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How has FORT BRADEN SCHOOL changed in the last five years, for better or worse?
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Enrollment
668
Elementary
DISTRICT 542 · STATE 604
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·LEON·NCES 120111001825
FORT BRADEN SCHOOL
15100 BLOUNTSTOWN HWY, TALLAHASSEE, FL 32310 · (850) 488-9374 · Leon County
GRADES PK–08ELEMENTARY42-RURALTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL668 STUDENTS
D
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Scored higher than 6% 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.
- DBeats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
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
14.5:1
46 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 14.4:1 · STATE 17.5:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
66%
438 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 | 8 | 1% |
| Kindergarten | 53 | 8% |
| Grade 1 | 67 | 10% |
| Grade 2 | 65 | 10% |
| Grade 3 | 89 | 13% |
| Grade 4 | 83 | 12% |
| Grade 5 | 78 | 12% |
| Grade 6 | 66 | 10% |
| Grade 7 | 77 | 12% |
| Grade 8 | 82 | 12% |
This year's kindergarten class (53) is 35% smaller than its 8th grade class (82).
Student demographics
64%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
32.2%
FL avg 56.7% . +1.8pp since 2023
Math
33.2%
FL avg 58.9% . +0.5pp since 2023
What this means: On the FAST / B.E.S.T., Florida's statewide test, about 32 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 33 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 2 points since 2023, while math scores have held steady.
FAST / B.E.S.T. results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 32.2% | 33.2% |
| 2023-24 | 30.4% | 32.7% |
% 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
34.8%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
48.3%
based on FL schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-13.5pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 35% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 48% 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 FORT BRADEN SCHOOL
FORT BRADEN SCHOOL's state test result (34.8% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| FORT BRADEN SCHOOL this school | 668 | 65.6% | 34.8% |
| BELLEVIEW-SANTOS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL BELLEVIEW | 663 | 63.2% | 39.5% |
| WEST ZEPHYRHILLS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL ZEPHYRHILLS | 625 | 66.7% | 31.7% |
| DUNNELLON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL DUNNELLON | 644 | 63.2% | 46.8% |
| BELLEVIEW ELEMENTARY SCHOOL BELLEVIEW | 681 | 67.4% | 43.7% |
| GULF TRACE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL HOLIDAY | 625 | 69.0% | 44.4% |
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 FORT BRADEN SCHOOL ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Florida | In Leon County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 34.8% | #1,987 of 2,136 | #27 of 28 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 33.2% | #2,064 of 2,149 ▼ 50 | #27 of 28 ▲ 1 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 32.2% | #2,016 of 2,149 ▼ 19 | #26 of 28 ▼ 1 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 668 | #814 of 2,267 | #8 of 29 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 14.5:1 | #506 of 2,077 | #13 of 28 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 64.2% | #620 of 2,108 | #8 of 28 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 65.6% | #660 of 2,188 | #11 of 28 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -20.9% | #458 of 1,374 | #7 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
668
-49 (-7%) vs 2020
-1% since 2000-01, when it was 674
Student : Teacher
14.5:1
was 16.3:1
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 | 668 | 46 | 14.5:1 | 66% (438) |
| 2023-24 | 693 | 44 | 15.8:1 | 73% (506) |
| 2022-23 | 636 | 38.5 | 16.5:1 | 72% (461) |
| 2020-21 | 717 | 44 | 16.3:1 | 65% (463) |
| 2017-18 | 845 | 49 | 17.2:1 | 67% (567) |
| 2015-16 | 774 | 50 | 15.5:1 | 67% (520) |
| 2010-11 | 815 | 50 | 16.3:1 | 75% (613) |
| 2000-01 | 674 | 39 | 17.3:1 | 45% (305) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for FORT BRADEN SCHOOL.
About FORT BRADEN SCHOOL
FORT BRADEN SCHOOL runs as a medium-sized elementary school in TALLAHASSEE, Florida. Students in pre-K through 8 attend the school, which enrolls 668 students.
LEON runs 51 schools with a combined 31,579 students. FORT BRADEN SCHOOL is one of them.
At FORT BRADEN SCHOOL, the largest share of students is White, at 47%. The school is also 35% Hispanic, 11% Black, and 7% multiracial. That is lower than the 55% White share among all Leon County residents. The school's diversity index is 64%, meaning two students picked at random have a 64% chance of belonging to different racial or ethnic groups.
Its 46 full-time-equivalent teachers give the school a ratio of 14.5:1. This ratio sits 3.0 below the 17.5:1 average for elementary schools in Florida. Free or reduced-price lunch eligibility is 66%. The gap from the 41% average for public schools in Leon County is 25 points.
The allk12 Grade for FORT BRADEN SCHOOL is D. Compared with Florida public elementary schools, the school scored higher than 6% on a mix of test scores, poverty-adjusted results, and recent trend.
The school's average proficiency rate on state tests is 34.8%. For its free or reduced-price lunch share, the predicted value is 48.3%.
Among Leon County residents, the median household income is $66,287, 49% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 10% of residents live below the federal poverty line. FORT BRADEN SCHOOL is one of 63 public schools in the county.
The closest public school, GADSDEN COUNTY HIGH SCHOOL, is about 8.1 miles from FORT BRADEN SCHOOL. Other public schools within ten miles: 4. Compared with its nearest neighbors, FORT BRADEN SCHOOL ranks 2nd of 4 on average proficiency.
NCES describes the area around FORT BRADEN SCHOOL as Rural: Distant, meaning in rural territory some distance from an urban area.
Enrollment at FORT BRADEN SCHOOL declined 7% between 2020-21 and 2024-25, from 717 to 668 students. Its ratio of students to teachers was 16.3:1 in 2020-21, and 14.5:1 in 2024-25.
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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
- GADSDEN COUNTY HIGH SCHOOL8.1 mi · 1,086
- CROSSROAD ACADEMY9.0 mi · 555
- SUCCESS ACADEMY AT GHAZVINI LEARNING CENTER9.8 mi · 130
- SECOND CHANCE AT GHAZVINI LEARNING CENTER9.8 mi · 51
- STEWART STREET ELEMENTARY SCHOOL10.2 mi · 453
- GADSDEN TECHNICAL COLLEGE10.3 mi · 10
Frequently asked questions
About FORT BRADEN SCHOOLHow large is FORT BRADEN SCHOOL?
FORT BRADEN SCHOOL enrolls approximately 668 students in grades PK-08.
Is FORT BRADEN SCHOOL an elementary, middle, or high school?
FORT BRADEN SCHOOL is an elementary school covering grades PK-08.
What is the student-teacher ratio at FORT BRADEN SCHOOL?
The student-to-teacher ratio at FORT BRADEN SCHOOL is approximately 14.5:1 (46 FTE teachers).
How diverse is FORT BRADEN SCHOOL?
FORT BRADEN SCHOOL reports a student body of 47% White, 35% Hispanic, 11% Black, 0% Asian, 7% Two or more.
What district is FORT BRADEN SCHOOL in?
FORT BRADEN SCHOOL is part of LEON.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.