Middle · Florida

Challenger Middle School

Free meals for all

Challenger Middle School, a public middle school in Cape Coral, Florida: grades 6–8, 999 students, 18.7 students per teacher (2024–25 school year). Part of Lee.

Size and class size

Compared with middle schools of the same state and the whole country. Students per teacher counts every full-time-equivalent teacher, not the size of each class.

Students: 999
Teachers (FTE): 53.5
Students per teacher: 18.7
Grades: 6–8; Middle

Fewer students per teacher than 57% of middle schools in Florida

Median 19.2 · 571 schools compared

More students per teacher than 81% of middle schools in the US

Median 14.6 · 15,584 schools compared

Larger than 73% of middle schools in Florida

Median 805 · 581 schools compared

Larger than 90% of middle schools in the US

Median 524 · 16,046 schools compared

State test results

Share of students scoring proficient or above on Florida's tests, grades 3–8, 2024–25 school year.

Reading and writing

Florida: 57%

65%proficient

+10.3 points from 2023–24 school year

A higher share proficient than 72% of middle schools in Florida

Median 54% · 581 middle schools compared

978 students tested, grades 6, 7, 8 · FAST; proficient means Levels 3-5

Math

Florida: 59%

73%proficient

+8.7 points from 2023–24 school year

A higher share proficient than 83% of middle schools in Florida

Median 52% · 581 middle schools compared

768 students tested, grades 6, 7, 8 · FAST; proficient means Levels 3-5

Each state sets its own test and its own bar for “proficient”, so results compare only within a state. Results also follow family income closely: a school's share reflects its students' circumstances as much as its teaching.

Data sourced from the Education Data Center (www.eddatacenter.org), a partner project of the National Center for Civic Innovation, Inc. State Assessment Data Repository version 3.1. More information about these assessments over time, including participation and test changes, is available from the Education Data Center.

What it offers

Grades: Middle · Grades 6–8
Type: District school · Regular
Instruction: In person
Meals: Free breakfast and lunch for every student
Area: Midsize city
Run by: Lee

Which school a home is assigned to is decided by the district's attendance zones; check with Lee.

Location

Address: 624 Trafalgar Pkwy, Cape Coral, FL 33991
Phone: (239)242-4341
City or town: Cape Coral
County: Lee County

Website Quality of life in Cape Coral Schools in Cape Coral

Nearby middle schools

The closest public middle schools by straight-line distance. Attendance zones are set by each district.

School	Grades	Students	Students / teacher	Reading	Math
Trafalgar Middle SchoolFree meals for all	6–8	962	18.7	60%	64%	1.7 mi
Gulf Middle SchoolFree meals for all	6–8	901	19.5	60%	69%	2.9 mi
Mariner Middle SchoolFree meals for all	6–8	691	21.3	46%	46%	2.9 mi
Oasis Charter Middle SchoolCharter	6–8	846	19.2	79%	80%	3.2 mi
Caloosa Middle SchoolFree meals for all	6–8	1,018	20.8	43%	45%	3.3 mi
Diplomat Middle SchoolFree meals for all	6–8	1,097	21.8	58%	48%	5.0 mi

Reading and Math: share of tested students proficient or above on the state's own tests (grades 3–8, 2024–25 school year). Compare only within a state.

Sources

Public schools and school districts (National Center for Education Statistics · U.S. Census Bureau), 2024–25 school year. NCES Common Core of Data and EDGE public school geocodes; U.S. Census Bureau, Annual Survey of School System Finances and cartographic boundary files (places).
State Assessment Data Repository (Education Data Center), 2024–25 school year. Data sourced from the Education Data Center (www.eddatacenter.org), a partner project of the National Center for Civic Innovation, Inc. State Assessment Data Repository v3.1.

Analisa does not rate schools. Figures are what a school has (students, teachers, programs), placed among schools of the same level; state test results are compared only within a state.

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