R. FRANK NIMS MIDDLE SCHOOL

As a low-enrollment middle-grades school in TALLAHASSEE, Florida, R. FRANK NIMS MIDDLE SCHOOL teaches 625 students from grades 6 through 8, one of the schools within LEON. By comparison, Florida's public schools average about 794 students each, so R. FRANK NIMS MIDDLE SCHOOL sits 21% below that benchmark.

LEON runs 51 schools in total, collectively educating 31,579 students. R. FRANK NIMS MIDDLE SCHOOL is one of those campuses.

On the student-mix side, R. FRANK NIMS MIDDLE SCHOOL shows that Black students make up the majority at 76%. Beyond that, the school shows 12% Hispanic, 6% White, 4% multiracial. By comparison, Leon County as a whole is about 30% Black, so the school skews noticeably more Black than its surroundings.

Looking at the economic backdrop, On paper, R. FRANK NIMS MIDDLE SCHOOL has 35 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 17.9:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 19.6:1 average. Around 72% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. That share is above Leon County's rate of about 41%.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), R. FRANK NIMS MIDDLE SCHOOL performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 45.2%, the actual is 43.1%, a residual of -2.1 points.

In the surrounding community, community-level numbers for Leon County indicate median household earnings sit near $66,287, about 49% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, 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 R. FRANK NIMS MIDDLE SCHOOL is one.

FLORIDA A&M UNIVERSITY DEVELOPMENTAL RESEARCH SCHOOL is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.5 miles from this campus. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Among the 8 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), R. FRANK NIMS MIDDLE SCHOOL ranks 6th on composite proficiency, below the local average of 48.4%.

Geographically, the school is in an urban area.

Over the past 7-year window. R. FRANK NIMS MIDDLE SCHOOL's enrollment has expanded 26% since 2018, when it stood at 496 (now 625). Over the same period, the Black share shrank from 81% to 76%.

On the community side, members of the R. FRANK NIMS MIDDLE SCHOOL community share and discuss fundraisers, lost-and-found posts, and report-card season. Contributors range from current parents to recent graduates and teachers.