Finley Elementary

Set in Westminster, California, Finley Elementary is a compact elementary campus, run under Westminster. It educates 316 students across grades K through 5. Enrollment runs roughly 32% below the state mean of about 465.

Westminster runs 16 schools in total, collectively educating 7,864 students. Finley Elementary is one of those campuses.

On demographics, Finley Elementary reports that 70% of the student body identifies as Hispanic. Other groups include 20% Asian, 5% White, 3% multiracial. That is visibly more Hispanic than the county at large, where the share is closer to 34%.

Looking at school resources, Staff filings list 14 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 22.6:1 students per teacher. That tracks the state average closely. An estimated 85% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. By comparison, Orange County runs at roughly 55%, so the school's eligibility rate is somewhat above the surrounding baseline.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, Finley Elementary tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 29.0% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 32.4%.

Around the school, the surrounding county (Orange County) records that median household earnings sit near $116,289, 44% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 7%. Finley Elementary is one of 649 public schools in Orange County (combined enrollment of about 430,458 students).

The closest other public school is Johnson Middle, roughly 0.1 miles away. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Finley Elementary. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Finley Elementary at 9th of 9; the average score across the group is 54.9%.

The campus sits in a commuter-belt setting.

Trend over the last 7 years. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Finley Elementary has edged down 19%, going from 388 students in 2018 to 316 in 2025. Asian enrollment moved from 26% to 20% across the same window. The student-to-teacher ratio pulled in from 24.3:1 in 2018 to 22.6:1 today.

On allk12, the page collects discussion, questions, and updates around fundraisers, lost-and-found posts, and report-card season. Posting is open to anyone connected to the school.