Enrollment
111
Combined
DISTRICT 391 · STATE 353
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·GARDEN CITY·NCES 200639002067
GC Achieve at J.D. Adams Hall
1312 N. 7th Street, Garden City, KS 67846 · (620) 805-8600 · Finney County
GRADES KG–12COMBINED33-TOWNTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL111 STUDENTS
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Not graded
This school has no state test results for 2023-24 or 2024-25 to grade, which is common for schools that end before third grade. How grades work
Student : Teacher
6.7:1
17 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 14.8:1 · STATE 49.0:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
86%
96 students
DISTRICT 77% · STATE 51%
Community
0
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other combined schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Kindergarten | 2 | 2% |
| Grade 2 | 4 | 4% |
| Grade 3 | 1 | 1% |
| Grade 5 | 1 | 1% |
| Grade 6 | 3 | 3% |
| Grade 7 | 2 | 2% |
| Grade 8 | 3 | 3% |
| Grade 9 | 17 | 15% |
| Grade 10 | 21 | 19% |
| Grade 11 | 29 | 26% |
| Grade 12 | 28 | 25% |
Student demographics
43%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
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KAP 2024-25 . % Meeting + ExceedingEnglish Language Arts
16.7%
KS avg 44.5%
Math
11.9%
KS avg 38.8%
What this means: On the KAP, Kansas's statewide test, about 17 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 12 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 | 16.7% | 11.9% |
| 2023-24 | 8.6% | 2.8% |
% 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
9.2%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
20.8%
based on KS schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-11.6pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 9% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 21% 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 GC Achieve at J.D. Adams Hall
GC Achieve at J.D. Adams Hall's state test result (9.2% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 4 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| GC Achieve at J.D. Adams Hall this school | 111 | 86.5% | 9.2% |
| Satanta Elem Satanta | 128 | 64.8% | 36.2% |
| Rolla JH/HS (6-12) Rolla | 50 | 66.0% | 38.4% |
| Kickapoo Nation School Powhattan | 71 | 95.8% | N/A |
| Central School Atchison | 51 | 76.5% | 7.0% |
| West Elk Schools Howard | 371 | 67.9% | 34.5% |
Matched among Kansas K-12 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 GC Achieve at J.D. Adams Hall ranks
Among K-12 schools| Measure | This school | In Kansas |
|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 9.2% | #6 of 6 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 11.9% | #6 of 6 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 16.7% | #6 of 6 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 111 | #5 of 14 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 86.5% | #1 of 6 |
Ranked against other public K-12 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
111
+31 (+39%) vs 2020
Student : Teacher
6.7:1
was 6.2:1
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 | 111 | 16.6 | 6.7:1 | 86% (96) |
| 2023-24 | 107 | 18.1 | 5.9:1 | 81% (87) |
| 2022-23 | 114 | 17.1 | 6.7:1 | 79% (90) |
| 2020-21 | 80 | 13 | 6.2:1 | 76% (61) |
| 2017-18 | 69 | 12.3 | 5.6:1 | 83% (57) |
| 2015-16 | 74 | 9 | 8.2:1 | 66% (49) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for GC Achieve at J.D. Adams Hall.
Since 2017-18: students up 61% (69 to 111); teachers up 35% (12.3 to 16.6).
About GC Achieve at J.D. Adams Hall
GC Achieve at J.D. Adams Hall is a small combined-grade school in Garden City, Kansas, administered by Garden City. It serves 111 students in kindergarten through 12. For comparison, combined schools in Kansas average about 353 students.
In Garden City, 18 schools enroll a combined 7,032 students.
Roughly 73% of students at GC Achieve at J.D. Adams Hall are Hispanic. Other reported shares: 20% White, 4% Black, and 4% multiracial. Finney County's residents are about 53% Hispanic, 20 points below the school's share. Pick two students at random and there is a 43% chance they belong to different racial or ethnic groups; that figure is the school's diversity index.
The school employs the equivalent of 16.6 full-time teachers, for a ratio of 6.7:1. That is 42.4 students per teacher below the 49.0:1 average for combined schools in Kansas. The free or reduced-price lunch rate at GC Achieve at J.D. Adams Hall is 86%. That is higher than the 73% average for public schools in Finney County.
In Kansas, GC Achieve at J.D. Adams Hall is in the middle band of BeatsExpectations: 9.2% actual against a predicted 20.8%.
Across Finney County, the median household income is $73,009, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 19% of adults, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 9%. Finney County is home to 23 public schools and about 7,939 public school students.
The closest public school, USD 457 Virtual Academy, is less than a tenth of a mile from GC Achieve at J.D. Adams Hall. Other public schools within five miles: at least 8. On average proficiency, GC Achieve at J.D. Adams Hall is 8th of 8 nearby schools with test data.
For locale, NCES codes GC Achieve at J.D. Adams Hall as Town: Remote.
Over 4 years, GC Achieve at J.D. Adams Hall's enrollment grew 39%, to 111.
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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
- Florence Wilson ElemElementary · 376 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
- Florence Wilson ElemElementary · 376 students
Nearby schools
- USD 457 Virtual Academy0.0 mi · 76
- Horace J. Good Middle School0.1 mi · 583
- Abe Hubert Elementary School0.2 mi · 285
- Georgia Matthews Elem0.3 mi · 112
- Jennie Wilson Elem0.7 mi · 796
- Gertrude Walker Elem0.7 mi · 186
Frequently asked questions
About GC Achieve at J.D. Adams HallWhat is the total enrollment at GC Achieve at J.D. Adams Hall?
GC Achieve at J.D. Adams Hall enrolls approximately 111 students in grades KG-12.
What age range does GC Achieve at J.D. Adams Hall serve?
GC Achieve at J.D. Adams Hall serves students from grade KG through grade 12.
How many students per teacher at GC Achieve at J.D. Adams Hall?
Approximately 6.7:1 students per teacher at GC Achieve at J.D. Adams Hall.
How diverse is GC Achieve at J.D. Adams Hall?
GC Achieve at J.D. Adams Hall reports a student body of 20% White, 73% Hispanic, 4% Black, 4% Two or more.
Is GC Achieve at J.D. Adams Hall public or private?
GC Achieve at J.D. Adams Hall is a public K-12 school, overseen by Garden City.
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