📍 19500 S. Gardner Road, Gardner, Johnson County, 66030
Nike Elementary is a State/Public serving elementary age pupils, located in Gardner, Johnson County. The school has 373 pupils enrolled. It is part of the Gardner Edgerton school district. It serves grades Pre-K–4 in a rural setting. The school employs 28 full-time-equivalent teachers, a student-teacher ratio of 13.3:1. 52% of students are proficient in reading. 47% are proficient in maths. Technology infrastructure includes fiber internet, campus-wide Wi-Fi.
Nike Elementary enrolls 373 students across grades Pre-K–4. The student body is 51% male and 49% female. A teaching staff of 28 full-time-equivalent teachers supports the school, giving a student-teacher ratio of 13.3:1.
By race and ethnicity, the student body is 79% White, 8.3% Hispanic or Latino and 7% Two or more races.
| Race / ethnicity | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| White | 296 | 79% |
| Hispanic or Latino | 31 | 8.3% |
| Two or more races | 26 | 7% |
| Black or African American | 16 | 4.3% |
| Asian | 4 | 1.1% |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data.
138 of the school's 373 students (37%) qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. Of these, 102 qualify for free lunch and 36 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.
Nike Elementary is located in a rural setting (NCES locale: Rural, Fringe). The school receives targeted-assistance Title I funding for eligible students. For civic and policy purposes, the school sits in congressional district KS-30, state senate district 37, state house district 43.
Nike Elementary is one of 11 schools in Gardner Edgerton, based in Gardner, Kansas. The district serves 5,858 students district-wide and employs 442 full-time-equivalent teachers. With 373 students, Nike Elementary is smaller than the district average of about 533 students per school.
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Proficiency based on state assessments.
Setting: Rural - Fringe