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How has THE SCHOOL OF ARTS AND SCIENCES ON THOMASVILLE changed in the last five years, for better or worse?
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Enrollment
461
Elementary
DISTRICT 542 · STATE 604
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·LEON·NCES 120111003599
THE SCHOOL OF ARTS AND SCIENCES ON THOMASVILLE
3208 THOMASVILLE RD, TALLAHASSEE, FL 32308 · (850) 386-6566 · Leon County
GRADES KG–08ELEMENTARY12-CITYCHARTERREGULAR SCHOOL461 STUDENTS
B-
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Scored higher than 50% of Florida public elementary schools
- B+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
10.7:1
43 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 14.4:1 · STATE 17.5:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
10%
45 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Kindergarten | 52 | 11% |
| Grade 1 | 49 | 11% |
| Grade 2 | 46 | 10% |
| Grade 3 | 57 | 12% |
| Grade 4 | 51 | 11% |
| Grade 5 | 49 | 11% |
| Grade 6 | 52 | 11% |
| Grade 7 | 50 | 11% |
| Grade 8 | 55 | 12% |
This year's kindergarten class (52) is 5% smaller than its 8th grade class (55).
Student demographics
54%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
66.1%
FL avg 56.7% . +1.1pp since 2023
Math
67.4%
FL avg 58.9% . +1.1pp since 2023
What this means: On the FAST / B.E.S.T., Florida's statewide test, about 66 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 67 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 1 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 1 points.
FAST / B.E.S.T. results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 66.1% | 67.4% |
| 2023-24 | 65.0% | 66.2% |
% 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
67.7%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
76.3%
based on FL schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-8.6pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 68% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 76% 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 THE SCHOOL OF ARTS AND SCIENCES ON THOMASVILLE
THE SCHOOL OF ARTS AND SCIENCES ON THOMASVILLE's state test result (67.7% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| THE SCHOOL OF ARTS AND SCIENCES ON THOMASVILLE this school | 461 | 9.8% | 67.7% |
| JOHN STOCKTON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL JACKSONVILLE | 464 | 15.5% | 84.7% |
| DOMMERICH ELEMENTARY MAITLAND | 611 | 10.3% | 88.3% |
| SEASIDE CHARTER K-8 SCHOOL ATLANTIC BEACH | 484 | 4.5% | 51.4% |
| ATLANTIC BEACH ELEMENTARY SCHOOL ATLANTIC BEACH | 482 | 15.4% | 80.5% |
| OCEAN PALMS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL PONTE VEDRA BEACH | 386 | 9.3% | 84.0% |
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 THE SCHOOL OF ARTS AND SCIENCES ON THOMASVILLE ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Florida | In Leon County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 67.7% | #540 of 2,136 | #7 of 28 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 67.4% | #760 of 2,149 ▼ 69 | #8 of 28 ▼ 1 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 66.1% | #584 of 2,149 ▼ 48 | #8 of 28 no change |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 461 | #1,575 of 2,267 | #20 of 29 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 10.7:1 | #8 of 2,077 | #1 of 28 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 53.9% | #1,183 of 2,108 | #14 of 28 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 9.8% | #2,127 of 2,188 | #28 of 28 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +9.0% | #351 of 621 | N/A |
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
461
+9 (+2%) vs 2020
+126% since 2000-01, when it was 204
Student : Teacher
10.7:1
was 11.6:1
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 | 461 | 43 | 10.7:1 | 10% (45) |
| 2023-24 | 462 | 41 | 11.3:1 | 8% (37) |
| 2022-23 | 457 | 41 | 11.2:1 | 9% (41) |
| 2020-21 | 452 | 39 | 11.6:1 | 12% (53) |
| 2017-18 | 423 | 44 | 9.6:1 | 11% (47) |
| 2015-16 | 344 | 35 | 9.8:1 | 1% (3) |
| 2010-11 | 260 | 25 | 10.4:1 | 18% (47) |
| 2000-01 | 204 | N/A | N/A | 4% (9) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for THE SCHOOL OF ARTS AND SCIENCES ON THOMASVILLE.
