Leon County Schools, Florida

Leon County Schools
Leon County, Florida
District details
Superintendent: Rocky Hanna
# of school board members: 5
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Leon County Schools is a school district in Florida.

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• Superintendent
• School board
• Elections
• Budget
• Teacher salaries
• Academic performance
• Students
• Staff
• Schools
• Contact information

Superintendent

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The Leon County Schools superintendent is an elected position.

Rocky Hanna (independent) is the superintendent of Leon County Schools. Hanna was first elected superintendent on November 8, 2016. Hanna's previous career experience includes working in district administration and as a principal and dean of students in the district.

School board

The Leon County Schools school board consists of five members elected to four-year terms. Members are elected by district.

Office	Name	Date assumed office
Leon County Schools school board District 1	Alva Swafford Smith
Leon County Schools school board District 2	Rosanne Wood	2016
Leon County Schools school board District 3	Darryl Jones	2019
Leon County Schools school board District 4	Laurie Cox	November 22, 2022
Leon County Schools school board District 5	Marcus Nicolas	November 22, 2022

Elections

See also: Leon County Schools, Florida, elections

Elections are held on a staggered basis in the November general election.

Two seats on the board were up for general election on November 5, 2024. A primary was scheduled for August 20, 2024.

Ballotpedia covered school board elections in 367 school districts in 29 states in 2024. Those school districts had a total student enrollment of 12,203,404 students. Click here to read an analysis of those elections.

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Public participation in board meetings

The Leon County Schools school board maintains the following policy on public testimony during board meetings:

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The School Board recognizes the value to school governance of public comment on educational issues and the importance of allowing members of the public to express themselves on school matters of community interest. Members of the public shall be given a reasonable opportunity to be heard on a proposition before the Board. For purposes of the policy, a proposition is an item before the Board for a vote, and includes, but is not necessarily limited to, all items on the agenda noted as unfinished business, consent, and nonconsent. A proposition may also include a vote on a motion to rescind or to amend action previously taken, but does not generally include items on the special order agenda. A proposition does not include items wherever found on the agenda upon which the Board votes in its quasi-judicial capacity. The opportunity to be heard need not occur at the same meeting at which the Board takes official action on the proposition if the opportunity occurs at a meeting that is during the decision-making process and is within reasonable proximity in time before the meeting at which the Board takes the official action. This policy does not prohibit the Board from maintaining orderly conduct or proper decorum in a public meeting. The opportunity to be heard is subject to policies adopted by the Board as follows: A. Guidelines regarding the amount of time an individual has to address the Board: 1. Each statement made by a member of the public shall be limited to three (3) minutes duration. Persons will be recognized in the order in which the requests were received. 2. The time period may be extended by the presiding officer. B. Procedures for allowing representatives of groups or factions on a proposition to address the Board: C. Rather than all members of groups or factions for or against a proposition addressing the Board at meetings in which a large number of individuals wish to be heard, the Board encourages representatives of such groups or factions to address the proposition in their representative capacity. Procedures or forms for an individual to use in order to inform the Board of a desire to be heard: Attendees must register their intention to participate in the public portion of the meeting upon their arrival at the meeting by completing a speaker's form at the entry of the meeting hall indicating his/her support, opposition, or neutrality on a proposition; and indicating his/her designation of a representative to speak for him/her or his/her group on a proposition if s/he so chooses. The presiding officer of each Board meeting at which public participation is permitted shall administer the rules of the Board for its conduct. The presiding officer shall be guided by the following rules: A. Public participation is limited to the order of business and before the Board takes official position on any action item under consideration. B. Participants must be recognized by the presiding officer and will be requested to preface their comments by an announcement of their name, address, and group affiliation, if and when appropriate. C. All statements shall be directed to the presiding officer; no person may address or question Board members individually. Staff members shall not be expected to answer questions from the audience unless called upon by the Superintendent. D. Tape or video recordings are permitted under the following conditions: 1. No obstructions are created between the Board and the audience. 2. No interviews are conducted in the meeting room while the Board is in session. 3. No commentary, adjustment of equipment, or positioning of operators is made that would distract either the Board or members of the audience while the Board is in session. E. The presiding officer may: 1. interrupt, warn, or terminate a participant's statement when the statement is too lengthy, personally directed, abusive, obscene, or irrelevant; 2. request any individual to leave the meeting when that person does not observe reasonable decorum; 3. request the assistance of law enforcement officers in the removal of a person when that person's conduct interferes with the orderly progress of the meeting; 4. call for a recess or an adjournment to another time when the lack of public decorum so interferes with the orderly conduct of the meeting as to warrant such action. No Board action shall be taken on requests made during public discussion unless the Board declares the matter to be an emergency in accordance with current law. Any other requests that the Board chooses to take action on shall be placed on an agenda for a subsequent meeting. Upon adjournment of the Board meeting, the Board may provide opportunity for additional public comments. The requirement for public comment on action items does not apply to: A. an official act that must be taken to deal with an emergency situation affecting the public health, welfare, or safety, if compliance with the requirements would cause an unreasonable delay in the ability of the Board to act; B. an official act involving no more than a ministerial act, including, but not limited to, approval of minutes and ceremonial proclamations; C. a meeting that is exempt from F.S. 286.011 (the Public Meetings Law); or D. a meeting at which the Board is sitting in its quasi-judicial capacity. These exceptions do not affect the right of a person to be heard as otherwise required by law or Board policy.

