Elementary · Florida

Colonial Elementary School

Free meals for all

Colonial Elementary School, a public elementary school in Fort Myers, Florida: grades pre-k–5, 661 students, 14.7 students per teacher (2024–25 school year). Part of Lee.

Size and class size

Compared with elementary 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
661
Teachers (FTE)
45.0
Students per teacher
14.7
Grades
Pre-K–5
Elementary

Fewer students per teacher than 71% of elementary schools in Florida

Median 15.8 · 2,167 schools compared

More students per teacher than 51% of elementary schools in the US

Median 14.6 · 50,575 schools compared

Larger than 62% of elementary schools in Florida

Median 578 · 2,223 schools compared

Larger than 86% of elementary schools in the US

Median 415 · 51,933 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%

31%proficient

+6.6 points from 2023–24 school year

A lower share proficient than 94% of elementary schools in Florida

Median 55% · 2,181 elementary schools compared

316 students tested, grades 3, 4, 5 · FAST; proficient means Levels 3-5

Math

Florida: 59%

41%proficient

+4.8 points from 2023–24 school year

A lower share proficient than 87% of elementary schools in Florida

Median 60% · 2,181 elementary schools compared

314 students tested, grades 3, 4, 5 · 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
Elementary · Grades Pre-K–5
Type
District school · Regular
Instruction
In person
Meals
Free breakfast and lunch for every student
Area
Small city
Run by
Lee

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

Location

Address
3800 Schoolhouse Rd E, Fort Myers, FL 33916
Phone
(239)939-2242
City or town
Fort Myers

Nearby elementary schools

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

SchoolGradesStudentsStudents / teacherReadingMath
K–50———
Pre-K–573616.945%52%
Pre-K–550521.027%38%
Pre-K–567919.434%32%
Pre-K–592618.239%43%
Pre-K–544016.955%62%

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.

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.

Sources

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.

NCES 120108002834