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Enrollment
479
Elementary
DISTRICT 542 · STATE 604
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·LEON·NCES 120111001188
ASTORIA PARK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
2465 ATLAS RD, TALLAHASSEE, FL 32303 · (850) 488-4673 · Leon County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY12-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL479 STUDENTS
C-
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Scored higher than 18% of Florida public elementary schools
- DTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- CBeats 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 elementary schools
Student : Teacher
14.1:1
34 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 14.4:1 · STATE 17.5:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
77%
367 students
DISTRICT 48% · STATE 50%
Community
6
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other elementary schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Pre-K | 18 | 4% |
| Kindergarten | 80 | 17% |
| Grade 1 | 68 | 14% |
| Grade 2 | 82 | 17% |
| Grade 3 | 75 | 16% |
| Grade 4 | 79 | 16% |
| Grade 5 | 77 | 16% |
This year's kindergarten class (80) is about the same size as its 5th grade class (77).
Student demographics
36%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
44.2%
FL avg 56.7% . +7.9pp since 2023
Math
55.4%
FL avg 58.9% . +11.1pp since 2023
What this means: On the FAST / B.E.S.T., Florida's statewide test, about 44 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 55 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Florida schools, those numbers are about 57 and 59. Reading and writing scores are up about 8 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 11 points.
FAST / B.E.S.T. results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 44.2% | 55.4% |
| 2023-24 | 36.3% | 44.3% |
% 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
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
39.5%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
42.8%
based on FL schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-3.3pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 39% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 43% typical for Florida schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations measures results against demographically similar schools rather than by raw scores, and this school falls within the typical range, neither among Florida's top nor bottom 10%.
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 ASTORIA PARK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
ASTORIA PARK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL's state test result (39.5% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| ASTORIA PARK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL this school | 479 | 76.6% | 39.5% |
| PINEVIEW ELEMENTARY SCHOOL TALLAHASSEE | 457 | 79.2% | 46.4% |
| U. B. KINSEY/PALMVIEW ELEMENTARY WEST PALM BEACH | 496 | 74.8% | 53.1% |
| ANDREW A. ROBINSON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL JACKSONVILLE | 459 | 76.9% | 44.2% |
| WESTWARD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL WEST PALM BEACH | 512 | 75.0% | 40.3% |
| DR. MARY MCLEOD BETHUNE ELEMENTARY RIVIERA BEACH | 529 | 75.8% | 31.8% |
Matched among Florida elementary 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 ASTORIA PARK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Florida | In Leon County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 39.5% | #1,838 of 2,136 | #22 of 28 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 55.4% | #1,309 of 2,149 ▲ 351 | #15 of 28 ▲ 4 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 44.2% | #1,596 of 2,149 ▲ 199 | #19 of 28 ▲ 4 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 479 | #1,500 of 2,267 | #17 of 29 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 14.1:1 | #356 of 2,077 | #8 of 28 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 36.3% | #1,741 of 2,108 | #26 of 28 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 76.6% | #242 of 2,188 | #7 of 28 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -20.4% | #478 of 1,374 | #8 of 24 |
Ranked against other public elementary 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
479
-37 (-7%) vs 2020
-25% since 1990-91, when it was 639
Student : Teacher
14.1:1
was 15.2:1
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 | 479 | 34 | 14.1:1 | 77% (367) |
| 2023-24 | 452 | 32 | 14.1:1 | 78% (353) |
| 2022-23 | 527 | 32 | 16.5:1 | 80% (424) |
| 2020-21 | 516 | 34 | 15.2:1 | 72% (373) |
| 2017-18 | 602 | 37 | 16.3:1 | 72% (433) |
| 2015-16 | 591 | 38 | 15.6:1 | 74% (436) |
| 2010-11 | 582 | 39 | 14.9:1 | 79% (459) |
| 2000-01 | 678 | 36 | 18.8:1 | 47% (322) |
| 1990-91 | 639 | 37 | 17.3:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for ASTORIA PARK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL.
About ASTORIA PARK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
ASTORIA PARK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is an elementary school with a street address in TALLAHASSEE, Florida. The student body numbers 479 students, from pre-K through 5. Average enrollment for elementary schools in Florida is about 604, so this school runs 21% smaller than that.
Besides ASTORIA PARK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, LEON runs 50 other schools. The district enrolls 31,579 students.
A majority of students at ASTORIA PARK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, 79%, are Black. The remaining shares are 9% Hispanic, 7% multiracial, and 5% White. Leon County as a whole is about 30% Black, so the school's share is higher. By the diversity index, ASTORIA PARK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL comes in at 36%.
Teachers at ASTORIA PARK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL total 34 full-time equivalents, and the ratio is 14.1:1. The 17.5:1 average for elementary schools in Florida is higher than this school's figure. The school counts 367 students as eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, or 77%. The 41% average for public schools in Leon County is 36 points lower.
Measured against Florida public elementary schools, ASTORIA PARK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL receives a C-. The grade weighs proficiency most heavily, then how results compare with what the school's low-income share predicts, then the three-year change.
The school's average proficiency rate on state tests is 39.5%. For its free or reduced-price lunch share, the predicted value is 42.8%.
In Leon County (population about 297,542), median household income is about $66,287, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 49% of adults, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 10%. ASTORIA PARK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is one of 63 public schools in Leon County, which together enroll about 35,246 students.
The closest public school to ASTORIA PARK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is TALLAHASSEE SCHOOL OF MATH & SCIENCES, about 1.0 miles away. Within five miles of ASTORIA PARK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, there are at least 8 other public schools. Of 8 schools in the immediate area with test results, ASTORIA PARK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL ranks 5th on average proficiency.
The school's federal locale classification is City: Mid-size.
Federal counts put enrollment at 516 in 2020-21 and 479 in 2024-25, a 7% decrease. The student-to-teacher ratio went down from 15.2:1 to 14.1:1.
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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
Related schools
Other schools in LEON
- LAWTON CHILES HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 1,881 students
- LINCOLN HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 1,822 students
- LEON HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 1,793 students
- JAMES RICKARDS HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 1,718 students
- AMOS P. GODBY HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 1,388 students
- WILLIAM J MONTFORD III MIDDLE SCHOOLMiddle · 1,016 students
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
- AMOS P. GODBY HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 1,388 students
Nearby schools
- TALLAHASSEE SCHOOL OF MATH & SCIENCES1.0 mi · 621
- AMOS P. GODBY HIGH SCHOOL1.1 mi · 1,388
- JOHN G RILEY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL1.5 mi · 608
- SPRINGWOOD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL1.6 mi · 460
- GRETCHEN EVERHART SCHOOL1.7 mi · 91
- SEALEY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL1.8 mi · 369
Frequently asked questions
About ASTORIA PARK ELEMENTARY SCHOOLHow many students attend ASTORIA PARK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
ASTORIA PARK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL enrolls approximately 479 students in grades PK-05.
What grades does ASTORIA PARK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL serve?
ASTORIA PARK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL serves grades PK-05.
What is the student-teacher ratio at ASTORIA PARK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
The student-to-teacher ratio at ASTORIA PARK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is approximately 14.1:1 (34 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at ASTORIA PARK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
At ASTORIA PARK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, the student body is approximately 5% White, 9% Hispanic, 79% Black, 0% Asian, 7% Two or more.
Is ASTORIA PARK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL public or private?
ASTORIA PARK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is a public K-12 school, overseen by LEON.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.