• Did You Know?

    REVEALING FACTS  »  DISPELLING MYTHS  »  EXPLAINING FIGURES


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  • » CCPS students performing in bands, choruses and orchestras consistently receive “Superior” ratings at District and State Music Performance Assessments.

  • » 100% of CCPS elementary school students engage in music classes in Kindergarten through Grade 5.

  • » Our middle schools have boys and girls athletic teams in five sports: basketball, cross country, soccer, track, and volleyball.

  • » CCPS offers 17 high school varsity sports for fall, winter, and spring competition.

  • » The CCPS Alumni Association offers free lifetime membership to all graduates in order to connect back to our schools and current students.

  • » When our school district was formed in 1923, it was known as the Board of Public Instruction of Collier County.

  • » Phonics instruction is used in all CCPS Kindergarten through Grade 5 classes to teach the relationship between the letters of written language and the sounds of the spoken language.

  • » Drug traffickers are mixing the synthetic opioid fentanyl with other drugs—like Adderall, oxycodone, and cocaine—in a variety of colors, shapes, and forms.

  • » Fentanyl is 100X stronger than morphine and 50X stronger than heroin.

  • » The majority of drug overdose deaths in the United States are because of synthetic opioids like fentanyl.

  • » You can automatically feed the CCPS Academic Calendar dates into your phone or device

  • » All CCPS school sites have at least one (larger campuses may have more than one) armed law enforcement member on campus all day, every day, as part of a broad strategy of security layers

  • » School-related suspicious activity may be anonymously reported through the Fortify FL app

  • » The District has a way for students and parents to anonymously report bullying and Board Policy protects against cyberbullying

  • » CCPS has a Code of Student Conduct recognizing student responsibilities and the recognition of the rights of all students, including the right to learn


  • DISTRICT FAST FACTS

    50,000
    STUDENTS
    63
    SCHOOLS
    115th
    LARGEST SCHOOL DISTRICT IN U.S.
    5,294,133
    MEALS SERVED YEARLY
    6,200,000
    MILES TRAVELED YEARLY BY SCHOOL BUSES
    107
    LANGUAGES & DIALECTS SPOKEN BY STUDENTS
    54%
    STUDENTS FROM NON-ENGLISH SPEAKING HOMES
    64%
    STUDENTS RECEIVE FREE & REDUCED LUNCH
    54,000
    DISTRICT COMPUTERS
    7,000
    DISTRICT EMPLOYEES
  • DISPELLING MYTHS

    Dispelling Myths

    FLYER DOWNLOAD
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  • HAVE YOU HEARD?
    Collier County Public Schools has a variety of innovative opportunities for students. We welcome you view the videos below to learn more about some of these programming options.