JOHN G RILEY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL

JOHN G RILEY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is an elementary-level community of middle-of-the-pack scale in TALLAHASSEE, Florida, overseen by LEON, instructing 608 students in grades K through 5.

Within LEON, which oversees 51 schools and 31,579 students, JOHN G RILEY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is one campus in the system.

On the student-mix side, JOHN G RILEY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL lists that 77% of the student body identifies as Black. The remainder comes out to 11% Hispanic, 6% multiracial, 4% White. 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, JOHN G RILEY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL records 37 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 16.4:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 17.5:1, putting JOHN G RILEY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL tighter than the state norm the norm. An estimated 78% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy. Set against Leon County (around 41%), the school's rate is noticeably above typical.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), JOHN G RILEY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 41.9%, the actual is 36.5%, a residual of -5.4 points.

Across the wider county, Leon County reports that median household earnings sit near $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. In all, Leon County runs 63 public schools (combined enrollment of about 35,246 students), of which JOHN G RILEY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is one.

GRIFFIN MIDDLE SCHOOL is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.6 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 JOHN G RILEY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL at 7th of 9; the average score across the group is 48.6%.

The school occupies a high-density site.

Trend over the last 7 years. Over the past 7-year window, the student count showed little movement: 623 students in 2018 compared to 608 in 2025. The Black share of enrollment declined from 83% to 77% over that span.

Inside the community feed, members of the JOHN G RILEY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL community share and discuss open house dates, ride-share offers, and field-trip permission slips. Posting is open to anyone connected to the school.