📍 15100 Blountstown Hwy, Tallahassee, Leon County, 32310
Fort Braden School is a State/Public serving elementary age pupils, located in Tallahassee, Leon County. The school has 636 pupils enrolled. It is part of the Leon school district. It serves grades Pre-K–8 in a rural setting. The school employs 38.5 full-time-equivalent teachers, a student-teacher ratio of 16.5:1. 31% of students are proficient in reading. 37% are proficient in maths. Technology infrastructure includes fiber internet, campus-wide Wi-Fi, devices for students.
Fort Braden School enrolls 636 students across grades Pre-K–8. The student body is 51% male and 49% female. A teaching staff of 38.5 full-time-equivalent teachers supports the school, giving a student-teacher ratio of 16.5:1.
By race and ethnicity, the student body is 52% White, 28% Hispanic or Latino and 12% Black or African American.
| Race / ethnicity | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| White | 330 | 52% |
| Hispanic or Latino | 181 | 28% |
| Black or African American | 77 | 12% |
| Two or more races | 46 | 7.2% |
| Asian | 1 | <1% |
| American Indian or Alaska Native | 1 | <1% |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data.
461 of the school's 636 students (72%) qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. Of these, 453 qualify for free lunch and 8 for a reduced price. Free and reduced-price lunch eligibility is a widely used indicator of the share of students from lower-income households.
Fort Braden School is located in a rural setting (NCES locale: Rural, Distant). 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 7.
Fort Braden 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 636 students, Fort Braden School is close to the district average of about 555 students per school.
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Proficiency based on state assessments.
Setting: Rural - Distant