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Schools in Garfield

Garfield’s public schools

Fort Larned Unified School District 495 has no state test or graduation results we can use, so there is no Schools grade for Garfield. Each school below is shown with its own results.

—Not gradedK–12Where will my kid go?1/3schools above Kansas’s middle

Tests spring 2022, when 100% of students in Kansas’s tested grades sat them, and the class of 2023’s graduation rate (U.S. Department of Education). How TownRatings grades schools

Reading proficiency
32%
2021–22
Math proficiency
31%
2021–22
Graduate on time
74%
class of 2023
Spent per student
$20.1K
▲ 34% vs KS $15.0K
FY2024
Students per teacher
10.7
KS 13.3 · smaller classes
Schools in town
0
842 students on the public path
In brief

Garfield’s schools, in brief

School by school

1 of Garfield’s 3 district schools with test results score above the middle of Kansas’s 1,221 public schools. Fort Larned Elementary School places highest (better than 84%); Larned Sr High lowest (46%). See the path ↓

Written from the figures on this page. Tests are from 2021–22, graduation from the class of 2023; each school’s own letter uses 2020–21 results.

Where will my kid go?

Pick a grade. These are the public schools in Garfield, with each school’s own grade.

The path, start to finish
PK–5Fort Larned Elementary Schoolin LarnedA−
6–8Larned Middle Schoolin LarnedB−
9–12Larned Sr Highin LarnedB−

Which school depends on your address. To confirm it, ask the Fort Larned Unified School District 495.

The district

Spending and class size are shown but don’t count toward the grade. Each district’s own page has every school.

Fort Larned Unified School District 495Grades PK–12 · 3 schools · 842 students, down 2% since 2020–21 · 10.7 per teacher (KS 13.3)
$20,058KS $14,966 · FY2024
C
Test scores · 2021–22

Close to the state in reading

Reading32%
State average 32.5% · 447 students tested
Math31%
State average 29.4% · 446 students tested

Garfield vs. its neighbors

Schools grades for the Kansas towns that share Garfield’s borders.

Schools next door
TownSchoolsMain districts
Garfield—Fort Larned Unified School District 495

Every school in Garfield

3 schools. Each public school’s letter compares its own 2020–21 reading and math results with Kansas’s other public schools (the newest school-level results we have).

Also serving Garfieldin other towns
Fort Larned Elementary School
Elementary · Grades PK–5 · Larned
A−
431 students12:1Rate it →
Larned Middle School
Middle · Grades 6–8 · Larned
B−
177 students10:1Rate it →
Larned Sr High
High · Grades 9–12 · Larned
B−
234 students9:1Rate it →

Questions about Garfield’s schools

Are Garfield’s schools good?

There’s no Schools grade for Garfield. Fort Larned Unified School District 495 has no state test or graduation results we can use, so there is no Schools grade for Garfield. Each school below is shown with its own results. School by school, 1 of its 3 district schools with test results score above the middle of Kansas’s public schools on their 2020–21 results.

What school district is Garfield in?

Fort Larned Unified School District 495.

Where do Garfield kids go to high school?

Larned Sr High.

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School data: state test results (2021–22, with participation) and four-year graduation rates (class of 2023) reported to the U.S. Department of Education (EDFacts via ED Data Express); each school’s own letter uses its 2020–21 results (EDFacts via the Urban Institute); schools and enrollment from NCES (2024–25; private schools 2023–24); spending from the Census Bureau’s school finance survey (FY2024). Stars are from neighbors.