Enrollment
204
Elementary
DISTRICT 286 · STATE 313
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·GARDEN CITY·NCES 200639001633
Edith Scheuerman Elem
1901 Wilcox, Garden City, KS 67846 · (620) 805-7350 · Finney County
GRADES KG–04ELEMENTARY33-TOWNTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL204 STUDENTS
B-
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Scored higher than 46% of Kansas public elementary schools
- CTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- B+Beats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- ·Three-year trend Not available for this school, so the grade uses the other parts.
Grades compare a school only with schools in the same state, because every state gives its own test. How grades work · Top-graded Kansas public elementary schools
Student : Teacher
11.9:1
17 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 16.4:1 · STATE 13.2:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
85%
174 students
DISTRICT 77% · STATE 51%
Community
0
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other elementary schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Kindergarten | 42 | 21% |
| Grade 1 | 40 | 20% |
| Grade 2 | 37 | 18% |
| Grade 3 | 36 | 18% |
| Grade 4 | 49 | 24% |
This year's kindergarten class (42) is 14% smaller than its 4th grade class (49).
Student demographics
36%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 44% · STATE 58% · US 70%
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. District, state, and US figures are each group's share of all public school students in that area (US excludes territories). Very small groups may be suppressed in the source, so categories do not always sum exactly to total enrollment.
Gender split
Test scores
KAP 2024-25 . % Meeting + ExceedingEnglish Language Arts
43.2%
KS avg 44.5%
Math
30.9%
KS avg 38.8%
What this means: On the KAP, Kansas's statewide test, about 43 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 31 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Kansas schools, those numbers are about 45 and 39.
KAP results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 43.2% | 30.9% |
| 2023-24 | 26.5% | 33.3% |
% Meeting + Exceeding, all students and all tested grades. Kansas set new KAP cut scores in spring 2025, so results from 2023-24 and earlier are not comparable with later years.
Source: KAP. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyTier
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
33.5%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
21.3%
based on KS schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+12.1pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 33% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 21% typical for Kansas schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations measures results against demographically similar schools rather than by raw scores, and this school falls within the typical range, neither among Kansas's top nor bottom 10%.
BeatsExpectations runs a per-state regression of proficiency on free/reduced-lunch share, then scores each school by residual. How this is calculated →
Schools most like Edith Scheuerman Elem
Edith Scheuerman Elem's state test result (33.5% proficient) is higher than 4 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Edith Scheuerman Elem this school | 204 | 85.3% | 33.5% |
| Buffalo Jones Elem Garden City | 221 | 89.1% | 29.4% |
| Pleasant Valley Elem Wichita | 308 | 85.1% | 19.2% |
| Westview Elem Olathe | 164 | 78.0% | 52.5% |
| Abe Hubert Elementary School Garden City | 285 | 94.0% | 23.6% |
| Linn Elementary Dodge City | 361 | 88.4% | 24.1% |
Matched among Kansas elementary schools on enrollment, the share of students from low-income families (eligible for free or reduced-price lunch), and racial and ethnic makeup. Proficient is the average share of students meeting the state standard across all of the school's state tests in 2023-24 and 2024-25, the same combined score our test-score rankings use. Online schools and schools serving specialized populations are not matched.
Where Edith Scheuerman Elem ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Kansas | In Finney County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 33.5% | #457 of 625 | #5 of 12 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 30.9% | #459 of 625 | #5 of 12 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 43.2% | #403 of 625 | #6 of 12 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 204 | #533 of 714 | #8 of 13 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 11.9:1 | #111 of 539 | #1 of 8 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 35.6% | #354 of 540 | #3 of 8 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 85.3% | #81 of 658 | #6 of 13 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -1.9% | #352 of 377 | #7 of 8 |
Ranked against other public elementary schools. Online schools are left out of every list, and test-score lists leave out schools that serve specialized populations. Each rank links to the full list. Arrows under a test-score rank show places moved since the prior test year, among schools tested both years.
4-year change
SY 2020-21 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
204
+30 (+17%) vs 2020
-46% since 1990-91, when it was 375
Student : Teacher
11.9:1
was 10.2:1
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
Enrollment and staffing by year
| School year | Students | Teachers (FTE) | Students per teacher | Free and reduced lunch |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 204 | 17.1 | 11.9:1 | 85% (174) |
| 2023-24 | 178 | 15 | 11.9:1 | 83% (147) |
| 2022-23 | 180 | 15.3 | 11.8:1 | 85% (153) |
| 2020-21 | 174 | 17 | 10.2:1 | 87% (152) |
| 2017-18 | 208 | 19.8 | 10.5:1 | 86% (179) |
| 2015-16 | 244 | 18 | 13.6:1 | 85% (208) |
| 2010-11 | 227 | 19 | 11.9:1 | 82% (187) |
| 2000-01 | 339 | 20 | 16.9:1 | 61% (207) |
| 1990-91 | 375 | 19 | 19.7:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Edith Scheuerman Elem.