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School board meetings

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District map

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Budget

The following statistics were published by the National Center for Education Statistics, which is a part of the U.S. Department of Education.

• Revenue
• Expenditures

Revenue, 2021-2022

SOURCE	AMOUNT	AMOUNT PER STUDENT	PERCENT
Federal:	$74,163,000	$2,278	18%
Local:	$174,701,000	$5,365	43%
State:	$160,896,000	$4,941	39%
Total:	$409,760,000	$12,584

Expenditures, 2021-2022

TYPE	AMOUNT	AMOUNT PER STUDENT	PERCENT
Total Expenditures:	$391,093,000	$12,010
Total Current Expenditures:	$331,480,000	$10,179
Instructional Expenditures:	$181,502,000	$5,574	46%
Student and Staff Support:	$32,979,000	$1,012	8%
Administration:	$58,230,000	$1,788	15%
Operations, Food Service, Other:	$58,769,000	$1,804	15%
Total Capital Outlay:	$21,502,000	$660
Construction:	$12,031,000	$369
Total Non El-Sec Education & Other:	$32,674,000	$1,003
Interest on Debt:	$5,437,000	$166

Teacher salaries

The following salary information was pulled from the district's teacher salary schedule. A salary schedule is a list of expected compensations based on variables such as position, years employed, and education level. It may not reflect actual teacher salaries in the district.

Year	Minimum	Maximum
2024-2025	$47,500	$67,840.36
2023-2024	$47,000	$67,840
2020-2021	$43,304

Academic performance

Each year, state and local education agencies use tests and other standards to assess student proficiency. Although the data below was published by the U.S. Department of Education, proficiency measurements are established by the states. As a result, proficiency levels are not comparable between different states and year-over-year proficiency levels within a district may not be comparable because states may change their proficiency measurements.

• Mathematics
• Reading/language arts
• Graduation rates

The following table shows the percentage of district students who scored at or above the proficiency level each school year:

School year	All (%)	Asian/Pacific Islander (%)	Black (%)	Hispanic (%)	Native American (%)	Two or More Races (%)	White (%)
2020-2021	48	85	26	48	60-69	52	69
2018-2019	61	91	44	60	70-79	65	78
2017-2018	60	90	41	58	70-79	62	78
2016-2017	61	90	41	60	60-69	64	77
2015-2016	60	90	39	58	60-69	64	77
2014-2015	59	90	39	57	70-79		77
2013-2014	64	91	44	66	60-69		80
2012-2013	62	90	42	65	60-69		77
2011-2012	62	88	43	63	60-69		76
2010-2011	72	93	54	75	80-89		84

The following table shows the percentage of district students who scored at or above the proficiency level each school year:

School year	All (%)	Asian/Pacific Islander (%)	Black (%)	Hispanic (%)	Native American (%)	Two or More Races (%)	White (%)
2020-2021	53	82	32	51	50-59	58	72
2018-2019	58	83	38	55	70-79	63	76
2017-2018	58	85	39	56	70-79	63	76
2016-2017	58	87	38	55	55-59	62	75
2015-2016	58	86	37	59	50-59	61	75
2014-2015	58	85	37	60	60-69		76
2013-2014	62	84	41	63	60-69		80
2012-2013	61	85	39	64	60-69		78
2011-2012	61	82	39	62	50-59		78
2010-2011	66	85	46	67	60-69		80

The following table shows the graduation rate of district students each school year:

School year	All (%)	Asian/Pacific Islander (%)	Black (%)	Hispanic (%)	Native American (%)	Two or More Races (%)	White (%)
2019-2020	94	>=95	91	90-94	PS	>=95	97
2018-2019	92	>=95	87	90-94	>=50	>=90	96
2017-2018	93	>=95	89	90-94	PS	>=95	96
2016-2017	89	90-94	82	90-94	PS	>=90	94
2015-2016	92	>=90	85	90-94	>=50	>=90	97
2014-2015	87	>=95	78	>=95	PS	80-89	92
2013-2014	84	>=95	71	85-89	PS		90
2012-2013	77	>=95	63	75-79	PS		85
2011-2012	71	80-89	56	70-74	PS		82
2010-2011	68	85-89	53	60-69	PS		78

Students

• Enrollment
• Demographics

Year	Enrollment	Year-to-year change (%)
2023-2024	31,769	-1.4
2022-2023	32,212	-1.1
2021-2022	32,562	-0.9
2020-2021	32,845	-3.0
2019-2020	33,840	-0.4
2018-2019	33,974	-0.9
2017-2018	34,268	0.9
2016-2017	33,952	0.6
2015-2016	33,736	0.2
2014-2015	33,681	-0.2
2013-2014	33,747	0.9
2012-2013	33,432	0.6
2011-2012	33,218	-0.3
2010-2011	33,326	1.8
2009-2010	32,733	0.6
2008-2009	32,521	0.2
2007-2008	32,472	0.3
2006-2007	32,383	0.2
2005-2006	32,327	0.4
2004-2005	32,191	0.0
2003-2004	32,194	1.0
2002-2003	31,857	0.0
2001-2002	31,855	-0.6
2000-2001	32,050	2.9
1999-2000	31,123	0.0

