| School District of Lee County | |
|---|---|
| Address | |
2855 Colonial Boulevard
Fort Myers , Florida, 33966United States | |
| Coordinates | 26°20′06″N 81°46′29″W / 26.3350839°N 81.7748082°W |
| District information | |
| Type | Public |
| Grades | PreK–12[1] |
| NCES District ID | 1201080[1] |
| Students and staff | |
| Students | 94,927[1] |
| Teachers | 5,156.15 (FTE)[1] |
| Staff | 5,951.36 (FTE)[1] |
| Student–teacher ratio | 18.41[1] |
| Other information | |
| Website | www |
The School District of Lee County manages public education in Lee County, Florida. As of the 2019–20 school year, there were 95,647 students attending 119 schools in the district, which had an operating budget of $1.327 billion.[2]
The District school choice system is an open-enrollment system for school assignments and goes through the Student Assignment Office. A lottery process is used to assign students to schools when the number of applicants for a school exceeds the number of available seats. Students’ applications are assigned random numbers to determine the order in which their applications will be considered in the assignment process.[3]
- ^ a b c d e f "Search for Public School Districts – District Detail for LEE". National Center for Education Statistics. Institute of Education Sciences. Retrieved March 5, 2022.
- ^ "Fast Facts / Impact Reports". Fast Facts - Lee County Schools. Retrieved July 15, 2020.
- ^ "Understanding Open Enrollment - Lee County School District". leeschools.net. Archived from the original on August 27, 2015. Retrieved August 21, 2015.