Moonlight Elementary School

Located at 17960 S Moonlight Road, in Gardner, Kansas, Moonlight Elementary School is a reasonably sized elementary school that instructs 320 students (grades pre-K through 4), one of the schools within Gardner Edgerton.

Within Gardner Edgerton, which oversees 11 schools and 5,854 students, Moonlight Elementary School is one campus in the system.

In terms of who attends, Moonlight Elementary School records that 60% of the student body identifies as White. The remainder reads as 18% Hispanic, 10% multiracial, 9% Black. By comparison, Johnson County as a whole is about 79% White, so the school skews considerably less White than its surroundings.

In terms of school funding signals, On paper, Moonlight Elementary School has 27 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 12.0:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 13.2:1, putting Moonlight Elementary School tighter than the state norm the norm. Around 57% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. Set against Johnson County (around 27%), the school's rate is noticeably above typical.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, Moonlight Elementary School tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 34.7% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 34.1%.

In the area at large, the surrounding county (Johnson County) records that the typical household earns roughly $109,208 per year, 58% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 3%. In all, Johnson County runs 168 public schools (combined enrollment of about 93,598 students), of which Moonlight Elementary School is one.

The closest other public school is Trail Ridge Middle School, roughly 0.5 miles away. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Moonlight Elementary School at 8th of 9; the average score across the group is 43.3%.

Geographically, the school is in a residential area.

Five-year trend. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Moonlight Elementary School has contracted 10%, going from 354 students in 2018 to 320 in 2025. White enrollment moved from 81% to 60% across the same window. Class-load math has pulled in: from 14.2:1 in 2018 to 12.0:1 in 2025.

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