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How has JOHN G RILEY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL changed in the last five years, for better or worse?
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Enrollment
608
Elementary
DISTRICT 542 · STATE 604
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·LEON·NCES 120111001181
JOHN G RILEY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
1400 INDIANA ST, TALLAHASSEE, FL 32304 · (850) 488-5840 · Leon County
GRADES KG–05ELEMENTARY12-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL608 STUDENTS
D
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Scored higher than 12% 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.
- C-Beats 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
16.4:1
37 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 14.4:1 · STATE 17.5:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
78%
477 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Kindergarten | 111 | 18% |
| Grade 1 | 110 | 18% |
| Grade 2 | 96 | 16% |
| Grade 3 | 112 | 18% |
| Grade 4 | 80 | 13% |
| Grade 5 | 99 | 16% |
This year's kindergarten class (111) is 12% larger than its 5th grade class (99).
Student demographics
39%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
37.3%
FL avg 56.7% . +8.5pp since 2023
Math
51.2%
FL avg 58.9% . +12.5pp since 2023
What this means: On the FAST / B.E.S.T., Florida's statewide test, about 37 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 51 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 8 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 13 points.
FAST / B.E.S.T. results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 37.3% | 51.2% |
| 2023-24 | 28.8% | 38.7% |
% 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
36.5%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
41.9%
based on FL schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-5.4pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 36% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 42% 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 JOHN G RILEY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
JOHN G RILEY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL's state test result (36.5% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| JOHN G RILEY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL this school | 608 | 78.5% | 36.5% |
| ROSEMONT ELEMENTARY ORLANDO | 640 | 77.7% | 48.3% |
| BOND ELEMENTARY SCHOOL TALLAHASSEE | 611 | 82.8% | 49.8% |
| GALAXY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL BOYNTON BEACH | 595 | 75.3% | 36.9% |
| FOREST PARK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL BOYNTON BEACH | 613 | 73.6% | 40.8% |
| DR. MARY MCLEOD BETHUNE ELEMENTARY RIVIERA BEACH | 529 | 75.8% | 31.8% |
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 JOHN G RILEY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Florida | In Leon County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 36.5% | #1,934 of 2,136 | #25 of 28 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 51.2% | #1,502 of 2,149 ▲ 361 | #20 of 28 ▲ 4 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 37.3% | #1,876 of 2,149 ▲ 153 | #24 of 28 ▲ 2 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 608 | #1,008 of 2,267 | #13 of 29 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 16.4:1 | #1,241 of 2,077 | #25 of 28 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 39.2% | #1,684 of 2,108 | #24 of 28 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 78.5% | #190 of 2,188 | #5 of 28 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -2.4% | #1,272 of 1,374 | #24 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
608
+75 (+14%) vs 2020
+28% since 1990-91, when it was 476
Student : Teacher
16.4:1
was 20.5:1
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 | 608 | 37 | 16.4:1 | 78% (477) |
| 2023-24 | 571 | 30 | 19.0:1 | 81% (460) |
| 2022-23 | 528 | 31 | 17.0:1 | 81% (429) |
| 2020-21 | 533 | 26 | 20.5:1 | 81% (430) |
| 2017-18 | 623 | 39 | 16.0:1 | 85% (530) |
| 2015-16 | 554 | 37 | 15.0:1 | 87% (483) |
| 2010-11 | 555 | 36 | 15.4:1 | 91% (505) |
| 2000-01 | 435 | 32 | 13.6:1 | 89% (385) |
| 1990-91 | 476 | 31 | 15.3:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for JOHN G RILEY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL.
About JOHN G RILEY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
JOHN G RILEY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is a mid-sized elementary school that serves part of TALLAHASSEE, Florida. Its grade span covers kindergarten through 5, with 608 students on the rolls.
JOHN G RILEY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is one school in LEON, a system of 51 schools with 31,579 students.
At JOHN G RILEY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, 77% of students are Black. The school is also 11% Hispanic, 6% multiracial, and 4% White. That is higher than the 30% Black share among all Leon County residents. The diversity index for JOHN G RILEY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is 39%. For US public schools as a whole it is 70%.
JOHN G RILEY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL lists 37 full-time-equivalent teachers; that is about 16.4 students per teacher. By comparison, the average for elementary schools in Florida is 17.5:1. About 78% of students at JOHN G RILEY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. The 41% average for public schools in Leon County is 37 points lower.
On the allk12 Grade, JOHN G RILEY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL lands at D, ahead of 12% of Florida public elementary schools.
Compared with Florida schools that have similar shares of low-income students, JOHN G RILEY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL's results are 5.4 points below predicted: 36.5% against 41.9%.
For Leon County, Census Bureau data show median household income comes to about $66,287, about 49% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and the poverty rate is about 10%. The county has 63 public schools and about 35,246 students.
Straight-line distance to the nearest public school, GRIFFIN MIDDLE SCHOOL, is about 0.6 miles. Within five miles are at least 8 other public schools. Compared with its nearest neighbors, JOHN G RILEY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL ranks 7th of 9 on average proficiency.
Its NCES locale code is City: Mid-size: the school is inside a principal city with a population between 100,000 and 250,000.
From 533 students in 2020-21, enrollment rose to 608 by 2024-25. From 2020-21 to 2024-25, the ratio dropped from 20.5:1 to 16.4:1.
JOHN G RILEY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL has a community page on allk12 for topics such as pickup and drop-off, after-school programs, and teacher feedback. You can also rate the school on this page.
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
- GRIFFIN MIDDLE SCHOOL0.6 mi · 457
- AMOS P. GODBY HIGH SCHOOL0.6 mi · 1,388
- RUEDIGER ELEMENTARY SCHOOL1.1 mi · 504
- RAA MIDDLE SCHOOL1.2 mi · 928
- THE SCHOOL OF ARTS & SCIENCES CENTRE1.4 mi · 448
- ASTORIA PARK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL1.5 mi · 479
Frequently asked questions
About JOHN G RILEY ELEMENTARY SCHOOLHow many students attend JOHN G RILEY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
JOHN G RILEY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL enrolls approximately 608 students in grades KG-05.
What grades does JOHN G RILEY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL serve?
JOHN G RILEY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL serves grades KG-05.
What is the student-teacher ratio at JOHN G RILEY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
The student-to-teacher ratio at JOHN G RILEY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is approximately 16.4:1 (37 FTE teachers).
How diverse is JOHN G RILEY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
JOHN G RILEY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL reports a student body of 4% White, 11% Hispanic, 77% Black, 2% Asian, 6% Two or more.
Who oversees JOHN G RILEY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
JOHN G RILEY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is overseen by LEON in Leon County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.