📍 12850 Commonwealth Dr, Fort Myers, Lee County, 33913
Gateway Charter Elementary School is a State/Public serving elementary age pupils, located in Fort Myers, Lee County. The school has 1,245 pupils enrolled. The Principal is Jason Wade. It is part of the Lee school district. It serves grades Pre-K–4 in a suburban setting. The school employs 62 full-time-equivalent teachers, a student-teacher ratio of 20.1:1. It operates as a public charter school. 53% of students are proficient in reading. 46% are proficient in maths. Technology infrastructure includes campus-wide Wi-Fi.
Gateway Charter Elementary School enrolls 1,245 students across grades Pre-K–4. The student body is 50% male and 50% female. A teaching staff of 62 full-time-equivalent teachers supports the school, giving a student-teacher ratio of 20.1:1.
By race and ethnicity, the student body is 47% Hispanic or Latino, 28% Black or African American and 20% White.
| Race / ethnicity | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Hispanic or Latino | 583 | 47% |
| Black or African American | 349 | 28% |
| White | 244 | 20% |
| Two or more races | 46 | 3.7% |
| Asian | 19 | 1.5% |
| Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander | 4 | <1% |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data.
845 of the school's 1,245 students (68%) qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. Of these, 783 qualify for free lunch and 62 for a reduced price. The school participates in the National School Lunch Program. Free and reduced-price lunch eligibility is a widely used indicator of the share of students from lower-income households.
Gateway Charter Elementary School is located in a suburban setting (NCES locale: Suburb, Large). It operates as a public charter school. 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.
Gateway Charter 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 1,245 students, Gateway Charter Elementary School is larger than the district average of about 840 students per school.
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Proficiency based on state assessments.
Setting: Suburb - Large
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