Garden Plain Elem

Garden Plain Elem, a reasonably sized K-5 school in Garden Plain, Kansas, run under Renwick, instructs 445 students, covering grades pre-K through 8. By comparison, Kansas's public schools average about 313 students each, so Garden Plain Elem sits 42% larger than that benchmark.

Garden Plain Elem is one of 6 schools operated by Renwick, a district that caters to 1,989 students overall.

In terms of who attends, Garden Plain Elem lists that the student body is overwhelmingly White (93%). The remainder breaks down as 4% Hispanic, 3% multiracial. The wider county runs roughly 69% White, putting the school's mix meaningfully more White than the area baseline.

Looking at school resources, The school currently runs with 24 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 18.2:1. The state averages around 13.2:1, so this campus is higher than the state norm typical. About 15% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy. That share is below Sedgwick County's rate of about 63%.

After controlling for student poverty, Garden Plain Elem performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 55.0%, the actual is 56.0%, a residual of +1.0 points.

Zooming out to the county, census data for Sedgwick County shows median household earnings sit near $69,365, about 32% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and roughly 10% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Across Sedgwick County's 160 public schools (combined enrollment of about 84,569 students), Garden Plain Elem is one campus in the mix.

Nearest neighbor: Garden Plain High, around 0.1 miles off. Within ten miles, there are 8 other public schools, a sparser pattern than typical urban areas. Among the 9 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Garden Plain Elem ranks 3rd on composite proficiency, ahead of the local average of 49.3%.

Geographically, the school is in an outlying area.

Five-year trend. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Garden Plain Elem has increased 30%, going from 342 students in 2018 to 445 in 2025. The student-to-teacher ratio rose from 16.2:1 in 2018 to 18.2:1 today.

On allk12, recent activity here tends to focus on science fair prep, picture-day reminders, and bus-route questions. Contributors range from current parents to recent graduates and teachers.