Punta Gorda’s public schools beat 63% of Florida districts
The public schools Punta Gorda’s kids attend, from kindergarten through graduation, outperform 63% of Florida’s districts on state tests and graduation. Among towns with similar incomes, they sit near the middle.
How Punta Gorda compares
How the School Grade works
- Results, not inputs. Math and reading proficiency on Florida’s state tests against the state average, plus the four-year graduation rate. Spending and class size are shown but don’t count. Tests: 2020–21; graduation: class of 2020.
- The whole path. A town’s grade follows its kids through every district that serves it, weighted by students tested. Tests count 60%, graduation 40%.
- Graded within the state. Each state writes its own tests, so districts are compared with the rest of Florida only. A+ is the top 5%, A the next 10%, A− the next 10%, the B range the next 30%, the C range the next 30%, D the rest.
- What a grade can’t tell you. Test results track family income, so we also compare towns with similar incomes. Visit, ask other parents, and read neighbor reviews. It’s our own summary of U.S. Department of Education data, not an official rating.
Where will my kid go?
Pick a grade. These are the public schools that serve Punta Gorda.
The district
Each district’s own page has its spending, test scores, enrollment and every school.
Above the state in reading
Every school in Punta Gorda
4 schools. Grades are based on state tests and graduation. Any other ratings are made by neighbors.
Parents talk
What Punta Gorda families are saying about school.
Your answer becomes a post in Town Square.
Punta Gorda Schools
Colleges near Punta Gorda
There’s no college in Punta Gorda, but 3 are within 30 miles. The closest is Premiere International College in Fort Myers, 21.6 miles away.
Straight-line distance from the center of Punta Gorda. Degree-granting colleges with students on campus · College Scorecard · IPEDS.
School data: U.S. Department of Education (NCES, EDFacts, F-33 school finance). The School Grade is our own summary of state test results and graduation rates, graded within Florida. Stars are from neighbors.