TALLAHASSEE COLLEGIATE ACADEMY

TALLAHASSEE COLLEGIATE ACADEMY is a four-year high school of minimally staffed scale in TALLAHASSEE, Florida, part of TSC, caters to 273 students in grades 9 through 12. By comparison, Florida's public schools average about 1,035 students each, so TALLAHASSEE COLLEGIATE ACADEMY sits 74% below that benchmark.

TSC is the operating authority for TALLAHASSEE COLLEGIATE ACADEMY, handling staffing, calendars, and reporting to the state department of education.

On demographics, TALLAHASSEE COLLEGIATE ACADEMY reports that 55% of students identify as Black, with the remaining enrollment distributed across several groups. Beyond that, the school records 29% White, 12% Hispanic, 3% multiracial. That is considerably more Black than the county at large, where the share is closer to 30%.

On the resource side, The school currently runs with 13 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 21.0:1. The state averages around 23.5:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. An estimated 4% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy. That share is noticeably below Leon County's rate of about 41%.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), TALLAHASSEE COLLEGIATE ACADEMY performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 79.0%, the actual is 66.6%, a residual of -12.3 points.

Across the wider county, census data for Leon County shows median household income runs about $66,287, about 49% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and roughly 10% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Across Leon County's 63 public schools (combined enrollment of about 35,246 students), TALLAHASSEE COLLEGIATE ACADEMY is one campus in the mix.

PREK is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.1 miles from this campus. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. Among the 4 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), TALLAHASSEE COLLEGIATE ACADEMY ranks 2nd on composite proficiency, above the local average of 47.5%.

The school occupies a high-density site. TALLAHASSEE COLLEGIATE ACADEMY operates as a public charter school, meaning it is publicly funded but governed independently of the surrounding district's traditional schools.

Within the allk12 community for this school, recent activity here tends to focus on open house dates, ride-share offers, and field-trip permission slips. Posting is open to anyone connected to the school.