School District of Lee County (Florida)

School District of Lee County
Address
2855 Colonial Boulevard
Fort Myers
, Florida, 33966
United States
Coordinates26°20′06″N 81°46′29″W / 26.3350839°N 81.7748082°W / 26.3350839; -81.7748082
District information
TypePublic
GradesPreK–12
NCES District ID1201080
Students and staff
Students94,927
Teachers5,156.15 (FTE)
Staff5,951.36 (FTE)
Student–teacher ratio18.41
Other information
Websitewww.leeschools.net

The School District of Lee County manages public education in Lee County, Florida. As of the 2019–20 school year, there were 95,647 students attending 119 schools in the district, which had an operating budget of $1.327 billion.

The District school choice system is an open-enrollment system for school assignments and goes through the Student Assignment Office. A lottery process is used to assign students to schools when the number of applicants for a school exceeds the number of available seats. Students’ applications are assigned random numbers to determine the order in which their applications will be considered in the assignment process.