📍 1401 E Harding, Garden City, Finney County, 67846
Jennie Wilson Elem is a State/Public serving elementary age pupils, located in Garden City, Finney County. The school has 800 pupils enrolled. It is part of the Garden City school district. It serves grades Pre-K–4 in a small-town setting. The school employs 14.8 full-time-equivalent teachers, a student-teacher ratio of 54.0:1. 47% of students are proficient in reading. 37% are proficient in maths. Technology infrastructure includes fiber internet, campus-wide Wi-Fi, devices for students.
Jennie Wilson Elem enrolls 800 students across grades Pre-K–4. The student body is 55% male and 46% female. A teaching staff of 14.8 full-time-equivalent teachers supports the school, giving a student-teacher ratio of 54.0:1.
By race and ethnicity, the student body is 70% Hispanic or Latino, 17% White and 6.3% Black or African American.
| Race / ethnicity | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Hispanic or Latino | 560 | 70% |
| White | 138 | 17% |
| Black or African American | 50 | 6.3% |
| Asian | 30 | 3.8% |
| Two or more races | 19 | 2.4% |
| American Indian or Alaska Native | 3 | <1% |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data.
551 of the school's 800 students (69%) qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. Of these, 489 qualify for free lunch and 62 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.
Jennie Wilson 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.
Jennie Wilson 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 800 students, Jennie Wilson Elem is larger than the district average of about 395 students per school.
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Proficiency based on state assessments.
Setting: Town - Remote