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What's something BOND ELEMENTARY SCHOOL does better than most schools?
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Enrollment
611
Elementary
DISTRICT 542 · STATE 604
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·LEON·NCES 120111004945
BOND ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
2204 SAXON ST, TALLAHASSEE, FL 32310 · (850) 488-7676 · Leon County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY12-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL611 STUDENTS
B
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Scored higher than 55% of Florida public elementary schools
- C+Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- A-Beats 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
17.0:1
36 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 14.4:1 · STATE 17.5:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
83%
506 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 | 17 | 3% |
| Kindergarten | 97 | 16% |
| Grade 1 | 105 | 17% |
| Grade 2 | 112 | 18% |
| Grade 3 | 103 | 17% |
| Grade 4 | 86 | 14% |
| Grade 5 | 91 | 15% |
This year's kindergarten class (97) is 7% larger than its 5th grade class (91).
Student demographics
35%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
43.3%
FL avg 56.7% . -4.4pp since 2023
Math
57.3%
FL avg 58.9% . -4.5pp since 2023
What this means: On the FAST / B.E.S.T., Florida's statewide test, about 43 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 57 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Florida schools, those numbers are about 57 and 59. Reading and writing scores are down about 4 points since 2023, while math scores are down about 5 points.
FAST / B.E.S.T. results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 43.3% | 57.3% |
| 2023-24 | 47.7% | 61.8% |
% 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
49.8%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
39.7%
based on FL schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+10.1pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 50% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 40% 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 BOND ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
BOND ELEMENTARY SCHOOL's state test result (49.8% proficient) is higher than 5 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| BOND ELEMENTARY SCHOOL this school | 611 | 82.8% | 49.8% |
| CAMPBELL PARK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL ST PETERSBURG | 502 | 81.5% | 49.0% |
| HAVANA MAGNET SCHOOL HAVANA | 558 | 84.4% | 40.5% |
| JOHN G RILEY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL TALLAHASSEE | 608 | 78.5% | 36.5% |
| NORTH SHORE ELEMENTARY JACKSONVILLE | 614 | 78.2% | 37.4% |
| ROSEMONT ELEMENTARY ORLANDO | 640 | 77.7% | 48.3% |
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 BOND ELEMENTARY SCHOOL ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Florida | In Leon County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 49.8% | #1,340 of 2,136 | #12 of 28 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 57.3% | #1,224 of 2,149 ▼ 348 | #14 of 28 ▼ 6 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 43.3% | #1,635 of 2,149 ▼ 356 | #20 of 28 ▼ 6 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 611 | #992 of 2,267 | #12 of 29 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 17.0:1 | #1,419 of 2,077 | #28 of 28 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 35.5% | #1,752 of 2,108 | #27 of 28 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 82.8% | #98 of 2,188 | #1 of 28 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -5.9% | #1,127 of 1,374 | #20 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
611
+104 (+21%) vs 2020
-5% since 2010-11, when it was 645
Student : Teacher
17.0:1
was 12.7:1
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 | 611 | 36 | 17.0:1 | 83% (506) |
| 2023-24 | 576 | 34 | 16.9:1 | 83% (477) |
| 2022-23 | 536 | 37 | 14.5:1 | 84% (452) |
| 2020-21 | 507 | 40 | 12.7:1 | 84% (425) |
| 2017-18 | 649 | 42 | 15.4:1 | 86% (558) |
| 2015-16 | 652 | 43 | 15.2:1 | 90% (590) |
| 2010-11 | 645 | 43 | 15.0:1 | 93% (602) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for BOND ELEMENTARY SCHOOL.
About BOND ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
TALLAHASSEE, Florida, is home to BOND ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, a medium-sized elementary school. Classes run from pre-K through 5, and the school has 611 students.
BOND ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is one of 51 schools in LEON, which enrolls 31,579 students in total.
Black students are the majority at BOND ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, with 80% of enrollment. Other groups make up 8% Hispanic, 6% White, and 5% multiracial. Leon County as a whole is about 30% Black, so the school's share is higher. Pick two students at random and there is a 35% chance they belong to different racial or ethnic groups; that figure is the school's diversity index.
Staffing totals 36 full-time-equivalent teachers, and the student-to-teacher ratio is 17.0:1. For comparison, elementary schools in Florida average 17.5:1. A measure often used for student poverty, free or reduced-price lunch eligibility, stands at 83%. The average for public schools in Leon County is 41%.
allk12 grades BOND ELEMENTARY SCHOOL a B. The grade compares the school only with Florida public elementary schools, because each state gives its own test.
Schools in Florida with a similar free or reduced-price lunch share are predicted to score about 39.7%. BOND ELEMENTARY SCHOOL scores 49.8%.
Census Bureau estimates for Leon County show that the median household income is $66,287, roughly 49% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 10%. There are 63 public schools in Leon County, enrolling about 35,246 students in all.
The nearest other public school, R. FRANK NIMS MIDDLE SCHOOL, is about 0.5 miles away. There are at least 8 more public schools inside five miles. Among the 8 closest schools with test data, this one included, BOND ELEMENTARY SCHOOL ranks 5th on average proficiency.
BOND ELEMENTARY SCHOOL has an NCES locale of City: Mid-size.
Compared with 2020-21, the school had 104 more students in 2024-25. By 2024-25, the school had 17.0 students per teacher, compared with 12.7 in 2020-21.
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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
Other Bond Elementary schools
One other US public school is named Bond Elementary. BOND ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is the largest of the 2.
- Bond Elementary SchoolChicago, IL · 233 students
Nearby schools
- R. FRANK NIMS MIDDLE SCHOOL0.5 mi · 625
- FLORIDA A&M UNIVERSITY DEVELOPMENTAL RESEARCH SCHOOL0.5 mi · 519
- PINEVIEW ELEMENTARY SCHOOL0.6 mi · 457
- PACE CENTER FOR GIRLS1.1 mi · 44
- SAIL1.8 mi · 359
- JAMES RICKARDS HIGH SCHOOL2.0 mi · 1,718
Frequently asked questions
About BOND ELEMENTARY SCHOOLHow many students attend BOND ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
BOND ELEMENTARY SCHOOL enrolls approximately 611 students in grades PK-05.
What grades does BOND ELEMENTARY SCHOOL serve?
BOND ELEMENTARY SCHOOL serves grades PK-05.
What is the student-teacher ratio at BOND ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
The student-to-teacher ratio at BOND ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is approximately 17.0:1 (36 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at BOND ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
At BOND ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, the student body is approximately 6% White, 8% Hispanic, 80% Black, 1% Asian, 5% Two or more.
Who oversees BOND ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
BOND ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is overseen by LEON in Leon County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.