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LEHIGH SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL → EAST LEE COUNTY HIGH SCHOOL → RIVERDALE HIGH SCHOOL → DUNBAR HIGH SCHOOL → FORT MYERS HIGH SCHOOL → SOUTH FORT MYERS HIGH SCHOOL → NORTH FORT MYERS HIGH SCHOOL → CAPE CORAL HIGH SCHOOL →📋 At a glance
- ✅ Gifted & talented program
- 🎓 AP rigor: Bottom 14% of US high schools
- 📝 SAT/ACT participation: Bottom 6% by test-taker volume
Composed from federal CRDC offerings, EDFacts ACGR, and other public data. Full breakdowns below.
How GATEWAY HIGH SCHOOL compares for families
What families should know about GATEWAY HIGH SCHOOL.
- ▸ LocallyFL sits right at the US average on NAEP 8th-grade math — local school quality will set your kid apart.
- ▸ vs Similar SchoolsThe closest comparables nearby: LEHIGH SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL, EAST LEE COUNTY HIGH SCHOOL, RIVERDALE HIGH SCHOOL and 5 more. See the sidebar to compare side-by-side.
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SAT / ACT participation
CRDC federal data · 2020-21Bottom 6% by test-taker volume
Source: federal Civil Rights Data Collection (CRDC 2020-21). Volume — not score — is what's reported here. A higher count means more students at this school are entering the college admissions pipeline. Note: 2020-21 was COVID-disrupted; some districts (especially those that stayed remote longer) report unusually low or zero takers.
🏛️ Federal Title I context
Title I Schoolwide eligible
≥40% FRPL — qualifies for Title I Schoolwide program
40-74% of students qualify for free/reduced lunch. The district can use Title I funds across the whole school under federal Schoolwide Program rules.
Source: NCES Common Core of Data, free/reduced-price lunch eligibility. The actual Title I designation is a district decision and may differ from eligibility — but the federal eligibility math is what we show here. We don't claim to assert whether the district formally chose to enroll this school in Title I.
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The in-state tuition gap is the flagship's biggest draw — most in-state families pay far less than the out-of-state sticker. Average net price after aid runs about $6,541/yr. Admission odds depend on your student's GPA and test scores, not which high school they attend.
Source: IPEDS admissions, tuition & enrollment + College Scorecard net price. Flagship = the state's primary public research university.
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Chronic absenteeism
Why this matters to enrollment: A low chronic-absence rate is the cleanest school-level signal of strong family connection, classroom culture, and student engagement — all upstream drivers of enrollment stability. For school leaders: an Enrollment Trend Audit traces this dynamic forward →
Source: U.S. Department of Education, Civil Rights Data Collection 2020–2021. Rate = students chronically absent ÷ 2024 total enrollment.
Counselor capacity
Source: U.S. Department of Education, Civil Rights Data Collection 2020-2021. Counselor ratio = the school's most recent total enrollment ÷ counselor FTE. The American School Counselor Association (ASCA) recommends a 250:1 maximum; the US national median across schools with on-staff counselors is roughly 430:1.
Enrollment trend & projection
Total enrollment + grade 12, NCES Common Core of Data (2021–2024).
If the recent trend holds…
At its recent rate of +22.4%/year, projecting from 2024's 2,343 students:
An extrapolation of the recent trajectory, not a forecast of the school's plans; ignores one-off shocks.
Revenue upside
At $12,486 per student in district revenue, the 4,091 students projected to be gained by 2029 represent ≈ $51,080,226/year in additional funding.
District total revenue ÷ enrollment, NCES F-33. Public funding largely follows enrollment, so a shrinking class is a recurring budget hit.
Most similar nearby high schools
The schools most like this one — same type, blended on distance and size — and where their enrollment is heading. These are the schools families here weigh against each other.
| School | Type | Miles | HS enrollment | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| LEHIGH SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL LEHIGH ACRES |
Public | 2.5 | 2,550 | +6.8% |
| EAST LEE COUNTY HIGH SCHOOL LEHIGH ACRES |
Public | 8.8 | 2,129 | +14.5% |
| RIVERDALE HIGH SCHOOL FORT MYERS |
Public | 8.1 | 1,916 | -8.9% |
| DUNBAR HIGH SCHOOL FORT MYERS |
Public | 6.6 | 1,734 | -1.9% |
| FORT MYERS HIGH SCHOOL FORT MYERS |
Public | 8.9 | 1,835 | -2.8% |
| SOUTH FORT MYERS HIGH SCHOOL FORT MYERS |
Public | 7.6 | 1,693 | -8.7% |
| NORTH FORT MYERS HIGH SCHOOL NORTH FORT MYERS |
Public | 11.8 | 1,938 | +6.7% |
| CAPE CORAL HIGH SCHOOL CAPE CORAL |
Public | 14.7 | 2,008 | +11.0% |