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Schools in Chaires

Chaires’s public schools

Leon County School District has no state test or graduation results we can use, so there is no Schools grade for Chaires. Each school below is shown with its own results.

—Not gradedK–12Where will my kid go?7/17schools above Florida’s middle

Tests spring 2022, when 94% of students in Florida’s tested grades sat them, and the class of 2023’s graduation rate (U.S. Department of Education). How TownRatings grades schools

Reading proficiency
53%
2021–22
Math proficiency
52%
2021–22
Graduate on time
86%
class of 2023
Spent per student
$11.6K
▼ 11% vs FL $13.0K
FY2024
Students per teacher
17.3
FL 18.0 · smaller classes
Schools in town
1
16,662 students on the public path
In brief

Chaires’s schools, in brief

School by school

7 of Chaires’s 17 district schools with test results score above the middle of Florida’s 3,542 public schools. Deerlake Middle School places highest (better than 93%); Griffin Middle School lowest (6%). See the path ↓

Written from the figures on this page. Tests are from 2021–22, graduation from the class of 2023; each school’s own letter uses 2020–21 results.

Where will my kid go?

Pick a grade. These are the public schools in Chaires, with each school’s own grade.

The path, start to finish
PK–5Chaires Elementary SchoolLeon County School DistrictB+
6–810 middle schoolsDepends on your addressD to A
9–126 high schoolsDepends on your addressC− to A−

Which school depends on your address. To confirm it, ask the Leon County School District.

The district

Spending and class size are shown but don’t count toward the grade. Each district’s own page has every school.

Test scores · 2021–22

Close to the state in reading

Reading53%
State average 52.1% · 18622 students tested
Math52%
State average 52.2% · 16835 students tested

Chaires vs. its neighbors

Schools grades for the Florida towns that share Chaires’s borders.

Schools next door
TownSchoolsMain districts
Chaires—Leon County
TallahasseeB−Leon County

Every school in Chaires

17 schools. Each public school’s letter compares its own 2020–21 reading and math results with Florida’s other public schools (the newest school-level results we have).

District schools in Chairesby address
Also serving Chairesin other towns

Questions about Chaires’s schools

Are Chaires’s schools good?

There’s no Schools grade for Chaires. Leon County School District has no state test or graduation results we can use, so there is no Schools grade for Chaires. Each school below is shown with its own results. School by school, 7 of its 17 district schools with test results score above the middle of Florida’s public schools on their 2020–21 results.

What school district is Chaires in?

Leon County School District.

Where do Chaires kids go to high school?

One of six high schools, depending on your address: Lawton Chiles High School, Lincoln High School, Leon High School, James Rickards High School, Amos P. Godby High School and Sail.

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What Chaires families are saying about school.

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School data: state test results (2021–22, with participation) and four-year graduation rates (class of 2023) reported to the U.S. Department of Education (EDFacts via ED Data Express); each school’s own letter uses its 2020–21 results (EDFacts via the Urban Institute); schools and enrollment from NCES (2024–25; private schools 2023–24); spending from the Census Bureau’s school finance survey (FY2024). Stars are from neighbors.