Garden City

Summary:

The Garden City school district in Kansas consists of 18 schools, including 11 elementary schools, 4 middle schools, 2 high schools, and 1 alternative school. The data reveals significant disparities in academic performance across the district, with a few standout schools consistently outperforming their peers.

Jennie Wilson Elementary and Plymell Elementary are two of the highest-performing elementary schools, with strong proficiency rates in English Language Arts and Mathematics that exceed the district and state averages. In contrast, Abe Hubert Elementary has one of the lowest proficiency scores, which may be linked to its high free/reduced lunch rate, indicating a potential correlation between socioeconomic status and academic achievement.

The data also shows that per-student spending and student-teacher ratios do not necessarily translate to better performance, as some of the highest-performing schools have relatively high ratios and lower spending per student. This suggests that factors such as school leadership, teacher quality, and instructional practices may play a crucial role in driving student success across the Garden City district.

District Detail

1205 Fleming Street
Garden City, KS 67846

(620) 805-7000

SchoolDigger Rank:
235^th of 266 Kansas districts

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Grades served: PK, KG-12
Students: 7,159

Primary Schools: 11
Middle Schools: 4
High Schools: 2
Alternative Schools: 1

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School													Students/Teachers											Ranking (2024)				Ranking (2023)				KAP English Language Arts (2024)								KAP Mathematics (2024)								KAP Science (2024)				Per Pupil Expenditures (2019)
Name	Type	Grades	Address	City	Zip	County	District	Is Charter	Is Magnet	Is Virtual	Is Title I	Phone	Enrollment	Full-time Teachers	Student/ Teacher Ratio	Free/Discounted Lunch Recipients	White	Black	Hispanic	Asian	American Indian	Pacific Islander	Two or More Races	Average Standard Score (2024)	Statewide Rank (2024)	State Percentile (2024)	SchoolDigger Rating (2024)	Average Standard Score (2023)	Statewide Rank (2023)	State Percentile (2023)	Rank Change from Previous Year	KAP English Language Arts 3rd Grade	KAP English Language Arts 4th Grade	KAP English Language Arts 5th Grade	KAP English Language Arts 6th Grade	KAP English Language Arts 7th Grade	KAP English Language Arts 8th Grade	KAP English Language Arts 10th Grade	KAP English Language Arts All Grades	KAP Mathematics 3rd Grade	KAP Mathematics 4th Grade	KAP Mathematics 5th Grade	KAP Mathematics 6th Grade	KAP Mathematics 7th Grade	KAP Mathematics 8th Grade	KAP Mathematics 10th Grade	KAP Mathematics All Grades	KAP Science 5th Grade	KAP Science 8th Grade	KAP Science 11th Grade	KAP Science All Grades	Per Pupil Expenditures Total	Sub-total from Federal Funds	Sub-total from State/Local Funds
Alta Brown Elementary	Public	K-4	1110 East Pine	Garden City	67846	Finney County	Garden City	No	No	No	Yes	(620) 805-7200	323	23	13.9	87.3%	39 (12.1%)	17 (5.3%)	251 (77.7%)	14 (4.3%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.3%)	1 (0.3%)	17	566^th of 653 public elementary schools	13.3%		25.8	516^th of 660 public elementary schools	21.8%	50	17.2	29.3						21.9	24.2	21.9						23.4					$12,402	$1,677	$10,725
