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Enrollment
583
Middle
DISTRICT 438 · STATE 402
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·GARDEN CITY·NCES 200639001174
Horace J. Good Middle School
1412 N. Main St., Garden City, KS 67846 · (620) 805-8100 · Finney County
GRADES 07–08MIDDLE33-TOWNTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL583 STUDENTS
C
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Scored higher than 29% of Kansas public middle schools
- DTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- BBeats 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 middle schools
Student : Teacher
11.3:1
52 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 12.2:1 · STATE 12.7:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
83%
486 students
DISTRICT 77% · STATE 51%
Community
5
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other middle schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Grade 7 | 269 | 46% |
| Grade 8 | 314 | 54% |
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
School pathway
Students here typically continue to
Horace J. Good Middle School→Garden City High School
Based on grade levels within Garden City. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
KAP 2024-25 . % Meeting + ExceedingEnglish Language Arts
29.4%
KS avg 44.5%
Math
20.2%
KS avg 38.8%
What this means: On the KAP, Kansas's statewide test, about 29 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 20 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 | 29.4% | 20.2% |
| 2023-24 | 15.5% | 10.5% |
% 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
18.7%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
22.3%
based on KS schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-3.6pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 19% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 22% 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 Horace J. Good Middle School
Horace J. Good Middle School's state test result (18.7% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Horace J. Good Middle School this school | 583 | 83.4% | 18.7% |
| Eisenhower Middle School Liberal | 516 | 81.6% | 15.1% |
| Bernadine Sitts Intermediate Ctr Garden City | 367 | 80.4% | 23.2% |
| Comanche Middle School Dodge City | 783 | 84.8% | 16.4% |
| Charles O Stones Intermediate Ctr Garden City | 377 | 80.1% | 27.0% |
| Marshall Middle School Wichita | 596 | 89.4% | 17.0% |
Matched among Kansas middle 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 Horace J. Good Middle School ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In Kansas |
|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 18.7% | #166 of 192 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 20.2% | #165 of 192 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 29.4% | #151 of 192 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 583 | #60 of 225 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 11.3:1 | #18 of 161 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 43.0% | #97 of 161 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 83.4% | #19 of 195 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -16.1% | #31 of 98 |
Ranked against other public middle 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
583
-102 (-15%) vs 2020
-15% since 1990-91, when it was 689
Student : Teacher
11.3:1
was 13.4:1
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 | 583 | 51.8 | 11.3:1 | 83% (486) |
| 2023-24 | 689 | 51.1 | 13.5:1 | 78% (534) |
| 2022-23 | 697 | 52.8 | 13.2:1 | 71% (492) |
| 2020-21 | 685 | 51 | 13.4:1 | 68% (469) |
| 2017-18 | 695 | 52.5 | 13.2:1 | 72% (499) |
| 2015-16 | 732 | 48 | 15.3:1 | 71% (519) |
| 2010-11 | 530 | 43 | 12.3:1 | 74% (392) |
| 2000-01 | 577 | 37 | 15.6:1 | 59% (338) |
| 1990-91 | 689 | 42 | 16.4:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Horace J. Good Middle School.
Since 2017-18: students down 16% (695 to 583); teachers down 1% (52.5 to 51.8).
About Horace J. Good Middle School
Horace J. Good Middle School, a mid-sized middle school, is located in Garden City, Kansas. The school enrolls 583 students in grades 7 through 8. Middle schools in Kansas average about 402 students, which makes this school 45% above average.
Garden City enrolls 7,032 students in 18 schools, including Horace J. Good Middle School.
The largest group at Horace J. Good Middle School is Hispanic students, at 73%. Other students are 17% White, 4% Black, and 4% Asian. By comparison, Finney County residents are about 53% Hispanic. Measured by the diversity index, the student body scores 43%.
With 51.8 full-time-equivalent teachers, the student-to-teacher ratio is about 11.3:1. Statewide, middle schools in Kansas average 12.7:1. Roughly 83% of students come from households that qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. On average, public schools in Finney County report 73%.
On the allk12 Grade, Horace J. Good Middle School lands at C, ahead of 29% of Kansas public middle schools.
When test results are adjusted for free or reduced-price lunch eligibility, Horace J. Good Middle School is 3.6 points below its prediction. Actual: 18.7%. Predicted: 22.3%.
In Finney County, median household income comes to about $73,009, roughly 19% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and about 9% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Finney County counts 23 public schools with about 7,939 students.
Measured in a straight line, GC Achieve at J.D. Adams Hall is less than a tenth of a mile from Horace J. Good Middle School. Within five miles are at least 8 other public schools. Among its closest neighbors with test data, Horace J. Good Middle School is 7th of 8 on proficiency.
By NCES locale, the school is Town: Remote, or in a town far from an urbanized area.
Enrollment in 2024-25 stood at 583, compared with 685 in 2020-21. Over the same period, the student-to-teacher ratio dropped to 11.3:1, from 13.4:1.
On allk12, people connected to Horace J. Good Middle School can post about pickup and drop-off, after-school programs, and teacher feedback. Members of the school community can share what they know.
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
- Kenneth Henderson MiddleMiddle · 425 students
- Charles O Stones Intermediate CtrMiddle · 377 students
- Florence Wilson ElemElementary · 376 students
- Bernadine Sitts Intermediate CtrMiddle · 367 students
Other schools in Garden City
- Garden City High SchoolHigh · 1,946 students
- Jennie Wilson ElemElementary · 796 students
- Kenneth Henderson MiddleMiddle · 425 students
- Charles O Stones Intermediate CtrMiddle · 377 students
- Florence Wilson ElemElementary · 376 students
- Bernadine Sitts Intermediate CtrMiddle · 367 students
Nearby schools
- GC Achieve at J.D. Adams Hall0.1 mi · 111
- USD 457 Virtual Academy0.1 mi · 76
- Georgia Matthews Elem0.2 mi · 112
- Abe Hubert Elementary School0.3 mi · 285
- Jennie Wilson Elem0.6 mi · 796
- Gertrude Walker Elem0.7 mi · 186
Frequently asked questions
About Horace J. Good Middle SchoolWhat is the total enrollment at Horace J. Good Middle School?
Horace J. Good Middle School enrolls approximately 583 students in grades 07-08.
What age range does Horace J. Good Middle School serve?
Horace J. Good Middle School serves students from grade 07 through grade 08.
How many students per teacher at Horace J. Good Middle School?
Approximately 11.3:1 students per teacher at Horace J. Good Middle School.
What is the student diversity at Horace J. Good Middle School?
Student demographics at Horace J. Good Middle School are roughly 17% White, 73% Hispanic, 4% Black, 4% Asian, 2% Two or more.
What district is Horace J. Good Middle School in?
Horace J. Good Middle School is part of Garden City.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.