RAA MIDDLE SCHOOL

Located at 401 W THARPE ST, in TALLAHASSEE, Florida, RAA MIDDLE SCHOOL is a mid-tier junior high that enrolls 928 students (grades 6 through 8), run under LEON.

LEON comprises 51 schools with combined enrollment of 31,579 students; RAA MIDDLE SCHOOL is among them.

For racial and ethnic makeup, RAA MIDDLE SCHOOL shows that 58% of the student body identifies as Black. Beyond that, the school lists 25% White, 8% Hispanic, 8% multiracial. That is visibly more Black than the county at large, where the share is closer to 30%.

Looking at school resources, RAA MIDDLE SCHOOL lists 46 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 20.3:1. That tracks the state average closely. Roughly 47% of students at RAA MIDDLE SCHOOL qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), RAA MIDDLE SCHOOL sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 57.7%; this one delivers 56.2%.

In the surrounding community, Leon County reports that median household income runs about $66,287, roughly 49% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and the poverty rate sits near 10%. RAA MIDDLE SCHOOL is one of 63 public schools in Leon County (combined enrollment of about 35,246 students).

RUEDIGER ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.1 miles from this campus. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. On composite proficiency, RAA MIDDLE SCHOOL comes 3rd of 9 in the immediate cluster, higher than the nearby-schools average of 48.6%.

RAA MIDDLE SCHOOL operates from an urban location.

Over the past 7-year window. Over the past 7-year window, the student count edged up 8%: 861 students in 2018 compared to 928 in 2025. Over the same period, the White share ticked down from 38% to 25%. The student-to-teacher ratio loosened from 17.9:1 in 2018 to 20.3:1 today.

On the community side, recent activity here tends to focus on school events, parent volunteer needs, and clubs. The community welcomes input from current and former families.