Fairview Middle, 3415 Zillah St.: grades 6 to 8, 731 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.

Fairview Middle School is the Leon County Schools middle school for grades 6 to 8 at 3415 Zillah St., Tallahassee.

The campus has a Tallahassee mailing address but sits just outside city limits on the south side, according to the city limits map.

Who to call
Address 3415 Zillah St., Tallahassee, FL 32305
Phone 850-488-6880
Grades 6 to 8
District Leon County Schools
2026 state grade A

Principal

Principal Eileen Mayer, according to the school’s website.

Enrollment and teachers

  • Federal count: 731 students in the 2023-24 school year, the latest year in the NCES school directory, with 43 full-time-equivalent teachers, or about 17 students per teacher.
  • School’s own figure: the school’s website lists enrollment of 750 students.
  • Economically disadvantaged students: 79.4% 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 (65% of possible points)
2024-25 C
2023-24 B

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: 56%
  • Math: 61%
  • Science: 73%
  • Social studies: 79%
  • Middle school acceleration: 77%

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 Fairview Middle zone takes in about 20% of the addresses inside Tallahassee city limits, and 80% of the zone’s 26,522 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 Fairview Middle zone on the district’s maps are Apalachee Elementary, Bond Elementary, Conley Elementary, Hartsfield Elementary and Oak Ridge Elementary. The high school zones that overlap it are Lincoln High and Rickards 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 campus supervision runs 8:45 a.m. to 4:15 p.m. and the front office is open 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Call the front office to confirm this year’s times.

Programs

Fairview runs the district’s International Baccalaureate Preparatory (IB Prep) magnet, in which students may earn up to eight high school credits, according to the district’s Fairview page.

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Frequently asked questions

What grades does Fairview Middle serve?

Grades 6 to 8. It is part of Leon County Schools, at 3415 Zillah St., Tallahassee, FL 32305.

What is Fairview Middle’s school grade?

Fairview Middle earned an A in Florida’s 2026 school grades, with 65% of possible points. It earned a C in 2025.

Who is the principal of Fairview Middle?

Eileen Mayer, according to the school’s website.

Which high school does Fairview Middle feed into?

The district zones each level by address. The high school zones that overlap the Fairview Middle zone are Lincoln High and Rickards High.