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Garnett Elementary School

Public Grades PK, KG-6
377th
SchoolDigger Rank ?
of 657 Kansas Elementary Schools
Better than 43% of Kansas elementary schools
Summary

Garnett Elementary School serves 401 students in prekindergarten through Grade 6 in Garnett, Kansas; it is much larger than nearby comparison schools, which enroll 52 to 239 students. Its test results vary sharply by grade: Grade 5 exceeded state averages in both English language arts (ELA) and math, and Grade 6 ELA was also above the state. The most important concern is Grade 4, where just 25% of students were proficient in both ELA and math—well below state results of 50% and 44%, respectively.

Science is the school’s clearest strength, while ELA is its weakest subject relative to nearby schools. In all grades, science proficiency was 50%, 12 points above the state and 10 above the Garnett district; it ranked second among nearby schools with results, behind Central Heights Elementary at 73%. ELA was 43%, 3 points below the state and 5 below the nearby-school average, placing fifth among seven schools. Math was 39%, 2 points below the state but 3 above the district and the nearby-school average; it ranked fourth among the seven.

Over four years, ELA rose 4 points and math slipped 1 point, while state results gained 13 and 10 points, respectively; Garnett moved from above the state in both subjects to below it. Science rose 5 points overall, but fell 9 points from its 2024–25 peak. SchoolDigger rates the school at the 43rd statewide percentile (rank 377 of 657, 2 stars), compared with the district’s 38th percentile. Its student-teacher ratio is 11.7, near the middle of the nearby range, and its free/reduced-lunch rate is 65%, the second highest among those schools. SchoolDigger’s measure of how well the school serves low-socioeconomic-status students is notably stronger than its overall standing: the group is at the 66th percentile versus 43rd overall. For special education students, the standing fell from the 63rd percentile in 2024–25 to the 29th in 2025–26.

401
Students ?
11.7
Student/teacher ratio ?
$15,768
Per pupil spending ?
64.8%
Free/reduced lunch eligible (2024-25) ?
 403 West Home Run Dr.
       Garnett, KS  66032

(785) 448-3177

District: Garnett


Students who attend Garnett Elementary School usually attend:

High:    Anderson County Junior/Senior High School
Racial breakdown:

White:
89.5%
Hispanic:
6.2%
Two or more races:
2.5%
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At a glance
▼ Ranking trend: Declining — 59th percentile in 2016 → 43rd in 2026
Strengths
✓Small classes — about 12 students per teacher
Worth a look
!Ranking has slipped — down 16 percentile points since 2016
Students meeting standards (2025-2026) ?
This school44%
District avg39%
Kansas avg42%
377th of 657
Kansas public elementary schools ?
Bottom 43%▼ down 16 pts since 2016
From top 41% (2016) to bottom 43% (2026)
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★★★★★
SchoolDigger rating ?
165th of 268Garnett among Kansas districts
Statewide rank percentile over time (100 = the top-ranked school in the state; click a legend item to add a student group)
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All Students

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankKansas percentileRating
202644.7377 of 65742.6%★★☆☆☆
202544.1373 of 65643.1%★★☆☆☆
202450.1326 of 65350.1%★★★☆☆
202353.4299 of 66054.7%★★★☆☆
202243.6389 of 66841.8%★★☆☆☆
202157.8270 of 67059.7%★★★☆☆
201963.7216 of 66767.6%★★★☆☆
201856.9277 of 65657.8%★★★☆☆
201757.3272 of 65958.7%★★★☆☆
201657.1271 of 65658.7%★★★☆☆
201555.6294 of 67856.6%★★★☆☆

Disabled

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankKansas percentileRating
201965.551 of 19373.6%★★★★☆
201880.911 of 14092.1%★★★★★

Female

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankKansas percentileRating
202643.1353 of 58539.7%★★☆☆☆
202150.3306 of 59148.2%★★☆☆☆
201959.0233 of 59160.6%★★★☆☆
201851.3290 of 57449.5%★★☆☆☆

Low Socio Economic Status

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankKansas percentileRating
202658.8186 of 54665.9%★★★☆☆
202556.6208 of 53361.0%★★★☆☆
202461.2188 of 54665.6%★★★☆☆
202362.5165 of 54169.5%★★★☆☆
202245.6293 of 51242.8%★★☆☆☆
202171.980 of 49483.8%★★★★☆
201966.2122 of 50976.0%★★★★☆
201868.2106 of 51279.3%★★★★☆

Male

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankKansas percentileRating
202647.9319 of 59446.3%★★☆☆☆
202163.4193 of 60568.1%★★★☆☆
201967.3153 of 58673.9%★★★★☆
201863.1185 of 57567.8%★★★☆☆

Special Education

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankKansas percentileRating
202629.5226 of 31828.9%★☆☆☆☆
202555.0115 of 31363.3%★★★☆☆
202441.5167 of 30645.4%★★☆☆☆
202359.897 of 29667.2%★★★☆☆
202268.170 of 30577.0%★★★★☆
201965.551 of 19373.6%★★★★☆
201880.911 of 14092.1%★★★★★

White

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankKansas percentileRating
202636.2408 of 57629.2%★☆☆☆☆
202536.2395 of 57631.4%★★☆☆☆
202441.9353 of 57939.0%★★☆☆☆
202344.3337 of 58442.3%★★☆☆☆
202234.0433 of 59627.3%★☆☆☆☆
202148.0312 of 58746.8%★★☆☆☆
201953.9256 of 59256.8%★★★☆☆
201850.2289 of 57449.7%★★★☆☆
How student groups rank statewide ? (each group's percentile vs the same group at other schools — higher is better; the +/- beside each compares the group with this school's overall percentile)
Disabled (2019)74th percentile+6 vs school
Low Socio Economic Status (2026)66th percentile+23 vs school
Male (2026)46th percentile+4 vs school
Female (2026)40th percentile-3 vs school
White (2026)29th percentile-13 vs school
Special Education (2026)29th percentile-14 vs school
By subject vs Kansas (2025-2026) ?
Science50%+12 vs state
English Language Arts43%-3 vs state
Mathematics39%~ state avg

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Students who attend Garnett Elementary School usually go on to attend:

High : Anderson County Junior/Senior High School

In the 2024-25 school year, 401 students attended Garnett Elementary School.

Garnett Elementary School ranks 377th of 657 Kansas elementary schools. SchoolDigger rates this school 2 stars out of 5.

Students at Garnett Elementary School are 90% White, 6% Hispanic, 2% Two or more races.

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Latest Kansas data All new data »
2024–25 school spending dataNewNov 2, 2026
2024–25 graduation ratesNewNov 1, 2026
2025–26 attendance dataOct 13, 2026
2025–26 KAP test scoresOct 13, 2026


SchoolDigger data sources: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Department of Education, the U.S. Census Bureau and the Kansas State Department of Education.

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