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Enrollment
804
Elementary
DISTRICT 805 · STATE 604
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·LEE·NCES 120108001145
TROPIC ISLES ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
5145 ORANGE GROVE BLVD, NORTH FORT MYERS, FL 33903 · (239) 995-4704 · Lee County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL804 STUDENTS
C
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Scored higher than 30% of Florida public elementary schools
- CTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- C+Beats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- ·Three-year trend Not available for this school, so the grade uses the other parts.
Grades compare a school only with schools in the same state, because every state gives its own test. How grades work · Top-graded Florida public elementary schools
Student : Teacher
18.0:1
45 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 18.2:1 · STATE 17.5:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
67%
536 students
DISTRICT 49% · STATE 50%
Community
6
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other elementary schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Pre-K | 42 | 5% |
| Kindergarten | 127 | 16% |
| Grade 1 | 113 | 14% |
| Grade 2 | 105 | 13% |
| Grade 3 | 164 | 20% |
| Grade 4 | 104 | 13% |
| Grade 5 | 149 | 19% |
This year's kindergarten class (127) is 15% smaller than its 5th grade class (149).
Student demographics
63%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 63% · STATE 70% · US 70%
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. District, state, and US figures are each group's share of all public school students in that area (US excludes territories). Very small groups may be suppressed in the source, so categories do not always sum exactly to total enrollment.
Gender split
Test scores
FAST / B.E.S.T. 2024-25 . % at Level 3 or AboveEnglish Language Arts
47.9%
FL avg 56.7% . +5.8pp since 2023
Math
53.1%
FL avg 58.9% . +1.8pp since 2023
What this means: On the FAST / B.E.S.T., Florida's statewide test, about 48 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 53 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Florida schools, those numbers are about 57 and 59. Reading and writing scores are up about 6 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 2 points.
FAST / B.E.S.T. results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 47.9% | 53.1% |
| 2023-24 | 42.1% | 51.3% |
% at Level 3 or Above, all students and all tested grades.
Source: FAST / B.E.S.T.. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyTier
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
46.4%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
47.8%
based on FL schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-1.4pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 46% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 48% typical for Florida schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations measures results against demographically similar schools rather than by raw scores, and this school falls within the typical range, neither among Florida's top nor bottom 10%.
BeatsExpectations runs a per-state regression of proficiency on free/reduced-lunch share, then scores each school by residual. How this is calculated →
Schools most like TROPIC ISLES ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
TROPIC ISLES ELEMENTARY SCHOOL's state test result (46.4% proficient) is higher than 0 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| TROPIC ISLES ELEMENTARY SCHOOL this school | 804 | 66.7% | 46.4% |
| DELTONA LAKES ELEMENTARY SCHOOL DELTONA | 731 | 63.3% | 55.0% |
| CASSELBERRY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL CASSELBERRY | 716 | 68.0% | 66.7% |
| R. BRUCE WAGNER ELEMENTARY SCHOOL LAKELAND | 899 | 65.0% | 55.3% |
| DISCOVERY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL DELTONA | 653 | 68.0% | 47.1% |
| DUNDEE ELEMENTARY ACADEMY DUNDEE | 657 | 63.8% | 64.6% |
Matched among Florida elementary schools on enrollment, the share of students from low-income families (eligible for free or reduced-price lunch), and racial and ethnic makeup. Proficient is the average share of students meeting the state standard across all of the school's state tests in 2023-24 and 2024-25, the same combined score our test-score rankings use. Online schools and schools serving specialized populations are not matched.
Where TROPIC ISLES ELEMENTARY SCHOOL ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Florida | In Lee County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 46.4% | #1,513 of 2,136 | #35 of 58 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 53.1% | #1,409 of 2,149 ▼ 84 | #27 of 58 ▲ 5 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 47.9% | #1,405 of 2,149 ▲ 130 | #27 of 58 ▲ 7 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 804 | #457 of 2,267 | #30 of 61 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 18.0:1 | #1,695 of 2,077 | #26 of 57 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 62.8% | #710 of 2,108 | #10 of 58 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 66.7% | #602 of 2,188 | #13 of 59 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -15.2% | #698 of 1,374 | #7 of 24 |
Ranked against other public elementary schools. Online schools are left out of every list, and test-score lists leave out schools that serve specialized populations. Each rank links to the full list. Arrows under a test-score rank show places moved since the prior test year, among schools tested both years.
