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Alumni: what's one memory from SABAL PALM ELEMENTARY SCHOOL that still sticks with you?
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Enrollment
459
Elementary
DISTRICT 542 · STATE 604
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·LEON·NCES 120111001168
SABAL PALM ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
2813 RIDGEWAY ST, TALLAHASSEE, FL 32310 · (850) 488-0167 · Leon County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY12-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL459 STUDENTS
C-
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Scored higher than 23% of Florida public elementary 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.
- ·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 elementary schools
Student : Teacher
13.9:1
33 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 14.4:1 · STATE 17.5:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
78%
357 students
DISTRICT 48% · STATE 50%
Community
6
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other elementary schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Pre-K | 15 | 3% |
| Kindergarten | 60 | 13% |
| Grade 1 | 85 | 19% |
| Grade 2 | 72 | 16% |
| Grade 3 | 94 | 20% |
| Grade 4 | 63 | 14% |
| Grade 5 | 70 | 15% |
This year's kindergarten class (60) is 14% smaller than its 5th grade class (70).
Student demographics
46%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
52.5%
FL avg 56.7% . +24.9pp since 2023
Math
62.9%
FL avg 58.9% . +21.5pp since 2023
What this means: On the FAST / B.E.S.T., Florida's statewide test, about 53 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 63 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 25 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 21 points.
FAST / B.E.S.T. results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 52.5% | 62.9% |
| 2023-24 | 27.7% | 41.5% |
% 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
40.9%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
42.2%
based on FL schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-1.3pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 41% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 42% 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 SABAL PALM ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
SABAL PALM ELEMENTARY SCHOOL's state test result (40.9% proficient) is higher than 4 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| SABAL PALM ELEMENTARY SCHOOL this school | 459 | 77.8% | 40.9% |
| OAK RIDGE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL TALLAHASSEE | 432 | 78.5% | 31.8% |
| LAKEWOOD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL ST PETERSBURG | 446 | 79.1% | 47.7% |
| SHEEHY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL TAMPA | 396 | 78.3% | 26.6% |
| GLOBAL LEARNING ACADEMY PENSACOLA | 489 | 80.0% | 31.9% |
| LINCOLN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL RIVIERA BEACH | 397 | 78.3% | 38.0% |
Matched among Florida elementary 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 SABAL PALM ELEMENTARY SCHOOL ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Florida | In Leon County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 40.9% | #1,767 of 2,136 | #21 of 28 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 62.9% | #967 of 2,149 ▲ 800 | #10 of 28 ▲ 12 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 52.5% | #1,186 of 2,149 ▲ 859 | #13 of 28 ▲ 14 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 459 | #1,581 of 2,267 | #22 of 29 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 13.9:1 | #311 of 2,077 | #7 of 28 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 46.2% | #1,509 of 2,108 | #20 of 28 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 77.8% | #212 of 2,188 | #6 of 28 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -11.7% | #856 of 1,374 | #15 of 24 |
Ranked against other public elementary 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
459
-12 (-3%) vs 2020
-42% since 1990-91, when it was 787
Student : Teacher
13.9:1
was 12.4:1
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 | 459 | 33 | 13.9:1 | 78% (357) |
| 2023-24 | 473 | 40 | 11.8:1 | 78% (368) |
| 2022-23 | 492 | 38 | 12.9:1 | 80% (394) |
| 2020-21 | 471 | 38 | 12.4:1 | 79% (373) |
| 2017-18 | 520 | 35 | 14.9:1 | 86% (448) |
| 2015-16 | 554 | 38 | 14.6:1 | 83% (458) |
| 2010-11 | 563 | 38 | 14.8:1 | 88% (493) |
| 2000-01 | 675 | 42 | 16.1:1 | 76% (514) |
| 1990-91 | 787 | 45 | 17.5:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for SABAL PALM ELEMENTARY SCHOOL.
About SABAL PALM ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
This page covers SABAL PALM ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, a low-enrollment elementary school in TALLAHASSEE, Florida. The grade span is pre-K through 5, and enrollment is 459 students. Average enrollment for elementary schools in Florida is about 604, so this school runs 24% smaller than that.
SABAL PALM ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is in LEON, a district with 31,579 students across 51 schools.
By race and ethnicity, SABAL PALM ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is 71% Black. After that, the student body is 15% Hispanic, 7% White, and 7% multiracial. Census figures show Leon County is about 30% Black. The chance that two students picked at random at SABAL PALM ELEMENTARY SCHOOL belong to different racial or ethnic groups, known as the diversity index, is 46%.
The school has about 13.9 students per teacher and 33 full-time-equivalent teachers. That ratio is under the 17.5:1 average for elementary schools in Florida. Federal records put free or reduced-price lunch eligibility at 78%. The rate at public schools in Leon County averages 41%, lower than here.
allk12 grades SABAL PALM ELEMENTARY SCHOOL a C-. The grade compares the school only with Florida public elementary schools, because each state gives its own test.
In Florida, SABAL PALM ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is in the middle band of BeatsExpectations: 40.9% actual against a predicted 42.2%.
Across Leon County, median household income is about $66,287, about 49% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and the poverty rate is about 10%. SABAL PALM ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is among the 63 public schools in Leon County.
The nearest public school is LEON CO JUVENILE DETENTION CENTER, at about 0.8 miles. SABAL PALM ELEMENTARY SCHOOL has at least 8 other public schools within five miles. The nearest schools with test data average 60.5%, higher than SABAL PALM ELEMENTARY SCHOOL's 40.9%.
Locale: City: Mid-size. In NCES terms, the school is inside a principal city with a population between 100,000 and 250,000.
Federal counts put enrollment at 471 in 2020-21 and 459 in 2024-25, a 3% decrease. Federal data show the ratio rising from 12.4:1 to 13.9:1.
Discussions about SABAL PALM ELEMENTARY SCHOOL may include school safety, transportation, and start times. 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
Other Sabal Palm Elementary schools
2 other US public schools in 1 state are named Sabal Palm Elementary. SABAL PALM ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is the 3rd largest of the 3.
- SABAL PALM ELEMENTARY SCHOOLNAPLES, FL · 792 students
- SABAL PALM ELEMENTARY SCHOOLJACKSONVILLE, FL · 630 students
Nearby schools
- LEON CO JUVENILE DETENTION CENTER0.8 mi · 52
- SAIL1.1 mi · 359
- TALLAHASSEE COLLEGIATE ACADEMY1.4 mi · 273
- PREK1.5 mi · 52
- SUCCESS ACADEMY AT GHAZVINI LEARNING CENTER1.6 mi · 130
- SECOND CHANCE AT GHAZVINI LEARNING CENTER1.6 mi · 51
Frequently asked questions
About SABAL PALM ELEMENTARY SCHOOLHow many students attend SABAL PALM ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
SABAL PALM ELEMENTARY SCHOOL enrolls approximately 459 students in grades PK-05.
What age range does SABAL PALM ELEMENTARY SCHOOL serve?
SABAL PALM ELEMENTARY SCHOOL serves students from grade PK through grade 05.
How many students per teacher at SABAL PALM ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
Approximately 13.9:1 students per teacher at SABAL PALM ELEMENTARY SCHOOL.
How diverse is SABAL PALM ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
SABAL PALM ELEMENTARY SCHOOL reports a student body of 7% White, 15% Hispanic, 71% Black, 7% Two or more.
Is SABAL PALM ELEMENTARY SCHOOL public or private?
SABAL PALM ELEMENTARY 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.