About THE SCHOOL OF ARTS AND SCIENCES ON THOMASVILLE
Among the schools in TALLAHASSEE, Florida, is THE SCHOOL OF ARTS AND SCIENCES ON THOMASVILLE, a small elementary school. The school teaches kindergarten through 8 and enrolls 461 students. The school is 24% below the average for elementary schools in Florida.
Federal data list 51 schools in LEON, with 31,579 students enrolled.
The share of White students at THE SCHOOL OF ARTS AND SCIENCES ON THOMASVILLE is 65%, a majority. The remaining students are 13% Black, 12% Hispanic, 7% multiracial, and 2% Asian. Census figures show Leon County is about 55% White. A diversity index of 54% means there is a 54% chance two randomly chosen students at THE SCHOOL OF ARTS AND SCIENCES ON THOMASVILLE are from different groups.
The student-to-teacher ratio at THE SCHOOL OF ARTS AND SCIENCES ON THOMASVILLE is 10.7:1, based on 43 full-time-equivalent teachers. The average for elementary schools in Florida is 17.5:1, so this school has fewer students per teacher. THE SCHOOL OF ARTS AND SCIENCES ON THOMASVILLE counts 10% of students as eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. On average, public schools in Leon County report 41%.
THE SCHOOL OF ARTS AND SCIENCES ON THOMASVILLE earns a B- on the allk12 Grade, which blends test scores, results against poverty-based expectations, and the three-year trend. It scored higher than 50% of Florida public elementary schools.
Schools in Florida with a similar free or reduced-price lunch share are predicted to score about 76.3%. THE SCHOOL OF ARTS AND SCIENCES ON THOMASVILLE scores 67.7%.
Five-year Census Bureau estimates for Leon County show that the median household earns about $66,287 a year, about 49% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and roughly 10% of residents are in poverty. Leon County has 63 public schools with about 35,246 students, including THE SCHOOL OF ARTS AND SCIENCES ON THOMASVILLE.
Among nearby public schools, GILCHRIST ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is closest at about 0.8 miles. THE SCHOOL OF ARTS AND SCIENCES ON THOMASVILLE is one of several public schools in the area, with at least 8 others within five miles. THE SCHOOL OF ARTS AND SCIENCES ON THOMASVILLE comes in 2nd of 9 nearby schools on average proficiency.
THE SCHOOL OF ARTS AND SCIENCES ON THOMASVILLE is inside a principal city with a population between 100,000 and 250,000, a location NCES labels City: Mid-size. THE SCHOOL OF ARTS AND SCIENCES ON THOMASVILLE holds a charter, making it a public charter school.
Over 4 years, enrollment stayed close to where it was, going from 452 to 461.
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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
- GILCHRIST ELEMENTARY SCHOOL0.8 mi · 857
- SEALEY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL2.3 mi · 369
- THE SCHOOL OF ARTS & SCIENCES CENTRE2.4 mi · 448
- RAA MIDDLE SCHOOL2.7 mi · 928
- KATE SULLIVAN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL2.7 mi · 737
- ELIZABETH COBB MIDDLE SCHOOL2.8 mi · 675
Frequently asked questions
About THE SCHOOL OF ARTS AND SCIENCES ON THOMASVILLEWhat is the total enrollment at THE SCHOOL OF ARTS AND SCIENCES ON THOMASVILLE?
THE SCHOOL OF ARTS AND SCIENCES ON THOMASVILLE enrolls approximately 461 students in grades KG-08.
What grades does THE SCHOOL OF ARTS AND SCIENCES ON THOMASVILLE serve?
THE SCHOOL OF ARTS AND SCIENCES ON THOMASVILLE serves grades KG-08.
How many teachers does THE SCHOOL OF ARTS AND SCIENCES ON THOMASVILLE have?
THE SCHOOL OF ARTS AND SCIENCES ON THOMASVILLE employs 43 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 10.7:1.
What is the racial breakdown of students at THE SCHOOL OF ARTS AND SCIENCES ON THOMASVILLE?
At THE SCHOOL OF ARTS AND SCIENCES ON THOMASVILLE, the student body is approximately 65% White, 12% Hispanic, 13% Black, 2% Asian, 7% Two or more.
Who oversees THE SCHOOL OF ARTS AND SCIENCES ON THOMASVILLE?
THE SCHOOL OF ARTS AND SCIENCES ON THOMASVILLE is overseen by LEON in Leon County.
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