DESOTO TRAIL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL

As a mid-tier K-5 school in TALLAHASSEE, Florida, DESOTO TRAIL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL educates 652 students from grades pre-K through 5, run under LEON.

LEON runs 51 schools in total, collectively educating 31,579 students. DESOTO TRAIL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is one of those campuses.

Looking at the student body, DESOTO TRAIL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL lists that 70% of the student body identifies as White. Other groups include 11% Hispanic, 9% Black, 6% multiracial, 4% Asian. By comparison, Leon County as a whole is about 55% White, so the school skews visibly more White than its surroundings.

On the resource side, On paper, DESOTO TRAIL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL has 41 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 15.8:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 17.5:1, putting DESOTO TRAIL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL tighter than the state norm the norm. Roughly 15% of students at DESOTO TRAIL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. That share is lower than Leon County's rate of about 41%.

After controlling for student poverty, DESOTO TRAIL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 73.6% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 68.9%.

In the area at large, Leon County reports that the typical household earns roughly $66,287 per year, 49% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 10%. Across Leon County's 63 public schools (combined enrollment of about 35,246 students), DESOTO TRAIL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is one campus in the mix.

Nearest neighbor: LAWTON CHILES HIGH SCHOOL, around 2.4 miles off. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. Among the 9 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), DESOTO TRAIL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL ranks 6th on composite proficiency, beneath the local average of 73.3%.

Geographically, the school is in a city-core area.

Looking at the recent track record. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at DESOTO TRAIL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL has shrank 4%, going from 677 students in 2018 to 652 in 2025. The White share of enrollment edged down from 78% to 70% over that span.

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