TALLAHASSEE SCHOOL OF MATH & SCIENCES

TALLAHASSEE SCHOOL OF MATH & SCIENCES is a K-5 school of average-sized scale in TALLAHASSEE, Florida, overseen by LEON, teacheing 621 students in grades K through 8.

LEON runs 51 schools in total, collectively educating 31,579 students. TALLAHASSEE SCHOOL OF MATH & SCIENCES is one of those campuses.

On demographics, TALLAHASSEE SCHOOL OF MATH & SCIENCES reports that the most-represented group is Black (51%), with the rest of the student body spread across multiple groups. The remainder consists of 21% Hispanic, 19% White, 6% multiracial, 3% Asian. That is considerably more Black than the county at large, where the share is closer to 30%.

On the income-and-resources front, Staff filings list 37 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 16.8:1 students per teacher. That tracks the state average closely. Roughly 51% of students at TALLAHASSEE SCHOOL OF MATH & SCIENCES qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. By comparison, Leon County runs at roughly 41%, so the school's eligibility rate is higher than the surrounding baseline.

After controlling for student poverty, TALLAHASSEE SCHOOL OF MATH & SCIENCES tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 55.7% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 48.0%.

Across the wider county, census data for Leon County shows median household earnings sit near $66,287, about 49% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 10%. Across Leon County's 63 public schools (combined enrollment of about 35,246 students), TALLAHASSEE SCHOOL OF MATH & SCIENCES is one campus in the mix.

The closest other public school is SPRINGWOOD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, roughly 0.9 miles away. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. On composite proficiency, TALLAHASSEE SCHOOL OF MATH & SCIENCES comes 3rd of 8 in the immediate cluster, above the nearby-schools average of 44.8%.

Geographically, the school is in a residential area. As a public charter, TALLAHASSEE SCHOOL OF MATH & SCIENCES runs on public funding but with greater curricular and operational autonomy than a typical district school.

Looking at the recent track record. TALLAHASSEE SCHOOL OF MATH & SCIENCES's enrollment has ticked up 42% since 2018, when it stood at 436 (now 621). Over the same period, the White share edged down from 31% to 19%. The student-to-teacher ratio grew from 15.6:1 in 2018 to 16.8:1 today.

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