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Gardner, Kansas - 11 schools
An equity score of 43/100 ranks Gardner Edgerton #161 of 250 districts in Kansas (state average 50). Derived live from how evenly resources are distributed across the district's schools.
At $13,254 per pupil, Gardner Edgerton ranks #213 of 285 Kansas districts by per-pupil spending (Kansas districts). NCES F-33 finance data.
5,994
Total Enrollment
11
Schools
$13,254
Per-Pupil Spending
Combined, Elementary
School Types
District-Level NCES Analysis
Gardner Edgerton operates 11 public schools serving 5,994 students, placing it among the smaller districts in Kansas. The school portfolio breaks down into 7 combined, 3 elementary, 1 high schools, a compact enough portfolio that families can compare every campus directly before they move, rent, or enrol. These enrollment and school figures come from the NCES Common Core of Data (CCD) 2024-25 release, and the district is based in Johnson County.
Per-pupil expenditure runs $13,254 according to the NCES F-33 School District Finance Survey, in the lower half of 285 Kansas districts by per-pupil spending. See how Kansas compares in our national per-pupil spending analysis. The funding mix is 23.6% local, 68.3% state, and 8.1% federal, a state-revenue-heavy mix that insulates the district somewhat from local property-tax volatility, though it ties funding to state budget cycles. The district's equity score is 43/100, ranked #161 of 250 in Kansas against a state average of 50, in line with the typical spread seen across the state for how evenly funding reaches its schools.
Academic infrastructure includes 1 of 11 schools offering Advanced Placement (11 AP courses district-wide), a 369.8:1 student-counselor ratio, well above the ASCA benchmark though still under the roughly 408:1 national average, and 20.1% chronic absenteeism from the 2021-22 Civil Rights Data Collection. Demographically, the student body averages 69.9% White, 14.8% Hispanic or Latino, 5.2% African American across the district's schools. Its most demographically mixed campus is Grand Star Elementary, with a diversity index of 61.7/100.
Its largest campus is Gardner Edgerton High, enrolling 1,794 students (31% of the district's total enrollment). Its smallest is Edgerton Elem, at 133 students, a 13x enrollment spread across the district's campuses.
Gardner Edgerton High accounts for 29.9% of all Gardner Edgerton student enrollment
That dominant concentration means Gardner Edgerton-wide averages can mask substantial variation outside the dominant entity. Grade band: high. A single dominant campus often anchors a district's program offerings and staffing patterns; the share helps explain why district-wide averages may not reflect the typical neighbourhood-school experience. When one entity dominates a region's footprint, its programmatic and budget decisions effectively set policy for a majority of the affected population.
Gardner Edgerton school enrollment varies 13× across entities
Gardner Edgerton school enrollment ranges from 133 students (lowest) to 1,794 students (highest), a spread of 1,661 students. That spread reflects typical mixed-portfolio variation between specialty programs and large neighbourhood schools. Per-school staffing ratios, programme availability, and capital-renovation cycles often diverge inside the same district based on enrollment shape.
Gardner Edgerton student-counselor ratio is 370:1 — high (typically associated with staffing constraints that limit per-student counselor time; CRDC data shows higher ratios cluster in larger urban systems)
student-counselor ratio is the simplest comparative metric but it does not capture the full picture: the ratio counts FTE counselors against total enrollment, districts that contract intervention or social-emotional staff outside the counselor classification may be under-counted Higher values may reflect larger urban scale or recent resource constraints that have widened the gap.
Gardner Edgerton chronic absenteeism rate is 20.1% — near the typical range (US average ~28) — aligned with the national post-pandemic baseline of roughly 28% chronic absenteeism
chronic absenteeism rate is the simplest comparative metric but it does not capture the full picture: a student is chronically absent if they miss ≥10% of enrolled days for any reason, illness, family obligations, or disengagement Variation between sub-units within Gardner Edgerton is typically wider than the Gardner Edgerton-aggregate figure suggests.