TRAFALGAR MIDDLE SCHOOL

As a mid-sized intermediate school in CAPE CORAL, Florida, TRAFALGAR MIDDLE SCHOOL serves 962 students from grades 6 through 8, one of the schools within LEE. By comparison, Florida's public schools average about 794 students each, so TRAFALGAR MIDDLE SCHOOL sits 21% above that benchmark.

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

For racial and ethnic makeup, TRAFALGAR MIDDLE SCHOOL shows that the most-represented group is White (45%), with the rest of the student body spread across multiple groups. Other groups include 44% Hispanic, 5% Black, 5% multiracial. The wider county runs roughly 67% White, putting the school's mix visibly less White than the area baseline.

In terms of school funding signals, TRAFALGAR MIDDLE SCHOOL shows 52 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 18.7:1. The state averages around 19.6:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. About 34% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy. By comparison, Lee County runs at roughly 48%, so the school's eligibility rate is lower than the surrounding baseline.

With demographic context factored in, TRAFALGAR MIDDLE SCHOOL tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 64.0% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 61.1%.

In the area at large, community-level numbers for Lee County indicate median household earnings sit near $76,107, about 31% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and roughly 8% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Across Lee County's 123 public schools (combined enrollment of about 102,524 students), TRAFALGAR MIDDLE SCHOOL is one campus in the mix.

TRAFALGAR ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.2 miles from this campus. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Among the 9 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), TRAFALGAR MIDDLE SCHOOL ranks 6th on composite proficiency, behind the local average of 61.4%.

TRAFALGAR MIDDLE SCHOOL operates from a downtown location.

Over the past 7-year window. TRAFALGAR MIDDLE SCHOOL's enrollment has grew 7% since 2018, when it stood at 898 (now 962). The White share of enrollment contracted from 60% to 45% over that span. The student-to-teacher ratio rose from 17.6:1 in 2018 to 18.7:1 today.

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