Schools · Tallahassee
Tallahassee, FL schools
Tallahassee’s public schools score close to Florida’s averages: 53% of students are proficient in reading against 52% statewide, and 94% of high schoolers graduate on time against 90.3%. Kids attend one of 18 elementary schools through grade 5, then one of 6 middle schools and one of 5 high schools.
Grades, test scores, graduation, spending and every school, from U.S. Department of Education data.
TownTapestry School GradeNew
B+
Tallahassee’s School Grade: B+
The public schools Tallahassee’s kids attend, from kindergarten through graduation, outperform 73% of Florida’s districts on state tests and graduation. Among towns with similar incomes, they rank near the top.
B-Test scoresAGraduation
Florida school districts we grade (73)Better than 73%
Lower resultsHigher results
Florida towns with similar household incomes (399)Better than 85%
High confidence. Built on 17,389 tested students and a graduating class of 2,287; ordinary year-to-year swings are unlikely to change the grade.
How the School Grade works
- Results, not inputs. Math and reading proficiency on Florida’s state tests, each against the state average, plus the four-year graduation rate. Spending and class size are shown below but don’t count toward the grade. Tests: 2020–21; graduation: class of 2020.
- The whole path. A town’s grade follows its kids: every district that serves it, weighted by the number of students tested in each. Tests count 60% and graduation 40%.
- Graded within the state. Each state writes its own tests, so districts are lined up against the rest of Florida only. A+ top 5%A next 10%A- next 10%B B+ to B−, next 30%C C+ to C−, next 30%D D and D−, bottom 15%
- Individual schools are graded the same way on their own test results, against every public school in Florida with 25+ students. Private schools aren’t graded: they don’t take the state tests.
- What a grade can’t tell you. Test results track family income closely, so a high grade partly reflects who lives in a town. That’s why 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.
School path
Where Tallahassee kids go to school
Based on district boundaries from the U.S. Department of Education. Check with the district before you enroll.
Test scores · 2020–21
Close to the state in reading
Reading (grades PK–12, Leon County)53%
State average 52%
Math (grades PK–12, Leon County)48%
State average 47.9%
Graduation · class of 2020
94% graduate on time
Graduation rate
94%
FL: 90.3%
Graduating class
2,287
students
The share of students who started ninth grade together and earned a regular diploma within four years. #26 of 631 FL towns →
Districts
The district serving Tallahassee
Each district’s own page has its spending, test scores, enrollment and every school.
Colleges
Tallahassee is home to 3 colleges
Florida State UniversityUniversity or college · Public · Tallahassee37,910on campusFlorida Agricultural and Mechanical UniversityUniversity or college · Public · Tallahassee9,155on campusTallahassee State CollegeUniversity or college · Public · Tallahassee7,552on campus
All 3 colleges in Tallahassee →Every school
All 75 schools in Tallahassee
Showing 1–30 of 75 schools
Gilchrist Elementary SchoolElementary · Grades PK–5 · 857 students
A+PublicRoberts Elementary SchoolElementary · Grades PK–5 · 807 students
APublicHawks Rise Elementary SchoolElementary · Grades PK–5 · 752 students
A+PublicKate Sullivan Elementary SchoolElementary · Grades PK–5 · 737 students
BPublicBuck Lake Elementary SchoolElementary · Grades PK–5 · 696 students
APublicJ Michael Conley Elementary School at SouthwoodElementary · Grades PK–5 · 693 students
B-PublicDesoto Trail Elementary SchoolElementary · Grades PK–5 · 652 students
A+PublicBond Elementary SchoolElementary · Grades PK–5 · 611 students
C-PublicJohn G Riley Elementary SchoolElementary · Grades K–5 · 608 students
D-PublicRuediger Elementary SchoolElementary · Grades PK–5 · 504 students
C-PublicApalachee Elementary SchoolElementary · Grades PK–5 · 482 students
CPublicAstoria Park Elementary SchoolElementary · Grades PK–5 · 479 students
DPublicThe School of Arts and Sciences on ThomasvilleElementary · Grades K–8 · 461 students
ACharterSpringwood Elementary SchoolElementary · Grades PK–5 · 460 students
C-PublicSabal Palm Elementary SchoolElementary · Grades PK–5 · 459 students
C-PublicPineview Elementary SchoolElementary · Grades PK–5 · 457 students
C-PublicThe School of Arts & Sciences CentreElementary · Grades K–8 · 448 students
ACharterOak Ridge Elementary SchoolElementary · Grades PK–5 · 432 students
C-PublicSealey Elementary SchoolElementary · Grades PK–5 · 369 students
C+PublicFrank Hartsfield Elementary SchoolElementary · Grades PK–5 · 353 students
C-PublicLeon County Virtual Instruction ProgramElementary · Grades K–8
PublicHoly Comforter Episcopal SchoolElementary · Grades PK–8 · 550 students
PrivateTrinity Catholic SchoolElementary · Grades PK–8 · 486 students
PrivateAlpha School, Inc DBA Cornerstone Learning CommuniElementary · Grades PK–8 · 163 students
PrivateFaith Presbyterian Preschool & KindergartenElementary · Grades PK–K · 108 students
PrivateBrownsville Preparatory InstituteElementary · Grades PK–2 · 87 students
PrivateThe Magnolia SchoolElementary · Grades K–8 · 64 students
PrivateBetton Hills Preparatory SchoolElementary · Grades PK–2 · 61 students
PrivateBetton Hills Preparatory SchoolElementary · Grades PK–2 · 61 students
PrivateUnity Child Care Development LLCElementary · Grades PK–5 · 55 students
PrivateSchool data from the U.S. Department of Education (NCES). Ratings are from neighbors on TownTapestry.