Fort Myers Middle Academy, part of the Lee district, is located in Fort Myers, Florida. The school reports an enrollment number of 535 students in grades six through eight, and it has 43 teachers on staff.

Fort Myers Middle Academy is above both the state and district averages in terms of the percentage of its students who are eligible for free or reduced-price lunches. On average, 50 percent of students in Florida are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, whereas 81 percent of Fort Myers Middle Academy students are eligible. At the district level, 57 percent of students are eligible.

ProPublica's analysis found that all too often, states and schools provide poor students fewer educational programs like Advanced Placement, gifted and talented programs, and advanced math and science classes. Studies have linked participation in these programs with better outcomes later in life. Our analysis uses free and reduced-price lunch to estimate poverty at schools. We based our findings on the most comprehensive data set of access to advanced classes and special programs in U.S. public schools — known as the Civil Rights Data Set— released by the U.S. Department of Education Office for Civil Rights.

Fort Myers Middle Academy's enrollment rate for gifted and talented is 1 percent.

Switzerland Point Middle School, in St. Johns, Fla., is a lower-poverty school than Fort Myers Middle Academy, with 4 percent of its students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. The school enrolls 8 percent of students in its gifted and talented program.

These data points were reported by schools and districts to the Office for Civil Rights. For more information about the data, see our full methodology.

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