📍 805 W Fair, Garden City, Finney County, 67846
Gertrude Walker Elem is a State/Public serving elementary age pupils, located in Garden City, Finney County. The school has 208 pupils enrolled. It is part of the Garden City school district. It serves grades K–4 in a small-town setting. The school employs 15.8 full-time-equivalent teachers, a student-teacher ratio of 13.2:1. 22% of students are proficient in reading. 12% are proficient in maths. Technology infrastructure includes fiber internet, campus-wide Wi-Fi, devices for students.
Gertrude Walker Elem enrolls 208 students across grades K–4. The student body is 45% male and 55% female. A teaching staff of 15.8 full-time-equivalent teachers supports the school, giving a student-teacher ratio of 13.2:1.
By race and ethnicity, the student body is 66% Hispanic or Latino, 14% Black or African American and 10% White.
| Race / ethnicity | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Hispanic or Latino | 137 | 66% |
| Black or African American | 29 | 14% |
| White | 21 | 10% |
| Asian | 12 | 5.8% |
| Two or more races | 9 | 4.3% |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data.
175 of the school's 208 students (84%) qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. Of these, 150 qualify for free lunch and 25 for a reduced price. The school participates in the National School Lunch Program. Free and reduced-price lunch eligibility is a widely used indicator of the share of students from lower-income households.
Gertrude Walker Elem is located in a small-town setting (NCES locale: Town, Remote). The school runs a schoolwide Title I program, which provides federal funding to support students from low-income families. For civic and policy purposes, the school sits in congressional district KS-10, state senate district 39, state house district 123.
Gertrude Walker Elem is one of 18 schools in Garden City, based in Garden City, Kansas. The district serves 7,106 students district-wide and employs 575 full-time-equivalent teachers. With 208 students, Gertrude Walker Elem is smaller than the district average of about 395 students per school.
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Proficiency based on state assessments.
Setting: Town - Remote
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