Lawrence Gardner High School
Topeka · KS · Department of Corrections · Public · K-12 combined
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Hope Street Charter Academy → Valley Falls High → Rossville Jr.-Sr. High School → Royal Valley High → Capital City → Silver Lake Jr-Sr High → Jefferson West High → Burlingame Junior/Senior High →📋 At a glance
- ✅ Dual-enrollment program (college credit while in HS)
- 🎓 AP rigor: Bottom 18% of US high schools
- 📝 SAT/ACT participation: Bottom 21% by test-taker volume
Composed from federal CRDC offerings, EDFacts ACGR, and other public data. Full breakdowns below.
How Lawrence Gardner High School compares for families
What families should know about Lawrence Gardner High School.
- ▸ LocallyKS sits right at the US average on NAEP 8th-grade math — local school quality will set your kid apart.
- ▸ vs Similar SchoolsThe closest comparables nearby: Hope Street Charter Academy, Valley Falls High, Rossville Jr.-Sr. High School and 5 more. See the sidebar to compare side-by-side.
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SAT / ACT participation
CRDC federal data · 2020-21Bottom 21% by test-taker volume
Source: federal Civil Rights Data Collection (CRDC 2020-21). Volume — not score — is what's reported here. A higher count means more students at this school are entering the college admissions pipeline. Note: 2020-21 was COVID-disrupted; some districts (especially those that stayed remote longer) report unusually low or zero takers.
🏛️ Federal Title I context
High-poverty school
Title I Schoolwide eligible
≥75% of students qualify for free/reduced lunch. These schools qualify for the highest tier of federal Title I funding and typically receive extra wraparound services. Academic outcomes vary widely — check the state assessment + grad-rate tiles.
Source: NCES Common Core of Data, free/reduced-price lunch eligibility. The actual Title I designation is a district decision and may differ from eligibility — but the federal eligibility math is what we show here. We don't claim to assert whether the district formally chose to enroll this school in Title I.
🏛️ Your state's public flagship
University of Kansas
The in-state tuition gap is the flagship's biggest draw — most in-state families pay far less than the out-of-state sticker. Average net price after aid runs about $18,059/yr. Admission odds depend on your student's GPA and test scores, not which high school they attend.
Source: IPEDS admissions, tuition & enrollment + College Scorecard net price. Flagship = the state's primary public research university.
Enrollment trend & projection
Total enrollment + grade 12, NCES Common Core of Data (2021–2024).
If the recent trend holds…
At its recent rate of +5.8%/year, projecting from 2024's 111 students:
An extrapolation of the recent trajectory, not a forecast of the school's plans; ignores one-off shocks.
Most similar nearby high schools
The schools most like this one — same type, blended on distance and size — and where their enrollment is heading. These are the schools families here weigh against each other.
| School | Type | Miles | HS enrollment | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hope Street Charter Academy Topeka |
Public · charter | 5.2 | 103 | +21.2% |
| Valley Falls High Valley Falls |
Public | 20.7 | 122 | +4.3% |
| Rossville Jr.-Sr. High School Rossville |
Public | 14.6 | 170 | -2.9% |
| Royal Valley High Hoyt |
Public | 10.3 | 223 | -13.9% |
| Capital City Topeka |
Public | 2.9 | 32 | — |
| Silver Lake Jr-Sr High Silver Lake |
Public | 9.4 | 239 | +2.6% |
| Jefferson West High Meriden |
Public | 9.4 | 247 | -3.9% |
| Burlingame Junior/Senior High Burlingame |
Public | 24.9 | 86 | -1.1% |