Abe Hubert Elementary School	Public	K-6	1205 A Street	Garden City	67846	Finney County	Garden City	No	No	No	Yes	(620) 805-8400	307	23	13.4	92.2%	38 (12.4%)	9 (2.9%)	249 (81.1%)	5 (1.6%)	1 (0.3%)	0 (0.0%)	5 (1.6%)	19.6	550^th of 653 public elementary schools	15.8%		18.5	562^nd of 660 public elementary schools	14.8%	12	21.0	14.8	25.9	30.4				24.2	11.4	10.7	14.8	17.4				13.9	39.6			39.6	$11,090	$1,497	$9,593
Buffalo Jones Elementary	Public	K-4	708 Taylor Ave	Garden City	67846	Finney County	Garden City	No	No	No	Yes	(620) 805-7300	240	18	13.3	89.6%	11 (4.6%)	12 (5.0%)	205 (85.4%)	9 (3.8%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	3 (1.3%)	24.2	521^st of 653 public elementary schools	20.2%		25.2	524^th of 660 public elementary schools	20.6%	3	25.6	23.4						24.4	47.6	14.0						29.3					$10,616	$1,465	$9,151
Georgia Matthews Elementary	Public	K-4	111 Johnson	Garden City	67846	Finney County	Garden City	No	No	No	Yes	(620) 805-7550	126	9	13.5	81.0%	17 (13.5%)	5 (4.0%)	97 (77.0%)	5 (4.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (1.6%)	26.6	506^th of 653 public elementary schools	22.5%		41	403^rd of 660 public elementary schools	38.9%	103	13.0	43.5						28.3	21.7	30.4						26.1					$10,982	$1,507	$9,475
Horace J. Good Middle School	Public	7-8	1412 N. Main St.	Garden City	67846	Finney County	Garden City	No	No	No	No	(620) 805-8100	689	51	13.4	77.5%	115 (16.7%)	31 (4.5%)	505 (73.3%)	26 (3.8%)	2 (0.3%)	2 (0.3%)	8 (1.2%)	19.5	319^th of 362 public middle schools	11.9%		25.3	292^nd of 362 public middle schools	19.3%	27					15.1	15.9		15.5					12.2	9.0		10.5		14.4		14.4	$10,697	$1,012	$9,684
Garden City High School	Public	9-12	2720 Buffalo Way BLVD	Garden City	67846	Finney County	Garden City	No	No	No	No	(620) 805-5400	1,976	127	15.5	67.8%	374 (18.9%)	60 (3.0%)	1,411 (71.4%)	91 (4.6%)	4 (0.2%)	1 (0.1%)	35 (1.8%)	11.5	296^th of 318 public high schools	6.9%		19.4	283^rd of 327 public high schools	13.5%	13							12.5	12.5							5.7	5.7			15.4	15.4	$10,683	$971	$9,712
Gertrude Walker Elementary	Public	K-4	805 W Fair	Garden City	67846	Finney County	Garden City	No	No	No	Yes	(620) 805-7600	216	14	16.0	92.1%	17 (7.9%)	31 (14.4%)	142 (65.7%)	15 (6.9%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.5%)	10 (4.6%)	25.1	514^th of 653 public elementary schools	21.3%		18.3	563^rd of 660 public elementary schools	14.7%	49	31.8	33.3						32.6	34.1	12.5						22.8					$11,048	$1,502	$9,547
Charles O Stones Intermediate Center	Public	5-8	401 N Jennie Barker Rd	Garden City	67846	Finney County	Garden City	No	No	No	Yes	(620) 805-8300	362	33	10.9	79.6%	51 (14.1%)	5 (1.4%)	280 (77.3%)	20 (5.5%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	6 (1.7%)								(n/a)			24.6	21.4				22.9			17.6	20.3				18.8	37.8			37.6	$10,342	$1,401	$8,942
Florence Wilson Elementary	Public	K-4	1709 Labrador Blvd	Garden City	67846	Finney County	Garden City	No	No	No	Yes	(620) 805-7400	361	24	15.3	72.6%	73 (20.2%)	49 (13.6%)	213 (59.0%)	15 (4.2%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	11 (3.0%)	22.3	533^rd of 653 public elementary schools	18.4%		45.3	369^th of 660 public elementary schools	44.1%	164	17.2	36.2						27.6	26.1	25.3						25.7					$11,070	$1,536	$9,534
Edith Scheuerman Elementary	Public	K-4	1901 Wilcox	Garden City	67846	Finney County	Garden City	No	No	No	Yes	(620) 805-7350	178	15	11.8	82.6%	28 (15.7%)	3 (1.7%)	141 (79.2%)	2 (1.1%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	4 (2.2%)	29.5	484^th of 653 public elementary schools	25.9%		19.7	557^th of 660 public elementary schools	15.6%	73	16.2	38.7						26.5	32.4	34.4						33.3					$13,391	$1,810	$11,581
