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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
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 | 13 | 2% |
| Kindergarten | 120 | 14% |
| Grade 1 | 148 | 17% |
| Grade 2 | 133 | 16% |
| Grade 3 | 155 | 18% |
| Grade 4 | 136 | 16% |
| Grade 5 | 152 | 18% |
This year's kindergarten class (120) is 21% smaller than its 5th grade class (152).
Student demographics
60%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
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.
FAST / B.E.S.T. results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 78.6% | 81.1% |
| 2023-24 | 79.1% | 81.4% |
% 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
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 →
Schools most like GILCHRIST ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
GILCHRIST ELEMENTARY SCHOOL's state test result (80.4% proficient) is higher than 4 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| GILCHRIST ELEMENTARY SCHOOL this school | 857 | 19.6% | 80.4% |
| PANTHER RUN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL LAKE WORTH | 794 | 17.4% | 83.5% |
| DOUBLE BRANCH ELEMENTARY SCHOOL WESLEY CHAPEL | 829 | 21.7% | 58.5% |
| CUNNINGHAM CREEK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL SAINT JOHNS | 730 | 15.9% | 73.0% |
| KILLEARN LAKES ELEMENTARY SCHOOL TALLAHASSEE | 740 | 13.8% | 78.7% |
| JULINGTON CREEK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL SAINT JOHNS | 923 | 19.8% | 79.9% |
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 GILCHRIST ELEMENTARY SCHOOL ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Florida | In Leon County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 80.4% | #148 of 2,136 | #2 of 28 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 81.1% | #247 of 2,149 ▼ 53 | #3 of 28 ▼ 2 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 78.6% | #191 of 2,149 ▼ 63 | #3 of 28 ▼ 2 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 857 | #364 of 2,267 | #1 of 29 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 16.3:1 | #1,219 of 2,077 | #24 of 28 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 60.2% | #871 of 2,108 | #12 of 28 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 19.6% | #2,013 of 2,188 | #23 of 28 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -10.3% | #921 of 1,374 | #17 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
857
+46 (+6%) vs 2020
+16% since 1990-91, when it was 738
Student : Teacher
16.3:1
was 15.0:1
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 | 857 | 52.6 | 16.3:1 | 20% (168) |
| 2023-24 | 891 | 54.7 | 16.3:1 | 24% (214) |
| 2022-23 | 864 | 54.1 | 16.0:1 | 20% (176) |
| 2020-21 | 811 | 54 | 15.0:1 | 16% (132) |
| 2017-18 | 955 | 63 | 15.2:1 | 24% (231) |
| 2015-16 | 1,048 | 65 | 16.1:1 | 23% (246) |
| 2010-11 | 890 | 57 | 15.6:1 | 21% (188) |
| 2000-01 | 829 | 47 | 17.6:1 | 12% (96) |
| 1990-91 | 738 | 39 | 18.9:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for GILCHRIST ELEMENTARY SCHOOL.
About GILCHRIST ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
Families in TALLAHASSEE, Florida, are served by GILCHRIST ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, a mid-sized elementary school. Enrollment stands at 857 students, covering pre-K through 5. It has 42% more students than the average for elementary schools in Florida (about 604).
LEON serves 31,579 students across 51 schools.
White students are 60% of those enrolled at GILCHRIST ELEMENTARY SCHOOL. Beyond that, enrollment is 13% Black, 11% Hispanic, 8% multiracial, and 7% Asian. A diversity index of 60% means there is a 60% chance two randomly chosen students at GILCHRIST ELEMENTARY SCHOOL are from different groups.
Staffing at GILCHRIST ELEMENTARY SCHOOL comes to 52.6 full-time-equivalent teachers, or 16.3:1. Elementary schools in Florida average 17.5:1, 1.2 more students per teacher than here. GILCHRIST ELEMENTARY SCHOOL counts 20% of students as eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. It compares with 41% for public schools in Leon County.
Test results at GILCHRIST ELEMENTARY SCHOOL are 9.1 points above what its free or reduced-price lunch share predicts (80.4% actual, 71.3% predicted).
Looking at the county, Leon County, the median household earns about $66,287 a year, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 49%, and about 10% of people live in poverty. Counting GILCHRIST ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, Leon County has 63 public schools.
GILCHRIST ELEMENTARY SCHOOL's nearest public school is THE SCHOOL OF ARTS AND SCIENCES ON THOMASVILLE (about 0.8 miles). In all, at least 8 other public schools sit within five miles of GILCHRIST ELEMENTARY SCHOOL. GILCHRIST ELEMENTARY SCHOOL places 1st of 9 on proficiency among the closest schools that report scores.
GILCHRIST ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is inside a principal city with a population between 100,000 and 250,000, a location NCES labels City: Mid-size.
By 2024-25, enrollment had risen to 857, from 811 in 2020-21. From 2020-21 to 2024-25, the ratio increased from 15.0:1 to 16.3:1.
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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
Other Gilchrist Elementary schools
2 other US public schools in 3 states are named Gilchrist Elementary. GILCHRIST ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is the largest of the 3.
- Gilchrist ElementaryCheyenne, WY · 129 students
- Gilchrist Elementary SchoolGilchrist, OR · 125 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.