Regular local school district · Johnson County
Gardner Edgerton School District, KS: schools, enrollment and spending
Gardner Edgerton School District runs 11 public schools with 5,858 students in grades PK to 12. Its ratio of 12.6 students per teacher is 1.2 lower than the Kansas figure of 13.8.Listed in NCES data as "Gardner Edgerton".
At a glance
- Schools
- 11
- Students
- 5,858
- Teachers (FTE)
- 465
- Students per teacher
- 12.6
- KS: 13.8 · US: 15.3
- Address
- 231 East Madison Street, Gardner, KS 66030
- Phone
- (913)856-2000
- County
- Johnson County
- Locale
- Suburb: Large
- Grades offered
- PK to 12
- Agency type
- Regular local school district
- NCES district ID
- 2006420
- State district ID
- KS-D0231
- Total staff (FTE)
- 834
- School counselors (FTE)
- 16.0About 366 students per counselor.
- School administrators (FTE)
- 18.0
Students per teacher compared
This district12.6
Kansas13.8
United States15.3
2020 finance data
From the F-33 School District Finance Survey for fiscal year 2020, in nominal dollars. Enrollment used for per-pupil figures is the finance survey count (5,831), which can differ from 2024-25 enrollment.
- Total revenue
- $91.7 million
- Federal revenue
- $6.2 million
- State revenue
- $63.0 million
- Local revenue
- $22.4 million
- Total spending
- $81.3 million
- Spending per pupil
- $13,949
- Salaries
- $43.8 million53.8% of total spending.
- Long-term debt (end of year)
- $122.9 million
Where revenue came from
- Federal: 6.8%
- State: 68.7%
- Local: 24.4%
Kansas overall
- Federal: 8.8%
- State: 63.6%
- Local: 27.5%
Spending per pupil compared
This district$13,949
Kansas$16,437
United States$16,826
Schools in Gardner Edgerton School District
By level: 1 high, 3 middle, 7 elementary. A CEP school serves free meals to all students.
| Edgerton Elementary | Elementary | PK to 4 | 133 | 9.5 |
| Gardner Edgerton High | High | 9 to 12 | 1,794 | 15.3 |
| Gardner Elementary | Elementary | PK to 4 | 304 | 11.7 |
| Grand Star Elementary | Elementary | PK to 4 | 380 | 10.6 |
| Madison Elementary | Elementary | PK to 4 | 521 | 13.7 |
| Moonlight Elementary School | Elementary | PK to 4 | 320 | 12.3 |
| Nike Elementary | Elementary | PK to 4 | 365 | 12.6 |
| Pioneer Ridge Middle School | Middle | 5 to 8 | 548 | 12.5 |
| Sunflower Elementary | Elementary | PK to 4 | 293 | 11.7 |
| Trail Ridge Middle School | Middle | 5 to 8 | 679 | 12.3 |
| Wheatridge Middle School | Middle | 5 to 8 | 517 | 11.5 |
Nearby and related
Other districts in Johnson County
- Olathe School District 28,195 students
- Shawnee Mission Pub Sch 26,513 students
- Blue Valley School District 22,252 students
- De Soto School District 7,295 students
- Spring Hill School District 5,860 students
- Girard School District 1,019 students
- School for Deaf 118 students
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Source: NCES Common Core of Data 2024-25 and F-33 finance 2020, via the Urban Institute Education Data Portal. Last reviewed October 2026. Finance figures are 2020 finance data in nominal dollars, not adjusted for inflation. Blank values are not available, not applicable or suppressed in the source. See the methodology.