VARSITY LAKES MIDDLE SCHOOL

VARSITY LAKES MIDDLE SCHOOL operates as an average-sized middle-grades school in LEHIGH ACRES, Florida, run under LEE. Current enrollment sits at 1,009 students spanning grades 6 through 8. Enrollment runs roughly 27% larger than the state mean of about 794.

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

Looking at the student body, VARSITY LAKES MIDDLE SCHOOL shows that 62% of the student body identifies as Hispanic. Other groups include 25% Black, 9% White, 2% multiracial. By comparison, Lee County as a whole is about 25% Hispanic, so the school skews noticeably more Hispanic than its surroundings.

Looking at school resources, The school reports having 46 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 22.0:1. The state averages around 19.6:1, so this campus is higher than the state norm typical. About 54% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, VARSITY LAKES MIDDLE SCHOOL performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 54.4%, the actual is 40.8%, a residual of -13.6 points.

In the area at large, census data for Lee County shows median household income runs about $76,107, roughly 31% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 8% of residents live below the federal poverty line. VARSITY LAKES MIDDLE SCHOOL is one of 123 public schools in Lee County (combined enrollment of about 102,524 students).

The closest other public school is LEHIGH SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL, roughly 0.3 miles away. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts VARSITY LAKES MIDDLE SCHOOL at 4th of 8; the average score across the group is 41.8%.

The school occupies an outer-ring site.

Looking at the recent track record. Over the past 7-year window, the student count ticked down 19%: 1,242 students in 2018 compared to 1,009 in 2025. The White share of enrollment ticked down from 21% to 9% over that span. The student-to-teacher ratio rose from 16.6:1 in 2018 to 22.0:1 today.

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