Sabal Palm Elementary, 2813 Ridgeway St.: grades pre-K to 5, 473 students in 2023-24 and a B 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.

Sabal Palm Elementary School is the Leon County Schools elementary school for grades pre-K to 5 at 2813 Ridgeway St., Tallahassee.

Who to call
Address 2813 Ridgeway St., Tallahassee, FL 32310
Phone 850-488-0167
Grades pre-K to 5
District Leon County Schools
2026 state grade B

Principal

Principal Latoyer Hankerson, according to the school’s website.

Enrollment and teachers

  • Federal count: 473 students in the 2023-24 school year, the latest year in the NCES school directory, with 40 full-time-equivalent teachers, or about 12 students per teacher.
  • 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 B (56% of possible points)
2024-25 A
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: 47%
  • Math: 57%
  • Science: 41%
  • Third grade English language arts: 41%

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 Sabal Palm Elementary zone takes in about 13% of the addresses inside Tallahassee city limits, and 91% of the zone’s 15,368 addresses are inside the city.

The district does not publish a feeder list: students are zoned by address for each level. The middle school zones that overlap the Sabal Palm Elementary zone on the district’s maps are Griffin Middle, Nims Middle and Raa Middle, and the high school zones are Godby High, Leon High and Rickards 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 8:30 a.m. to 2:50 p.m., with breakfast from 7:45 a.m. Students are not dismissed from class between 2:20 and 2:50 p.m. Call the front office to confirm this year’s times.

Programs

Sabal Palm runs the district’s Technology and Robotics elementary magnet, according to the district’s Sabal Palm page.

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Frequently asked questions

What grades does Sabal Palm Elementary serve?

Grades pre-K to 5. It is part of Leon County Schools, at 2813 Ridgeway St., Tallahassee, FL 32310.

What is Sabal Palm Elementary’s school grade?

Sabal Palm Elementary earned a B in Florida’s 2026 school grades, with 56% of possible points. It earned an A in 2025.

Who is the principal of Sabal Palm Elementary?

Latoyer Hankerson, according to the school’s website.

Which middle school does Sabal Palm Elementary feed into?

The district zones each level by address. The middle school zones that overlap the Sabal Palm Elementary zone are Griffin Middle, Nims Middle and Raa Middle.

What time does Sabal Palm Elementary start?

The school’s website lists a start time of 8:30 a.m.; call 850-488-0167 to confirm.