Enrollment
376
Elementary
DISTRICT 286 · STATE 313
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·GARDEN CITY·NCES 200639001600
Florence Wilson Elem
1709 Labrador Blvd, Garden City, KS 67846 · (620) 805-7400 · Finney County
GRADES KG–04ELEMENTARY33-TOWNTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL376 STUDENTS
C
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 33% of Kansas public elementary schools
- C-Test 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
15.7:1
24 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 16.4:1 · STATE 13.2:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
74%
277 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 | 86 | 23% |
| Grade 1 | 79 | 21% |
| Grade 2 | 68 | 18% |
| Grade 3 | 74 | 20% |
| Grade 4 | 69 | 18% |
This year's kindergarten class (86) is 25% larger than its 4th grade class (69).
Student demographics
61%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
47.2%
KS avg 44.5%
Math
28.3%
KS avg 38.8%
What this means: On the KAP, Kansas's statewide test, about 47 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 28 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 | 47.2% | 28.3% |
| 2023-24 | 27.6% | 25.7% |
% 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
32.2%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
26.9%
based on KS schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+5.3pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 32% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 27% 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 Florence Wilson Elem
Florence Wilson Elem's state test result (32.2% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Florence Wilson Elem this school | 376 | 73.7% | 32.2% |
| Frank Rushton Elem Kansas City | 359 | 80.5% | 38.7% |
| Turner Elem Kansas City | 560 | 80.7% | 33.8% |
| Comanche Elem Overland Park | 369 | 77.8% | 35.3% |
| Shawanoe Elem Shawnee | 530 | 86.4% | 21.3% |
| Oak Grove Elem Kansas City | 532 | 79.9% | 36.2% |
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 Florence Wilson Elem ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Kansas | In Finney County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 32.2% | #470 of 625 | #6 of 12 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 28.3% | #476 of 625 | #6 of 12 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 47.2% | #355 of 625 | #4 of 12 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 376 | #228 of 714 | #2 of 13 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 15.7:1 | #469 of 539 | #7 of 8 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 60.7% | #146 of 540 | #1 of 8 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 73.7% | #151 of 658 | #8 of 13 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +3.6% | #121 of 151 | N/A |
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
376
+72 (+24%) vs 2020
-3% since 1990-91, when it was 389
Student : Teacher
15.7:1
was 13.2:1
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 | 376 | 24 | 15.7:1 | 74% (277) |
| 2023-24 | 361 | 23.5 | 15.4:1 | 73% (262) |
| 2022-23 | 335 | 24 | 14.0:1 | 69% (230) |
| 2020-21 | 304 | 23 | 13.2:1 | 68% (206) |
| 2017-18 | 363 | 28 | 13.0:1 | 68% (247) |
| 2015-16 | 385 | 23 | 16.7:1 | 66% (253) |
| 2010-11 | 457 | 34 | 13.4:1 | 69% (315) |
| 2000-01 | 374 | 22 | 17.0:1 | 37% (137) |
| 1990-91 | 389 | 17 | 22.9:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Florence Wilson Elem.
Since 2017-18: students up 4% (363 to 376); teachers down 14% (28 to 24).
About Florence Wilson Elem
Florence Wilson Elem sits in Garden City, Kansas, and is classified as an elementary school. The school covers kindergarten through 4 and reported 376 students in 2024-25. On average, elementary schools in Kansas enroll around 313, and this school is 20% bigger than that mark.
Florence Wilson Elem is part of Garden City, where 18 schools serve 7,032 students.
Federal enrollment data show Florence Wilson Elem is 58% Hispanic. The remaining shares are 18% White, 15% Black, 7% Asian, and 3% multiracial. On a 0 to 100 scale, the school's diversity index is 61, compared with 70 nationally.
Teacher count: 24 full-time equivalents. Student-to-teacher ratio: 15.7:1. The average for elementary schools in Kansas, 13.2:1, is lower. Roughly 74% of students come from households that qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. Public schools in Finney County average a similar 73%.
On the allk12 Grade, Florence Wilson Elem lands at C, ahead of 33% of Kansas public elementary schools.
Florence Wilson Elem scores 32.2% on state tests, averaged across results. The predicted figure, based on its student poverty level, is 26.9%.
For the population of Finney County, the median household earns about $73,009 a year, about 19% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and roughly 9% of residents are in poverty. Across Finney County, 23 public schools serve about 7,939 students.
Of the public schools around it, Florence Wilson Elem is closest to Kenneth Henderson Middle, about 0.3 miles away. Inside a five-mile radius, there are at least 8 other public schools. On average proficiency, Florence Wilson Elem is 2nd of 8 nearby schools with test data.
Florence Wilson Elem has an NCES locale of Town: Remote.
Enrollment in 2024-25 stood at 376, compared with 304 in 2020-21. From 2020-21 to 2024-25, the ratio increased from 13.2:1 to 15.7:1.
Florence Wilson Elem has a community page on allk12 for topics such as pickup and drop-off, after-school programs, and teacher feedback. Teachers and staff are welcome to share updates too.
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
- Bernadine Sitts Intermediate CtrMiddle · 367 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
- Bernadine Sitts Intermediate CtrMiddle · 367 students
Nearby schools
- Kenneth Henderson Middle0.3 mi · 425
- Garden City High School0.6 mi · 1,946
- Bernadine Sitts Intermediate Ctr0.7 mi · 367
- Jennie Wilson Elem1.0 mi · 796
- Georgia Matthews Elem1.1 mi · 112
- Horace J. Good Middle School1.3 mi · 583
Frequently asked questions
About Florence Wilson ElemHow many students attend Florence Wilson Elem?
Florence Wilson Elem enrolls approximately 376 students in grades KG-04.
What age range does Florence Wilson Elem serve?
Florence Wilson Elem serves students from grade KG through grade 04.
How many students per teacher at Florence Wilson Elem?
Approximately 15.7:1 students per teacher at Florence Wilson Elem.
How diverse is Florence Wilson Elem?
Florence Wilson Elem reports a student body of 18% White, 58% Hispanic, 15% Black, 7% Asian, 3% Two or more.
Who oversees Florence Wilson Elem?
Florence Wilson Elem is overseen by Garden City in Finney County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.