Enrollment
320
Elementary
DISTRICT 331 · STATE 313
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·GARDNER EDGERTON·NCES 200642001716
Moonlight Elementary School
17960 S Moonlight Road, Gardner, KS 66030 · (913) 856-3100 · Johnson County
GRADES PK–04ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL320 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
12.0:1
27 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 11.4:1 · STATE 13.2:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
57%
184 students
DISTRICT 41% · 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Pre-K | 56 | 18% |
| Kindergarten | 48 | 15% |
| Grade 1 | 53 | 17% |
| Grade 2 | 60 | 19% |
| Grade 3 | 56 | 18% |
| Grade 4 | 47 | 15% |
This year's kindergarten class (48) is about the same size as its 4th grade class (47).
Student demographics
59%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 47% · 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
43.8%
KS avg 44.5%
Math
31.7%
KS avg 38.8%
What this means: On the KAP, Kansas's statewide test, about 44 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 32 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 | 43.8% | 31.7% |
| 2023-24 | 26.2% | 34.9% |
% 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
34.1%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
34.7%
based on KS schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-0.5pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 34% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 35% 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 Moonlight Elementary School
Moonlight Elementary School's state test result (34.1% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Moonlight Elementary School this school | 320 | 57.5% | 34.1% |
| Bonner Springs Elementary Bonner Springs | 351 | 61.3% | 44.5% |
| McCollom Elem Wichita | 288 | 54.9% | 36.3% |
| Henry Leavenworth Leavenworth | 297 | 58.6% | 29.3% |
| New York Elem Lawrence | 415 | 57.3% | 34.7% |
| Indian Creek Elem Olathe | 349 | 58.2% | 34.2% |
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 Moonlight Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Kansas | In Johnson County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 34.1% | #448 of 625 | #105 of 111 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 31.7% | #449 of 625 | #105 of 111 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 43.8% | #393 of 625 | #96 of 111 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 320 | #338 of 714 | #88 of 112 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 12.0:1 | #113 of 539 | #17 of 108 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 59.1% | #164 of 540 | #32 of 108 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 57.5% | #295 of 658 | #16 of 111 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -9.6% | #255 of 377 | #52 of 76 |
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
320
+39 (+14%) vs 2020
-48% since 2010-11, when it was 619
Student : Teacher
12.0:1
was 10.0:1
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 | 320 | 26.7 | 12.0:1 | 57% (184) |
| 2023-24 | 330 | 26.7 | 12.4:1 | 53% (175) |
| 2022-23 | 336 | 26 | 12.9:1 | 54% (183) |
| 2020-21 | 281 | 28 | 10.0:1 | 44% (124) |
| 2017-18 | 354 | 25 | 14.2:1 | 47% (167) |
| 2015-16 | 327 | 51 | 6.4:1 | 45% (146) |
| 2010-11 | 619 | 40 | 15.5:1 | 41% (253) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Moonlight Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students down 10% (354 to 320); teachers up 7% (25 to 26.7).
About Moonlight Elementary School
The public elementary school Moonlight Elementary School is located in Gardner, Kansas. Total enrollment is 320 students, and the grades served are pre-K through 4.
District-wide, Gardner Edgerton has 11 schools and 5,854 students.
At Moonlight Elementary School, 60% of students are White. The school is also 18% Hispanic, 10% multiracial, and 9% Black. That is lower than the 79% White share among all Johnson County residents. Measured by the diversity index, the student body scores 59%.
Staffing at Moonlight Elementary School comes to 26.7 full-time-equivalent teachers, or 12.0:1. Elementary schools in Kansas average 13.2:1, 1.2 more students per teacher than here. Moonlight Elementary School counts 57% of students as eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. Public schools in Johnson County average 27%.
Moonlight Elementary School posts an average proficiency rate across its state test results of 34.1%, compared with a predicted 34.7%. It is not in the top or bottom 10% of Kansas schools on BeatsExpectations.
Five-year Census Bureau estimates for Johnson County show that median household income comes to about $109,208, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 58% of adults, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 3%. Johnson County counts 168 public schools with about 93,598 students.
Trail Ridge Middle School, about 0.5 miles away, is the closest public school. Within five miles of Moonlight Elementary School, there are at least 8 other public schools. The average proficiency across nearby scored schools is 43.3%; Moonlight Elementary School's is 34.1%, ranking 8th of 9.
The school's setting, by NCES definition, is Suburb: Large: in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
Enrollment rose 14% over 4 years, reaching 320 in 2024-25. Its ratio of students to teachers was 10.0:1 in 2020-21, and 12.0:1 in 2024-25.
Use the discussion section to ask about homework, tutoring, and testing dates at Moonlight Elementary School. Current and former families are welcome to add their experience.
Johnson County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
620,631
Census ACS
Median income
$109,208
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
58%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
3%
Below federal line
Schools in county
168
93,598 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Gardner Edgerton
- Gardner Edgerton HighHigh · 1,794 students
- Trail Ridge Middle SchoolMiddle · 679 students
- Pioneer Ridge Middle SchoolMiddle · 548 students
- Madison ElementaryElementary · 521 students
- Wheatridge Middle SchoolMiddle · 517 students
- Grand Star ElementaryElementary · 380 students
Other schools in Gardner
- Gardner Edgerton HighHigh · 1,794 students
- Trail Ridge Middle SchoolMiddle · 679 students
- Pioneer Ridge Middle SchoolMiddle · 548 students
- Madison ElementaryElementary · 521 students
- Wheatridge Middle SchoolMiddle · 517 students
- Grand Star ElementaryElementary · 380 students
Nearby schools
- Trail Ridge Middle School0.5 mi · 679
- Grand Star Elementary0.6 mi · 380
- Wheatridge Middle School1.0 mi · 517
- Gardner Elem1.0 mi · 304
- Sunflower Elementary1.6 mi · 293
- Gardner Edgerton High1.8 mi · 1,794
Frequently asked questions
About Moonlight Elementary SchoolHow large is Moonlight Elementary School?
Moonlight Elementary School enrolls approximately 320 students in grades PK-04.
What age range does Moonlight Elementary School serve?
Moonlight Elementary School serves students from grade PK through grade 04.
How many teachers does Moonlight Elementary School have?
Moonlight Elementary School employs 27 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 12.0:1.
What is the student diversity at Moonlight Elementary School?
Student demographics at Moonlight Elementary School are roughly 60% White, 18% Hispanic, 9% Black, 2% Asian, 10% Two or more.
What district is Moonlight Elementary School in?
Moonlight Elementary School is part of Gardner Edgerton.
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