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Pelican Elementary School

๐Ÿ“ 3525 Sw 3rd Ave, Cape Coral, Lee County, 33914

917
Pupils
18.4
Pupil:teacher ratio

About this school

Pelican Elementary School is a State/Public serving elementary age pupils, located in Cape Coral, Lee County. The school has 917 pupils enrolled. The Principal is Michele Stanford. It is part of the Lee school district. It serves grades Pre-Kโ€“5 in an urban setting. The school employs 49.8 full-time-equivalent teachers, a student-teacher ratio of 18.4:1. 62% of students are proficient in reading. 55% are proficient in maths. Technology infrastructure includes fiber internet, campus-wide Wi-Fi, devices for students.

School details

Principal
Michele Stanford
School district
Lee

Enrollment & staffing

Pelican Elementary School enrolls 917 students across grades Pre-Kโ€“5. The student body is 52% male and 48% female. A teaching staff of 49.8 full-time-equivalent teachers supports the school, giving a student-teacher ratio of 18.4:1.

Male students
480 (52%)
Female students
437 (48%)
Teachers (FTE)
49.8
Student-teacher ratio
18.4:1
Grade span
Pre-Kโ€“5

Student demographics

By race and ethnicity, the student body is 51% White, 39% Hispanic or Latino and 5.6% Two or more races.

Race / ethnicityStudentsShare
White46451%
Hispanic or Latino36139%
Two or more races515.6%
Black or African American313.4%
Asian8<1%
Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander2<1%

Source: NCES Common Core of Data.

Free & reduced-price lunch

446 of the school's 917 students (49%) qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. Of these, 446 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.

School setting & status

City, MidsizeGrades Pre-Kโ€“5Title I

Pelican Elementary School is located in an urban setting (NCES locale: City, Midsize). 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 77.

School district: LEE

Pelican Elementary School 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 917 students, Pelican Elementary School is close to the district average of about 840 students per school.

102,506
District students
122
Schools
4,977
Teachers (FTE)

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Academic Performance

62%
Reading proficient
55%
Math proficient
19%
Poverty rate

Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Proficiency based on state assessments.

Technology & Programs

๐Ÿ“ถ Fiber internet ๐Ÿ“ก Campus Wi-Fi ๐Ÿ’ป Provides devices

Setting: City - Midsize

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