Enrollment
256
Elementary
DISTRICT 289 · STATE 313
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·AUGUSTA·NCES 200363000915
Garfield Elem
1053 Osage, Augusta, KS 67010 · (316) 775-6601 · Butler County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY31-TOWNTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL256 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
12.3:1
21 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 13.4:1 · STATE 13.2:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
48%
124 students
DISTRICT 48% · 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Pre-K | 17 | 7% |
| Kindergarten | 41 | 16% |
| Grade 1 | 37 | 14% |
| Grade 2 | 41 | 16% |
| Grade 3 | 42 | 16% |
| Grade 4 | 36 | 14% |
| Grade 5 | 42 | 16% |
This year's kindergarten class (41) is about the same size as its 5th grade class (42).
Student demographics
20%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 30% · 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
School pathway
Students here typically continue to
Based on grade levels within Augusta. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
KAP 2024-25 . % Meeting + ExceedingEnglish Language Arts
64.7%
KS avg 44.5%
Math
52.1%
KS avg 38.8%
What this means: On the KAP, Kansas's statewide test, about 65 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 52 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 | 64.7% | 52.1% |
| 2023-24 | 59.0% | 51.6% |
% 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
OUTPERFORMING
Top 10% of KS schools after controlling for student poverty
Actual proficiency
56.2%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
39.0%
based on KS schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+17.2pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 56% of students here test proficient in math and reading, well above the roughly 39% typical for Kansas schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations ranks schools against others at the same poverty level, not by raw scores, so a school can post high scores and still fall short of its prediction, or post lower scores and still beat it. This school clears its prediction by about 17 points, placing it in Kansas's top 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 Garfield Elem
Garfield Elem's state test result (56.2% proficient) is higher than 5 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Garfield Elem this school | 256 | 48.4% | 56.2% |
| Circle Oil Hill Elementary El Dorado | 274 | 48.9% | 37.0% |
| Atchison County Community Elementary School Effingham | 244 | 48.0% | 48.8% |
| Leonard C Seal Elem Douglass | 263 | 48.3% | 53.6% |
| NLC Elementary School Americus | 223 | 47.5% | 42.5% |
| Lincoln Elementary Fredonia | 242 | 50.8% | 40.6% |
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 Garfield Elem ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Kansas | In Butler County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 56.2% | #138 of 625 | #7 of 18 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 52.1% | #185 of 625 | #8 of 18 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 64.7% | #117 of 625 | #4 of 18 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 256 | #449 of 714 | #17 of 21 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 12.3:1 | #139 of 539 | #5 of 19 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 20.1% | #490 of 540 | #16 of 19 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 48.4% | #390 of 658 | #7 of 19 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +2.8% | #128 of 151 | #9 of 11 |
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
256
+54 (+27%) vs 2020
-23% since 1990-91, when it was 332
Student : Teacher
12.3:1
was 13.5:1
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 | 256 | 20.9 | 12.3:1 | 48% (124) |
| 2023-24 | 260 | 17.2 | 15.1:1 | 44% (115) |
| 2022-23 | 259 | 16.2 | 16.0:1 | 44% (114) |
| 2020-21 | 202 | 15 | 13.5:1 | 46% (92) |
| 2017-18 | 249 | 15.6 | 16.0:1 | 51% (127) |
| 2015-16 | 248 | 18 | 13.8:1 | 50% (124) |
| 2010-11 | 263 | 17 | 15.5:1 | 50% (131) |
| 2000-01 | 233 | 18 | 12.9:1 | 37% (86) |
| 1990-91 | 332 | 18 | 18.4:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Garfield Elem.
Since 2017-18: students up 3% (249 to 256); teachers up 34% (15.6 to 20.9).
About Garfield Elem
Garfield Elem is a small elementary school in Augusta, Kansas. The school offers pre-K through 5 and enrolls 256 students.
The district, Augusta, has 1,905 students enrolled across 5 schools.
White students account for 89% of the school's enrollment. The school is also 6% Hispanic and 5% multiracial. Among Butler County residents, the White share is about 87%. Its diversity index, the chance that two randomly chosen students belong to different racial or ethnic groups, is 20%.
Based on 20.9 full-time-equivalent teachers, Garfield Elem has a ratio of 12.3:1. The average for elementary schools in Kansas, 13.2:1, is higher. Income data for the school show 48% of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. Among public schools in Butler County, the average eligibility rate is 37%.
Garfield Elem beats its predicted average proficiency rate across its state test results by 17.2 points (56.2% versus 39.0%), a top-10% result in Kansas on BeatsExpectations.
In Butler County, home to about 68,287 people, the median household earns about $81,610 a year, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 32% of adults, and the poverty rate is about 6%. Garfield Elem shares Butler County with 41 other public schools.
Among nearby public schools, Augusta Middle School is closest at about 0.2 miles. There are 4 more public schools inside five miles. Garfield Elem places 3rd of 9 on proficiency among the closest schools that report scores.
Garfield Elem falls in the Town: Fringe locale category, used for schools in a town close to an urbanized area.
In 2024-25, the school enrolled 256, up from 202 in 2020-21. The number of students per teacher dropped from 13.5 to 12.3 over 4 years.
The Garfield Elem discussion page is a place for homework, tutoring, and testing dates. You can also rate the school on this page.
Butler County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
68,287
Census ACS
Median income
$81,610
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
32%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
6%
Below federal line
Schools in county
42
18,052 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Augusta
- Augusta Sr HighHigh · 594 students
- Augusta Middle SchoolMiddle · 445 students
- Ewalt ElementaryElementary · 310 students
- Lincoln ElemElementary · 300 students
Other schools in Augusta
- Augusta Sr HighHigh · 594 students
- Augusta Middle SchoolMiddle · 445 students
- Ewalt ElementaryElementary · 310 students
- Lincoln ElemElementary · 300 students
Other Garfield Elementary schools
51 other US public schools in 21 states are named Garfield Elementary. Garfield Elem is the 36th largest of the 52.
- Garfield ElemOttawa, KS · 368 students
- Garfield ElemClay Center, KS · 170 students
- Garfield Elementary SchoolRevere, MA · 639 students
- Garfield Elementary SchoolDEL RIO, TX · 635 students
- Garfield ElementaryClovis, CA · 610 students
Nearby schools
- Augusta Middle School0.2 mi · 445
- Lincoln Elem0.7 mi · 300
- Augusta Sr High1.0 mi · 594
- Ewalt Elementary1.3 mi · 310
- Circle High7.7 mi · 604
- Prairie Creek Elementary8.1 mi · 474
Frequently asked questions
About Garfield ElemHow many students attend Garfield Elem?
Garfield Elem enrolls approximately 256 students in grades PK-05.
What grades does Garfield Elem serve?
Garfield Elem serves grades PK-05.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Garfield Elem?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Garfield Elem is approximately 12.3:1 (21 FTE teachers).
What is the student diversity at Garfield Elem?
Student demographics at Garfield Elem are roughly 89% White, 6% Hispanic, 0% Asian, 5% Two or more.
Who oversees Garfield Elem?
Garfield Elem is overseen by Augusta in Butler County.
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