📍 3464 Edgewood Ave, Fort Myers, Lee County, 33916
Edgewood Academy is a State/Public serving elementary age pupils, located in Fort Myers, Lee County. The school has 480 pupils enrolled. The Principal is Thomas Millins. It is part of the Lee school district. It serves grades Pre-K–5 in an urban setting. The school employs 35 full-time-equivalent teachers, a student-teacher ratio of 13.7:1. 29% of students are proficient in reading. 42% are proficient in maths. Technology infrastructure includes fiber internet, campus-wide Wi-Fi, devices for students.
Edgewood Academy enrolls 480 students across grades Pre-K–5. The student body is 54% male and 46% female. A teaching staff of 35 full-time-equivalent teachers supports the school, giving a student-teacher ratio of 13.7:1.
By race and ethnicity, the student body is 64% Hispanic or Latino, 25% Black or African American and 8.3% White.
| Race / ethnicity | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Hispanic or Latino | 305 | 64% |
| Black or African American | 118 | 25% |
| White | 40 | 8.3% |
| Two or more races | 16 | 3.3% |
| Asian | 1 | <1% |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data.
303 of the school's 480 students (63%) qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. Of these, 303 qualify for free lunch and 0 for a reduced price. Free and reduced-price lunch eligibility is a widely used indicator of the share of students from lower-income households.
Edgewood Academy is located in an urban setting (NCES locale: City, Small). The school runs a schoolwide Title I program, which provides federal funding to support students from low-income families. For civic and policy purposes, the school sits in congressional district FL At-Large (non-voting delegate), state senate district 27, state house district 78.
Edgewood Academy is one of 122 schools in LEE, based in FORT MYERS, Florida. The district serves 102,506 students district-wide and employs 4,977 full-time-equivalent teachers. With 480 students, Edgewood Academy is smaller than the district average of about 840 students per school.
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Proficiency based on state assessments.
Setting: City - Small