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Teachers: what resource would make the biggest difference at SEALEY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL this year?
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Enrollment
369
Elementary
DISTRICT 542 · STATE 604
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·LEON·NCES 120111001191
SEALEY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
2815 ALLEN RD, TALLAHASSEE, FL 32312 · (850) 488-5640 · Leon County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY12-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL369 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
13.7:1
27 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 14.4:1 · STATE 17.5:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
50%
184 students
DISTRICT 48% · STATE 50%
Community
1
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 | 7 | 2% |
| Kindergarten | 65 | 18% |
| Grade 1 | 41 | 11% |
| Grade 2 | 61 | 17% |
| Grade 3 | 58 | 16% |
| Grade 4 | 61 | 17% |
| Grade 5 | 76 | 21% |
This year's kindergarten class (65) is 14% smaller than its 5th grade class (76).
Student demographics
55%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
55.0%
FL avg 56.7% . +3.9pp since 2023
Math
53.4%
FL avg 58.9% . +6.2pp since 2023
What this means: On the FAST / B.E.S.T., Florida's statewide test, about 55 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 53 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 4 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 6 points.
FAST / B.E.S.T. results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 55.0% | 53.4% |
| 2023-24 | 51.1% | 47.2% |
% 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
48.9%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
56.2%
based on FL schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-7.3pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 49% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 56% 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 SEALEY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
SEALEY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL's state test result (48.9% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 4 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| SEALEY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL this school | 369 | 49.9% | 48.9% |
| CENTRAL RIVERSIDE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL JACKSONVILLE | 347 | 49.6% | 70.1% |
| MERRILL ROAD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL JACKSONVILLE | 363 | 55.1% | N/A |
| PETERS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL PLANTATION | 504 | 53.4% | 58.2% |
| PERKINS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL ST PETERSBURG | 561 | 53.5% | 56.8% |
| DON BREWER ELEMENTARY SCHOOL JACKSONVILLE | 286 | 51.0% | 37.3% |
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 SEALEY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Florida | In Leon County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 48.9% | #1,390 of 2,136 | #13 of 28 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 53.4% | #1,398 of 2,149 ▲ 132 | #17 of 28 ▼ 1 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 55.0% | #1,065 of 2,149 ▲ 56 | #12 of 28 ▼ 1 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 369 | #1,849 of 2,267 | #26 of 29 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 13.7:1 | #252 of 2,077 | #6 of 28 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 55.2% | #1,122 of 2,108 | #13 of 28 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 49.9% | #1,304 of 2,188 | #15 of 28 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -22.5% | #398 of 1,374 | #5 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
369
-76 (-17%) vs 2020
-49% since 1990-91, when it was 726
Student : Teacher
13.7:1
was 14.3:1
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 | 369 | 27 | 13.7:1 | 50% (184) |
| 2023-24 | 388 | 29 | 13.4:1 | 52% (200) |
| 2022-23 | 405 | 32 | 12.7:1 | 55% (224) |
| 2020-21 | 445 | 31 | 14.3:1 | 51% (229) |
| 2017-18 | 476 | 33 | 14.4:1 | 53% (253) |
| 2015-16 | 509 | 37 | 13.8:1 | 54% (275) |
| 2010-11 | 561 | 38 | 14.8:1 | 56% (313) |
| 2000-01 | 501 | 33 | 15.2:1 | 42% (208) |
| 1990-91 | 726 | 42 | 17.3:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for SEALEY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL.
About SEALEY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
A small elementary school in TALLAHASSEE, Florida, SEALEY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is part of LEON. It enrolls 369 students in 2024-25. The grades offered are pre-K through 5. It has 39% fewer students than the average for elementary schools in Florida (about 604).
SEALEY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is one school in a 51-school district, LEON, which enrolls 31,579 students.
The share of Black students at SEALEY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is 63%, a majority. Smaller groups are 17% White, 11% Hispanic, and 8% multiracial. For comparison, the population of Leon County is roughly 30% Black. Its diversity index, the chance that two randomly chosen students belong to different racial or ethnic groups, is 55%.
There are 27 full-time-equivalent teachers at SEALEY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, giving a ratio of 13.7:1. The school's 13.7:1 compares with an average of 17.5:1 for elementary schools in Florida. By family income, 50% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. That rate is above the 41% average among public schools in Leon County.
Compared with Florida schools that have similar shares of low-income students, SEALEY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL's results are 7.3 points below predicted: 48.9% against 56.2%.
In Leon County, where the school is located, the median household earns about $66,287 a year, roughly 49% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 10%. Public schools in Leon County number 63, with about 35,246 students.
A public school about 0.4 miles away, THE SCHOOL OF ARTS & SCIENCES CENTRE, is the closest to SEALEY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL. The count of other public schools within five miles is at least 8. In a group of 9 nearby schools with scores, SEALEY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL ranks 3rd on average proficiency.
The National Center for Education Statistics classifies the school's location as City: Mid-size, meaning it is inside a principal city with a population between 100,000 and 250,000.
From 445 students in 2020-21, enrollment fell to 369 by 2024-25.
Anyone can start a thread about fundraisers, report cards, and school supplies at SEALEY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL. Parents, students, alumni, and staff are welcome to post.
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
- THE SCHOOL OF ARTS & SCIENCES CENTRE0.4 mi · 448
- RAA MIDDLE SCHOOL1.3 mi · 928
- RUEDIGER ELEMENTARY SCHOOL1.3 mi · 504
- GRIFFIN MIDDLE SCHOOL1.7 mi · 457
- JOHN G RILEY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL1.7 mi · 608
- ASTORIA PARK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL1.8 mi · 479
Frequently asked questions
About SEALEY ELEMENTARY SCHOOLHow large is SEALEY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
SEALEY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL enrolls approximately 369 students in grades PK-05.
Is SEALEY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL an elementary, middle, or high school?
SEALEY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is an elementary school covering grades PK-05.
How many teachers does SEALEY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL have?
SEALEY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL employs 27 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 13.7:1.
What is the racial breakdown of students at SEALEY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
At SEALEY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, the student body is approximately 17% White, 11% Hispanic, 63% Black, 1% Asian, 8% Two or more.
What district is SEALEY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL in?
SEALEY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is part of LEON.
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