RUEDIGER ELEMENTARY SCHOOL

RUEDIGER ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is a K-5 school of intimate scale in TALLAHASSEE, Florida, one of the schools within LEON, teacheing 504 students in grades pre-K through 5.

RUEDIGER ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is one of 51 schools operated by LEON, a district that teaches 31,579 students overall.

For racial and ethnic makeup, RUEDIGER ELEMENTARY SCHOOL lists that the largest single group is Black, at 68% of enrollment. Beyond that, the school records 14% Hispanic, 9% multiracial, 8% White. 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, The school reports having 36 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 14.2:1. The state averages around 17.5:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. Roughly 68% of students at RUEDIGER ELEMENTARY SCHOOL qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. Set against Leon County (around 41%), the school's rate is meaningfully above typical.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, RUEDIGER ELEMENTARY SCHOOL sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 47.1%; this one delivers 47.9%.

In the broader community, the surrounding county (Leon County) logs that the typical household earns roughly $66,287 per year, 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 RUEDIGER ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is one.

Nearest neighbor: RAA MIDDLE SCHOOL, around 0.1 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around RUEDIGER ELEMENTARY SCHOOL. Among the 9 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), RUEDIGER ELEMENTARY SCHOOL ranks 7th on composite proficiency, behind the local average of 49.6%.

RUEDIGER ELEMENTARY SCHOOL operates from a city-core location.

Five-year trend. RUEDIGER ELEMENTARY SCHOOL's enrollment has edged down 7% since 2018, when it stood at 543 (now 504). Hispanic enrollment moved from 6% to 14% across the same window.

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