Tallahassee Sun

The most represented ethnicity among Leon County students was Black, accounting for 41.6% of the student population, according to the Florida Department of Education.

Of the 35,407 students attending Leon County schools, 41.6% were Black. White students were the second largest ethnicity, making up 37.2% of Leon County students.

In the previous school year, Black students were also the most common ethnicity in Leon County, representing 42.4% of the student body.

Tallahassee Classical School had the most even distribution of races among the county schools, including 42.1% white students, 26.7% Black students, 14.9% Hispanic students, 10.5% Asian students, and 5.3% multiracial students.

In the 2022-23 school year, the total number of students enrolled in public schools in the county dropped 0.8% when compared to the previous year.

Florida's choice to stick with in-person classes during the pandemic may have shielded students from significant learning setbacks. A recent Harvard study highlighted that districts heavily reliant on remote learning saw the most significant declines in student achievement amid the COVID-19 crisis.

Interestingly, gaps in math achievement by race and school poverty did not widen in school districts in states such as Texas and Florida and elsewhere that remained largely in-person, said Thomas Kane, professor at Harvard Graduate School of Education.

School Name	Most Prevalent Ethnicity	Percent of Total Student Body	Total Enrollment
Amos P. Godby High School	Black	69.9%	1,444
Apalachee Elementary School	Black	76.7%	544
Astoria Park Elementary School	Black	85%	527
Bond Elementary School	Black	86.9%	536
Buck Lake Elementary School	White	60.6%	730
Canopy Oaks Elementary School	White	56.1%	640
Chaires Elementary School	White	56%	479
Deerlake Middle School	White	68%	894
Desoto Trail Elementary School	White	74.5%	654
Elizabeth Cobb Middle School	Black	53.8%	769
Fairview Middle School	Black	63.7%	747
Florida A&m University Developmental Research School	Black	94.9%	621
Florida State University School	White	53.2%	1,875
Fort Braden School	White	51.9%	636
Frank Hartsfield Elementary School	Black	76.7%	309
Gilchrist Elementary School	White	62.3%	864
Governor's Charter School	Black	79.9%	319
Gretchen Everhart School	White	46.7%	105
Griffin Middle School	Black	79%	532
Hawks Rise Elementary School	White	56.4%	805
Heritage Trails Community School	Black	< 10%	12
Hospital Homebound	Two_or_more	< 10%	< 10
J. Michael Conley Elementary School at Southwood	Black	48.3%	657
James Rickards High School	Black	71.6%	1,581
John G. Riley Elementary School	Black	75.6%	528
Kate Sullivan Elementary School	Black	41.9%	759
Killearn Lakes Elementary School	White	70.1%	777
Lawton Chiles High School	White	70.9%	1,900
Leon County Juvenile Detention Center	Black	< 10%	10
Leon County Virtual School Franchise	White	44%	159
Leon High School	White	42.6%	1,935
Lincoln High School	White	45.8%	1,861
Oak Ridge Elementary School	Black	76.9%	419
Pace Center for Girls	Black	59.4%	64
Pineview Elementary School	Black	82.6%	362
PreK	Black	80.4%	51
R. Frank Nims Middle School	Black	78%	609
Raa Middle School	Black	56.5%	855
Roberts Elementary School	White	71.2%	870
Ruediger Elementary School	Black	72.7%	484
Sabal Palm Elementary School	Black	74.4%	492
Sail	White	66.7%	384
Sealey Elementary School	Black	58.8%	405
Second Chance at Ghazvini Learning Center	Black	82.1%	39
Springwood Elementary School	Black	76.1%	423
Success Academy at Ghazvini Learning Center	Black	84.1%	226
Swift Creek Middle School	White	51%	772
Tallahassee Classical School	White	42.1%	525
Tallahassee School of Math & Sciences	Black	50.2%	568
The School of Arts & Sciences Centre	White	56.4%	447
The School of Arts and Sciences on Thomasville	White	65%	457
W. T. Moore Elementary School	Black	43.4%	579
William J. Montford III Middle School	White	66.7%	921
Woodville School	White	39.6%	492