FLORIDA SCHOLARS ACADEMY

As a large combined-grade school in TALLAHASSEE, Florida, FLORIDA SCHOLARS ACADEMY teaches 1,024 students from grades K through 12, part of DJJ District. Enrollment runs roughly 190% above the state mean of about 353.

FLORIDA SCHOLARS ACADEMY is a school of DJJ District, the district that handles curriculum, staffing, and budget for the campus.

On the student-mix side, FLORIDA SCHOLARS ACADEMY records that 59% of the student body identifies as Black. Beyond that, the school reports 31% White, 8% Hispanic. That is visibly more Black than the county at large, where the share is closer to 30%.

In terms of school funding signals, On paper, FLORIDA SCHOLARS ACADEMY has 107 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 9.6:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 17.7:1, putting FLORIDA SCHOLARS ACADEMY tighter than the state norm the norm. Around 31% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. Set against Leon County (around 41%), the school's rate is noticeably below typical.

Zooming out to the county, the surrounding county (Leon County) reports that the typical household earns roughly $66,287 per year, 49% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 10%. In all, Leon County runs 63 public schools (combined enrollment of about 35,246 students), of which FLORIDA SCHOLARS ACADEMY is one.

J MICHAEL CONLEY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL AT SOUTHWOOD is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.8 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around FLORIDA SCHOLARS ACADEMY.

Geographically, the school is in a city-core area.

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