Fort Myers Middle, 3050 Central Ave.: grades 6-8, 687 students (2024-25), a C in Florida's 2026 school grades. Uniforms. 239-936-1759.

Last checked Oct. 9, 2026. Sources: The School District of Lee County, its 2026-27 Student Enrollment Plan (PDF) and school enrollment zones, the school’s website, the Florida Department of Education’s 2026 school grades and the federal NCES school directory.

Fort Myers Middle School is a School District of Lee County middle school on Central Avenue, inside the city limits. It is one of the two middle schools in zone EE, the middle school zone that covers about 86% of the address points in Fort Myers. Students wear uniforms, the district’s directory says.

Who to call
Address 3050 Central Ave., Fort Myers, FL 33901
Phone 239-936-1759
Grades 6 to 8
Principal Brian L. Gibson
2026 state grade C (53% of points)
Enrollment zone Middle school zone EE

Principal. Brian L. Gibson is the principal, according to the school’s administration and faculty page, which also names Jeanette Walsh and Darcia Borel as assistant principals. The school’s website calls it Fort Myers Middle Academy.

Enrollment and teachers

  • Federal count: 687 students in the 2024-25 school year, with 33 full-time-equivalent classroom teachers, according to the NCES directory. That is about 21 students per teacher.

State report card

Florida gave Fort Myers Middle a C in its 2026 school grades, the same grade it earned in 2025 and 2024. The school earned 53% of the points possible, according to the Florida Department of Education’s 2026 school grades file. The school’s state report card has current enrollment and results by student group; it is an interactive dashboard that could not be read for this page.

2026 school grade measure Result
School grade C (53% of points)
English language arts achievement 34%
English language arts learning gains 49%
Math achievement 43%
Math learning gains 59%
Science achievement 29%
Social studies achievement 60%
Middle school acceleration 88%

Florida grades schools A to F on the share of possible points earned across these measures. Achievement is the share of tested students on grade level; learning gains is the share who improved from the year before. For a middle school, A is 64% of possible points or more, B is 57% to 63%, C is 44% to 56% and D is 34% to 43%, the state’s file says.

Enrollment zone and feeder schools

Lee County does not assign a middle school by street address alone. Under the district’s 2026-27 Student Enrollment Plan (PDF), families rank the middle schools in the proximity zone their address falls in, and the district guarantees a seat, with bus service, at a school with room in that zone. When a school has more applicants than seats, a lottery gives preference to students in special programs, then siblings, then homes within 2 miles of the school, then the school nearest the home. Students who live within 2 miles of their school are not bused.

About 86% of the current address points the City of Fort Myers lists inside its limits (city GIS) fall in middle school zone EE on the district’s 2026-27 zone layer. Zone EE has two schools: Fort Myers Middle and Paul Laurence Dunbar Middle. About 7% of city addresses are in zone MM (Cypress Lake Middle and Lexington Middle) and 7% in zone JJ (Harns Marsh, Oak Hammock and Varsity Lakes middle schools).

Feeder schools. The district does not publish feeder lists. Fifth graders rank the middle schools in their zone during open enrollment, and an incoming sixth grader is placed with an older sibling at the same address. Students at James Stephens Community School stay there for sixth grade. After eighth grade, students rank the high schools in their high school subzone: most of Fort Myers is in South 1, where the choices are Cypress Lake, Dunbar, Fort Myers and South Fort Myers high schools.

Changes approved. The School Board approved the 2026-27 enrollment plan on Dec. 1, 2025, the district’s zones page says. The plan’s main change was to high school busing; the elementary and middle proximity zones, in use since 2023-24 and 2024-25, continue.

Check any address on the district’s map of school enrollment zones (elementary, K-8, middle and high), and call Student Enrollment at 239-337-8247 with questions.

Calendar and bell times

From the district’s 2026-27 instructional calendar (PDF), approved by the School Board on Nov. 4, 2025:

  • Monday, Oct. 19: no school for students (remote teacher duty day)
  • Wednesday, Nov. 11: Veterans Day, schools closed
  • Nov. 23-27: Thanksgiving break
  • Dec. 21 to Jan. 1: winter break; Monday, Jan. 4, is a remote teacher duty day, so students return Tuesday, Jan. 5
  • Thursday, May 27, 2027: last day for students, early dismissal

Bell times. Middle schools run from 9:45 a.m. to 4:15 p.m. Fort Myers Middle is on that schedule, according to the district’s bell times page. The full calendar and School Board details are in our Fort Myers schools guide.

Programs

The school’s site lists AVID, a sixth-grade program it calls “The 6th Grade Advantage” and teams in basketball, cross country, volleyball, soccer, track and field, golf and tennis.

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Frequently asked questions

What grades does Fort Myers Middle School serve?

Fort Myers Middle serves grades 6 through 8. It is at 3050 Central Ave. in Fort Myers, and its main line is 239-936-1759.

What is Fort Myers Middle School’s Florida school grade?

Fort Myers Middle earned a C in Florida’s 2026 school grades, with 53% of possible points, the same grade as in 2025 and 2024.

Which high school does Fort Myers Middle feed into?

Lee County has no feeder lists. After eighth grade, students rank the high schools in their subzone; most of Fort Myers is in South 1, with Cypress Lake, Dunbar, Fort Myers and South Fort Myers high schools.

What time does Fort Myers Middle start?

Fort Myers Middle runs from 9:45 a.m. to 4:15 p.m., according to the district’s bell times page.