Enrollment
170
Elementary
DISTRICT 213 · STATE 313
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·CLAY COUNTY·NCES 200489000821
Garfield Elem
815 4th St, Clay Center, KS 67432 · (785) 632-2125 · Clay County
GRADES 04–05ELEMENTARY32-TOWNTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL170 STUDENTS
A-
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 75% of Kansas public elementary schools
- B+Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- A-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
13.9:1
12 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 11.6:1 · STATE 13.2:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
46%
78 students
DISTRICT 47% · 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Grade 4 | 95 | 56% |
| Grade 5 | 75 | 44% |
Student demographics
13%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 17% · 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
Garfield Elem→Clay Center Community Middle
Feeds from
Based on grade levels within Clay County. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
KAP 2024-25 . % Meeting + ExceedingEnglish Language Arts
55.2%
KS avg 44.5%
Math
52.1%
KS avg 38.8%
What this means: On the KAP, Kansas's statewide test, about 55 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 | 55.2% | 52.1% |
| 2023-24 | 44.1% | 51.4% |
% 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
53.1%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
40.2%
based on KS schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+12.9pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 53% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 40% 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 Garfield Elem
Garfield Elem's state test result (53.1% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Garfield Elem this school | 170 | 45.9% | 53.1% |
| Pike Valley Elem Courtland | 163 | 44.2% | 52.9% |
| Lebo Elem Lebo | 159 | 43.4% | 60.7% |
| Victoria Elementary Victoria | 153 | 45.1% | 49.1% |
| Ellsworth Elem Ellsworth | 188 | 44.7% | 57.5% |
| Appanoose Elementary School Pomona | 191 | 45.0% | 45.8% |
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 |
|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 53.1% | #176 of 625 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 52.1% | #186 of 625 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 55.2% | #225 of 625 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 170 | #577 of 714 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 45.9% | #414 of 658 |
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
170
0 (0%) vs 2020
-2% since 1990-91, when it was 173
Student : Teacher
13.9:1
was 15.4:1
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 | 170 | 12.3 | 13.9:1 | 46% (78) |
| 2023-24 | 146 | 12.3 | 11.9:1 | 42% (62) |
| 2022-23 | 151 | 12 | 12.6:1 | 41% (62) |
| 2020-21 | 170 | 11 | 15.4:1 | 53% (90) |
| 2017-18 | 186 | 12.1 | 15.4:1 | 44% (81) |
| 2015-16 | 176 | 13 | 13.5:1 | 48% (84) |
| 2010-11 | 164 | 14 | 11.7:1 | 46% (76) |
| 2000-01 | 152 | 13 | 11.7:1 | 36% (55) |
| 1990-91 | 173 | 11 | 15.7:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Garfield Elem.
Since 2017-18: students down 9% (186 to 170); teachers up 1% (12.1 to 12.3).
About Garfield Elem
The public elementary school Garfield Elem is located in Clay Center, Kansas. It teaches 170 students in grades 4 through 5. By comparison, elementary schools in Kansas enroll about 313 students on average.
Clay County runs 6 schools with a combined 1,272 students. Garfield Elem is one of them.
Garfield Elem is 93% White by enrollment. Next come 4% Hispanic and 2% multiracial. That is in line with Clay County, where about 92% of residents are White. The diversity index for Garfield Elem is 13%. For US public schools as a whole it is 70%.
Staffing at Garfield Elem comes to 12.3 full-time-equivalent teachers, or 13.9:1. The school's 13.9:1 compares with an average of 13.2:1 for elementary schools in Kansas. On the income side, 46% of students qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. Public schools in Clay County average a similar 47%.
On the allk12 Grade, Garfield Elem lands at A-, ahead of 75% of Kansas public elementary schools.
The allk12 BeatsExpectations score for Garfield Elem is +12.9 points: 53.1% actual, 40.2% predicted.
The school's county is Clay County. According to Census Bureau estimates, median household income comes to about $66,176, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 26%, and roughly 12% of residents are in poverty. There are 7 public schools in the county, enrolling about 1,272, Garfield Elem among them.
Lincoln Elem sits about 0.8 miles from Garfield Elem. There are 3 other public schools within five miles. Garfield Elem places 2nd of 9 on proficiency among the closest schools that report scores.
Federal data place Garfield Elem in the Town: Distant locale, which means it is in a town some distance from an urbanized area.
The school's size has been steady, with 170 students in 2020-21 and 170 in 2024-25. The student-to-teacher ratio went down from 15.4:1 to 13.9:1.
People can post here about homework, tutoring, and testing dates and other school topics. Members of the school community can share what they know.
Clay County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
8,048
Census ACS
Median income
$66,176
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
26%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
12%
Below federal line
Schools in county
7
1,272 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Clay County
- Lincoln ElemElementary · 341 students
- Clay Center Community HighHigh · 326 students
- Clay Center Community MiddleMiddle · 226 students
- Wakefield ElemElementary · 129 students
- Wakefield HighHigh · 80 students
- eLearn 379 Virtual SchoolCombined
Other schools in Clay Center
- Lincoln ElemElementary · 341 students
- Clay Center Community HighHigh · 326 students
- Clay Center Community MiddleMiddle · 226 students
- eLearn 379 Virtual SchoolCombined
Other Garfield Elementary schools
51 other US public schools in 21 states are named Garfield Elementary. Garfield Elem is the 47th largest of the 52.
- Garfield ElemOttawa, KS · 368 students
- Garfield ElemAugusta, KS · 256 students
- Garfield Elementary SchoolRevere, MA · 639 students
- Garfield Elementary SchoolDEL RIO, TX · 635 students
- Garfield ElementaryClovis, CA · 610 students
Nearby schools
- Lincoln Elem0.8 mi · 341
- Clay Center Community High0.8 mi · 326
- Clay Center Community Middle1.0 mi · 226
- Wakefield Elem12.9 mi · 129
- Wakefield High12.9 mi · 80
- Clifton-Clyde Middle School15.5 mi · 116
Frequently asked questions
About Garfield ElemWhat is the total enrollment at Garfield Elem?
Garfield Elem enrolls approximately 170 students in grades 04-05.
Is Garfield Elem an elementary, middle, or high school?
Garfield Elem is an elementary school covering grades 04-05.
How many teachers does Garfield Elem have?
Garfield Elem employs 12 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 13.9:1.
What is the student diversity at Garfield Elem?
Student demographics at Garfield Elem are roughly 93% White, 4% Hispanic, 1% Black, 1% Asian, 2% Two or more.
Is Garfield Elem public or private?
Garfield Elem is a public K-12 school, overseen by Clay County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.