Plymell Elementary

Plymell Elementary is one of the very small elementary schools in Garden City, Kansas, overseen by Garden City, with 117 students on its rolls from grades K through 6. That puts it 63% smaller than the typical public school in Kansas, which averages around 313 students.

Within Garden City, which oversees 18 schools and 7,032 students, Plymell Elementary is one campus in the system.

In terms of who attends, Plymell Elementary records that 55% of students identify as White, with the remaining enrollment distributed across several groups; the rest consists of 44% Hispanic.

On the resource side, The school employs 10 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 11.7:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 13.2:1, putting Plymell Elementary tighter than the state norm the norm. About 35% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. That share is lower than Finney County's rate of about 73%.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, Plymell Elementary performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 45.4%, the actual is 46.6%, a residual of +1.2 points.

Zooming out to the county, the surrounding county (Finney County) shows that the typical household earns roughly $73,009 per year, about 19% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, 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 Plymell Elementary is one.

The closest other public school is Alta Brown Elem, roughly 10.9 miles away. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Plymell Elementary at 1st of 8; the average score across the group is 22.7%.

Plymell Elementary operates from a low-density location.

Over the past 7-year window. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Plymell Elementary has shrank 20%, going from 147 students in 2018 to 117 in 2025. The Hispanic share of enrollment ticked up from 22% to 44% over that span.

Within the allk12 community for this school, recent activity here tends to focus on pickup logistics, teacher feedback, and after-school programs. The community welcomes input from current and former families.