Woodville School, Tallahassee FL

Original Research by School Decision on Woodville School

Woodville School sits on Woodville Highway on Tallahassee's south side, serving prekindergarten through eighth grade as a regular public school in the Leon County district. It is a neighborhood school of modest size for its grade band, drawing children from a part of the city that sits outside the more walkable, university-adjacent core. Families in this zip code are looking at a housing market where home values run well below both the Florida statewide median and the national median, and have edged slightly downward over the past year. Rents here are comparatively affordable, and the rent-to-income ratio sits at a manageable level relative to national norms. For families weighing a home purchase, the monthly carrying cost of a typical home in the area is meaningfully lower than in much of Florida.

The student body is racially mixed, with Black and white students each making up roughly two-fifths of enrollment, Hispanic students and multiracial students each representing about a tenth, and very small numbers of other groups. A large majority of students qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, which reflects the economic character of the surrounding community. Data on English learner and special education populations were not available in the records reviewed.

On the Florida statewide assessments, the picture is uneven and warrants honest attention. In the elementary grades, math and ELA proficiency rates across third through fifth grade are in the lower range, with typically fewer than half of students scoring proficient. Sixth and seventh grade show somewhat stronger results, particularly in ELA, where the middle school grades inch closer to or past the halfway mark. Eighth grade math stands out as a weak point, with a notably low share of students reaching proficiency. Fifth grade science is also below the midpoint statewide; eighth grade science is stronger, with roughly half of students proficient. Placed against other districts in Leon County, Woodville's overall proficiency index falls in the bottom quartile of that comparison set. A parent who wants to understand what the school is doing to move these numbers would be well served by asking directly, because this data alone does not explain the causes or the trajectory.

Multi-year trend data was not available, so it is not possible to say from this record whether results have been improving, holding steady, or declining.

Tallahassee as a city brings a range of civic assets within reach. The public library system has a main branch downtown and several others around the county. Parks include Cascades Park, Lake Ella, and the 16-mile St. Marks rail-trail running south of the city. StarMetro, the city-owned bus system, runs routes including university and K-12 service. The economy is anchored by state government, Florida State University, Florida A&M University, Tallahassee Memorial HealthCare, and a growing technology and finance sector. The area is on a slow, steady growth curve, with planners actively working to allow denser housing in response to projected demand. Most daily errands in this part of Tallahassee require a car.

No program offerings were listed in the data for Woodville School, and the Leon County district brief turned up no confirmed parent-relevant policy or curriculum changes from recent searches. Those gaps are worth raising with the school directly.

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Academic performance

How students perform on state tests, by grade, set against the district.

Math

Grade 344%

School 44% · District 63% · ▼ 19 pts below district

▼ 19 pts below state median · ▼ 14 pts below county median

Grade 437%

School 37% · District 61% · ▼ 24 pts below district

▼ 24 pts below state median · ▼ 24 pts below county median

Grade 539%

School 39% · District 56% · ▼ 17 pts below district

▼ 16 pts below state median · ▼ 10 pts below county median

Grade 649%

School 49% · District 59% · ▼ 10 pts below district

▼ 13 pts below state median · ▼ 1 pts below county median

Grade 763%

School 63% · District 55% · ▲ 8 pts above district

▲ 14 pts above state median · ▲ 3 pts above county median

Grade 822%

School 22% · District 46% · ▼ 24 pts below district

▼ 29 pts below state median · ▼ 20 pts below county median

English language arts

Grade 341%

School 41% · District 57% · ▼ 16 pts below district

▼ 15 pts below state median · ▼ 9 pts below county median

Grade 429%

School 29% · District 55% · ▼ 26 pts below district

▼ 25 pts below state median · ▼ 18 pts below county median

Grade 537%

School 37% · District 54% · ▼ 17 pts below district

▼ 17 pts below state median · ▼ 13 pts below county median

Grade 653%

School 53% · District 58% · ▼ 5 pts below district

▼ 7 pts below state median · ▼ 3 pts below county median

Grade 748%

School 48% · District 55% · ▼ 7 pts below district

▼ 7 pts below state median · even with county median

Grade 851%

School 51% · District 54% · ▼ 3 pts below district

▼ 3 pts below state median · even with county median

Science

Grade 533%

School 33% · District 51% · ▼ 18 pts below district

▼ 20 pts below state median · ▼ 11 pts below county median

Grade 851%

School 51% · District 41% · ▲ 10 pts above district

▲ 5 pts above state median · ▲ 12 pts above county median

This schoolLEON, same grade

Graduation rate (ACGR) reflects the federally published Adjusted Cohort Graduation Rate for the most recent year available. We refresh this data annually at the close of each academic year in June. The federal source publishes a banded rate (for example, "90-94%") instead of an exact number for cohorts small enough to risk identifying individual students. The state distribution chart, where shown, plots every school in the state with a published rate or band; schools whose rate is federally suppressed are excluded. Where the federal source publishes a band rather than an exact rate, the school is placed within its band using a stable, ID-derived offset, so its position is consistent across visits.

Proficiency by household income

English language arts

Grade 3Lower-income38%Higher-income46%8 pp gap

Grade 4Lower-income24%Higher-income40%16 pp gap

Grade 5Lower-income34%Higher-income43%9 pp gap

Grade 6Lower-income58%Higher-income43%15 pp gap

Grade 7Lower-income44%Higher-income55%10 pp gap

Grade 8Lower-income38%Higher-income63%26 pp gap

Mathematics

Grade 3Lower-income42%Higher-income46%3 pp gap

Grade 4Lower-income32%Higher-income47%14 pp gap

Grade 5Lower-income35%Higher-income50%15 pp gap

Grade 6Lower-income52%Higher-income43%9 pp gap

Grade 7Lower-income53%Higher-income82%29 pp gap

Grade 8Lower-income33%Higher-income9%24 pp gap