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Teachers: what resource would make the biggest difference at LEON HIGH SCHOOL this year?
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Enrollment
1,793
High
DISTRICT 1,025 · STATE 1,035
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·LEON·NCES 120111001162
LEON HIGH SCHOOL
550 E TENNESSEE ST, TALLAHASSEE, FL 32308 · (850) 488-1971 · Leon County
GRADES 09–12HIGH12-CITYREGULAR SCHOOL1,793 STUDENTS
C
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Scored higher than 32% of Florida public high schools
- C+Test 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.
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 high schools
Student : Teacher
24.4:1
74 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 21.4:1 · STATE 23.5:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
31%
559 students
DISTRICT 48% · STATE 50%
Community
6
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other high schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Grade 9 | 451 | 25% |
| Grade 10 | 483 | 27% |
| Grade 11 | 489 | 27% |
| Grade 12 | 370 | 21% |
Student demographics
68%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
61.1%
FL avg 56.7% . +3.6pp since 2023
Math
37.0%
FL avg 58.9% . +4.0pp since 2023
What this means: On the FAST / B.E.S.T., Florida's statewide test, about 61 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 37 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 4 points.
FAST / B.E.S.T. results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 61.1% | 37.0% |
| 2023-24 | 57.5% | 33.0% |
% 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
UNDERPERFORMING
Bottom 10% of FL schools after controlling for student poverty
Actual proficiency
50.8%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
65.5%
based on FL schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-14.7pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 51% of students here test proficient in math and reading, below the roughly 66% 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 →
Schools most like LEON HIGH SCHOOL
LEON HIGH SCHOOL's state test result (50.8% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| LEON HIGH SCHOOL this school | 1,793 | 31.2% | 50.8% |
| WILLIAM T. DWYER HIGH SCHOOL WEST PALM BEACH | 2,163 | 31.9% | 59.3% |
| LINCOLN HIGH SCHOOL TALLAHASSEE | 1,822 | 23.1% | 51.7% |
| BALDWIN MIDDLE-SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL JACKSONVILLE | 1,462 | 37.5% | 34.4% |
| FORT LAUDERDALE HIGH SCHOOL FORT LAUDERDALE | 2,260 | 35.9% | 65.0% |
| SOMERSET ACADEMY CANYONS HIGH SCHOOL BOYNTON BEACH | 1,024 | 31.1% | 62.5% |
Matched among Florida high 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 LEON HIGH SCHOOL ranks
Among high schools| Measure | This school | In Florida | In Leon County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 50.8% | #306 of 555 | #5 of 7 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 37.0% | #320 of 549 ▼ 11 | #4 of 7 ▲ 1 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 61.1% | #210 of 559 ▼ 13 | #4 of 7 no change |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 1,793 | #212 of 830 | #3 of 9 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 24.4:1 | #417 of 575 | #4 of 7 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 67.6% | #96 of 594 | #2 of 7 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 31.2% | #466 of 630 | #4 of 8 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -14.0% | #102 of 289 | N/A |
Ranked against other public high 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
1,793
-199 (-10%) vs 2020
+3% since 1990-91, when it was 1,746
Student : Teacher
24.4:1
was 23.7:1
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 | 1,793 | 73.5 | 24.4:1 | 31% (559) |
| 2023-24 | 1,923 | 80.6 | 23.9:1 | 37% (708) |
| 2022-23 | 1,935 | 83.7 | 23.1:1 | 37% (720) |
| 2020-21 | 1,992 | 84 | 23.7:1 | N/A |
| 2017-18 | 2,085 | 95 | 21.9:1 | 26% (552) |
| 2015-16 | 2,113 | 91 | 23.2:1 | 26% (557) |
| 2010-11 | 1,855 | 90 | 20.6:1 | 23% (419) |
| 2000-01 | 1,754 | 82 | 21.4:1 | 4% (69) |
| 1990-91 | 1,746 | 86 | 20.3:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for LEON HIGH SCHOOL.
