VILLAS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL

VILLAS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is a primary school of reasonably sized scale in FORT MYERS, Florida, overseen by LEE, serveing 784 students in grades pre-K through 5. That puts it 30% larger than the typical public school in Florida, which averages around 604 students.

LEE comprises 116 schools with combined enrollment of 102,524 students; VILLAS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is among them.

In terms of who attends, VILLAS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL reports that Hispanic students make up the majority at 73%. Other groups include 13% White, 10% Black, 3% multiracial. That is noticeably more Hispanic than the county at large, where the share is closer to 25%.

In terms of school funding signals, The school lists 54 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 14.5:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 17.5:1 average. Around 58% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. Set against Lee County (around 48%), the school's rate is noticeably above typical.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), VILLAS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 51.9%, the actual is 48.0%, a residual of -3.9 points.

Zooming out to the county, community-level numbers for Lee County indicate the typical household earns roughly $76,107 per year, 31% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 8%. VILLAS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is one of 123 public schools in Lee County (combined enrollment of about 102,524 students).

The closest other public school is LEE COUNTY ACCELERATION ACADEMIES, roughly 0.6 miles away. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. On composite proficiency, VILLAS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL comes 3rd of 6 in the immediate cluster, beneath the nearby-schools average of 50.8%.

The school occupies an outer-ring site.

Trend over the last 7 years. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at VILLAS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL has declined 9%, going from 862 students in 2018 to 784 in 2025. The Hispanic share of enrollment edged up from 65% to 73% over that span. Class-load math has loosened: from 12.9:1 in 2018 to 14.5:1 in 2025.

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