📍 4774 Chaires Crossroads, Tallahassee, Leon County, 32317
Chaires Elementary School is a State/Public serving elementary age pupils, located in Tallahassee, Leon County. The school has 479 pupils enrolled. It is part of the Leon school district. It serves grades Pre-K–5 in a rural setting. The school employs 33 full-time-equivalent teachers, a student-teacher ratio of 14.5:1. 60% of students are proficient in reading. 51% are proficient in maths. Technology infrastructure includes fiber internet, campus-wide Wi-Fi, devices for students.
Chaires Elementary School enrolls 479 students across grades Pre-K–5. The student body is 57% male and 43% female. A teaching staff of 33 full-time-equivalent teachers supports the school, giving a student-teacher ratio of 14.5:1.
By race and ethnicity, the student body is 56% White, 27% Black or African American and 8.4% Hispanic or Latino.
| Race / ethnicity | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| White | 268 | 56% |
| Black or African American | 128 | 27% |
| Hispanic or Latino | 40 | 8.4% |
| Two or more races | 40 | 8.4% |
| Asian | 3 | <1% |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data.
202 of the school's 479 students (42%) qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. Of these, 197 qualify for free lunch and 5 for a reduced price. Free and reduced-price lunch eligibility is a widely used indicator of the share of students from lower-income households.
Chaires Elementary School is located in a rural setting (NCES locale: Rural, Fringe). 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.
Chaires Elementary 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 479 students, Chaires Elementary 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 - Fringe
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