THE ALVA SCHOOL

THE ALVA SCHOOL operates as an expansive K-5 school in ALVA, Florida, operated by LEE. Current enrollment sits at 1,203 students spanning grades pre-K through 8. That puts it 99% larger than the typical public school in Florida, which averages around 604 students.

LEE runs 116 schools in total, collectively educating 102,524 students. THE ALVA SCHOOL is one of those campuses.

Looking at the student body, THE ALVA SCHOOL lists that White students make up the majority at 66%. Other groups include 28% Hispanic, 4% Black, 2% multiracial. That mix tracks the wider county fairly closely.

Looking at school resources, Staff filings list 63 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 19.1:1 students per teacher. The state averages around 17.5:1, so this campus is higher than the state norm typical. An estimated 38% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. Set against Lee County (around 48%), the school's rate is south of typical.

With demographic context factored in, THE ALVA SCHOOL performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 62.2%, the actual is 62.5%, a residual of +0.3 points.

Across the wider county, Lee County reports that the typical household earns roughly $76,107 per year, 31% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 8%. In all, Lee County runs 123 public schools (combined enrollment of about 102,524 students), of which THE ALVA SCHOOL is one.

Nearest neighbor: RIVER HALL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, around 6.0 miles off. Within ten miles, there are 8 other public schools, a sparser pattern than typical urban areas. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts THE ALVA SCHOOL at 1st of 7; the average score across the group is 44.2%.

Geographically, the school is in a low-density area.

Five-year trend. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at THE ALVA SCHOOL has rose 19%, going from 1,010 students in 2018 to 1,203 in 2025. The White share of enrollment contracted from 70% to 66% over that span. The student-to-teacher ratio rose from 15.8:1 in 2018 to 19.1:1 today.

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