Department of Corrections

The Department of Corrections district in Kansas has only one public high school, Lawrence Gardner High School, which serves grades 7-12 with a total enrollment of 77 students. This school faces significant challenges, ranking in the bottom 5-10% of Kansas high schools and earning a 0-star rating from SchoolDigger, indicating poor overall performance.

Despite a relatively low student-teacher ratio of 11:1, Lawrence Gardner High School struggles academically, with only 5.26% of 10th-grade students and 4.76% of all students proficient or better in English Language Arts, compared to the state averages of 37.93% and 44.47%, respectively. In Mathematics, the proficiency rates are similarly low, with 5.88% of 10th-grade students and 10.52% of all students meeting or exceeding standards, compared to the state averages of 33.59% and 38.73%.

The school also faces challenges related to high poverty rates, with 96.1% of students receiving free or reduced-price lunch, and a chronic absenteeism rate of 19.5%. While the school maintains a relatively high four-year graduation rate of 89.5% and a low dropout rate of 1.3%, the overall data suggests that Lawrence Gardner High School requires significant support and intervention to improve student outcomes and provide a high-quality education to its students.