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Lee

A public school district in Fort Myers, Florida, with 119 operational schools in 2024–25.

The district in 2024–25

102,506
Students enrolled
4,996.5
Teachers, full-time equivalent
Derived by NCES from the state’s counts.
12,202
All staff, full-time equivalent
$12,108
Spending per pupil, fiscal year 2023
Current expenditure over fall membership, both as the district reported them.

How this compares

Students enrolled: 102,506 in 2024–25
Ranks 26th of 17,800 districts by enrollment, and 8th of 82 in Florida. Larger than 99% of the 17,800 districts in the fifty states and DC that report an enrollment. The ranking →
Current spending per pupil: $12,108 in fiscal year 2023
More than 17% of the 17,189 districts with a spending figure. Current spending leaves out buildings and debt, and a district of a few pupils can spend far more per pupil than any large one.

Spending and revenue

Lee spent $12,108 per pupil in fiscal year 2023, against $7,291 in fiscal year 2005

Current spending per pupil, each fiscal year: current expenditure over fall membership, both as the district reported them to NCES. In the dollars of each year, not adjusted for inflation. A year with no column is a year the survey has no figure for.

U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics — School District Finance Survey (F-33), fiscal year 2005 onwards

The figures behind this chart
Lee spent $12,108 per pupil in fiscal year 2023, against $7,291 in fiscal year 2005. Current spending per pupil, each fiscal year: current expenditure over fall membership, both as the district reported them to NCES. In the dollars of each year, not adjusted for inflation. A year with no column is a year the survey has no figure for.
Fiscal yearSpending per pupilCurrent expenditureMembership
FY2023$12,108$1.2 billion99,354
FY2022$10,788$1.0 billion97,264
FY2021$9,815$931.7 million94,927
FY2020$9,527$910.9 million95,613
FY2019$9,657$911.7 million94,410
FY2018$9,680$902.3 million93,221
FY2017$9,106$844.0 million92,686
FY2016$8,877$810.5 million91,309
FY2015$8,909$796.1 million89,364
FY2014$8,830$772.0 million87,425
FY2013$8,632$740.3 million85,765
FY2012$8,433$707.5 million83,895
FY2011$8,988$736.7 million81,967
FY2010$8,790$707.5 million80,484
FY2009$9,037$717.9 million79,434
FY2008$8,706$701.2 million80,541
FY2007$8,319$657.1 million78,981
FY2006$7,399$559.6 million75,634
FY2005$7,291$519.2 million71,210

Revenue by source, fiscal year 2023

Revenue to Lee by source, fiscal year 2023, as the district reported it to NCES
SourceRevenueShare of total
Federal$264.3 million17.1%
State$326.0 million21.1%
Local$956.7 million61.8%
Total$1.5 billion

Federal, state and local revenue as the F-33 records them. Each share is of the survey’s total revenue, so a part withheld does not inflate the others.

The district’s schools

119 operational schools, A to Z, 100 to a page: page 1 of 2.

2 more columns on a wider screen

Schools in Lee, page 1 of 2
SchoolStudents
Allen Park Elementary School926
Amanecer Elementary School1,072
Athenian Academy Charter School437
Bayshore School685
Bonita Springs Charter School1,287
Bonita Springs Elementary School502
Bonita Springs High School1,490
Bonita Springs Middle Center for the Arts706
Buckingham Exceptional Student Center60
Caloosa Elementary School968
Caloosa Middle School1,018
Cape Coral High School2,008
Cape Coral Technical College0
Cape Elementary School798
Challenger Middle School999
City of Palms Charter High School104
Colonial Elementary School661
Coronado High School294
County Wide Exceptional Child Programs94
Cypress Lake High School1,429
Cypress Lake Middle School768
Diplomat Elementary School1,066
Diplomat Middle School1,097
Donna J. Beasley Technical Academy294
DR Carrie D Robinson Littleton Elementary School640
Dunbar High School1,734
Early Childhood Learning Services187
East Lee County High School2,129
Edgewood Academy598
Edison Park Creative and Expressive Arts School440
Estero High School1,571
Florida Southwestern Collegiate High School411
Fort Myers Beach Elementary School62
Fort Myers High School1,835
Fort Myers Middle School687
Fort Myers Technical College0
Franklin Park Elementary School505
G. Weaver Hipps Elementary School960
Gateway Charter School3,192
Gateway Elementary School839
Gateway High School2,343
Gulf Elementary School1,193
Gulf Middle School901
Hancock Creek Elementary School814
Harlem Heights Community Charter School209
Harns Marsh Elementary School1,103
Harns Marsh Middle School905
Hector a. Cafferata JR Elementary School606
Heights Elementary School1,057
Heritage Charter Academy of Cape Coral234
Ida S. Baker High School2,191
Innovation Preparatory Academy of South FT. Myers770
Island Coast High School1,477
Island Park High School296
J. Colin English Elementary School530
James Stephens Elementary School730
Lee County Acceleration Academies230
Lee County Jail4
Lee County Virtual Franchise796
Lee County Virtual Instruction Program (District Provided)0
Lee Virtual Instruction Program0
Lehigh Acres Middle School1,509
Lehigh Elementary School1,207
Lehigh Senior High School2,550
Lemuel Teal Middle School1,008
Lexington Middle School1,054
Manatee Elementary School728
Mariner High School1,865
Mariner Middle School691
Mid Cape Global Academy1,145
Mirror Lakes Elementary School1,237
North Fort Myers Academy for the Arts1,353
North Fort Myers High School1,938
North Nicholas High School353
Northern Palms Charter High School92
Oak Creek Charter School of Bonita Springs685
Oak Hammock Middle School1,242
Oasis Charter Elementary School-South875
Oasis Charter High School896
Oasis Charter Middle School846
Oasis Elementary Charter School-North813
Orange River Elementary School796
Orangewood Elementary School679
Pace School for Girls62
Palm Acres Charter High School274
Patriot Elementary School954
Paul Laurence Dunbar Middle School999
Pelican Elementary School963
Pine Island Elementary School227
Pinewoods Elementary School1,025
Ray V. Pottorf Elementary School736
Rayma C. Page Elementary School697
River Hall Elementary School913
Riverdale High School1,916
Royal Palm Exceptional School Center99
San Carlos Park Elementary School642
Skyline Elementary School1,141
South Fort Myers High School1,693
Southwest Florida Juvenile Detention Center41
Spring Creek Elementary School664

The district’s entry

Name as NCES lists it
LEE
Status
Open
Type
Regular public school district that is not a component of a supervisory union
Charter status
Not a charter district
Grades
Pre-kindergarten to Grade 12
NCES district ID
1201080

Elsewhere

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