Fort Braden School, 15100 Blountstown Highway: grades pre-K to 8, 693 students in 2023-24 and a C 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.

Fort Braden K-8 School is the Leon County Schools school for grades pre-K to 8 at 15100 Blountstown Highway, Tallahassee.

The school is in the rural Fort Braden community in western Leon County, well outside Tallahassee city limits, though its mailing address says Tallahassee.

Who to call
Address 15100 Blountstown Highway, Tallahassee, FL 32310
Phone 850-488-9374
Grades pre-K to 8
District Leon County Schools
2026 state grade C

Principal

Principal Todd Lanter, according to the school’s website.

Enrollment and teachers

  • Federal count: 693 students in the 2023-24 school year, the latest year in the NCES school directory, with 44 full-time-equivalent teachers, or about 16 students per teacher.
  • School’s own figure: the school’s website lists enrollment of 700 students.
  • Economically disadvantaged students: 100% 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 C (50% of possible points)
2024-25 C
2023-24 D

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: 32%
  • Math: 35%
  • Science: 29%
  • Social studies: 79%
  • Third grade English language arts: 29%
  • Middle school acceleration: 89%

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 elementary zone map over the Tallahassee-Leon County GIS address points, the Fort Braden School zone takes in about 1% of the addresses inside Tallahassee city limits, and 8% of the zone’s 4,684 addresses are inside the city.

The district does not publish a feeder list: students are zoned by address for each level. Fort Braden School has its own zone on the district’s middle school map as well as its elementary map, and the high school zone that covers it is Godby High.

The district proposed rezoning Riley Elementary for the 2025-26 school year to ease crowding there, moving some students to Astoria Park, Fort Braden and Sabal Palm, according to its rezoning FAQ, which links the proposed zone maps. Riley families affected could keep their children at Riley, without bus service. The district’s current zone lookup is the authority for any address.

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 lists school hours as 7:45 a.m. to 3:15 p.m., which its FAQ describes as the supervision window; call for class start and end times. Call the front office to confirm this year’s times.

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Frequently asked questions

What grades does Fort Braden School serve?

Grades pre-K to 8. It is part of Leon County Schools, at 15100 Blountstown Highway, Tallahassee, FL 32310.

What is Fort Braden School’s school grade?

Fort Braden School earned a C in Florida’s 2026 school grades, with 50% of possible points. It earned a C in 2025.

Who is the principal of Fort Braden School?

Todd Lanter, according to the school’s website.

Which high school does Fort Braden School feed into?

On the district’s zone maps the Fort Braden School area is zoned for Godby High.