Jennie Barker Elem

Jennie Barker Elem is one of the close-knit elementary-level communitys in Garden City, Kansas, overseen by Garden City, with 163 students on its rolls from grades K through 6. That puts it 48% leaner than the typical public school in Kansas, which averages around 313 students.

Within Garden City, which oversees 18 schools and 7,032 students, Jennie Barker Elem is one campus in the system.

Looking at the student body, Jennie Barker Elem lists that the most-represented group is Hispanic (52%), with the rest of the student body spread across multiple groups. Other groups include 43% White, 2% Asian, 2% multiracial. Compared to Finney County overall, the school's racial mix sits in roughly the same range.

Looking at the economic backdrop, Staff filings list 10 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 15.9:1 students per teacher. That figure is higher than the state norm's 13.2:1 average. An estimated 41% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. That share is south of Finney County's rate of about 73%.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, Jennie Barker Elem tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 42.5% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 45.0%.

Across the wider county, ACS estimates for Finney County put the typical household earns roughly $73,009 per year, about 19% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 9%. Jennie Barker Elem is one of 23 public schools in Finney County (combined enrollment of about 7,939 students).

The closest other public school is Garden City High School, roughly 2.8 miles away. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Jennie Barker Elem at 2nd of 9; the average score across the group is 27.7%.

Jennie Barker Elem operates from a low-density location.

Five-year trend. Jennie Barker Elem's enrollment has edged up 18% since 2018, when it stood at 138 (now 163). The student-to-teacher ratio widened from 12.3:1 in 2018 to 15.9:1 today.

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