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Florida School Ranks Among Top K-8 in Nation

11/5/2025

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U.S. News & World Report released its K-8 school rankings on October 28, 2025.
Florida State University Schools is the only Tallahassee school in the top 100, ranking No. 74 for elementary and No. 96 for middle schools.
The school has a math proficiency rate of 83% and a reading proficiency rate of 72%.
Gilchrist Elementary is No. 254 and Deerlake Middle School is No. 122.

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Story summary

U.S. News & World Report released its K-8 school rankings on October 28, 2025.
Florida State University Schools is the only Tallahassee school in the top 100, ranking No. 74 for elementary and No. 96 for middle schools.
The school has a math proficiency rate of 83% and a reading proficiency rate of 72%.
Gilchrist Elementary is No. 254 and Deerlake Middle School is No. 122.