Gateway High School Class of 2025 graduates; see the festivities in dozens of photos
Gateway High School Class of 2025 graduated May 16, 2025, at Alico Arena at Florida Gulf Coast University in Fort Myers.
The approximately 571 seniors at the Fort Myers high school were among thousands of Lee County high school student graduating this year.
The school was founded in 2021.
The school's mascot is the Eagles, and the colors are black and gold.
Gateway High School is on Griffin Drive off State Road 82.
See dozens of photos of their ceremony and celebration:
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