About LEON HIGH SCHOOL
LEON HIGH SCHOOL is a high-enrollment high school located in TALLAHASSEE, Florida. The school covers grades 9 through 12 and reported 1,793 students in 2024-25. On average, high schools in Florida enroll around 1,035, and this school is 73% larger than that mark.
LEON counts 51 schools and 31,579 students, including LEON HIGH SCHOOL.
About 40% of students at LEON HIGH SCHOOL are White, the largest single group. After that, the student body is 38% Black, 12% Hispanic, 7% multiracial, and 3% Asian. Among all residents of Leon County, the White share is about 55%. A diversity index of 68% means there is a 68% chance two randomly chosen students at LEON HIGH SCHOOL are from different groups.
Based on 73.5 full-time-equivalent teachers, LEON HIGH SCHOOL has a ratio of 24.4:1. The gap from the 23.5:1 average for high schools in Florida is 0.9 students per teacher. Eligibility for free or reduced-price lunch stands at 31%. Compared with the 41% average for public schools in Leon County, the school's rate is lower.
On the allk12 Grade, LEON HIGH SCHOOL lands at C, ahead of 32% of Florida public high schools.
Test results at LEON HIGH SCHOOL are 14.7 points below what its student poverty level predicts. The average proficiency rate across its state test results is 50.8%, compared with a predicted 65.5%, which ranks in the bottom 10% in Florida.
The school is in Leon County, where median household income comes to about $66,287, 49% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 10% of people live in poverty. Leon County's 63 public schools enroll about 35,246 students and include LEON HIGH SCHOOL.
A public school about 0.6 miles away, ELIZABETH COBB MIDDLE SCHOOL, is the closest to LEON HIGH SCHOOL. Inside a five-mile radius, there are at least 8 other public schools. LEON HIGH SCHOOL comes in 4th of 8 nearby schools on average proficiency.
NCES assigns LEON HIGH SCHOOL the locale City: Mid-size, meaning inside a principal city with a population between 100,000 and 250,000.
Enrollment figures show a decline of 199 students from 2020-21 to 2024-25.
LEON HIGH SCHOOL has a community page on allk12 for topics such as pickup and drop-off, after-school programs, and teacher feedback. Teachers and staff are welcome to share updates too.
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
- JAMES RICKARDS HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 1,718 students
- AMOS P. GODBY HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 1,388 students
- WILLIAM J MONTFORD III MIDDLE SCHOOLMiddle · 1,016 students
- RAA MIDDLE SCHOOLMiddle · 928 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
- JAMES RICKARDS HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 1,718 students
- AMOS P. GODBY HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 1,388 students
- FLORIDA SCHOLARS ACADEMYCombined · 1,024 students
Other Leon High schools
One other US public school is named Leon High. LEON HIGH SCHOOL is the largest of the 2.
- Leon High SchoolJEWETT, TX · 372 students
Nearby schools
- ELIZABETH COBB MIDDLE SCHOOL0.6 mi · 675
- KATE SULLIVAN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL0.8 mi · 737
- PACE CENTER FOR GIRLS1.3 mi · 44
- RAA MIDDLE SCHOOL1.3 mi · 928
- RUEDIGER ELEMENTARY SCHOOL1.3 mi · 504
- GRIFFIN MIDDLE SCHOOL1.5 mi · 457
Frequently asked questions
About LEON HIGH SCHOOLHow large is LEON HIGH SCHOOL?
LEON HIGH SCHOOL enrolls approximately 1,793 students in grades 09-12.
Is LEON HIGH SCHOOL an elementary, middle, or high school?
LEON HIGH SCHOOL is a high school covering grades 09-12.
How many students per teacher at LEON HIGH SCHOOL?
Approximately 24.4:1 students per teacher at LEON HIGH SCHOOL.
How diverse is LEON HIGH SCHOOL?
LEON HIGH SCHOOL reports a student body of 40% White, 12% Hispanic, 38% Black, 3% Asian, 7% Two or more.
Is LEON HIGH SCHOOL public or private?
LEON HIGH SCHOOL is a public K-12 school, overseen by LEON.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.