Prekindergarten · Regular · Grades PK

Baker/Head Start, Punta Gorda, FL

CEP schoolBaker/Head Start is a public prekindergarten school in Punta Gorda, part of Charlotte County Public Schools. It enrolled 165 students in 2024-25, with 82.5 students per full-time teacher.Listed in NCES data as "BAKER/HEAD START".

Enrollment and teachers

Students: 165
Teachers (FTE): 2.0
Students per teacher: 82.5
Grades: PK

This school's ratio is 65.3 higher than the district figure of 17.2. The Florida average across schools is 18.2. Ratios count all teachers, including specialists, so they are lower than typical class sizes.

This school82.5

District17.2

Florida18.2

United States15.3

School details

Address: 311 E Charlotte Ave, Punta Gorda, FL 33950
Phone: (941)575-5470
District: Charlotte County Public Schools
County: Charlotte County
Level: Prekindergarten
Type: Regular
Status: Open
Charter: No
Virtual: No
Locale: City: Small
NCES school ID: 120024000299

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School meals

Counts of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, as reported to NCES.

Free lunch: 118
Reduced-price lunch: 9
Free or reduced-price lunch: 12777.0% of enrollment.
Direct certification: 118Students certified through programs such as SNAP, without an application.
Community Eligibility Provision: Yes (CEP school)

Schools in the Community Eligibility Provision (CEP) serve free meals to all students, so their free lunch counts often reflect direct certification or total enrollment. Free and reduced lunch shares are not comparable between CEP and non-CEP schools.

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Source: NCES Common Core of Data 2024-25 and F-33 finance 2020, via the Urban Institute Education Data Portal. Last reviewed October 2026. Blank values are not available, not applicable or suppressed in the source. See the methodology.