TRAFALGAR ELEMENTARY SCHOOL

Set in CAPE CORAL, Florida, TRAFALGAR ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is a sizable elementary campus, run under LEE. It enrolls 910 students across grades pre-K through 5. Enrollment runs roughly 51% larger than the state mean of about 604.

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

In terms of who attends, TRAFALGAR ELEMENTARY SCHOOL reports that the largest single group is Hispanic at 46%, but no single group is in the majority. The remainder comes out to 43% White, 4% Black, 4% multiracial, 2% Asian. The wider county runs roughly 25% Hispanic, putting the school's mix visibly more Hispanic than the area baseline.

Looking at the economic backdrop, The school reports having 51 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. An estimated 40% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal.

With demographic context factored in, TRAFALGAR ELEMENTARY SCHOOL tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 61.2% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 62.5%.

In the broader community, Lee County reports that median household earnings sit near $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%. TRAFALGAR ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is one of 123 public schools in Lee County (combined enrollment of about 102,524 students).

Nearest neighbor: TRAFALGAR MIDDLE SCHOOL, around 0.2 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around TRAFALGAR ELEMENTARY SCHOOL. On composite proficiency, TRAFALGAR ELEMENTARY SCHOOL comes 4th of 9 in the immediate cluster, ahead of the nearby-schools average of 61.3%.

TRAFALGAR ELEMENTARY SCHOOL operates from an urban location.

Five-year trend. TRAFALGAR ELEMENTARY SCHOOL's enrollment has ticked up 17% since 2018, when it stood at 781 (now 910). White enrollment moved from 60% to 43% across the same window. Class-load math has widened: from 14.5:1 in 2018 to 17.9:1 in 2025.

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