Alta Brown Elem

Set in Garden City, Kansas, Alta Brown Elem is a mid-tier primary school, part of Garden City. It educates 336 students across grades K through 4.

Garden City comprises 18 schools with combined enrollment of 7,032 students; Alta Brown Elem is among them.

In terms of who attends, Alta Brown Elem logs that nearly all students (80%) are Hispanic. The remainder consists of 10% White, 5% Black, 4% Asian. The wider county runs roughly 53% Hispanic, putting the school's mix considerably more Hispanic than the area baseline.

On the resource side, The school reports having 24 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 14.0:1. The state averages around 13.2:1, so this campus is higher than the state norm typical. An estimated 87% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. By comparison, Finney County runs at roughly 73%, so the school's eligibility rate is somewhat above the surrounding baseline.

After controlling for student poverty, Alta Brown Elem tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 20.6% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 23.2%.

Around the school, census data for Finney County shows median household income runs about $73,009, roughly 19% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 9% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Alta Brown Elem is one of 23 public schools in Finney County (combined enrollment of about 7,939 students).

The closest other public school is Jennie Wilson Elem, roughly 0.8 miles away. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. Among the 8 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Alta Brown Elem ranks 6th on composite proficiency, below the local average of 26.7%.

The school occupies a town-center site.

Looking at the recent track record. Over the past 7-year window, the student count held roughly steady: 340 students in 2018 compared to 336 in 2025. Hispanic enrollment moved from 76% to 80% across the same window. Class-load math has rose: from 10.6:1 in 2018 to 14.0:1 in 2025.

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