School district · Kansas

Garden City

Garden City in Kansas: 18 public schools with 7,032 students and 13.7 students per teacher in the 2024–25 school year. It spent $13,297 per student in FY2024.

Schools: 18
Students: 7,032
Students per teacher: 13.7; KS 13.1 · US 15.1
Spending per student: $13,297; KS $14.9K · US $17.6K

Staff

Full-time equivalents reported by the district. Ratios are students per staff member: lower means more staff for each student, not better results.

Teachers (FTE): 514
Counselors (FTE): 13.2
Students per counselor: 534; KS 395 · US 357
Psychologists (FTE): 6.0; Librarians (FTE): 8.8

Money

Current spending pays for staff, services and supplies; buildings and debt are counted apart. It follows local costs and needs (special education, long bus routes), so it is a comparison, not a grade.

Spending per student, 2015–2024

$10.3K15

$9.8K16

$9.6K17

$10.4K18

$10.7K19

$11.6K20

$11.7K21

$12.8K22

$13.5K23

$13.3K24

Where the money comes from (FY2024)

Federal: 12% · $16.5M
State: 64% · $87.2M
Local: 23% · $31.6M

Per student (FY2024)

Instruction: $7,628
Support services: $4,913
Buildings and equipment (capital outlay): $4.5M
Long-term debt: $78.7M

Schools

Open public schools of the district in the 2024–25 school year.

Elementary schools: 11Middle schools: 4High schools: 2Other schools: 1

School	Grades	Students	Students / teacher	City or town
Abe Hubert Elementary School	K–6	285	12.4	Garden City
Alta Brown Elem	K–4	336	14.0	Garden City
Buffalo Jones Elem	K–4	221	13.1	Garden City
Edith Scheuerman Elem	K–4	204	12.0	Garden City
Florence Wilson Elem	K–4	376	15.7	Garden City
Georgia Matthews Elem	K–4	112	10.6	Garden City
Gertrude Walker Elem	K–4	186	13.8	Garden City
Jennie Barker Elem	K–6	163	15.9	Garden City
Jennie Wilson Elem	Pre-K–4	796	48.4	Garden City
Plymell Elementary	K–6	117	11.7	Garden City
Victor Ornelas Elem	K–4	351	13.0	Garden City
Bernadine Sitts Intermediate Ctr	5–6	367	12.9	Garden City
Charles O Stones Intermediate Ctr	5–8	377	11.1	Garden City
Horace J. Good Middle School	7–8	583	11.3	Garden City
Kenneth Henderson Middle	7–8	425	13.6	Garden City
Garden City High School	9–12	1,946	15.1	Garden City
USD 457 Virtual AcademyFully virtual	7–12	76	—	Garden City
GC Achieve at J.D. Adams Hall	K–12	111	6.7	Garden City

Sources

Address: 1205 Fleming Street, Garden City, KS 67846
Phone: (620)805-7000

Website

Public schools and school districts (National Center for Education Statistics · U.S. Census Bureau), 2024–25 school year. NCES Common Core of Data and EDGE public school geocodes; U.S. Census Bureau, Annual Survey of School System Finances and cartographic boundary files (places).
Annual Survey of School System Finances (U.S. Census Bureau), FY2024. U.S. Census Bureau, Annual Survey of School System Finances (F-33).