Since 2017-18: students down 2% (208 to 204); teachers down 14% (19.8 to 17.1).
About Edith Scheuerman Elem
Edith Scheuerman Elem is a low-enrollment elementary school serving families in Garden City, Kansas. Students in kindergarten through 4 attend the school, which enrolls 204 students. For comparison, elementary schools in Kansas average about 313 students.
Enrollment across the 18 schools in Garden City totals 7,032 students.
Edith Scheuerman Elem's enrollment is 79% Hispanic. Next come 14% White, 4% Black, and 3% multiracial. That compares with about 53% Hispanic among all Finney County residents. By the diversity index, Edith Scheuerman Elem comes in at 36%.
Edith Scheuerman Elem operates with 17.1 full-time-equivalent teachers, a ratio of about 11.9:1. For comparison, elementary schools in Kansas average 13.2:1. About 85% of students at the school meet free or reduced-price lunch income limits. The 73% average for public schools in Finney County is 12 points lower.
allk12 grades Edith Scheuerman Elem a B-. The grade compares the school only with Kansas public elementary schools, because each state gives its own test.
Compared with Kansas schools that have similar shares of low-income students, Edith Scheuerman Elem's results are 12.1 points above predicted: 33.5% against 21.3%.
Among Finney County residents, median household income is about $73,009, 19% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 9% of people live in poverty. Federal data list 23 public schools in Finney County, with a combined enrollment of about 7,939.
Gertrude Walker Elem is the public school closest to Edith Scheuerman Elem, about 0.7 miles away. Edith Scheuerman Elem has at least 8 other public schools within five miles. Nearby schools average 27.2% on proficiency, and Edith Scheuerman Elem is above that at 33.5%.
Edith Scheuerman Elem is in a town far from an urbanized area, a location NCES labels Town: Remote.
Edith Scheuerman Elem saw enrollment rise 17% between 2020-21 and 2024-25. Its ratio of students to teachers was 10.2:1 in 2020-21, and 11.9:1 in 2024-25.
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Finney County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
38,084
Census ACS
Median income
$73,009
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
19%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
9%
Below federal line
Schools in county
23
7,939 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Garden City
- Garden City High SchoolHigh · 1,946 students
- Jennie Wilson ElemElementary · 796 students
- Horace J. Good Middle SchoolMiddle · 583 students
- Kenneth Henderson MiddleMiddle · 425 students
- Charles O Stones Intermediate CtrMiddle · 377 students
- Florence Wilson ElemElementary · 376 students
Other schools in Garden City
- Garden City High SchoolHigh · 1,946 students
- Jennie Wilson ElemElementary · 796 students
- Horace J. Good Middle SchoolMiddle · 583 students
- Kenneth Henderson MiddleMiddle · 425 students
- Charles O Stones Intermediate CtrMiddle · 377 students
- Florence Wilson ElemElementary · 376 students
Nearby schools
- Gertrude Walker Elem0.7 mi · 186
- Buffalo Jones Elem0.7 mi · 221
- Abe Hubert Elementary School1.0 mi · 285
- GC Achieve at J.D. Adams Hall1.2 mi · 111
- USD 457 Virtual Academy1.2 mi · 76
- Horace J. Good Middle School1.2 mi · 583
Frequently asked questions
About Edith Scheuerman ElemWhat is the total enrollment at Edith Scheuerman Elem?
Edith Scheuerman Elem enrolls approximately 204 students in grades KG-04.
Is Edith Scheuerman Elem an elementary, middle, or high school?
Edith Scheuerman Elem is an elementary school covering grades KG-04.
How many students per teacher at Edith Scheuerman Elem?
Approximately 11.9:1 students per teacher at Edith Scheuerman Elem.
How diverse is Edith Scheuerman Elem?
Edith Scheuerman Elem reports a student body of 14% White, 79% Hispanic, 4% Black, 0% Asian, 3% Two or more.
Who oversees Edith Scheuerman Elem?
Edith Scheuerman Elem is overseen by Garden City in Finney County.
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