TORTUGA PRESERVE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL

Located at 1711 GUNNERY RD N, in LEHIGH ACRES, Florida, TORTUGA PRESERVE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is a well-populated elementary campus that serves 1,172 students (grades pre-K through 5), run under LEE. Enrollment runs roughly 94% above the state mean of about 604.

Across the 116 schools in LEE (102,524 students total), TORTUGA PRESERVE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

For racial and ethnic makeup, TORTUGA PRESERVE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL shows that Hispanic students make up the majority at 63%. Other groups include 20% Black, 14% White, 3% multiracial. That is visibly more Hispanic than the county at large, where the share is closer to 25%.

On the resource side, On paper, TORTUGA PRESERVE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL has 48 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 24.4:1. The state averages around 17.5:1, so this campus is higher than the state norm typical. About 58% of enrolled students meet the income threshold 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 somewhat above typical.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), TORTUGA PRESERVE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is in the bottom 10% of Florida public schools. The BeatsExpectations model predicts schools with this FRL share to land around 52.4%; TORTUGA PRESERVE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL posts 35.2%, -17.1 points below that line.

In the surrounding community, Lee County reports that the typical household earns roughly $76,107 per year, 31% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 8%. TORTUGA PRESERVE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is one of 123 public schools in Lee County (combined enrollment of about 102,524 students).

Nearest neighbor: LEHIGH SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL, around 0.5 miles off. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts TORTUGA PRESERVE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL at 8th of 8; the average score across the group is 42.6%.

The campus sits in an outer-ring setting.

Looking at the recent track record. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at TORTUGA PRESERVE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL has increased 18%, going from 995 students in 2018 to 1,172 in 2025. Hispanic enrollment moved from 51% to 63% across the same window. The student-to-teacher ratio loosened from 12.9:1 in 2018 to 24.4:1 today.

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