The Collier County Public Schools (or District School Board of Collier County) is a school district in Collier County, Florida. The district has schools in four cities throughout the county: Everglades City, Immokalee, Marco Island, and Naples. The district employees approximately 3,200 teachers, 49% of whom have advanced degrees. The district includes 58 schools: 29 elementary schools, 10 middle schools, 8 high schools, along with 7 charter schools, two technical schools educating adult or dually-enrolled high school students, and 5 alternative schools. The district has an 'A' overall grade.
History
Gulfview Middle School was the first school to open in Naples in 1938.
Until the end of the 1950s, the school district did not provide a high school for African-American students in Naples. Students who wished to attend high school were bused to Fort Myers, and later to Immokalee, to get an education. In the 1950s, elementary schools for black children were opened, and by adding grades every year, eventually reached the high school level. In 1959, George Washington Carver High School was opened with two teachers. In the mid-1960s, the district moved Carver teacher Herbert Cambridge to Naples High School, which was the districts first experience with integration. In 1968 the black students were reassigned to white schools and Carver was closed.
Censorship of books as "unsuitable for students" In February 2022, the school district placed warning labels on over 100 books in its libraries declaring them as "unsuitable for students" in response to a report issued by a far-right group. The Heritage Foundation, a conservative think tank, noted that the labels prevented teachers from exercising their "responsibility to decide what content is age-appropriate when they choose what to teach in class."
High schools
Aubrey Rogers High School
Barron Collier High School
eCollier Virtual Academy
Golden Gate High School
Gulf Coast High School
Immokalee High School
Lely High School
Lorenzo Walker Technical High
Naples High School
Palmetto Ridge High School
Middle schools
East Naples Middle
Golden Gate Middle
North Naples Middle
Manatee Middle
Pine Ridge Middle
Corkscrew Middle
Cypress Palm Middle
Everglades City
Immokalee Middle
Oakridge Middle
Gulfview Middle
Elementary schools
Avalon Elementary
Big Cypress Elementary
Calusa Park Elementary
Corkscrew Elementary
Eden Park Elementary
Estates Elementary
Golden Gate Elementary
Golden Terrace Elementary
Herbert Cambridge Elementary
Highlands Elementary
Lake Park Elementary
Lake Trafford Elementary
Laurel Oak Elementary
Lely Elementary
Lavern Gaynor Elementary
Manatee Elementary
Mike Davis Elementary
Naples Park Elementary
Osceola Elementary
Palmetto Elementary
Parkside Elementary
Pelican Marsh Elementary
Pinecrest Elementary
Poinciana Elementary
Sabal Palm Elementary
Sea Gate Elementary
Shadowlawn Elementary
Tommie Barfield Elementary
Veterans Memorial Elementary
Village Oaks Elementary
Vineyards Elementary
Charter Schools
Marco Island Charter Middle School (6-8) Collier Charter Academy (K-8) Gulf Coast Charter Academy (K-8) BridgePrep Academy (K-8) Immokalee Community School (K-6) Marco Island Academy (9-12) Everglades City School (VPK-12)
Alternative schools/sites
Beacon High School
Collier Regional Juvenile Detention Center*
New Beginnings (Naples & Immokalee) Phoenix Program (Naples and Immokalee) Teen Parenting Program Partnership with the Florida Department of Juvenile Justice.
