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Enrollment
625
Middle
DISTRICT 763 · STATE 794
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·LEON·NCES 120111001182
R. FRANK NIMS MIDDLE SCHOOL
723 W ORANGE AVE, TALLAHASSEE, FL 32310 · (850) 488-5960 · Leon County
GRADES 06–08MIDDLE12-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL625 STUDENTS
C
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 31% of Florida public middle schools
- C-Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- B-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 middle schools
Student : Teacher
17.9:1
35 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 18.9:1 · STATE 19.6:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
72%
449 students
DISTRICT 48% · STATE 50%
Community
6
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other middle schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Grade 6 | 236 | 38% |
| Grade 7 | 188 | 30% |
| Grade 8 | 201 | 32% |
Student demographics
40%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
29.5%
FL avg 56.7% . +1.5pp since 2023
Math
32.1%
FL avg 58.9% . -7.8pp since 2023
What this means: On the FAST / B.E.S.T., Florida's statewide test, about 30 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 32 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 2 points since 2023, while math scores are down about 8 points.
FAST / B.E.S.T. results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 29.5% | 32.1% |
| 2023-24 | 28.0% | 39.9% |
% 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
43.1%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
45.2%
based on FL schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-2.1pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 43% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 45% 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 R. FRANK NIMS MIDDLE SCHOOL
R. FRANK NIMS MIDDLE SCHOOL's state test result (43.1% proficient) is higher than 5 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| R. FRANK NIMS MIDDLE SCHOOL this school | 625 | 71.8% | 43.1% |
| COLLEGE PARK MIDDLE ORLANDO | 624 | 73.1% | 32.9% |
| MEADOWBROOK MIDDLE ORLANDO | 808 | 70.2% | 39.9% |
| CARVER MIDDLE ORLANDO | 639 | 75.1% | 39.1% |
| JEAN RIBAULT MIDDLE SCHOOL JACKSONVILLE | 530 | 70.8% | 35.4% |
| HOWELL L. WATKINS MIDDLE SCHOOL PALM BEACH GARDENS | 705 | 67.1% | 39.3% |
Matched among Florida middle 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 R. FRANK NIMS MIDDLE SCHOOL ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In Florida | In Leon County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 43.1% | #431 of 560 | #7 of 8 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 32.1% | #542 of 560 ▼ 99 | #7 of 8 no change |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 29.5% | #532 of 560 ▼ 17 | #7 of 8 no change |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 625 | #423 of 584 | #7 of 8 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 17.9:1 | #147 of 547 | #3 of 8 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 40.2% | #457 of 553 | #7 of 8 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 71.8% | #50 of 565 | #2 of 8 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +26.0% | #25 of 137 | N/A |
Ranked against other public middle 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
625
+119 (+24%) vs 2020
-21% since 1990-91, when it was 796
Student : Teacher
17.9:1
was 19.5:1
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 | 625 | 35 | 17.9:1 | 72% (449) |
| 2023-24 | 564 | 37 | 15.2:1 | 77% (437) |
| 2022-23 | 609 | 33 | 18.4:1 | 82% (500) |
| 2020-21 | 506 | 26 | 19.5:1 | 82% (415) |
| 2017-18 | 496 | 29 | 17.1:1 | 81% (404) |
| 2015-16 | 442 | 27 | 16.4:1 | 84% (371) |
| 2010-11 | 453 | 29 | 15.6:1 | 92% (419) |
| 2000-01 | 662 | 38 | 17.4:1 | 65% (433) |
| 1990-91 | 796 | 42 | 18.9:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for R. FRANK NIMS MIDDLE SCHOOL.
About R. FRANK NIMS MIDDLE SCHOOL
R. FRANK NIMS MIDDLE SCHOOL is a low-enrollment middle-grades school in Florida, located in TALLAHASSEE. Grades offered run from 6 through 8, with 625 students enrolled. The average among middle schools in Florida is roughly 794 students; this school is 21% smaller than that.
R. FRANK NIMS MIDDLE SCHOOL is run by LEON, whose 51 schools enroll 31,579 students.
At 76%, Black students outnumber all other groups at R. FRANK NIMS MIDDLE SCHOOL combined. It is also 12% Hispanic, 6% White, and 4% multiracial. Leon County's residents are about 30% Black, 46 points below the school's share. The chance that two students picked at random at R. FRANK NIMS MIDDLE SCHOOL belong to different racial or ethnic groups, known as the diversity index, is 40%.
Teachers at R. FRANK NIMS MIDDLE SCHOOL total 35 full-time equivalents, and the ratio is 17.9:1. For comparison, middle schools in Florida average 19.6:1. Federal records put free or reduced-price lunch eligibility at 72%. The average for public schools in Leon County is 41%.
The allk12 Grade for R. FRANK NIMS MIDDLE SCHOOL is C. Compared with Florida public middle schools, the school scored higher than 31% on a mix of test scores, poverty-adjusted results, and recent trend.
A school with R. FRANK NIMS MIDDLE SCHOOL's lunch-eligibility share in Florida is predicted to score 45.2%. R. FRANK NIMS MIDDLE SCHOOL scores 43.1%, 2.1 points below that line.
Leon County census figures show that median household income is about $66,287, roughly 49% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 10%. R. FRANK NIMS MIDDLE SCHOOL is among the 63 public schools in Leon County.
The closest public school, FLORIDA A&M UNIVERSITY DEVELOPMENTAL RESEARCH SCHOOL, is about 0.5 miles from R. FRANK NIMS MIDDLE SCHOOL. Around the school, at least 8 other public schools are within five miles. Among the 8 closest schools with test data, this one included, R. FRANK NIMS MIDDLE SCHOOL ranks 6th on average proficiency.
For locale, NCES codes R. FRANK NIMS MIDDLE SCHOOL as City: Mid-size.
Enrollment was 506 in 2020-21 and 625 in 2024-25, a rise of 119 students. The student-to-teacher ratio went down from 19.5:1 to 17.9:1.
Topics for discussion here include sports tryouts, band and choir, and theater. Alumni can share how the school prepared them.
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 A&M UNIVERSITY DEVELOPMENTAL RESEARCH SCHOOL0.5 mi · 519
- BOND ELEMENTARY SCHOOL0.5 mi · 611
- PINEVIEW ELEMENTARY SCHOOL0.7 mi · 457
- PACE CENTER FOR GIRLS1.5 mi · 44
- FAIRVIEW MIDDLE SCHOOL1.9 mi · 735
- JAMES RICKARDS HIGH SCHOOL2.0 mi · 1,718
Frequently asked questions
About R. FRANK NIMS MIDDLE SCHOOLHow large is R. FRANK NIMS MIDDLE SCHOOL?
R. FRANK NIMS MIDDLE SCHOOL enrolls approximately 625 students in grades 06-08.
Is R. FRANK NIMS MIDDLE SCHOOL an elementary, middle, or high school?
R. FRANK NIMS MIDDLE SCHOOL is a middle school covering grades 06-08.
What is the student-teacher ratio at R. FRANK NIMS MIDDLE SCHOOL?
The student-to-teacher ratio at R. FRANK NIMS MIDDLE SCHOOL is approximately 17.9:1 (35 FTE teachers).
What is the student diversity at R. FRANK NIMS MIDDLE SCHOOL?
Student demographics at R. FRANK NIMS MIDDLE SCHOOL are roughly 6% White, 12% Hispanic, 76% Black, 1% Asian, 4% Two or more.
Who oversees R. FRANK NIMS MIDDLE SCHOOL?
R. FRANK NIMS MIDDLE SCHOOL is overseen by LEON in Leon County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.