Enrollment
117
Elementary
DISTRICT 286 · STATE 313
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·GARDEN CITY·NCES 200639001181
Plymell Elementary
20 W Plymell Rd, Garden City, KS 67846 · (620) 805-7800 · Finney County
GRADES KG–06ELEMENTARY42-RURALREGULAR SCHOOL117 STUDENTS
B-
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 46% of Kansas public elementary schools
- BTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- CBeats 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 elementary schools
Student : Teacher
11.7:1
10 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 16.4:1 · STATE 13.2:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
35%
41 students
DISTRICT 77% · 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Kindergarten | 12 | 10% |
| Grade 1 | 22 | 19% |
| Grade 2 | 15 | 13% |
| Grade 3 | 21 | 18% |
| Grade 4 | 11 | 9% |
| Grade 5 | 17 | 15% |
| Grade 6 | 19 | 16% |
This year's kindergarten class (12) is 37% smaller than its 6th grade class (19).
Student demographics
50%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
Test scores
KAP 2024-25 . % Meeting + ExceedingEnglish Language Arts
55.1%
KS avg 44.5%
Math
51.4%
KS avg 38.8%
What this means: On the KAP, Kansas's statewide test, about 55 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 51 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 | 55.1% | 51.4% |
| 2023-24 | 37.7% | 42.9% |
% 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
46.6%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
45.4%
based on KS schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+1.2pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 47% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 45% 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 Plymell Elementary
Plymell Elementary's state test result (46.6% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Plymell Elementary this school | 117 | 35.0% | 46.6% |
| Jennie Barker Elem Garden City | 163 | 41.1% | 45.0% |
| Ingalls Elem Ingalls | 111 | 45.0% | 53.6% |
| Greeley County Elem School Tribune | 115 | 48.7% | 27.2% |
| Edgerton Elem Edgerton | 133 | 36.8% | 69.5% |
| Cheylin Elementary Bird City | 102 | 52.0% | 37.0% |
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 Plymell Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Kansas | In Finney County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 46.6% | #268 of 625 | #2 of 12 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 51.4% | #198 of 625 | #1 of 12 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 55.1% | #227 of 625 | #2 of 12 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 117 | #638 of 714 | #12 of 13 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 35.0% | #508 of 658 | #13 of 13 |
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
117
-15 (-11%) vs 2020
-21% since 1990-91, when it was 149
Student : Teacher
11.7:1
was 12.0:1
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 | 117 | 10 | 11.7:1 | 35% (41) |
| 2023-24 | 127 | 10.9 | 11.7:1 | 32% (41) |
| 2022-23 | 141 | 10.9 | 12.9:1 | 31% (44) |
| 2020-21 | 132 | 11 | 12.0:1 | 28% (37) |
| 2017-18 | 147 | 11.7 | 12.6:1 | 29% (43) |
| 2015-16 | 141 | 9 | 15.7:1 | 33% (46) |
| 2010-11 | 133 | 10 | 13.3:1 | 36% (48) |
| 2000-01 | 102 | 6 | 17.0:1 | 26% (27) |
| 1990-91 | 149 | 7 | 21.3:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Plymell Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students down 20% (147 to 117); teachers down 15% (11.7 to 10).
About Plymell Elementary
Plymell Elementary is an elementary school with a street address in Garden City, Kansas. The school serves kindergarten through 6. Enrollment is 117 students. That is 63% below the average of about 313 students for elementary schools in Kansas.
Plymell Elementary is one of the 18 schools that make up Garden City (7,032 students in total).
White students are 55% of those enrolled at Plymell Elementary. Next come 44% Hispanic. Its diversity index, the chance that two randomly chosen students belong to different racial or ethnic groups, is 50%.
Teacher count: 10 full-time equivalents. Student-to-teacher ratio: 11.7:1. Across elementary schools in Kansas, the average ratio is 13.2:1. Roughly 35% of students come from households that qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. Compared with the 73% average for public schools in Finney County, the school's rate is lower.
Among Kansas public elementary schools, Plymell Elementary outscored 46%, which works out to a B- on the allk12 Grade.
A school with Plymell Elementary's lunch-eligibility share in Kansas is predicted to score 45.4%. Plymell Elementary scores 46.6%, 1.2 points above that line.
For Finney County, Census Bureau data show the median household earns about $73,009 a year, 19% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 9% of people live in poverty. Counting Plymell Elementary, Finney County has 23 public schools.
Alta Brown Elem sits about 10.9 miles from Plymell Elementary. Nearby schools with test data average 22.7% proficiency; Plymell Elementary posts 46.6%.
Plymell Elementary falls in the Rural: Distant locale category, used for schools in rural territory some distance from an urban area.
Enrollment decreased 11% over 4 years, reaching 117 in 2024-25.
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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
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- Garden City High SchoolHigh · 1,946 students
- Jennie Wilson ElemElementary · 796 students
- Horace J. Good Middle SchoolMiddle · 583 students
- Kenneth Henderson MiddleMiddle · 425 students
- Charles O Stones Intermediate CtrMiddle · 377 students
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Other schools in Garden City
- Garden City High SchoolHigh · 1,946 students
- Jennie Wilson ElemElementary · 796 students
- Horace J. Good Middle SchoolMiddle · 583 students
- Kenneth Henderson MiddleMiddle · 425 students
- Charles O Stones Intermediate CtrMiddle · 377 students
- Florence Wilson ElemElementary · 376 students
Nearby schools
- Alta Brown Elem10.9 mi · 336
- Charles O Stones Intermediate Ctr11.0 mi · 377
- Victor Ornelas Elem11.2 mi · 351
- Buffalo Jones Elem11.3 mi · 221
- Abe Hubert Elementary School11.6 mi · 285
- USD 457 Virtual Academy11.6 mi · 76
Frequently asked questions
About Plymell ElementaryHow many students attend Plymell Elementary?
Plymell Elementary enrolls approximately 117 students in grades KG-06.
Is Plymell Elementary an elementary, middle, or high school?
Plymell Elementary is an elementary school covering grades KG-06.
How many teachers does Plymell Elementary have?
Plymell Elementary employs 10 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 11.7:1.
What is the student diversity at Plymell Elementary?
Student demographics at Plymell Elementary are roughly 55% White, 44% Hispanic, 1% Two or more.
Who oversees Plymell Elementary?
Plymell Elementary is overseen by Garden City in Finney County.
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