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What's the one class at AMOS P. GODBY HIGH SCHOOL every student should take?
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Enrollment
1,388
High
DISTRICT 1,025 · STATE 1,035
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·LEON·NCES 120111001176
AMOS P. GODBY HIGH SCHOOL
1717 W THARPE ST, TALLAHASSEE, FL 32303 · (850) 488-1325 · Leon County
GRADES 09–12HIGH12-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL1,388 STUDENTS
F
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Scored higher than 2% of Florida public high schools
- FTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- DBeats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- ·Three-year trend Not available for this school, so the grade uses the other parts.
Grades compare a school only with schools in the same state, because every state gives its own test. How grades work · Top-graded Florida public high schools
Student : Teacher
21.5:1
65 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 21.4:1 · STATE 23.5:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
57%
797 students
DISTRICT 48% · STATE 50%
Community
6
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other high schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Grade 9 | 409 | 29% |
| Grade 10 | 362 | 26% |
| Grade 11 | 385 | 28% |
| Grade 12 | 232 | 17% |
Student demographics
49%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 68% · STATE 70% · US 70%
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. District, state, and US figures are each group's share of all public school students in that area (US excludes territories). Very small groups may be suppressed in the source, so categories do not always sum exactly to total enrollment.
Gender split
Test scores
FAST / B.E.S.T. 2024-25 . % at Level 3 or AboveEnglish Language Arts
29.0%
FL avg 56.7% . -0.6pp since 2023
Math
20.0%
FL avg 58.9% . +0.0pp since 2023
What this means: On the FAST / B.E.S.T., Florida's statewide test, about 29 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 20 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Florida schools, those numbers are about 57 and 59. Reading and writing scores have held steady since 2023, while math scores have held steady.
FAST / B.E.S.T. results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 29.0% | 20.0% |
| 2023-24 | 29.6% | 20.0% |
% at Level 3 or Above, all students and all tested grades.
Source: FAST / B.E.S.T.. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyTier
UNDERPERFORMING
Bottom 10% of FL schools after controlling for student poverty
Actual proficiency
33.0%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
52.4%
based on FL schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-19.4pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 33% of students here test proficient in math and reading, below the roughly 52% typical for Florida schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations compares each school with others at the same poverty level, not by raw scores, so a school lands here when its results trail those comparable schools, which is not the same as having low scores. A higher-scoring school can still fall in this tier if similar schools score higher still.
BeatsExpectations runs a per-state regression of proficiency on free/reduced-lunch share, then scores each school by residual. How this is calculated →
Schools most like AMOS P. GODBY HIGH SCHOOL
AMOS P. GODBY HIGH SCHOOL's state test result (33.0% proficient) is higher than 0 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| AMOS P. GODBY HIGH SCHOOL this school | 1,388 | 57.4% | 33.0% |
| BOYNTON BEACH COMMUNITY HIGH BOYNTON BEACH | 1,559 | 55.6% | 38.6% |
| EDWARD H. WHITE HIGH SCHOOL JACKSONVILLE | 1,663 | 53.6% | 42.0% |
| NORTH MIAMI BEACH SENIOR HIGH NORTH MIAMI BEACH | 1,075 | 58.0% | 40.4% |
| NORTH MIAMI SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL NORTH MIAMI | 1,748 | 58.1% | 42.0% |
| RIVERSIDE HIGH SCHOOL JACKSONVILLE | 1,638 | 51.8% | 44.1% |
Matched among Florida high schools on enrollment, the share of students from low-income families (eligible for free or reduced-price lunch), and racial and ethnic makeup. Proficient is the average share of students meeting the state standard across all of the school's state tests in 2023-24 and 2024-25, the same combined score our test-score rankings use. Online schools and schools serving specialized populations are not matched.
Where AMOS P. GODBY HIGH SCHOOL ranks
Among high schools| Measure | This school | In Florida | In Leon County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 33.0% | #542 of 555 | #7 of 7 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 20.0% | #504 of 549 ▼ 29 | #7 of 7 no change |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 29.0% | #554 of 559 ▼ 13 | #7 of 7 no change |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 1,388 | #324 of 830 | #5 of 9 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 21.5:1 | #252 of 575 | #3 of 7 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 49.0% | #410 of 594 | #5 of 7 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 57.4% | #135 of 630 | #2 of 8 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +3.7% | #201 of 246 | N/A |
Ranked against other public high schools. Online schools are left out of every list, and test-score lists leave out schools that serve specialized populations. Each rank links to the full list. Arrows under a test-score rank show places moved since the prior test year, among schools tested both years.
