ASTORIA PARK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL

ASTORIA PARK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, a close-knit K-5 school in TALLAHASSEE, Florida, one of the schools within LEON, teaches 479 students, covering grades pre-K through 5. That puts it 21% below the typical public school in Florida, which averages around 604 students.

LEON runs 51 schools in total, collectively educating 31,579 students. ASTORIA PARK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is one of those campuses.

For racial and ethnic makeup, ASTORIA PARK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL records that the largest single group is Black, at 79% of enrollment. Beyond that, the school records 9% Hispanic, 7% multiracial, 5% White. That is noticeably more Black than the county at large, where the share is closer to 30%.

In terms of school funding signals, ASTORIA PARK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL lists 34 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 14.1:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 17.5:1, putting ASTORIA PARK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL tighter than the state norm the norm. Around 77% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, often used as a Title I proxy. By comparison, Leon County runs at roughly 41%, so the school's eligibility rate is somewhat above the surrounding baseline.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), ASTORIA PARK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 42.8%, the actual is 39.5%, a residual of -3.3 points.

In the surrounding community, Leon County reports that median household income runs about $66,287, 49% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and roughly 10% of residents live below the federal poverty line. ASTORIA PARK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is one of 63 public schools in Leon County (combined enrollment of about 35,246 students).

The closest other public school is TALLAHASSEE SCHOOL OF MATH & SCIENCES, roughly 1.0 miles away. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts ASTORIA PARK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL at 5th of 8; the average score across the group is 43.8%.

The campus sits in a downtown setting.

Five-year trend. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at ASTORIA PARK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL has contracted 20%, going from 602 students in 2018 to 479 in 2025. Black enrollment moved from 85% to 79% across the same window. Class-load math has pulled in: from 16.3:1 in 2018 to 14.1:1 in 2025.

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