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Alumni: what's one memory from Kenneth Henderson Middle that still sticks with you?
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Enrollment
425
Middle
DISTRICT 438 · STATE 402
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·GARDEN CITY·NCES 200639001180
Kenneth Henderson Middle
2406 Fleming, Garden City, KS 67846 · (620) 805-8500 · Finney County
GRADES 07–08MIDDLE33-TOWNTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL425 STUDENTS
C
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Scored higher than 31% of Kansas public middle schools
- C-Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- B-Beats 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
13.7:1
31 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 12.2:1 · STATE 12.7:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
72%
306 students
DISTRICT 77% · STATE 51%
Community
4
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 | 212 | 50% |
| Grade 8 | 213 | 50% |
Student demographics
42%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
Kenneth Henderson Middle→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
37.5%
KS avg 44.5%
Math
26.2%
KS avg 38.8%
What this means: On the KAP, Kansas's statewide test, about 38 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 26 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 | 37.5% | 26.2% |
| 2023-24 | 19.8% | 12.5% |
% 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
23.4%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
27.7%
based on KS schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-4.3pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 23% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 28% 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 Kenneth Henderson Middle
Kenneth Henderson Middle's state test result (23.4% proficient) is higher than 4 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kenneth Henderson Middle this school | 425 | 72.0% | 23.4% |
| Charles O Stones Intermediate Ctr Garden City | 377 | 80.1% | 27.0% |
| Horace J. Good Middle School Garden City | 583 | 83.4% | 18.7% |
| Bernadine Sitts Intermediate Ctr Garden City | 367 | 80.4% | 23.2% |
| Eisenhower Middle School Liberal | 516 | 81.6% | 15.1% |
| Kepley Middle School Ulysses | 294 | 76.9% | 16.4% |
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 Kenneth Henderson Middle ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In Kansas |
|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 23.4% | #149 of 192 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 26.2% | #139 of 192 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 37.5% | #114 of 192 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 425 | #105 of 225 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 13.7:1 | #105 of 161 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 41.8% | #101 of 161 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 72.0% | #40 of 195 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +14.9% | #13 of 54 |
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
425
+3 (+1%) vs 2020
-44% since 1990-91, when it was 760
Student : Teacher
13.7:1
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 | 425 | 31.1 | 13.7:1 | 72% (306) |
| 2023-24 | 390 | 29.8 | 13.1:1 | 69% (271) |
| 2022-23 | 384 | 29.8 | 12.9:1 | 64% (244) |
| 2020-21 | 422 | 31 | 13.6:1 | 65% (275) |
| 2017-18 | 370 | 28.8 | 12.8:1 | 67% (249) |
| 2015-16 | 357 | 29 | 12.3:1 | 69% (245) |
| 2010-11 | 595 | 44 | 13.5:1 | 63% (377) |
| 2000-01 | 596 | 41 | 14.5:1 | 43% (256) |
| 1990-91 | 760 | 46 | 16.5:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Kenneth Henderson Middle.
Since 2017-18: students up 15% (370 to 425); teachers up 8% (28.8 to 31.1).
About Kenneth Henderson Middle
Kenneth Henderson Middle is the name of a medium-sized middle-grades school in Garden City, Kansas. The school's 425 students are in grades 7 through 8.
Garden City enrolls 7,032 students in 18 schools, including Kenneth Henderson Middle.
Roughly 74% of students at Kenneth Henderson Middle are Hispanic. Enrollment also includes 17% White, 5% Asian, and 3% Black. Among people living in Finney County, the Hispanic share is about 53%. The school's diversity index is 42%, meaning two students picked at random have a 42% chance of belonging to different racial or ethnic groups.
Federal staffing data show 31.1 full-time-equivalent teachers at Kenneth Henderson Middle and a ratio of 13.7:1. This ratio sits 1.0 above the 12.7:1 average for middle schools in Kansas. Free or reduced-price lunch eligibility covers 72% of students. For comparison, public schools in Finney County average 73%.
Measured against Kansas public middle schools, Kenneth Henderson Middle receives a C. The grade weighs proficiency most heavily, then how results compare with what the school's low-income share predicts, then the three-year change.
On BeatsExpectations, Kenneth Henderson Middle is 4.3 points below its prediction, a result in the middle 80% of Kansas schools.
Census estimates describe Finney County this way: the median household income is $73,009, 19% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 9% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Besides Kenneth Henderson Middle, Finney County has 22 other public schools.
Florence Wilson Elem is the closest public school, about 0.3 miles away in a straight line. Other public schools within five miles number at least 8. Kenneth Henderson Middle comes in 4th of 8 nearby schools on average proficiency.
Locale: Town: Remote. In NCES terms, the school is in a town far from an urbanized area.
Between 2020-21 and 2024-25, enrollment moved from 422 to 425, a small change.
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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
- 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
- Horace J. Good Middle SchoolMiddle · 583 students
- Charles O Stones Intermediate CtrMiddle · 377 students
- Florence Wilson ElemElementary · 376 students
- Bernadine Sitts Intermediate CtrMiddle · 367 students
Nearby schools
- Florence Wilson Elem0.3 mi · 376
- Jennie Wilson Elem0.7 mi · 796
- Garden City High School0.7 mi · 1,946
- Bernadine Sitts Intermediate Ctr0.9 mi · 367
- Georgia Matthews Elem0.9 mi · 112
- Horace J. Good Middle School1.1 mi · 583
Frequently asked questions
About Kenneth Henderson MiddleHow large is Kenneth Henderson Middle?
Kenneth Henderson Middle enrolls approximately 425 students in grades 07-08.
What age range does Kenneth Henderson Middle serve?
Kenneth Henderson Middle serves students from grade 07 through grade 08.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Kenneth Henderson Middle?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Kenneth Henderson Middle is approximately 13.7:1 (31 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at Kenneth Henderson Middle?
At Kenneth Henderson Middle, the student body is approximately 17% White, 74% Hispanic, 3% Black, 5% Asian, 1% Two or more.
Who oversees Kenneth Henderson Middle?
Kenneth Henderson Middle is overseen by Garden City in Finney County.
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