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Gateway Charter School, Fort Myers, FL

Charter schoolGateway Charter School is a public school in Fort Myers, part of Lee County Public Schools. It enrolled 3,192 students in 2024-25, with 26.6 students per full-time teacher.Listed in NCES data as "GATEWAY CHARTER SCHOOL".

Enrollment and teachers

Students
3,192
Teachers (FTE)
120.0
Students per teacher
26.6
Grades
PK to 12

This school's ratio is 6.1 higher than the district figure of 20.5. The Florida average across schools is 18.2. Ratios count all teachers, including specialists, so they are lower than typical class sizes.

This school26.6
District20.5
Florida18.2
United States15.3

School details

Address
12850 Commonwealth Dr, Fort Myers, FL 33913
Phone
(239)768-5048
District
Lee County Public Schools
County
Lee County
Level
Other
Type
Regular
Status
Open
Charter
Yes
Virtual
No
Locale
Suburb: Large
NCES school ID
120108004109
Location from NCES coordinates. Map data OpenStreetMap contributors. Open larger map

School meals

Counts of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, as reported to NCES.
Free lunch
1,427
Reduced-price lunch
269
Free or reduced-price lunch
1,69653.1% of enrollment.
Direct certification
1,188Students certified through programs such as SNAP, without an application.
Community Eligibility Provision
No

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.

Related schools

Other similar schools in Lee County Public Schools

We publish official enrollment and staffing data, not ratings or test scores.

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.