📍 401 W Tharpe St, Tallahassee, Leon County, 32303
Raa Middle School is a State/Public serving middle age pupils, located in Tallahassee, Leon County. The school has 855 pupils enrolled. It is part of the Leon school district. It serves grades 6–8 in an urban setting. The school employs 39.8 full-time-equivalent teachers, a student-teacher ratio of 21.5:1. 51% of students are proficient in reading. 42% are proficient in maths. Technology infrastructure includes fiber internet, campus-wide Wi-Fi, devices for students.
Raa Middle School enrolls 855 students across grades 6–8. The student body is 49% male and 51% female. A teaching staff of 39.8 full-time-equivalent teachers supports the school, giving a student-teacher ratio of 21.5:1.
By race and ethnicity, the student body is 56% Black or African American, 26% White and 8.5% Two or more races.
| Race / ethnicity | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Black or African American | 483 | 56% |
| White | 222 | 26% |
| Two or more races | 73 | 8.5% |
| Hispanic or Latino | 63 | 7.4% |
| Asian | 10 | 1.2% |
| Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander | 3 | <1% |
| American Indian or Alaska Native | 1 | <1% |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data.
420 of the school's 855 students (49%) qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. Of these, 420 qualify for free lunch and 0 for a reduced price. Free and reduced-price lunch eligibility is a widely used indicator of the share of students from lower-income households.
Raa Middle School is located in an urban setting (NCES locale: City, Midsize). The school runs a schoolwide Title I program, which provides federal funding to support students from low-income families. For civic and policy purposes, the school sits in congressional district FL-20, state senate district 3, state house district 9.
Raa Middle School is one of 57 schools in LEON, based in TALLAHASSEE, Florida. The district serves 31,645 students district-wide and employs 1,864 full-time-equivalent teachers. With 855 students, Raa Middle School is larger than the district average of about 555 students per school.
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Proficiency based on state assessments.
Setting: City - Midsize