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Parents: what's one thing you'd want the GILCHRIST ELEMENTARY SCHOOL administration to hear?
Community prompt from u/allk12. Replies below.
Enrollment
857
Elementary
DISTRICT 542 · STATE 604
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·LEON·NCES 120111001186
GILCHRIST ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
1301 TIMBERLANE RD, TALLAHASSEE, FL 32312 · (850) 487-4310 · Leon County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY12-CITYREGULAR SCHOOL857 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
16.3:1
53 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 14.4:1 · STATE 17.5:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
20%
168 students
DISTRICT 48% · STATE 50%
Community
3
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other elementary schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade
Student demographics
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. 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
78.6%
FL avg 56.7% . -0.5pp since 2023
Math
81.1%
FL avg 58.9% . -0.2pp since 2023
What this means: On the FAST / B.E.S.T., Florida's statewide test, about 79 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 81 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Florida schools, those numbers are about 57 and 59. Reading and writing scores have held steady since 2023, while math scores have held steady.
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
80.4%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
71.3%
based on FL schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+9.1pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 80% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 71% 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 →
7-year change
SY 2017-18 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
857
-98 (-10%) vs 2017
Student : Teacher
16.3:1
was 15.2:1
% White
60%
was 69%
% Hispanic
11%
was 4%
% Black
13%
was 13%
% Asian
7%
was 10%
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
About 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.
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
- THE SCHOOL OF ARTS AND SCIENCES ON THOMASVILLE0.8 mi · 461
- SEALEY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL2.6 mi · 369
- THE SCHOOL OF ARTS & SCIENCES CENTRE2.8 mi · 448
- DESOTO TRAIL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL3.1 mi · 652
- RAA MIDDLE SCHOOL3.3 mi · 928
- W T MOORE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL3.3 mi · 519
Frequently asked questions
About GILCHRIST ELEMENTARY SCHOOLHow large is GILCHRIST ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
GILCHRIST ELEMENTARY SCHOOL enrolls approximately 857 students in grades PK-05.
What age range does GILCHRIST ELEMENTARY SCHOOL serve?
GILCHRIST ELEMENTARY SCHOOL serves students from grade PK through grade 05.
How many students per teacher at GILCHRIST ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
Approximately 16.3:1 students per teacher at GILCHRIST ELEMENTARY SCHOOL.
How diverse is GILCHRIST ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
GILCHRIST ELEMENTARY SCHOOL reports a student body of 60% White, 11% Hispanic, 13% Black, 7% Asian, 8% Two or more.
Who oversees GILCHRIST ELEMENTARY SCHOOL?
GILCHRIST 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.