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SW FL ADDICTION SERVICES-THE VINCE SMITH CENTER → FORT MYERS TECHNICAL COLLEGE → CAPE CORAL TECHNICAL COLLEGE → SOUTHWEST FLORIDA JUVENILE DETENTION CENTER → COUNTY WIDE EXCEPTIONAL STUDENT EDUCATION → HOSPITAL/HOMEBOUND → YOUNG PARENT EDUCATION PROGRAM → COUNTY WIDE EXCEPTIONAL CHILD PROGRAMS →For Parents
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Teacher experience & reliability
Source: federal Civil Rights Data Collection (CRDC 2017-18 — the most recent vintage that publishes per-school teacher quality fields; the 2020-21 sweep had them suppressed). "Inexperienced" = teachers in their first or second year. "Chronic absence" = teachers absent 10+ days/year.
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Not Title I eligible (FRPL < 25%)
<25% of students qualify for free/reduced lunch. Well below the Title I threshold; expect a higher-income student body on average.
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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Chronic absenteeism
Why this matters to enrollment: Chronic absence is the most reliable early indicator that a student will leave a school — either by transferring out, dropping out, or matriculating to a charter or private alternative. At this level, today's absentees become next year's enrollment loss and the year-after's revenue loss.
Source: U.S. Department of Education, Civil Rights Data Collection 2020–2021. Rate = students chronically absent ÷ 2024 total enrollment.
Enrollment trend & projection
Total enrollment + grade 12, NCES Common Core of Data (2021–2024).
If the recent trend holds…
At its recent rate of +51.6%/year, projecting from 2024's 4 students:
An extrapolation of the recent trajectory, not a forecast of the school's plans; ignores one-off shocks.
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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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| SW FL ADDICTION SERVICES-THE VINCE SMITH CENTER FT MYERS |
Public | 1.1 | 5 | — |
| FORT MYERS TECHNICAL COLLEGE FORT MYERS |
Public | 2.1 | — | — |
| CAPE CORAL TECHNICAL COLLEGE CAPE CORAL |
Public | 6.6 | — | — |
| SOUTHWEST FLORIDA JUVENILE DETENTION CENTER FORT MYERS |
Public | 3.9 | 30 | — |
| COUNTY WIDE EXCEPTIONAL STUDENT EDUCATION LABELLE |
Public | 27.5 | 1 | — |
| HOSPITAL/HOMEBOUND NAPLES |
Public | 29.9 | — | — |
| YOUNG PARENT EDUCATION PROGRAM FORT MYERS |
Public | 2.0 | 43 | — |
| COUNTY WIDE EXCEPTIONAL CHILD PROGRAMS FORT MYERS |
Public | 3.0 | 41 | — |