📍 401 East Grand Street, Gardner, Johnson County, 66030
Grand Star Elementary is a State/Public serving elementary age pupils, located in Gardner, Johnson County. The school has 361 pupils enrolled. It is part of the Gardner Edgerton school district. It serves grades Pre-K–4 in a suburban setting. The school employs 32 full-time-equivalent teachers, a student-teacher ratio of 11.3:1. 42% of students are proficient in reading. 42% are proficient in maths. Technology infrastructure includes fiber internet, campus-wide Wi-Fi.
Grand Star Elementary enrolls 361 students across grades Pre-K–4. The student body is 51% male and 49% female. A teaching staff of 32 full-time-equivalent teachers supports the school, giving a student-teacher ratio of 11.3:1.
By race and ethnicity, the student body is 60% White, 28% Hispanic or Latino and 5% Black or African American.
| Race / ethnicity | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| White | 218 | 60% |
| Hispanic or Latino | 101 | 28% |
| Black or African American | 18 | 5% |
| Two or more races | 14 | 3.9% |
| Asian | 10 | 2.8% |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data.
200 of the school's 361 students (55%) qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. Of these, 163 qualify for free lunch and 37 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.
Grand Star Elementary is located in a suburban setting (NCES locale: Suburb, Large). 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-30, state senate district 37, state house district 43.
Grand Star 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 361 students, Grand Star 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: Suburb - Large
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