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Enrollment
652
Elementary
DISTRICT 542 · STATE 604
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·LEON·NCES 120111002679
DESOTO TRAIL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
5200 TREDINGTON PARK DR, TALLAHASSEE, FL 32309 · (850) 488-4511 · Leon County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY12-CITYREGULAR SCHOOL652 STUDENTS
B
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Scored higher than 56% of Florida public elementary schools
- A-Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- CBeats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- ·Three-year trend Not available for this school, so the grade uses the other parts.
Grades compare a school only with schools in the same state, because every state gives its own test. How grades work · Top-graded Florida public elementary schools
Student : Teacher
15.8:1
41 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 14.4:1 · STATE 17.5:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
15%
99 students
DISTRICT 48% · STATE 50%
Community
6
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other elementary schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Pre-K | 9 | 1% |
| Kindergarten | 99 | 15% |
| Grade 1 | 112 | 17% |
| Grade 2 | 102 | 16% |
| Grade 3 | 107 | 16% |
| Grade 4 | 109 | 17% |
| Grade 5 | 114 | 17% |
This year's kindergarten class (99) is 13% smaller than its 5th grade class (114).
Student demographics
48%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 68% · STATE 70% · US 70%
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. District, state, and US figures are each group's share of all public school students in that area (US excludes territories). Very small groups may be suppressed in the source, so categories do not always sum exactly to total enrollment.
Gender split
Test scores
FAST / B.E.S.T. 2024-25 . % at Level 3 or AboveEnglish Language Arts
68.9%
FL avg 56.7% . -2.7pp since 2023
Math
68.4%
FL avg 58.9% . +0.2pp since 2023
What this means: On the FAST / B.E.S.T., Florida's statewide test, about 69 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 68 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Florida schools, those numbers are about 57 and 59. Reading and writing scores are down about 3 points since 2023, while math scores have held steady.
FAST / B.E.S.T. results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 68.9% | 68.4% |
| 2023-24 | 71.6% | 68.2% |
% at Level 3 or Above, all students and all tested grades.
Source: FAST / B.E.S.T.. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyTier
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
68.9%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
73.6%
based on FL schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-4.7pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 69% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 74% typical for Florida schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations measures results against demographically similar schools rather than by raw scores, and this school falls within the typical range, neither among Florida's top nor bottom 10%.
BeatsExpectations runs a per-state regression of proficiency on free/reduced-lunch share, then scores each school by residual. How this is calculated →
Schools most like DESOTO TRAIL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
DESOTO TRAIL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL's state test result (68.9% proficient) is higher than 0 of the 4 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| DESOTO TRAIL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL this school | 652 | 15.2% | 68.9% |
| PALENCIA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL ST AUGUSTINE | 703 | 18.6% | 76.5% |
| LIGHTHOUSE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL JUPITER | 569 | 14.8% | N/A |
| HENDRICKS AVENUE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL JACKSONVILLE | 633 | 18.6% | 77.1% |
| UNIVERSITY ACADEMY SABL INC PANAMA CITY | 711 | 15.3% | 88.5% |
| BEACON COVE INTERMEDIATE SCHOOL JUPITER | 603 | 12.4% | 83.5% |
Matched among Florida elementary schools on enrollment, the share of students from low-income families (eligible for free or reduced-price lunch), and racial and ethnic makeup. Proficient is the average share of students meeting the state standard across all of the school's state tests in 2023-24 and 2024-25, the same combined score our test-score rankings use. Online schools and schools serving specialized populations are not matched.
Where DESOTO TRAIL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Florida | In Leon County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 68.9% | #503 of 2,136 | #6 of 28 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 68.4% | #714 of 2,149 ▼ 108 | #7 of 28 ▼ 1 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 68.9% | #478 of 2,149 ▼ 166 | #7 of 28 ▼ 3 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 652 | #865 of 2,267 | #9 of 29 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 15.8:1 | #1,037 of 2,077 | #22 of 28 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 48.2% | #1,439 of 2,108 | #19 of 28 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 15.2% | #2,062 of 2,188 | #24 of 28 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -3.7% | #1,219 of 1,374 | #23 of 24 |
Ranked against other public elementary schools. Online schools are left out of every list, and test-score lists leave out schools that serve specialized populations. Each rank links to the full list. Arrows under a test-score rank show places moved since the prior test year, among schools tested both years.
