SPRINGWOOD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL

SPRINGWOOD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL operates as a compact elementary-level community in TALLAHASSEE, Florida, one of the schools within LEON. Current enrollment sits at 460 students spanning grades pre-K through 5. That puts it 24% smaller than the typical public school in Florida, which averages around 604 students.

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

For racial and ethnic makeup, SPRINGWOOD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL logs that 74% of the student body identifies as Black. The remainder breaks down as 10% White, 8% Hispanic, 7% multiracial. The wider county runs roughly 30% Black, putting the school's mix meaningfully more Black than the area baseline.

On the resource side, The school employs 32 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 14.4:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 17.5:1 average. About 66% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy. That share is noticeably above Leon County's rate of about 41%.

After controlling for student poverty, SPRINGWOOD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 47.9% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 45.8%.

Around the school, Leon County reports that median household earnings sit near $66,287, 49% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 10%. In all, Leon County runs 63 public schools (combined enrollment of about 35,246 students), of which SPRINGWOOD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is one.

The closest other public school is TALLAHASSEE SCHOOL OF MATH & SCIENCES, roughly 0.9 miles away. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. On composite proficiency, SPRINGWOOD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL comes 3rd of 7 in the immediate cluster, higher than the nearby-schools average of 41.8%.

SPRINGWOOD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL operates from an urban location.

Five-year trend. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at SPRINGWOOD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL has decreased 26%, going from 618 students in 2018 to 460 in 2025. Over the same period, the White share shrank from 17% to 10%.

On the community side, the feed for SPRINGWOOD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL typically covers sports schedules, lunch menu changes, and school spirit week. Contributors range from current parents to recent graduates and teachers.