TANGLEWOOD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL

Located at 1620 MANCHESTER BLVD, in FORT MYERS, Florida, TANGLEWOOD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is a moderately sized elementary-level community that works with 687 students (grades pre-K through 5), operated by LEE.

Within LEE, which oversees 116 schools and 102,524 students, TANGLEWOOD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is one campus in the system.

For racial and ethnic makeup, TANGLEWOOD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL shows that 45% of students identify as White, with the remaining enrollment distributed across several groups. The remainder reads as 40% Hispanic, 8% Black, 6% multiracial. By comparison, Lee County as a whole is about 67% White, so the school skews noticeably less White than its surroundings.

Looking at school resources, The school currently runs with 40 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 17.4:1. The state averages about 17.5:1, putting this campus right in line with peers. Roughly 40% of students at TANGLEWOOD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator.

After controlling for student poverty, TANGLEWOOD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 61.1% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 60.6%.

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 roughly 8% of residents live below the federal poverty line. In all, Lee County runs 123 public schools (combined enrollment of about 102,524 students), of which TANGLEWOOD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is one.

The closest other public school is VILLAS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, roughly 1.2 miles away. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around TANGLEWOOD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL. On composite proficiency, TANGLEWOOD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL comes 2nd of 4 in the immediate cluster, higher than the nearby-schools average of 59.6%.

The school occupies a downtown site.

Over the past 7-year window. Over the past 7-year window, the student count edged down 7%: 742 students in 2018 compared to 687 in 2025. Hispanic enrollment moved from 30% to 40% across the same window. The student-to-teacher ratio rose from 14.3:1 in 2018 to 17.4:1 today.

On the community side, recent activity here tends to focus on enrollment questions, classroom assignments, and PTA news. The community welcomes input from current and former families.