GRETCHEN EVERHART SCHOOL

GRETCHEN EVERHART SCHOOL operates as a very small K-12 campus in TALLAHASSEE, Florida, part of LEON. Current enrollment sits at 91 students spanning grades pre-K through 12. Compared to the state average of about 353 students per school, that is 74% below typical.

Across the 51 schools in LEON (31,579 students total), GRETCHEN EVERHART SCHOOL accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

On the student-mix side, GRETCHEN EVERHART SCHOOL logs that 44% of students identify as White, with the remaining enrollment distributed across several groups; the rest breaks down as 37% Black, 9% Hispanic, 5% Asian, 4% multiracial. That is noticeably less White than the county at large, where the share is closer to 55%.

In terms of school funding signals, Staff filings list 16 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 5.7:1 students per teacher. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 17.7:1 average. An estimated 21% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy. That share is lower than Leon County's rate of about 41%.

Across the wider county, ACS estimates for Leon County put median household earnings sit near $66,287, 49% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 10%. In all, Leon County runs 63 public schools (combined enrollment of about 35,246 students), of which GRETCHEN EVERHART SCHOOL is one.

The closest other public school is HOSPITAL HOMEBOUND, roughly 0.5 miles away. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius.

The campus sits in an inner-city setting.

Looking at the recent track record. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at GRETCHEN EVERHART SCHOOL has shrank 50%, going from 183 students in 2018 to 91 in 2025. The Black share of enrollment edged down from 45% to 37% over that span.

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