Jennie Wilson Elem

Set in Garden City, Kansas, Jennie Wilson Elem is a substantial elementary-level community, overseen by Garden City. It caters to 796 students across grades pre-K through 4. Enrollment runs roughly 154% bigger than the state mean of about 313.

Jennie Wilson Elem is one of 18 schools operated by Garden City, a district that works with 7,032 students overall.

Demographically, Jennie Wilson Elem records that the largest single group is Hispanic, at 72% of enrollment. Beyond that, the school logs 15% White, 7% Black, 4% Asian. The wider county runs roughly 53% Hispanic, putting the school's mix noticeably more Hispanic than the area baseline.

In terms of school funding signals, Jennie Wilson Elem shows 16 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 48.5:1. That figure is higher than the state norm's 13.2:1 average. About 67% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, Jennie Wilson Elem sits in the top 10% of Kansas schools after the BeatsExpectations adjustment. Predicted proficiency for the school's FRL share is roughly 30.0%; actual is 56.6%, +26.6 points clear of the demographic baseline.

Zooming out to the county, community-level numbers for Finney County indicate median household income runs about $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 Jennie Wilson Elem is one.

The closest other public school is Horace J. Good Middle School, roughly 0.6 miles away. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. On composite proficiency, Jennie Wilson Elem comes 1st of 8 in the immediate cluster, higher than the nearby-schools average of 22.4%.

The school occupies a town-based site.

Trend over the last 7 years. Over the past 7-year window, the student count grew 18%: 674 students in 2018 compared to 796 in 2025. The White share of enrollment contracted from 22% to 15% over that span. Class-load math has rose: from 42.9:1 in 2018 to 48.5:1 in 2025.

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