4-year change
SY 2020-21 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
804
+27 (+3%) vs 2020
-26% since 1990-91, when it was 1,090
Student : Teacher
18.0:1
was 15.5:1
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
Enrollment and staffing by year
| School year | Students | Teachers (FTE) | Students per teacher | Free and reduced lunch |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 804 | 44.6 | 18.0:1 | 67% (536) |
| 2023-24 | 818 | 41 | 19.9:1 | 72% (585) |
| 2022-23 | 800 | 43 | 18.6:1 | 70% (556) |
| 2020-21 | 777 | 50 | 15.5:1 | 68% (527) |
| 2017-18 | 948 | 65 | 14.6:1 | 66% (623) |
| 2015-16 | 961 | 67 | 14.3:1 | 67% (647) |
| 2010-11 | 917 | 61 | 15.0:1 | 81% (741) |
| 2000-01 | 991 | 53 | 18.7:1 | 67% (660) |
| 1990-91 | 1,090 | 54 | 20.2:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for TROPIC ISLES ELEMENTARY SCHOOL.
About TROPIC ISLES ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
TROPIC ISLES ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is a public mid-sized elementary school in NORTH FORT MYERS, Florida. The school has 804 students in 2024-25 across pre-K through 5. That compares with an average of about 604 students for elementary schools in Florida.
LEE includes 116 schools. Together they enroll 102,524 students.
Of every 100 students at TROPIC ISLES ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, about 51 are Hispanic. After that, the student body is 30% White, 12% Black, and 5% multiracial. Among all residents of Lee County, the Hispanic share is about 25%. The diversity index for TROPIC ISLES ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is 63%. For US public schools as a whole it is 70%.
TROPIC ISLES ELEMENTARY SCHOOL has a student-to-teacher ratio of 18.0:1, with 44.6 full-time-equivalent teachers. The 17.5:1 average for elementary schools in Florida is close to this figure. The school has 67% of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. Public schools in Lee County average 48%.
TROPIC ISLES ELEMENTARY SCHOOL holds a C allk12 Grade, placing it above 30% of Florida public elementary schools.
On BeatsExpectations, TROPIC ISLES ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is 1.4 points below its prediction, a result in the middle 80% of Florida schools.
Looking at the county, Lee County, median household income comes to about $76,107, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 31% of adults, and the poverty rate is about 8%. The county has 123 public schools and about 102,524 students.
NORTH FORT MYERS HIGH SCHOOL, about 0.2 miles away, is the closest public school. Other public schools within five miles number at least 8. TROPIC ISLES ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is 6th of 8 nearby schools by average proficiency rate.
The school's setting, by NCES definition, is Suburb: Large: in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
Enrollment figures show a rise of 27 students from 2020-21 to 2024-25. By 2024-25, the school had 18.0 students per teacher, compared with 15.5 in 2020-21.
The discussion board for TROPIC ISLES ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is open to topics like special education services, counseling, and support programs. Teachers and staff are welcome to share updates too.
Lee County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
817,666
Census ACS
Median income
$76,107
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
31%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
8%
Below federal line
Schools in county
123
102,524 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in LEE
- GATEWAY CHARTER SCHOOLCombined · 3,192 students
- LEHIGH SENIOR HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 2,550 students
- GATEWAY HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 2,343 students
- IDA S. BAKER HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 2,191 students
- EAST LEE COUNTY HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 2,129 students
- CAPE CORAL HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 2,008 students
Other schools in NORTH FORT MYERS
- NORTH FORT MYERS HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 1,938 students
- NORTH FORT MYERS ACADEMY FOR THE ARTSElementary · 1,353 students
- HANCOCK CREEK ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 814 students
- DR CARRIE D ROBINSON LITTLETON ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 640 students
- J. COLIN ENGLISH ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 530 students
- NORTHERN PALMS CHARTER HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 92 students
Nearby schools
- NORTH FORT MYERS HIGH SCHOOL0.2 mi · 1,938
- HANCOCK CREEK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL1.3 mi · 814
- NORTHERN PALMS CHARTER HIGH SCHOOL2.0 mi · 92
- DR CARRIE D ROBINSON LITTLETON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL2.1 mi · 640
- CALOOSA MIDDLE SCHOOL2.1 mi · 1,018
- J. COLIN ENGLISH ELEMENTARY SCHOOL2.2 mi · 530
Frequently asked questions
About TROPIC ISLES ELEMENTARY SCHOOLWhat is the total enrollment at TROPIC ISLES ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
TROPIC ISLES ELEMENTARY SCHOOL enrolls approximately 804 students in grades PK-05.
Is TROPIC ISLES ELEMENTARY SCHOOL an elementary, middle, or high school?
TROPIC ISLES ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is an elementary school covering grades PK-05.
What is the student-teacher ratio at TROPIC ISLES ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
The student-to-teacher ratio at TROPIC ISLES ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is approximately 18.0:1 (45 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at TROPIC ISLES ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
At TROPIC ISLES ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, the student body is approximately 30% White, 51% Hispanic, 12% Black, 1% Asian, 5% Two or more.
Is TROPIC ISLES ELEMENTARY SCHOOL public or private?
TROPIC ISLES ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is a public K-12 school, overseen by LEE.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.