Summary:
ZIP code 67846 has 18 schools in the Garden City district: 11 elementary, four middle, two high schools and one alternative school. Across the schools, average proficiency is 35% in ELA and 27% in math, compared with state rates of 46% and 41%; the 10 schools with science scores average 30%, versus 38% statewide. The clearest overall finding is that school averages fall below state rates in every subject, with the largest gap in math: 14 percentage points.
Plymell Elementary leads the reported results in all three subjects, with 55% in ELA, 57% in math and 47% in science—9, 16 and 8 points above the state rates. Jennie Wilson Elementary is also near the top, at 54% in ELA and 49% in math. At the other end, GC Achieve at J.D. Adams Hall has the lowest reported result in each subject: 12% in ELA, 5% in math and 14% in science. The Unified School District 457 Virtual Academy is also low in ELA and math, at 24% and 8%. Among middle schools, Kenneth Henderson Middle scores higher than Horace J. Good Middle School in both reported ELA (38% versus 32%) and science (38% versus 30%).
Recent results moved in different directions by subject: average ELA fell by 1 point while the state rate rose by 1, widening the gap; math rose by 2 points, about matching the state increase and slightly narrowing the gap. Individual schools vary sharply: Jennie Wilson’s ELA result fell by 12 points, although it remains among the area’s highest, while Victor Ornelas Elementary’s math result rose by 22 points. SchoolDigger’s rankings also shifted: Florence Wilson Elementary rose from percentile 18 to 39 and Kenneth Henderson from 17 to 32, while Jennie Wilson fell from 81 to 60. Strong results appear at schools with quite different enrollment and reported lunch rates: Plymell has 117 students and a 35% rate, while Jennie Wilson has 796 students and a 67% rate.
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