FLORIDA STATE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL

FLORIDA STATE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL, a high-enrollment combined-grade school in TALLAHASSEE, Florida, part of FSU LAB SCH, instructs 1,851 students, covering grades K through 12. Enrollment runs roughly 424% larger than the state mean of about 353.

FSU LAB SCH comprises 2 schools with combined enrollment of 2,561 students; FLORIDA STATE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL is among them.

In terms of who attends, FLORIDA STATE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL records that the largest single group is White, at 56% of enrollment. The remainder reads as 20% Black, 11% Hispanic, 7% multiracial, 6% Asian. Compared to Leon County overall, the school's racial mix sits in roughly the same range.

Looking at school resources, The school reports having 75 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 24.8:1. That figure is higher than the state norm's 17.7:1 average. Around 23% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. By comparison, Leon County runs at roughly 41%, so the school's eligibility rate is somewhat below the surrounding baseline.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), FLORIDA STATE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 69.7%; this one delivers 81.8%.

Zooming out to the county, community-level numbers for Leon County indicate median household income runs about $66,287, roughly 49% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 10% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Across Leon County's 63 public schools (combined enrollment of about 35,246 students), FLORIDA STATE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL is one campus in the mix.

TALLAHASSEE CLASSICAL SCHOOL is the nearest neighboring public school, about 1.6 miles from this campus. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts FLORIDA STATE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL at 1st of 8; the average score across the group is 44.9%.

FLORIDA STATE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL operates from a metropolitan location. As a public charter, FLORIDA STATE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL runs on public funding but with greater curricular and operational autonomy than a typical district school.

Trend over the last 7 years. Over the past 7-year window, the student count ticked up 7%: 1,726 students in 2018 compared to 1,851 in 2025. The White share of enrollment ticked up from 48% to 56% over that span. Class-load math has widened: from 13.9:1 in 2018 to 24.8:1 in 2025.

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