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Paul Laurence Dunbar Middle School, Fort Myers, FL

CEP schoolPaul Laurence Dunbar Middle School is a public middle school in Fort Myers, part of Lee County Public Schools. It enrolled 999 students in 2024-25, with 18.2 students per full-time teacher.Listed in NCES data as "PAUL LAURENCE DUNBAR MIDDLE SCHOOL".

Enrollment and teachers

Students
999
Teachers (FTE)
55.0
Students per teacher
18.2
Grades
6 to 8

This school's ratio is 2.3 lower 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 school18.2
District20.5
Florida18.2
United States15.3

School details

Address
4750 Winkler Avenue Ext, Fort Myers, FL 33966
Phone
(239)334-1357
District
Lee County Public Schools
County
Lee County
Level
Middle
Type
Regular
Status
Open
Charter
No
Virtual
No
Locale
City: Small
NCES school ID
120108001128
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
462
Reduced-price lunch
0
Free or reduced-price lunch
46246.2% of enrollment.
Direct certification
462Students 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.

Related schools

Other middle 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.