Racial Demographics, 2023-2024

RACE	Leon County Schools (%)	Florida K-12 STUDENTS (%)
American Indian/Alaska Native	0.1	0.2
Asian or Asian/Pacific Islander	4.4	2.9
Black	41.9	20.9
Hispanic	10.3	37.2
Native Hawaiian/Pacific Islander	0.1	0.2
Two or More Races	6.5	4.2
White	36.7	34.4

Note: Percentages for race and ethnicity may add up to more than 100 percent because respondents may report more than one race and the Hispanic/Latino ethnicity may be selected in conjunction with any race. Read more about race and ethnicity in the census here.

Staff

• Teachers
• Administrators
• Other staff

As of the 2023-2024 school year, Leon County Schools had 1,883.96 full-time classroom teachers. The student-teacher ratio was 16.86.

Teachers, 2023-2024 school year

TYPE	NUMBER OF TEACHERS
Prekindergarten:	7.00
Kindergarten:	121.00
Elementary:	759.81
Secondary:	723.30
Total:	1,883.96

Leon County Schools employed 26.00 district administrators and 127.50 school administrators as of the 2023-2024 school year.

Administrators, 2023-2024 school year

TYPE	NUMBER OF ADMINISTRATORS
District Administrators:	26.00
District Administrative Support:	46.57
School Administrators:	127.50
School Administrative Support:	194.78

Other staff, 2023-2024 school year

TYPE	NUMBER OF OTHER STAFF
Instructional Aides:	598.47
Instruc. Coordinators & Supervisors:	47.75
Total Guidance Counselors:	73.00
Elementary Guidance Counselors:	36.00
Secondary Guidance Counselors:	34.00
Librarians/Media Specialists:	35.23
Library/Media Support:	3.00
Student Support Services:	561.48
Other Support Services:	694.68

Schools

Leon County Schools operates 56 schools. They are listed below in alphabetical order.

List of schools

SCHOOL NAME	NUMBER OF STUDENTS	GRADES
Amos P. Godby High School	1,396	9-12
Apalachee Elementary School	477	PK-5
Astoria Park Elementary School	452	PK-5
Bond Elementary School	576	PK-5
Buck Lake Elementary School	728	PK-5
Canopy Oaks Elementary School	624	PK-5
Chaires Elementary School	462	PK-5
Deerlake Middle School	879	6-8
Desoto Trail Elementary School	659	PK-5
Elizabeth Cobb Middle School	680	6-8
Fairview Middle School	731	6-8
Fort Braden School	693	PK-8
Frank Hartsfield Elementary School	324	PK-5
Gilchrist Elementary School	891	PK-5
Gretchen Everhart School	98	PK-12
Griffin Middle School	486	6-8
Hawks Rise Elementary School	800	PK-5
Heritage Trails Community School	0	KG-12
Hospital Homebound	0	KG-12
James Rickards High School	1,575	9-12
J Michael Conley Elementary School At Southwood	708	PK-5
John G Riley Elementary School	571	KG-5
Kate Sullivan Elementary School	744	PK-5
Killearn Lakes Elementary School	758	PK-5
Lawton Chiles High School	1,928	9-12
Leon Co Juvenile Detention Center	36	KG-12
Leon County Jail	0	6-12
Leon County Virtual Instruction Program	0	KG-8
Leon County Virtual School Franchise	112	1-12
Leon High School	1,923	9-12
Leon Virtual Academy	0	6-12
Lincoln High School	1,860	9-12
Lively Technical College	0	9-12
Oak Ridge Elementary School	434	PK-5
Pace Center For Girls	58	6-12
Pineview Elementary School	410	PK-5
Prek	65	PK-PK
Raa Middle School	871	6-8
Renaissance Academy	244	PK-8
R. Frank Nims Middle School	564	6-8
Roberts Elementary School	844	PK-5
Ruediger Elementary School	474	PK-5
Sabal Palm Elementary School	473	PK-5
Sail	381	9-12
Sealey Elementary School	388	PK-5
Second Chance At Ghazvini Learning Center	79	KG-12
Springwood Elementary School	419	PK-5
Success Academy At Ghazvini Learning Center	154	6-12
Swift Creek Middle School	781	6-8
Tallahassee Classical School	424	PK-12
Tallahassee School Of Math & Sciences	589	KG-8
The School Of Arts And Sciences On Thomasville	462	KG-8
The School Of Arts & Sciences Centre	448	KG-8
William J Montford Iii Middle School	934	6-8
Woodville School	483	PK-8
W T Moore Elementary School	546	PK-5

Contact information

Leon County Schools
2757 West Pensacola St.
Tallahassee, FL 32304
Phone: 850-487-7100

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