4-year change
SY 2020-21 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
1,388
-34 (-2%) vs 2020
-16% since 1990-91, when it was 1,651
Student : Teacher
21.5:1
was 22.2:1
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
Enrollment and staffing by year
| School year | Students | Teachers (FTE) | Students per teacher | Free and reduced lunch |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 1,388 | 64.5 | 21.5:1 | 57% (797) |
| 2023-24 | 1,396 | 67.5 | 20.7:1 | 62% (871) |
| 2022-23 | 1,444 | 64.7 | 22.3:1 | 63% (914) |
| 2020-21 | 1,422 | 64 | 22.2:1 | 60% (854) |
| 2017-18 | 1,338 | 63 | 21.2:1 | 59% (795) |
| 2015-16 | 1,273 | 57 | 22.3:1 | 59% (746) |
| 2010-11 | 1,132 | 62 | 18.3:1 | 59% (673) |
| 2000-01 | 1,633 | 84 | 19.4:1 | 17% (271) |
| 1990-91 | 1,651 | 86 | 19.2:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for AMOS P. GODBY HIGH SCHOOL.
About AMOS P. GODBY HIGH SCHOOL
AMOS P. GODBY HIGH SCHOOL is a medium-sized high school for students in TALLAHASSEE, Florida. The student body numbers 1,388 students, from grades 9 through 12. An average school in this group (high schools in Florida) has about 1,035 students.
LEON (51 schools, 31,579 students) runs AMOS P. GODBY HIGH SCHOOL.
At 69%, Black students outnumber all other groups at AMOS P. GODBY HIGH SCHOOL combined. The school is also 15% Hispanic, 11% White, and 5% multiracial. The Black share of the county population is lower, at 30%. The chance that two students picked at random at AMOS P. GODBY HIGH SCHOOL belong to different racial or ethnic groups, known as the diversity index, is 49%.
Federal data list 64.5 full-time-equivalent teachers at AMOS P. GODBY HIGH SCHOOL in 2024-25, for a ratio of 21.5:1. Among high schools in Florida, the typical ratio is 23.5:1. The lunch program counts 57% of students at AMOS P. GODBY HIGH SCHOOL as eligible for free or reduced-price meals. That is higher than the 41% average for public schools in Leon County.
AMOS P. GODBY HIGH SCHOOL is graded F by allk12, scoring above 2% of Florida public high schools once test results, poverty-adjusted performance, and the recent trend are combined.
AMOS P. GODBY HIGH SCHOOL falls short of its prediction by 19.4 points. The model expects 52.4% for a school with its free or reduced-price lunch share in Florida; the school's rate is 33.0%.
Within Leon County, median household income is about $66,287, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 49% of adults, and the poverty rate is about 10%. Federal data list 63 public schools in Leon County, with a combined enrollment of about 35,246.
The nearest public school is JOHN G RILEY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, at about 0.6 miles. There are at least 8 other public schools within five miles. Among the 6 closest schools with test data, this one included, AMOS P. GODBY HIGH SCHOOL ranks 5th on average proficiency.
Locale data from NCES put AMOS P. GODBY HIGH SCHOOL inside a principal city with a population between 100,000 and 250,000 (City: Mid-size).
Enrollment has been fairly stable: 1,422 in 2020-21 and 1,388 in 2024-25.
The allk12 site hosts a discussion page for AMOS P. GODBY HIGH SCHOOL covering things like enrollment questions, class placement, and PTA news. Posting is open to anyone connected to the school.
Leon County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
297,542
Census ACS
Median income
$66,287
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
49%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
10%
Below federal line
Schools in county
63
35,246 students
Quick facts
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- WILLIAM J MONTFORD III MIDDLE SCHOOLMiddle · 1,016 students
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Other schools in TALLAHASSEE
- LAWTON CHILES HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 1,881 students
- FLORIDA STATE UNIVERSITY SCHOOLCombined · 1,851 students
- LINCOLN HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 1,822 students
- LEON HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 1,793 students
- JAMES RICKARDS HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 1,718 students
- FLORIDA SCHOLARS ACADEMYCombined · 1,024 students
Nearby schools
- JOHN G RILEY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL0.6 mi · 608
- ASTORIA PARK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL1.1 mi · 479
- GRIFFIN MIDDLE SCHOOL1.2 mi · 457
- GRETCHEN EVERHART SCHOOL1.4 mi · 91
- HOSPITAL HOMEBOUND1.5 mi · 7
- PREK1.6 mi · 52
Frequently asked questions
About AMOS P. GODBY HIGH SCHOOLWhat is the total enrollment at AMOS P. GODBY HIGH SCHOOL?
AMOS P. GODBY HIGH SCHOOL enrolls approximately 1,388 students in grades 09-12.
What age range does AMOS P. GODBY HIGH SCHOOL serve?
AMOS P. GODBY HIGH SCHOOL serves students from grade 09 through grade 12.
What is the student-teacher ratio at AMOS P. GODBY HIGH SCHOOL?
The student-to-teacher ratio at AMOS P. GODBY HIGH SCHOOL is approximately 21.5:1 (65 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at AMOS P. GODBY HIGH SCHOOL?
At AMOS P. GODBY HIGH SCHOOL, the student body is approximately 11% White, 15% Hispanic, 69% Black, 1% Asian, 5% Two or more.
What district is AMOS P. GODBY HIGH SCHOOL in?
AMOS P. GODBY HIGH SCHOOL is part of LEON.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.