Victor Ornelas Elementary	Public	K-4	3401 E Spruce	Garden City	67846	Finney County	Garden City	No	No	No	Yes	(620) 805-7900	385	27	14.4	83.1%	23 (6.0%)	2 (0.5%)	328 (85.2%)	30 (7.8%)	1 (0.3%)	1 (0.3%)	0 (0.0%)	23.3	527^th of 653 public elementary schools	19.3%		27.1	507^th of 660 public elementary schools	23.2%	20	19.1	26.7						23.4	34.8	30.0						32.1					$11,797	$1,628	$10,169
GC Achieve at J.D. Adams Hall	Public, Alternative	K-12	1312 N. 7th Street	Garden City	67846	Finney County	Garden City	No	No	No	Yes	(620) 805-8600	107	18	5.9	81.3%	18 (16.8%)	2 (1.9%)	83 (77.6%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	4 (3.7%)								(n/a)							3.7	8.6							0.0	2.8			7.4	6.1	$13,629	$2,140	$11,490
Unified School District 457 Virtual Academy	Public, Virtual	7-12	1312 N. 7th Street	Garden City	67846	Finney County	Garden City	No	No	Yes	No	(620) 805-8615	87	1	96.0	3.4%	23 (26.4%)	0 (0.0%)	62 (71.3%)	1 (1.1%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (1.1%)								(n/a)
Jennie Wilson Elementary	Public	PK, KG-4	1401 E Harding	Garden City	67846	Finney County	Garden City	No	No	No	Yes	(620) 805-7750	762	16	49.1	73.4%	121 (15.9%)	51 (6.7%)	545 (71.5%)	27 (3.5%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	18 (2.4%)	75	124^th of 653 public elementary schools	81.0%		66.3	184^th of 660 public elementary schools	72.1%	60	46.7	59.4						52.4	69.6	43.2						57.8					$11,545	$1,948	$9,598
Kenneth Henderson Middle	Public	5-8	2406 Fleming	Garden City	67846	Finney County	Garden City	No	No	No	No	(620) 805-8500	390	30	13.0	69.5%	55 (14.1%)	10 (2.6%)	293 (75.1%)	22 (5.6%)	2 (0.5%)	0 (0.0%)	8 (2.1%)	23.5	301^st of 362 public middle schools	16.9%		29.4	270^th of 362 public middle schools	25.4%	31					25.1	13.7		19.8					12.8	12.1		12.5		13.3		13.3	$10,011	$937	$9,074
Bernadine Sitts Intermediate Center	Public	5-6	3101 N Belmont	Garden City	67846	Finney County	Garden City	No	No	No	Yes	(620) 805-8200	351	29	12.3	83.5%	51 (14.5%)	21 (6.0%)	260 (74.1%)	15 (4.3%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	4 (1.1%)								(n/a)			19.5	20.0				19.8			9.9	12.4				11.2	24.3			24.3	$10,739	$1,434	$9,305
Jennie Barker Elementary	Public	K-6	5585 N Jennie Barker Rd	Garden City	67846	Finney County	Garden City	No	No	No	No	(620) 805-7700	172	12	14.4	41.9%	70 (40.7%)	1 (0.6%)	91 (52.9%)	6 (3.5%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	4 (2.3%)	49.2	335^th of 653 public elementary schools	48.7%		46.4	360^th of 660 public elementary schools	45.5%	25	29.2	43.5	43.5	45.4				40.2	37.5	26.1	30.4	40.9				33.7	43.5			43.5	$10,341	$1,470	$8,872
Plymell Elementary	Public	K-6	20 W Plymell Rd	Garden City	67846	Finney County	Garden City	No	No	No	No	(620) 805-7800	127	11	11.6	32.3%	80 (63.0%)	0 (0.0%)	46 (36.2%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.8%)	57.9	264^th of 653 public elementary schools	59.6%		57.6	258^th of 660 public elementary schools	60.9%	6	33.3	20.0	55.0	36.4				37.7	58.3	12.5	50.0	50.0				42.9	65.0			65.0	$9,054	$891	$8,163

District	Distance	# of Schools	Statewide Rank
Holcomb	7.13 mi	5	242^nd
Deerfield	15.17 mi	3	259^th
Lakin	21.76 mi	3	233^rd
Ingalls	24.32 mi	2	10^th
Cimarron-Ensign	30.1 mi	2	133^rd

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