GILCHRIST ELEMENTARY SCHOOL

As a mid-tier K-5 school in TALLAHASSEE, Florida, GILCHRIST ELEMENTARY SCHOOL enrolls 857 students from grades pre-K through 5, one of the schools within LEON. Enrollment runs roughly 42% above the state mean of about 604.

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

On the student-mix side, GILCHRIST ELEMENTARY SCHOOL reports that White students make up the majority at 60%. The remainder consists of 13% Black, 11% Hispanic, 8% multiracial, 7% Asian.

On the resource side, Staff filings list 53 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 16.3:1 students per teacher. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 17.5:1 average. Roughly 20% of students at GILCHRIST ELEMENTARY SCHOOL qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. Set against Leon County (around 41%), the school's rate is noticeably below typical.

After controlling for student poverty, GILCHRIST ELEMENTARY SCHOOL sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 71.3%; this one delivers 80.4%.

Around the school, census data for Leon County shows median household earnings sit near $66,287, about 49% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 10%. In all, Leon County runs 63 public schools (combined enrollment of about 35,246 students), of which GILCHRIST ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is one.

Nearest neighbor: THE SCHOOL OF ARTS AND SCIENCES ON THOMASVILLE, around 0.8 miles off. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. On composite proficiency, GILCHRIST ELEMENTARY SCHOOL comes 1st of 9 in the immediate cluster, above the nearby-schools average of 58.9%.

The campus sits in a high-density setting.

Trend over the last 7 years. GILCHRIST ELEMENTARY SCHOOL's enrollment has shrank 10% since 2018, when it stood at 955 (now 857). Over the same period, the White share shrank from 69% to 60%. The student-to-teacher ratio widened from 15.2:1 in 2018 to 16.3:1 today.

In the discussion threads here, posts here usually surface around sports schedules, lunch menu changes, and school spirit week. Anyone with firsthand experience at this school can post or comment.