{"id":132104,"date":"2026-01-26T13:28:12","date_gmt":"2026-01-26T13:28:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/132104\/"},"modified":"2026-01-26T13:28:12","modified_gmt":"2026-01-26T13:28:12","slug":"lcs-adds-47-administrators-as-student-enrollment-declines-tallahassee-reports","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/132104\/","title":{"rendered":"LCS Adds 47 Administrators as Student Enrollment Declines \u2013 Tallahassee Reports"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Ftallahasseereports.com%2F2026%2F01%2F26%2Flcs-adds-47-administrators-as-student-enrollment-declines%2F\" style=\"display:inline-block;\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"> <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"sfsi_wicon\" data-pin-nopin=\"true\" width=\"auto\" height=\"auto\" alt=\"fb-share-icon\" title=\"Facebook Share\" src=\"https:\/\/tallahasseereports.com\/wp-content\/plugins\/ultimate-social-media-plus\/images\/share_icons\/fb_icons\/en_US.svg\"\/><\/a><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=LCS+Adds+47+Administrators+as+Student+Enrollment+Declines https:\/\/tallahasseereports.com\/2026\/01\/26\/lcs-adds-47-administrators-as-student-enrollment-declines\/\" style=\"display:inline-block\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">&#13;<br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" nopin=\"nopin\" width=\"auto\" class=\"sfsi_plus_wicon\" src=\"https:\/\/tallahasseereports.com\/wp-content\/plugins\/ultimate-social-media-plus\/images\/share_icons\/Twitter_Tweet\/en_US_Tweet.svg\" alt=\"Tweet\" title=\"Tweet\"\/>&#13;<br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Reports filed with the Florida Department of Education (FDOE) show that the Leon County School Board has added 47 School Administrator positions over a 6-year period while the number of students declined and the number of teachers were reduced.<\/p>\n<p>This information comes amid a debate about how to address the financial struggles of the school district.<\/p>\n<p>The Numbers<\/p>\n<p>From 2018-219 to 2024-25, records show that the number of School Administrators increased by 28%, from 170 to 217. The 47 positions added during this period included:<\/p>\n<p>\u2013 24 Administrator &amp; Managers<br \/>\u2013 13 Assistant Principals<br \/>\u2013 6 Deans\/Curriculum Coordinators\/Registrar<br \/>\u2013 4 Consultants\/ Supervisors of Instruction<\/p>\n<p>As administrator positions were being added during this period, the number of students dropped by approximately 8%, from 33,543 in 2018 to 29,990 in 2024. In addition, the number of teachers decreased from 2,070 in 2018 to 1,772 in 2024.<\/p>\n<p>During this period, the \u201cSchool Administration\u201d budget line item increased by $23% or $4.7 million, from $20.4 million to $25.1 million.<\/p>\n<p>LCS Trends<\/p>\n<p>TR has previously reported on LCS spending and student growth trends. See the chart below.<\/p>\n<p>Over the last seven years Leon County School spending has increased approximately $41.7 million, a 14.4% increase, while the number of students has declined from 33,391 to 29,990<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"750\" height=\"513\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/LCS-1-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-242801\"  \/><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Ftallahasseereports.com%2F2026%2F01%2F26%2Flcs-adds-47-administrators-as-student-enrollment-declines%2F\" style=\"display:inline-block;\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"> <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"sfsi_wicon\" data-pin-nopin=\"true\" width=\"auto\" height=\"auto\" alt=\"fb-share-icon\" title=\"Facebook Share\" src=\"https:\/\/tallahasseereports.com\/wp-content\/plugins\/ultimate-social-media-plus\/images\/share_icons\/fb_icons\/en_US.svg\"\/><\/a><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=LCS+Adds+47+Administrators+as+Student+Enrollment+Declines https:\/\/tallahasseereports.com\/2026\/01\/26\/lcs-adds-47-administrators-as-student-enrollment-declines\/\" style=\"display:inline-block\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">&#13;<br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" nopin=\"nopin\" width=\"auto\" class=\"sfsi_plus_wicon\" src=\"https:\/\/tallahasseereports.com\/wp-content\/plugins\/ultimate-social-media-plus\/images\/share_icons\/Twitter_Tweet\/en_US_Tweet.svg\" alt=\"Tweet\" title=\"Tweet\"\/>&#13;<br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/a><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t<script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"&#13; &#13; Reports filed with the Florida Department of Education (FDOE) show that the Leon County School Board&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":132105,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[16],"tags":[232,234,233],"class_list":{"0":"post-132104","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-tallahassee","8":"tag-tallahassee","9":"tag-tallahassee-headlines","10":"tag-tallahassee-news"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/132104","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=132104"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/132104\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/132105"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=132104"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=132104"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=132104"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}