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Leon Schools
Leon is a public school district in Florida, based in Leon County (Tallahassee). SchoolGrade grades 50 of its schools on actual versus projected test scores; every school below has its own page.
Leon on the map
District boundary from the NCES EDGE composite school district file. Each marker is a graded school; click it for its grade and scores.
SchoolGrade summary for Leon
48 of 50 schools in Leon carry a SchoolGrade (2 have too little test data to grade). Grade distribution:
A: 16B: 10C: 13D: 7F: 2
Best schools in Leon
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The ten highest SchoolGrades in the district. Grades reward actual test performance against the projection for each school's student context, so a B in a high-poverty school can outrank an A- elsewhere on impact.
- A+ Hawks Rise Elementary School (Elementary school, greatly exceeds expectations)
- A+ Desoto Trail Elementary School (Elementary school, greatly exceeds expectations)
- A+ Gilchrist Elementary School (Elementary school, greatly exceeds expectations)
- A+ The School Of Arts And Sciences On Thomasville (Elementary school, greatly exceeds expectations)
- A+ Killearn Lakes Elementary School (Elementary school, greatly exceeds expectations)
- A+ Deerlake Middle School (Middle school, greatly exceeds expectations)
- A+ Roberts Elementary School (Elementary school, greatly exceeds expectations)
- A+ William J Montford Iii Middle School (Middle school, greatly exceeds expectations)
- A+ Leon County Virtual School Franchise (K-12 school, greatly exceeds expectations)
- A Lawton Chiles High School (High school, greatly exceeds expectations)
Every school in Leon
High schools (5)
- C Amos P Godby High School, Tallahassee
- C+ James Rickards High School, Tallahassee
- A Lawton Chiles High School, Tallahassee
- A- Leon High School, Tallahassee
- B Lincoln High School, Tallahassee
Middle and junior high schools (8)
- A+ Deerlake Middle School, Tallahassee
- B Elizabeth Cobb Middle School, Tallahassee
- B Fairview Middle School, Tallahassee
- D- Griffin Middle School, Tallahassee
- D R Frank Nims Middle School, Tallahassee
- B- Raa Middle School, Tallahassee
- A Swift Creek Middle School, Tallahassee
- A+ William J Montford Iii Middle School, Tallahassee
Elementary and primary schools (22)
- C Apalachee Elementary School, Tallahassee
- D Astoria Park Elementary School, Tallahassee
- C- Bond Elementary School, Tallahassee
- A Buck Lake Elementary School, Tallahassee
- A- Canopy Oaks Elementary School, Tallahassee
- A- Chaires Elementary School, Tallahassee
- A+ Desoto Trail Elementary School, Tallahassee
- C- Frank Hartsfield Elementary School, Tallahassee
- A+ Gilchrist Elementary School, Tallahassee
- A+ Hawks Rise Elementary School, Tallahassee
- B- J Michael Conley Elementary School At Southwood, Tallahassee
- D- John G Riley Elementary School, Tallahassee
- B Kate Sullivan Elementary School, Tallahassee
- A+ Killearn Lakes Elementary School, Tallahassee
- C- Oak Ridge Elementary School, Tallahassee
- D+ Pineview Elementary School, Tallahassee
- A+ Roberts Elementary School, Tallahassee
- C- Ruediger Elementary School, Tallahassee
- C- Sabal Palm Elementary School, Tallahassee
- C+ Sealey Elementary School, Tallahassee
- C- Springwood Elementary School, Tallahassee
- B+ W T Moore Elementary School, Tallahassee
Other schools and academies (15)
- C+ Fort Braden School, Tallahassee
- D+ Governors Charter School, Tallahassee
- F Gretchen Everhart School, Tallahassee
- D Heritage Trails Community School, Tallahassee
- Hospital Homebound, Tallahassee
- A+ Leon County Virtual School Franchise, Tallahassee
- PREK, Tallahassee
- B Sail, Tallahassee
- C- Second Chance At Ghazvini Learning Center, Tallahassee
- F Success Academy At Ghazvini Learning Center, Tallahassee
- B+ Tallahassee Classical School, Tallahassee
- B- Tallahassee School Of Math And Sciences, Tallahassee
- A The School Of Arts And Sciences Centre, Tallahassee
- A+ The School Of Arts And Sciences On Thomasville, Tallahassee
- C Woodville School, Tallahassee
Where Leon schools are
Cities and towns served (1)
- Tallahassee (50)
About this district
- State: Best schools in Florida
- County: Leon County
- Type: regular local school district
- Setting: midsize city (NCES locale of the district office)
- Enrollment: 31,769 students with 1,883 full-time-equivalent teachers and 4,292 total staff FTE (NCES CCD, 2023-24)
- NCES district ID: 1201110
- Grades are the 2025-26 SchoolGrade model: each school's actual proficiency against the level projected for its student context. How SchoolGrade works
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Questions about Leon
How many schools are in Leon?
SchoolGrade grades 50 public schools in Leon, across 1 city or town. Every one of them is listed on this page with a link to its own report.
Which cities does Leon serve?
The largest by graded schools: Tallahassee.
How good are the schools in Leon?
Across the 48 graded schools, the average SchoolGrade is B-, with 44.4% of tested students meeting the state bar against a projected 40.3%. 90% of schools meet or exceed the expectation for their student context.
How many students attend Leon?
31,769 students were enrolled in Leon in the 2023-24 school year, about 16.9 students per full-time teacher (NCES Common Core of Data).
Where is Leon?
Leon is in Florida, based in Leon County, with its district office in Tallahassee. Its boundary covers about 668 sq mi.