Enrollment
163
Elementary
DISTRICT 286 · STATE 313
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·GARDEN CITY·NCES 200639001177
Jennie Barker Elem
5585 N Jennie Barker Rd, Garden City, KS 67846 · (620) 805-7700 · Finney County
GRADES KG–06ELEMENTARY41-RURALTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL163 STUDENTS
B-
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Scored higher than 45% 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.
- CBeats 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
15.9:1
10 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 16.4:1 · STATE 13.2:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
41%
67 students
DISTRICT 77% · 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Kindergarten | 18 | 11% |
| Grade 1 | 25 | 15% |
| Grade 2 | 24 | 15% |
| Grade 3 | 24 | 15% |
| Grade 4 | 25 | 15% |
| Grade 5 | 23 | 14% |
| Grade 6 | 24 | 15% |
This year's kindergarten class (18) is 25% smaller than its 6th grade class (24).
Student demographics
54%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
Test scores
KAP 2024-25 . % Meeting + ExceedingEnglish Language Arts
48.9%
KS avg 44.5%
Math
40.0%
KS avg 38.8%
What this means: On the KAP, Kansas's statewide test, about 49 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 40 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 | 48.9% | 40.0% |
| 2023-24 | 40.2% | 33.7% |
% 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
45.0%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
42.5%
based on KS schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+2.5pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 45% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 43% 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 Jennie Barker Elem
Jennie Barker Elem's state test result (45.0% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 4 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jennie Barker Elem this school | 163 | 41.1% | 45.0% |
| Plymell Elementary Garden City | 117 | 35.0% | 46.6% |
| Wichita County Elementary Leoti | 221 | 51.6% | 63.3% |
| Scott City Lower Elem Scott City | 230 | 53.9% | N/A |
| Timmerman Elementary Emporia | 370 | 45.4% | 48.2% |
| Greeley County Elem School Tribune | 115 | 48.7% | 27.2% |
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 Jennie Barker Elem ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Kansas | In Finney County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 45.0% | #290 of 625 | #3 of 12 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 40.0% | #340 of 625 | #3 of 12 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 48.9% | #327 of 625 | #3 of 12 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 163 | #588 of 714 | #11 of 13 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 41.1% | #460 of 658 | #12 of 13 |
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
163
+27 (+20%) vs 2020
-4% since 1990-91, when it was 169
Student : Teacher
15.9:1
was 13.6:1
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 | 163 | 10.2 | 15.9:1 | 41% (67) |
| 2023-24 | 172 | 11.9 | 14.4:1 | 42% (72) |
| 2022-23 | 165 | 10.7 | 15.5:1 | 36% (59) |
| 2020-21 | 136 | 10 | 13.6:1 | 40% (55) |
| 2017-18 | 138 | 11.2 | 12.3:1 | 49% (68) |
| 2015-16 | 136 | 11 | 12.4:1 | 49% (67) |
| 2010-11 | 153 | 10 | 15.3:1 | 42% (64) |
| 2000-01 | 105 | 6 | 17.5:1 | 33% (35) |
| 1990-91 | 169 | 8 | 21.1:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Jennie Barker Elem.
Since 2017-18: students up 18% (138 to 163); teachers down 9% (11.2 to 10.2).
About Jennie Barker Elem
Jennie Barker Elem, located in Garden City, Kansas, is a small elementary school. The grade span is kindergarten through 6, and enrollment is 163 students. Average enrollment for elementary schools in Kansas is about 313, so this school runs 48% smaller than that.
Garden City counts 18 schools and 7,032 students, including Jennie Barker Elem.
A majority of students at Jennie Barker Elem, 52%, are Hispanic. Beyond that, enrollment is 43% White, 2% Asian, and 2% multiracial. That is close to the 53% Hispanic share among all Finney County residents. By the diversity index, Jennie Barker Elem comes in at 54%.
The count of teachers at Jennie Barker Elem is 10.2 full-time equivalents, for a ratio of 15.9:1. The average ratio among elementary schools in Kansas is 13.2:1, lower than at this school. Around 41% of the school's students qualify for free or reduced-price meals. Across public schools in Finney County, the average is 73%.
Measured against Kansas public elementary schools, Jennie Barker Elem receives a B-. The grade weighs proficiency most heavily, then how results compare with what the school's low-income share predicts, then the three-year change.
A school with Jennie Barker Elem's lunch-eligibility share in Kansas is predicted to score 42.5%. Jennie Barker Elem scores 45.0%, 2.5 points above that line.
Federal survey data for Finney County show that median household income is about $73,009, 19% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 9% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Jennie Barker Elem is among the 23 public schools in Finney County.
Of nearby public schools, Garden City High School is the closest, at about 2.8 miles. The count of other public schools within five miles is at least 8. In a group of 9 nearby schools with scores, Jennie Barker Elem ranks 2nd on average proficiency.
Its location is classified as Rural: Fringe by the National Center for Education Statistics.
A comparison of 2020-21 and 2024-25 shows enrollment up 20%, from 136 to 163. The ratio was 13.6:1 in 2020-21 and 15.9:1 in 2024-25.
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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
- Garden City High School2.8 mi · 1,946
- Bernadine Sitts Intermediate Ctr3.0 mi · 367
- Florence Wilson Elem3.0 mi · 376
- Kenneth Henderson Middle3.3 mi · 425
- Jennie Wilson Elem4.0 mi · 796
- Georgia Matthews Elem4.1 mi · 112
Frequently asked questions
About Jennie Barker ElemHow large is Jennie Barker Elem?
Jennie Barker Elem enrolls approximately 163 students in grades KG-06.
What grades does Jennie Barker Elem serve?
Jennie Barker Elem serves grades KG-06.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Jennie Barker Elem?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Jennie Barker Elem is approximately 15.9:1 (10 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at Jennie Barker Elem?
At Jennie Barker Elem, the student body is approximately 43% White, 52% Hispanic, 2% Asian, 2% Two or more.
Is Jennie Barker Elem public or private?
Jennie Barker Elem is a public K-12 school, overseen by Garden City.
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