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Enrollment
784
Elementary
DISTRICT 805 · STATE 604
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·LEE·NCES 120108001146
VILLAS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
8385 BEACON BLVD, FORT MYERS, FL 33907 · (239) 936-3776 · Lee County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL784 STUDENTS
C
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Scored higher than 28% 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.
- CBeats 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
14.5:1
54 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 18.2:1 · STATE 17.5:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
58%
458 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 | 35 | 4% |
| Kindergarten | 106 | 14% |
| Grade 1 | 114 | 15% |
| Grade 2 | 135 | 17% |
| Grade 3 | 128 | 16% |
| Grade 4 | 121 | 15% |
| Grade 5 | 145 | 18% |
This year's kindergarten class (106) is 27% smaller than its 5th grade class (145).
Student demographics
44%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
45.5%
FL avg 56.7% . +8.9pp since 2023
Math
60.8%
FL avg 58.9% . +10.4pp since 2023
What this means: On the FAST / B.E.S.T., Florida's statewide test, about 45 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 61 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 9 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 10 points.
FAST / B.E.S.T. results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 45.5% | 60.8% |
| 2023-24 | 36.6% | 50.4% |
% 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
48.0%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
51.9%
based on FL schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-3.9pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 48% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 52% 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 VILLAS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
VILLAS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL's state test result (48.0% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| VILLAS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL this school | 784 | 58.4% | 48.0% |
| VENTURA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL KISSIMMEE | 750 | 60.0% | 43.9% |
| NORTH GRADE K-8 LAKE WORTH | 769 | 61.6% | 62.5% |
| JUPITER ELEMENTARY SCHOOL JUPITER | 826 | 57.9% | 55.7% |
| MEADOWBROOK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL FORT LAUDERDALE | 693 | 55.7% | 41.5% |
| SADLER ELEMENTARY ORLANDO | 705 | 57.0% | 37.1% |
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 VILLAS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Florida | In Lee County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 48.0% | #1,422 of 2,136 | #30 of 58 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 60.8% | #1,062 of 2,149 ▲ 302 | #20 of 58 ▲ 14 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 45.5% | #1,523 of 2,149 ▲ 257 | #30 of 58 ▲ 11 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 784 | #507 of 2,267 | #33 of 61 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 14.5:1 | #489 of 2,077 | #3 of 57 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 44.2% | #1,567 of 2,108 | #47 of 58 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 58.4% | #966 of 2,188 | #22 of 59 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -9.0% | #993 of 1,374 | #12 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
784
-71 (-8%) vs 2020
-21% since 1990-91, when it was 987
Student : Teacher
14.5:1
was 14.3:1
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 | 784 | 54.2 | 14.5:1 | 58% (458) |
| 2023-24 | 847 | 54.2 | 15.6:1 | 65% (550) |
| 2022-23 | 855 | 57.2 | 14.9:1 | 61% (523) |
| 2020-21 | 855 | 60 | 14.3:1 | 64% (549) |
| 2017-18 | 862 | 67 | 12.9:1 | 70% (602) |
| 2015-16 | 830 | 63 | 13.2:1 | 78% (648) |
| 2010-11 | 767 | 56 | 13.7:1 | 83% (636) |
| 2000-01 | 812 | 44 | 18.4:1 | 71% (578) |
| 1990-91 | 987 | 49 | 20.1:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for VILLAS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL.
About VILLAS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
VILLAS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, located in FORT MYERS, Florida, is a medium-sized elementary school. School enrollment was 784 students in 2024-25, in pre-K through 5. The average among elementary schools in Florida is roughly 604 students; this school is 30% above that.
VILLAS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is part of LEE, where 116 schools serve 102,524 students.
VILLAS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is 73% Hispanic by enrollment. Other students are 13% White, 10% Black, and 3% multiracial. By comparison, Lee County residents are about 25% Hispanic. Pick two students at random and there is a 44% chance they belong to different racial or ethnic groups; that figure is the school's diversity index.
At VILLAS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, 54.2 full-time-equivalent teachers work with students, a ratio of about 14.5:1. That is lower than the 17.5:1 average for elementary schools in Florida. Roughly 58% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price lunch. Compared with the 48% average for public schools in Lee County, the school's rate is higher.
allk12 grades VILLAS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL a C. The grade compares the school only with Florida public elementary schools, because each state gives its own test.
The model predicts 51.9% for a school in Florida with VILLAS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL's free or reduced-price lunch share. VILLAS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL posts 48.0%.
According to the American Community Survey, in Lee County, the median household income is $76,107, 31% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 8% of people live in poverty. VILLAS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is one of 123 public schools in the county.
Of nearby public schools, LEE COUNTY ACCELERATION ACADEMIES is the closest, at about 0.6 miles. In all, at least 8 other public schools sit within five miles of VILLAS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL. Of 6 schools in the immediate area with test results, VILLAS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL ranks 3rd on average proficiency.
The National Center for Education Statistics classifies the school's location as Suburb: Large, meaning it is in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
Compared with 2020-21, the school had 71 fewer students in 2024-25.
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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 FORT MYERS
- GATEWAY CHARTER SCHOOLCombined · 3,192 students
- GATEWAY HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 2,343 students
- RIVERDALE HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 1,916 students
- FORT MYERS HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 1,835 students
- DUNBAR HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 1,734 students
- SOUTH FORT MYERS HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 1,693 students
Nearby schools
- LEE COUNTY ACCELERATION ACADEMIES0.6 mi · 230
- TANGLEWOOD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL1.2 mi · 687
- FLORIDA SOUTHWESTERN COLLEGIATE HIGH SCHOOL1.5 mi · 411
- COUNTY WIDE EXCEPTIONAL CHILD PROGRAMS2.3 mi · 94
- LEE COUNTY VIRTUAL FRANCHISE2.3 mi · 796
- ORANGEWOOD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL2.4 mi · 679
Frequently asked questions
About VILLAS ELEMENTARY SCHOOLHow many students attend VILLAS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
VILLAS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL enrolls approximately 784 students in grades PK-05.
What grades does VILLAS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL serve?
VILLAS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL serves grades PK-05.
What is the student-teacher ratio at VILLAS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
The student-to-teacher ratio at VILLAS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is approximately 14.5:1 (54 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at VILLAS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
At VILLAS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, the student body is approximately 13% White, 73% Hispanic, 10% Black, 0% Asian, 3% Two or more.
Is VILLAS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL public or private?
VILLAS 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.