Horace J. Good Middle School

As a moderately sized 6-8 campus in Garden City, Kansas, Horace J. Good Middle School caters to 583 students from grades 7 through 8, overseen by Garden City. Compared to the state average of about 402 students per school, that is 45% above typical.

Within Garden City, which oversees 18 schools and 7,032 students, Horace J. Good Middle School is one campus in the system.

On the student-mix side, Horace J. Good Middle School shows that 73% of the student body identifies as Hispanic. Beyond that, the school logs 17% White, 4% Black, 4% Asian. That is visibly more Hispanic than the county at large, where the share is closer to 53%.

On the resource side, On paper, Horace J. Good Middle School has 52 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 11.3:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 12.7:1, putting Horace J. Good Middle School tighter than the state norm the norm. An estimated 83% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. Set against Finney County (around 73%), the school's rate is noticeably above typical.

With demographic context factored in, Horace J. Good Middle School tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 22.3% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 18.7%.

Around the school, community-level numbers for Finney County indicate median household earnings sit near $73,009, roughly 19% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 9%. In all, Finney County runs 23 public schools (combined enrollment of about 7,939 students), of which Horace J. Good Middle School is one.

USD 457 Virtual Academy is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.1 miles from this campus. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Horace J. Good Middle School at 7th of 8; the average score across the group is 27.8%.

Geographically, the school is in a town-center area.

Looking at the recent track record. Over the past 7-year window, the student count ticked down 16%: 695 students in 2018 compared to 583 in 2025. Class-load math has pulled in: from 13.2:1 in 2018 to 11.3:1 in 2025.

In the discussion threads here, the feed for Horace J. Good Middle School typically covers enrollment questions, classroom assignments, and PTA news. The community welcomes input from current and former families.