4-year change
SY 2020-21 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
652
0 (0%) vs 2020
-21% since 1990-91, when it was 829
Student : Teacher
15.8:1
was 14.2:1
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
Enrollment and staffing by year
| School year | Students | Teachers (FTE) | Students per teacher | Free and reduced lunch |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 652 | 41.2 | 15.8:1 | 15% (99) |
| 2023-24 | 659 | 43 | 15.3:1 | 19% (128) |
| 2022-23 | 654 | 42 | 15.6:1 | 17% (113) |
| 2020-21 | 652 | 46 | 14.2:1 | 14% (91) |
| 2017-18 | 677 | 44 | 15.4:1 | 18% (123) |
| 2015-16 | 669 | 43 | 15.6:1 | 17% (113) |
| 2010-11 | 635 | 42 | 15.1:1 | 16% (103) |
| 2000-01 | 794 | 44 | 18.1:1 | 8% (66) |
| 1990-91 | 829 | 43 | 19.3:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for DESOTO TRAIL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL.
About DESOTO TRAIL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
Federal records list DESOTO TRAIL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL as an elementary school in TALLAHASSEE, Florida. The school serves pre-K through 5. Enrollment is 652 students.
Besides DESOTO TRAIL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, LEON runs 50 other schools. The district enrolls 31,579 students.
Of every 100 students at DESOTO TRAIL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, about 70 are White. Beyond that, enrollment is 11% Hispanic, 9% Black, 6% multiracial, and 4% Asian. The White share of the county population is lower, at 55%. The diversity index for DESOTO TRAIL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is 48%. For US public schools as a whole it is 70%.
DESOTO TRAIL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL has 41.2 full-time-equivalent teachers on staff and a student-to-teacher ratio of 15.8:1. By comparison, the average for elementary schools in Florida is 17.5:1. At DESOTO TRAIL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, 15% of students qualify for free or reduced-price lunch in 2024-25. The rate at public schools in Leon County averages 41%, higher than here.
DESOTO TRAIL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL earns a B on the allk12 Grade, which blends test scores, results against poverty-based expectations, and the three-year trend. It scored higher than 56% of Florida public elementary schools.
On BeatsExpectations, DESOTO TRAIL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is 4.7 points below its prediction, a result in the middle 80% of Florida schools.
The school's county is Leon County. According to Census Bureau estimates, the median household earns about $66,287 a year, roughly 49% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 10%. DESOTO TRAIL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL shares Leon County with 62 other public schools.
Measured in a straight line, LAWTON CHILES HIGH SCHOOL is about 2.4 miles from DESOTO TRAIL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL. Other public schools within five miles: at least 8. The school's 68.9% average proficiency ranks 6th among 9 nearby schools.
Federal records code the school's setting as City: Mid-size.
From 2020-21 to 2024-25, enrollment held near 652, starting from 652. The number of students per teacher increased from 14.2 to 15.8 over 4 years.
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Leon County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
297,542
Census ACS
Median income
$66,287
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
49%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
10%
Below federal line
Schools in county
63
35,246 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in LEON
- LAWTON CHILES HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 1,881 students
- LINCOLN HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 1,822 students
- LEON HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 1,793 students
- JAMES RICKARDS HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 1,718 students
- AMOS P. GODBY HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 1,388 students
- WILLIAM J MONTFORD III MIDDLE SCHOOLMiddle · 1,016 students
Other schools in TALLAHASSEE
- LAWTON CHILES HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 1,881 students
- FLORIDA STATE UNIVERSITY SCHOOLCombined · 1,851 students
- LINCOLN HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 1,822 students
- LEON HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 1,793 students
- JAMES RICKARDS HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 1,718 students
- AMOS P. GODBY HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 1,388 students
Nearby schools
- LAWTON CHILES HIGH SCHOOL2.4 mi · 1,881
- ROBERTS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL2.6 mi · 807
- WILLIAM J MONTFORD III MIDDLE SCHOOL2.7 mi · 1,016
- GILCHRIST ELEMENTARY SCHOOL3.1 mi · 857
- KILLEARN LAKES ELEMENTARY SCHOOL3.2 mi · 740
- HAWKS RISE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL3.3 mi · 752
Frequently asked questions
About DESOTO TRAIL ELEMENTARY SCHOOLWhat is the total enrollment at DESOTO TRAIL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
DESOTO TRAIL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL enrolls approximately 652 students in grades PK-05.
What grades does DESOTO TRAIL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL serve?
DESOTO TRAIL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL serves grades PK-05.
How many students per teacher at DESOTO TRAIL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
Approximately 15.8:1 students per teacher at DESOTO TRAIL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL.
What is the racial breakdown of students at DESOTO TRAIL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
At DESOTO TRAIL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, the student body is approximately 70% White, 11% Hispanic, 9% Black, 4% Asian, 6% Two or more.
Who oversees DESOTO TRAIL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
DESOTO TRAIL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is overseen by LEON in Leon County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.