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 Timken.
PK–5Otis-Bison ElementaryOtis-Bison Unified School District 403
6–12Otis-Bison Junior/Senior High SchoolOtis-Bison Unified School District 403
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.