C−
Garden City Unified School District 457
Public school districtGrades PK–12Regional · 7 towns
Serves Garden City, Garden City, Pierceville, Terry, Garfield, Ivanhoe and Pleasant Valley.
Students
7,032
Schools
18
Spent per student
$13,297
KS $14,966
Students per teacher
14:1
Free or reduced lunch
76%
Debt
$74.6M
fiscal 2024
What stands out about Garden City Unified School District 457
- School Grade C−: better than 16% of Kansas districts
- Math proficiency 11 pts below the state
- Reading / language arts 13 pts below the state
- Spends 11% less per student than the KS average
- 14 students per teacher
- Debt of $74.6M, about $10,607 per student
Where would my kid go?
The school path for Dighton.
PK–6Dighton ElemDighton Unified School District 482
7–12Dighton HighDighton Unified School District 482
Test scores vs. KS
2020–21Math proficiency17%
State average 27.9%
Reading / language arts23%
State average 35.5%
Graduation rate (4-year)86%
State average 88%
Where the money goes
fiscal 2024$13,297 per student · 11% below KS
Spending
Classroom instruction 57%Support & administration 37%Other 6%
Paid for by
Local (mostly property tax) 23%State 64%Federal 12%
U.S. Census Bureau, Annual Survey of School System Finances.
Enrollment over time
7,172’20
7,255’21
7,233’22
7,159’23
7,032’24
About steady.
Students
Hispanic 73%White 16%Black 5%Asian 4%Two or more races 2%American Indian/Alaska Native <1%Native Hawaiian/Pacific Islander <1%
Schools in the district
18 public schools.
Jennie Wilson Elem
B+796 students49:1
Florence Wilson Elem
B−376 students16:1
Victor Ornelas Elem
C351 students13:1
Alta Brown Elem
B−336 students14:1
Abe Hubert Elementary School
C285 students12:1
Buffalo Jones Elem
C−221 students13:1
Edith Scheuerman Elem
B−204 students12:1
Gertrude Walker Elem
C−186 students14:1
Jennie Barker Elem
A−163 students16:1
Plymell Elementary
A−117 students12:1
Georgia Matthews Elem
C+112 students11:1
Horace J. Good Middle School
D583 students11:1
Kenneth Henderson Middle
C−425 students14:1
Charles O Stones Intermediate Ctr
C377 students11:1
Bernadine Sitts Intermediate Ctr
C367 students13:1
Garden City High School
D1,946 students15:1
USD 457 Virtual Academy
76 students
GC Achieve at J.D. Adams Hall
D−111 students7:1
Towns served
Nearby districts
Compare spending and schools next door.
District facts: U.S. Department of Education (NCES directory and district boundaries) and the U.S. Census Bureau school finance survey. Test scores and graduation: EDFacts via the Urban Institute Education Data Portal. Neighbor ratings are opinions.