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Gertrude Walker Elem

PublicElementaryGrades K–4

805 W Fair, Garden City, KS 67846 · (620) 805-7600 · Part of Garden City Unified School District 457

Garden City’s School Grade C− better than 23% of Kansas school districts

Directions
Students
186
Students per teacher
14:1
Free or reduced lunch
91%
Setting
Town
Grades
K–4
The gist

What stands out about Gertrude Walker Elem

  • Its own letter, C−: better results than 16% of Kansas’s public schools
  • Math proficiency 16 pts below the state
  • Reading / language arts 14 pts below the state
  • Next stop for Garden City kids: 4 middle schools

On the path

Where Garden City kids come from and go next. The whole path →

K–4Gertrude Walker ElemYou are here
7–84 middle schoolsDepends on your address

Test scores

2020–21
Math proficiency12%
State average 27.9%
Reading / language arts22%
State average 35.5%

Its own letter, C−, places these results among Kansas’s 1,221 public schools with results. Source: EDFacts via Urban Institute Education Data Portal (SY2020-21).

Location

Directions ↗

805 W Fair, Garden City

Students

Enrollment by grade
Kindergarten41
Grade 142
Grade 235
Grade 342
Grade 426
Enrollment over time
198’20
198’21
208’22
216’23
186’24

Down 6.1% since 2020–21.

Who goes here
Hispanic 62%Black 17%Asian 9%White 6%Two or more races 5%Native Hawaiian/Pacific Islander <1%

As reported to NCES, share of students with a reported race or ethnicity.

Parents talk

Questions and answers about Gertrude Walker Elem from Garden City families.

Other schools in Garden City Unified School District 457

The district →
Jennie Wilson Elem
Elementary · Grades PK–4 · Garden City
B+
796 students
Florence Wilson Elem
Elementary · Grades K–4 · Garden City
B−
376 students16:1
Victor Ornelas Elem
Elementary · Grades K–4 · Garden City
C
351 students13:1
Alta Brown Elem
Elementary · Grades K–4 · Garden City
B−
336 students14:1
Abe Hubert Elementary School
Elementary · Grades K–6 · Garden City
C
285 students12:1
Buffalo Jones Elem
Elementary · Grades K–4 · Garden City
C−
221 students13:1

School facts: U.S. Department of Education (NCES), 2024–2025 school year. Test scores: EDFacts via Urban Institute Education Data Portal (SY2020-21). A school’s letter is our own summary of its reading and math results against Kansas’s other public schools; Garden City’s School Grade is built from its districts’ results. Map: © OpenStreetMap contributors.