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How has J MICHAEL CONLEY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL AT SOUTHWOOD changed in the last five years, for better or worse?
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Enrollment
693
Elementary
DISTRICT 542 · STATE 604
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·LEON·NCES 120111006879
J MICHAEL CONLEY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL AT SOUTHWOOD
2400 ORANGE AVE E, TALLAHASSEE, FL 32311 · (850) 414-5610 · Leon County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY12-CITYREGULAR SCHOOL693 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
13.3:1
52 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 14.4:1 · STATE 17.5:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
38%
266 students
DISTRICT 48% · STATE 50%
Community
3
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other elementary schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade
Student demographics
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. 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
47.3%
FL avg 56.7% . +3.8pp since 2023
Math
46.3%
FL avg 58.9% . +3.0pp since 2023
What this means: On the FAST / B.E.S.T., Florida's statewide test, about 47 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 46 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 4 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 3 points.
Source: FAST / B.E.S.T.. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyTier
UNDERPERFORMING
Bottom 10% of FL schools after controlling for student poverty
Actual proficiency
44.5%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
61.9%
based on FL schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-17.4pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 45% of students here test proficient in math and reading, below the roughly 62% typical for Florida schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations compares each school with others at the same poverty level, not by raw scores, so a school lands here when its results trail those comparable schools, which is not the same as having low scores. A higher-scoring school can still fall in this tier if similar schools score higher still.
BeatsExpectations runs a per-state regression of proficiency on free/reduced-lunch share, then scores each school by residual. How this is calculated →
7-year change
SY 2017-18 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
693
-142 (-17%) vs 2017
Student : Teacher
13.3:1
was 15.8:1
% White
19%
was 32%
% Hispanic
11%
was 6%
% Black
50%
was 45%
% Asian
13%
was 10%
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
About J MICHAEL CONLEY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL AT SOUTHWOOD
J MICHAEL CONLEY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL AT SOUTHWOOD operates as a reasonably sized elementary-level community in TALLAHASSEE, Florida, one of the schools within LEON. Current enrollment sits at 693 students spanning grades pre-K through 5.
J MICHAEL CONLEY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL AT SOUTHWOOD is one of 51 schools operated by LEON, a district that hosts 31,579 students overall.
Demographically, J MICHAEL CONLEY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL AT SOUTHWOOD logs that 50% of students identify as Black, with the remaining enrollment distributed across several groups. Other groups include 19% White, 13% Asian, 11% Hispanic, 7% multiracial. By comparison, Leon County as a whole is about 30% Black, so the school skews considerably more Black than its surroundings.
Looking at the economic backdrop, On paper, J MICHAEL CONLEY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL AT SOUTHWOOD has 52 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 13.3:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 17.5:1, putting J MICHAEL CONLEY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL AT SOUTHWOOD tighter than the state norm the norm. Around 38% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, often used as a Title I proxy.
On a demographically-adjusted basis, J MICHAEL CONLEY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL AT SOUTHWOOD is in the bottom 10% of Florida public schools. The BeatsExpectations model predicts schools with this FRL share to land around 61.9%; J MICHAEL CONLEY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL AT SOUTHWOOD posts 44.5%, -17.4 points below that line.
In the area at large, ACS estimates for Leon County put median household earnings sit near $66,287, 49% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 10%. J MICHAEL CONLEY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL AT SOUTHWOOD is one of 63 public schools in Leon County (combined enrollment of about 35,246 students).
Nearest neighbor: FLORIDA SCHOLARS ACADEMY, around 0.8 miles off. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. On composite proficiency, J MICHAEL CONLEY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL AT SOUTHWOOD comes 5th of 7 in the immediate cluster, below the nearby-schools average of 50.6%.
Geographically, the school is in an urban area.
Over the past 7-year window. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at J MICHAEL CONLEY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL AT SOUTHWOOD has shrank 17%, going from 835 students in 2018 to 693 in 2025. The White share of enrollment ticked down from 32% to 19% over that span. Class-load math has narrowed: from 15.8:1 in 2018 to 13.3:1 in 2025.
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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
- FLORIDA SCHOLARS ACADEMY0.8 mi · 1,024
- APALACHEE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL1.6 mi · 482
- LEON COUNTY VIRTUAL SCHOOL FRANCHISE1.7 mi · 88
- LINCOLN HIGH SCHOOL1.7 mi · 1,822
- FLORIDA STATE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL2.0 mi · 1,851
- JAMES RICKARDS HIGH SCHOOL2.4 mi · 1,718
Frequently asked questions
About J MICHAEL CONLEY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL AT SOUTHWOODWhat is the total enrollment at J MICHAEL CONLEY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL AT SOUTHWOOD?
J MICHAEL CONLEY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL AT SOUTHWOOD enrolls approximately 693 students in grades PK-05.
What age range does J MICHAEL CONLEY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL AT SOUTHWOOD serve?
J MICHAEL CONLEY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL AT SOUTHWOOD serves students from grade PK through grade 05.
How many students per teacher at J MICHAEL CONLEY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL AT SOUTHWOOD?
Approximately 13.3:1 students per teacher at J MICHAEL CONLEY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL AT SOUTHWOOD.
How diverse is J MICHAEL CONLEY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL AT SOUTHWOOD?
J MICHAEL CONLEY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL AT SOUTHWOOD reports a student body of 19% White, 11% Hispanic, 50% Black, 13% Asian, 7% Two or more.
Who oversees J MICHAEL CONLEY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL AT SOUTHWOOD?
J MICHAEL CONLEY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL AT SOUTHWOOD is overseen by LEON in Leon County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.