Summary:
ZIP code 67211 has three elementary schools—Linwood Elementary, Gardiner Elementary and Harry Street Elementary—all serving prekindergarten through grade 5 in Wichita. In 2025–26, all three schools were below state proficiency rates in every tested subject: their averages were 21% in ELA, 15% in math and 17% in science, compared with 46%, 41% and 38% statewide. The most important area-wide finding is that low proficiency is a shared challenge, even though results vary among schools.
Gardiner led in all-grades ELA, math and science, with 25%, 19% and 22% proficient; Linwood had the lowest results, at 15%, 9% and 11%. The gap between the two was 9 points in ELA, 10 in math and 11 in science. Harry Street ranked second overall, but grade-level results show why families may want to compare the grades their child will attend: it led in grade 4 ELA at 31% and grade 4 math at 17%, as well as grade 5 ELA at 24%. Gardiner led grade 3 ELA and math and grade 5 math. Every school remained below the state in the reported grades.
Average proficiency rose from 2024–25 to 2025–26 by 3 points in ELA, 4 in math and 4 in science, while Harry Street made the largest two-year gains in each subject; Linwood declined in all three. SchoolDigger ranks Gardiner 611th of 657 statewide (7th percentile), Harry Street 625th (5th percentile) and Linwood 653rd (1st percentile). School size and staffing offer context, not a simple explanation: enrollment ranges from 310 at Harry Street to 452 at Linwood, and student–teacher ratios range from 12.1 to 14.2. Harry Street also had the lowest chronic absenteeism, 22% versus 29% at Gardiner and 30% at Linwood, though all were above the state’s 18%.
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