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Enrollment
405
Elementary
DISTRICT 408 · STATE 313
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·WICHITA·NCES 201299000276
Gardiner Elem
1951 S. Laura, Wichita, KS 67211 · (316) 973-1700 · Sedgwick County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY11-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL405 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
13.6:1
30 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 13.8:1 · STATE 13.2:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
95%
386 students
DISTRICT 83% · STATE 51%
Community
5
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Pre-K | 41 | 10% |
| Kindergarten | 59 | 15% |
| Grade 1 | 58 | 14% |
| Grade 2 | 51 | 13% |
| Grade 3 | 63 | 16% |
| Grade 4 | 75 | 19% |
| Grade 5 | 58 | 14% |
This year's kindergarten class (59) is about the same size as its 5th grade class (58).
Student demographics
64%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 72% · 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
17.9%
KS avg 44.5%
Math
14.1%
KS avg 38.8%
What this means: On the KAP, Kansas's statewide test, about 18 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 14 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 | 17.9% | 14.1% |
| 2023-24 | 16.7% | 10.3% |
% 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
13.8%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
16.5%
based on KS schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-2.7pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 14% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 17% 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 Gardiner Elem
Gardiner Elem's state test result (13.8% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Gardiner Elem this school | 405 | 95.3% | 13.8% |
| Harry Street Elem Wichita | 310 | 94.5% | 11.2% |
| Highland Park Central Topeka | 318 | 93.7% | 20.9% |
| Linwood Elementary Wichita | 452 | 91.8% | 12.0% |
| Stanley Elem Wichita | 439 | 90.4% | 16.4% |
| Griffith Elem Wichita | 370 | 87.6% | 20.6% |
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 Gardiner Elem ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Kansas | In Sedgwick County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 13.8% | #609 of 625 | #82 of 92 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 14.1% | #583 of 625 | #66 of 92 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 17.9% | #617 of 625 | #90 of 92 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 405 | #181 of 714 | #48 of 98 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 13.6:1 | #284 of 539 | #37 of 97 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 64.2% | #104 of 540 | #39 of 97 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 95.3% | #10 of 658 | #5 of 97 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -30.2% | #33 of 377 | #7 of 67 |
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
405
-27 (-6%) vs 2020
+13% since 1990-91, when it was 359
Student : Teacher
13.6:1
was 12.7:1
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 | 405 | 29.9 | 13.6:1 | 95% (386) |
| 2023-24 | 416 | 32.1 | 13.0:1 | 97% (402) |
| 2022-23 | 403 | 34 | 11.8:1 | 96% (386) |
| 2020-21 | 432 | 34 | 12.7:1 | 93% (403) |
| 2017-18 | 580 | 34.5 | 16.8:1 | 92% (533) |
| 2015-16 | 634 | 37 | 17.1:1 | 92% (581) |
| 2010-11 | 485 | 29 | 16.7:1 | 92% (444) |
| 2000-01 | 474 | 24 | 19.8:1 | 75% (354) |
| 1990-91 | 359 | 21 | 17.1:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Gardiner Elem.
Since 2017-18: students down 30% (580 to 405); teachers down 13% (34.5 to 29.9).
About Gardiner Elem
Wichita, Kansas, is home to Gardiner Elem, a mid-sized elementary school. Enrollment stands at 405 students, covering pre-K through 5. That is 29% bigger than the average of about 313 students for elementary schools in Kansas.
Gardiner Elem is one of 87 schools in Wichita, which enrolls 47,545 students in total.
The share of Hispanic students at Gardiner Elem is 54%, a majority. After that, the student body is 17% Black, 16% White, and 11% multiracial. Census figures show Sedgwick County is about 17% Hispanic. A diversity index of 64% means there is a 64% chance two randomly chosen students at Gardiner Elem are from different groups.
Gardiner Elem has 29.9 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of about 13.6:1. The ratio is within a point of the 13.2:1 average for elementary schools in Kansas. Eligibility for free or reduced-price lunch, often used to gauge student poverty, is 95%. The rate at public schools in Sedgwick County averages 63%, lower than here.
Gardiner Elem posts an average proficiency rate across its state test results of 13.8%, compared with a predicted 16.5%. It is not in the top or bottom 10% of Kansas schools on BeatsExpectations.
Five-year Census Bureau estimates for Sedgwick County show that the median household earns about $69,365 a year, about 32% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and the poverty rate is about 10%. Across Sedgwick County, 160 public schools serve about 84,569 students.
Of the public schools around it, Gardiner Elem is closest to Linwood Elementary, about 0.6 miles away. There are at least 8 other public schools within five miles. Local comparison: Gardiner Elem ranks 2nd of 7 nearby schools, at 13.8% versus a 12.7% average.
Locale: City: Large. In NCES terms, the school is inside a principal city with a population of 250,000 or more.
Since 2020-21, enrollment has fallen 6%, from 432 to 405.
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Sedgwick County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
528,226
Census ACS
Median income
$69,365
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
32%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
10%
Below federal line
Schools in county
160
84,569 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Wichita
- East HighHigh · 2,435 students
- Southeast HighHigh · 2,066 students
- North HighHigh · 2,041 students
- South HighHigh · 1,662 students
- Heights HighHigh · 1,505 students
- Northwest HighHigh · 1,424 students
Other schools in Wichita
- East HighHigh · 2,435 students
- Southeast HighHigh · 2,066 students
- North HighHigh · 2,041 students
- Campus High HaysvilleHigh · 1,803 students
- South HighHigh · 1,662 students
- Heights HighHigh · 1,505 students
Nearby schools
- Linwood Elementary0.6 mi · 452
- Harry Street Elem0.8 mi · 310
- Hamilton Middle School0.9 mi · 604
- Chisholm Life Skills Center1.0 mi · 96
- Mead Middle School1.0 mi · 678
- Anderson Elem1.4 mi · 477
Frequently asked questions
About Gardiner ElemHow large is Gardiner Elem?
Gardiner Elem enrolls approximately 405 students in grades PK-05.
What age range does Gardiner Elem serve?
Gardiner Elem serves students from grade PK through grade 05.
How many students per teacher at Gardiner Elem?
Approximately 13.6:1 students per teacher at Gardiner Elem.
How diverse is Gardiner Elem?
Gardiner Elem reports a student body of 16% White, 54% Hispanic, 17% Black, 0% Asian, 11% Two or more.
Who oversees Gardiner Elem?
Gardiner Elem is overseen by Wichita in Sedgwick County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.