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Garden City Schools
Garden City is a public school district in Kansas, based in Finney County (Garden City). SchoolGrade grades 18 of its schools on actual versus projected test scores; every school below has its own page.
Garden City on the map
District boundary from the NCES EDGE composite school district file. Each marker is a graded school; click it for its grade and scores.
SchoolGrade summary for Garden City
17 of 18 schools in Garden City carry a SchoolGrade (1 have too little test data to grade). Grade distribution:
B: 3C: 3D: 10F: 1
Best schools in Garden City
Statewide rankings: all 328 high schools in Kansas · all 198 middle schools in Kansas · all 680 elementary schools in Kansas
The ten highest SchoolGrades in the district. Grades reward actual test performance against the projection for each school's student context, so a B in a high-poverty school can outrank an A- elsewhere on impact.
- B+ Jennie Barker Elem (Elementary school, greatly exceeds expectations)
- B- Plymell Elementary (Elementary school, doesn't meet expectations)
- B- Jennie Wilson Elem (Elementary school, greatly exceeds expectations)
- C- Florence Wilson Elem (Elementary school, exceeds expectations)
- C- Alta Brown Elem (Elementary school, exceeds expectations)
- C- Edith Scheuerman Elem (Elementary school, exceeds expectations)
- D+ Charles O Stones Intermediate Ctr (Middle school, exceeds expectations)
- D+ Bernadine Sitts Intermediate Ctr (Elementary school, meets expectations)
- D+ Georgia Matthews Elem (Elementary school, meets expectations)
- D+ Victor Ornelas Elem (Elementary school, exceeds expectations)
Every school in Garden City
High schools (1)
- D- Garden City High School, Garden City
Middle and junior high schools (4)
- D+ Bernadine Sitts Intermediate Ctr, Garden City
- D+ Charles O Stones Intermediate Ctr, Garden City
- D- Horace J Good Middle School, Garden City
- D- Kenneth Henderson Middle, Garden City
Elementary and primary schools (11)
- D Abe Hubert Elementary School, Garden City
- C- Alta Brown Elem, Garden City
- D Buffalo Jones Elem, Garden City
- C- Edith Scheuerman Elem, Garden City
- C- Florence Wilson Elem, Garden City
- D+ Georgia Matthews Elem, Garden City
- D- Gertrude Walker Elem, Garden City
- B+ Jennie Barker Elem, Garden City
- B- Jennie Wilson Elem, Garden City
- B- Plymell Elementary, Garden City
- D+ Victor Ornelas Elem, Garden City
Other schools and academies (2)
- F Gc Achieve At Jd Adams Hall, Garden City
- Usd 457 Virtual Academy, Garden City
Where Garden City schools are
Cities and towns served (1)
- Garden City (18)
About this district
- State: Best schools in Kansas
- County: Finney County
- Type: regular local school district
- Setting: remote town (NCES locale of the district office)
- Enrollment: 7,235 students with 547 full-time-equivalent teachers and 1,260 total staff FTE (NCES CCD, 2023-24)
- NCES district ID: 2006390
- Grades are the 2025-26 SchoolGrade model: each school's actual proficiency against the level projected for its student context. How SchoolGrade works
Nearby school districts
- Holcomb (4 schools, 15 mi)
- Deerfield (3 schools, 23 mi)
- Scott County (4 schools, 32 mi)
- Lakin (3 schools, 34 mi)
- Sublette (3 schools, 36 mi)
- Montezuma (3 schools, 36 mi)
- Dodge City (11 schools, 45 mi)
- Ulysses (5 schools, 46 mi)
Questions about Garden City
How many schools are in Garden City?
SchoolGrade grades 18 public schools in Garden City, across 1 city or town. Every one of them is listed on this page with a link to its own report.
Which cities does Garden City serve?
The largest by graded schools: Garden City.
How good are the schools in Garden City?
Across the 17 graded schools, the average SchoolGrade is D+, with 25.1% of tested students meeting the state bar against a projected 25.1%. 71% of schools meet or exceed the expectation for their student context.
How many students attend Garden City?
7,235 students were enrolled in Garden City in the 2023-24 school year, about 13.2 students per full-time teacher (NCES Common Core of Data).
Where is Garden City?
Garden City is in Kansas, based in Finney County, with its district office in Garden City. Its boundary covers about 931 sq mi.