Deerlake Middle, 9902 Deer Lake West: grades 6 to 8, 879 students in 2023-24 and an A in Florida's 2026 school grades.

Last checked Oct. 11, 2026. Sources: the school’s website, Leon County Schools’ school directory, zone maps and 2026-27 calendar, the Florida Department of Education’s 2026 school grades file, the Tallahassee-Leon County GIS address points, the federal NCES school directory.

Deerlake Middle School is the Leon County Schools middle school for grades 6 to 8 at 9902 Deer Lake West, Tallahassee. Its teams are the Bucks, according to the school’s website.

The campus is in the Killearn Lakes area north of Tallahassee, outside city limits, according to the city limits map.

Who to call
Address 9902 Deer Lake West, Tallahassee, FL 32312
Phone 850-922-6545
Grades 6 to 8
District Leon County Schools
2026 state grade A

Principal

Principal Steve Mills, according to the school’s website.

Enrollment and teachers

  • Federal count: 879 students in the 2023-24 school year, the latest year in the NCES school directory, with 40 full-time-equivalent teachers, or about 22 students per teacher.
  • School’s own figure: the school’s website lists enrollment of 830 students.
  • Economically disadvantaged students: 12.3% in the state’s 2026 grades file.

State report card

Florida grades every public school A to F each year. The grade is the share of possible points a school earns on state test results and learning gains and, for middle and high schools, acceleration measures and, for high schools, the graduation rate, according to the Florida Department of Education.

School year Grade
2025-26 A (74% of possible points)
2024-25 A
2023-24 A

From the state’s 2026 school grades file, the share of students scoring on grade level on the state tests in 2025-26:

  • English language arts: 78%
  • Math: 85%
  • Science: 72%
  • Social studies: 91%
  • Middle school acceleration: 76%

The full report card, with results by grade and student group, is on the state’s Florida school report cards site. It is an interactive dashboard; the figures above come from the downloadable grades file.

Attendance zone and feeder schools

Check any address with the district’s School Zones page, which links separate elementary, middle and high school zone lookups.

Laying the district’s middle school zone map over the Tallahassee-Leon County GIS address points, the Deerlake Middle zone takes in about 3% of the addresses inside Tallahassee city limits, and 31% of the zone’s 9,570 addresses are inside the city.

The district does not publish a feeder list: students are zoned by address for each level. The elementary zones inside the Deerlake Middle zone on the district’s maps are Hawks Rise Elementary and Killearn Lakes Elementary. The high school zone that covers it is Chiles High.

Families who want a school outside their zone can apply through controlled open enrollment; when applicants outnumber seats, the district holds a computerized random selection.

Calendar and bell times

From the district’s 2026-27 calendar, which applies to every Leon County district school:

  • Monday, Oct. 12: teacher planning day, no school for students
  • Wednesday, Nov. 11: Veterans Day, schools closed
  • Nov. 23-27: Thanksgiving break
  • Dec. 21 to Jan. 1: winter break; students return Tuesday, Jan. 5, 2027
  • March 15-19, 2027: spring break
  • Thursday, May 27, 2027: last day of school

The school’s website says student supervision runs 8:45 a.m. to 4:20 p.m. and the office is open 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.; it does not post bell times on its home page. Call the front office to confirm this year’s times.

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Frequently asked questions

What grades does Deerlake Middle serve?

Grades 6 to 8. It is part of Leon County Schools, at 9902 Deer Lake West, Tallahassee, FL 32312.

What is Deerlake Middle’s school grade?

Deerlake Middle earned an A in Florida’s 2026 school grades, with 74% of possible points. It earned an A in 2025.

Who is the principal of Deerlake Middle?

Steve Mills, according to the school’s website.

Which high school does Deerlake Middle feed into?

The district zones each level by address. The high school zone that overlaps the Deerlake Middle zone is Chiles High.