools, those numbers are about 57 and 59. Reading and writing scores are down about 5 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 9 points.
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyWhat this means: About 50% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 55% 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%.
7-year change
SY 2017-18 vs SY 2024-25About SPRING CREEK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
SPRING CREEK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is a middle-of-the-pack elementary-level community in BONITA SPRINGS, Florida, run under LEE. The school serves 664 students in grades pre-K through 5.
Within LEE, which oversees 116 schools and 102,524 students, SPRING CREEK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is one campus in the system.
Looking at the student body, SPRING CREEK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL logs that the student body is overwhelmingly Hispanic (85%); the rest reads as 13% White. That is meaningfully more Hispanic than the county at large, where the share is closer to 25%.
On the resource side, The school reports having 37 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 17.9:1. The state averages about 17.5:1, putting this campus right in line with peers. About 52% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal.
On a demographically-adjusted basis, SPRING CREEK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 55.0%; this one delivers 49.7%.
In the area at large, Lee County reports that median household income runs about $76,107, about 31% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 8%. SPRING CREEK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is one of 123 public schools in Lee County (combined enrollment of about 102,524 students).
BONITA SPRINGS CHARTER SCHOOL is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.6 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 7 other public schools cluster around SPRING CREEK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL. Among the 9 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), SPRING CREEK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL ranks 5th on composite proficiency, beneath the local average of 51.7%.
SPRING CREEK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL operates from a suburban location.
Five-year trend. SPRING CREEK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL's enrollment has declined 11% since 2018, when it stood at 745 (now 664). The student-to-teacher ratio widened from 14.1:1 in 2018 to 17.9:1 today.
Within the allk12 community for this school, recent activity here tends to focus on pickup logistics, teacher feedback, and after-school programs. Parents, students, alumni, and staff are welcome to weigh in.
Lee County at a glance
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