Enrollment
353
Elementary
DISTRICT 542 · STATE 604
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·LEON·NCES 120111001165
FRANK HARTSFIELD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
1414 CHOWKEEBIN NENE, TALLAHASSEE, FL 32301 · (850) 488-7322 · Leon County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY12-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL353 STUDENTS
D
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Scored higher than 7% 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.
- ·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
12.6:1
28 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 14.4:1 · STATE 17.5:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
68%
239 students
DISTRICT 48% · STATE 50%
Community
0
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 | 13 | 4% |
| Kindergarten | 57 | 16% |
| Grade 1 | 58 | 16% |
| Grade 2 | 53 | 15% |
| Grade 3 | 53 | 15% |
| Grade 4 | 59 | 17% |
| Grade 5 | 60 | 17% |
This year's kindergarten class (57) is 5% smaller than its 5th grade class (60).
Student demographics
38%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
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FAST / B.E.S.T. 2024-25 . % at Level 3 or AboveEnglish Language Arts
30.0%
FL avg 56.7% . -3.1pp since 2023
Math
43.3%
FL avg 58.9% . -2.2pp since 2023
What this means: On the FAST / B.E.S.T., Florida's statewide test, about 30 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 43 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 3 points since 2023, while math scores are down about 2 points.
FAST / B.E.S.T. results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 30.0% | 43.3% |
| 2023-24 | 33.1% | 45.6% |
% 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
35.0%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
47.2%
based on FL schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-12.2pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 35% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 47% 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 FRANK HARTSFIELD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
FRANK HARTSFIELD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL's state test result (35.0% proficient) is higher than 0 of the 4 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| FRANK HARTSFIELD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL this school | 353 | 67.7% | 35.0% |
| GARDEN CITY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL JACKSONVILLE | 390 | 63.1% | 40.5% |
| WILLIAM FRANGUS ELEMENTARY ORLANDO | 430 | 66.5% | 44.3% |
| POINCIANA STEM ELEMENTARY MAGNET SCHOOL BOYNTON BEACH | 430 | 62.8% | 57.5% |
| SPRINGWOOD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL TALLAHASSEE | 460 | 66.3% | 45.8% |
| HYDE GROVE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL JACKSONVILLE | 374 | 70.6% | N/A |
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 FRANK HARTSFIELD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Florida | In Leon County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 35.0% | #1,980 of 2,136 | #26 of 28 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 43.3% | #1,819 of 2,149 ▼ 230 | #26 of 28 ▼ 9 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 30.0% | #2,069 of 2,149 ▼ 140 | #28 of 28 ▼ 4 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 353 | #1,883 of 2,267 | #27 of 29 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 12.6:1 | #89 of 2,077 | #3 of 28 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 38.4% | #1,703 of 2,108 | #25 of 28 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 67.7% | #558 of 2,188 | #9 of 28 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -24.2% | #352 of 1,374 | #4 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
353
-15 (-4%) vs 2020
-31% since 1990-91, when it was 509
Student : Teacher
12.6:1
was 13.6:1
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 | 353 | 28 | 12.6:1 | 68% (239) |
| 2023-24 | 324 | 24 | 13.5:1 | 71% (231) |
| 2022-23 | 309 | 27 | 11.4:1 | 71% (218) |
| 2020-21 | 368 | 27 | 13.6:1 | 70% (256) |
| 2017-18 | 466 | 32 | 14.6:1 | 71% (330) |
| 2015-16 | 439 | 31 | 14.2:1 | 72% (314) |
| 2010-11 | 497 | 34 | 14.6:1 | 79% (392) |
| 2000-01 | 554 | 36 | 15.4:1 | 56% (311) |
| 1990-91 | 509 | 31 | 16.4:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for FRANK HARTSFIELD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL.
About FRANK HARTSFIELD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
In TALLAHASSEE, Florida, part of Leon County, FRANK HARTSFIELD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is an elementary school. A federal count lists 353 students at the school, in pre-K through 5. Average enrollment for elementary schools in Florida is about 604, so this school runs 42% smaller than that.
FRANK HARTSFIELD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is in LEON, a district with 31,579 students across 51 schools.
Black students are the majority at FRANK HARTSFIELD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, with 78% of enrollment. Enrollment also includes 8% White, 7% Hispanic, and 5% multiracial. The school's Black share is 47 points above the 30% share among Leon County residents. FRANK HARTSFIELD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL's diversity index is 38%, against a US figure of 70%.
Teacher staffing is 28 full-time equivalents, or about 12.6 students per teacher. This ratio sits 4.9 below the 17.5:1 average for elementary schools in Florida. Eligibility for subsidized school meals is 68%. Across public schools in Leon County, the average is 41%.
FRANK HARTSFIELD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is graded D by allk12, scoring above 7% of Florida public elementary schools once test results, poverty-adjusted performance, and the recent trend are combined.
In Florida, FRANK HARTSFIELD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is in the middle band of BeatsExpectations: 35.0% actual against a predicted 47.2%.
Federal survey data for Leon County show that the median household income is $66,287, 49% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 10% of people live in poverty. There are 63 public schools in Leon County, enrolling about 35,246 students in all.
PACE CENTER FOR GIRLS is the closest public school, about 1.4 miles away in a straight line. Other public schools within five miles number at least 8. FRANK HARTSFIELD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL comes in 6th of 6 nearby schools on average proficiency.
FRANK HARTSFIELD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is inside a principal city with a population between 100,000 and 250,000, a location NCES labels City: Mid-size.
Enrollment dropped 4% from its 2020-21 level of 368. The ratio was 13.6:1 in 2020-21 and 12.6:1 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
- PACE CENTER FOR GIRLS1.4 mi · 44
- LEON HIGH SCHOOL1.5 mi · 1,793
- ELIZABETH COBB MIDDLE SCHOOL1.5 mi · 675
- KATE SULLIVAN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL1.6 mi · 737
- FLORIDA SCHOLARS ACADEMY1.6 mi · 1,024
- JAMES RICKARDS HIGH SCHOOL1.7 mi · 1,718
Frequently asked questions
About FRANK HARTSFIELD ELEMENTARY SCHOOLHow large is FRANK HARTSFIELD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
FRANK HARTSFIELD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL enrolls approximately 353 students in grades PK-05.
What age range does FRANK HARTSFIELD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL serve?
FRANK HARTSFIELD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL serves students from grade PK through grade 05.
How many students per teacher at FRANK HARTSFIELD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
Approximately 12.6:1 students per teacher at FRANK HARTSFIELD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL.
What is the student diversity at FRANK HARTSFIELD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
Student demographics at FRANK HARTSFIELD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL are roughly 8% White, 7% Hispanic, 78% Black, 2% Asian, 5% Two or more.
What district is FRANK HARTSFIELD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL in?
FRANK HARTSFIELD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is part of LEON.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.