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Enrollment
351
Elementary
DISTRICT 286 · STATE 313
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·GARDEN CITY·NCES 200639001653
Victor Ornelas Elem
3401 E Spruce, Garden City, KS 67846 · (620) 805-7900 · Finney County
GRADES KG–04ELEMENTARY33-TOWNTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL351 STUDENTS
C
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Scored higher than 29% of Kansas public elementary schools
- C-Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- B-Beats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- ·Three-year trend Not available for this school, so the grade uses the other parts.
Grades compare a school only with schools in the same state, because every state gives its own test. How grades work · Top-graded Kansas public elementary schools
Student : Teacher
13.0:1
27 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 16.4:1 · STATE 13.2:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
83%
290 students
DISTRICT 77% · STATE 51%
Community
1
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other elementary schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Kindergarten | 48 | 14% |
| Grade 1 | 65 | 19% |
| Grade 2 | 72 | 21% |
| Grade 3 | 89 | 25% |
| Grade 4 | 77 | 22% |
This year's kindergarten class (48) is 38% smaller than its 4th grade class (77).
Student demographics
25%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 44% · STATE 58% · US 70%
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. District, state, and US figures are each group's share of all public school students in that area (US excludes territories). Very small groups may be suppressed in the source, so categories do not always sum exactly to total enrollment.
Gender split
Test scores
KAP 2024-25 . % Meeting + ExceedingEnglish Language Arts
37.5%
KS avg 44.5%
Math
19.9%
KS avg 38.8%
What this means: On the KAP, Kansas's statewide test, about 38 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 20 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Kansas schools, those numbers are about 45 and 39.
KAP results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 37.5% | 19.9% |
| 2023-24 | 23.4% | 32.1% |
% Meeting + Exceeding, all students and all tested grades. Kansas set new KAP cut scores in spring 2025, so results from 2023-24 and earlier are not comparable with later years.
Source: KAP. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyTier
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
28.2%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
22.6%
based on KS schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+5.6pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 28% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 23% typical for Kansas schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations measures results against demographically similar schools rather than by raw scores, and this school falls within the typical range, neither among Kansas's top nor bottom 10%.
BeatsExpectations runs a per-state regression of proficiency on free/reduced-lunch share, then scores each school by residual. How this is calculated →
Schools most like Victor Ornelas Elem
Victor Ornelas Elem's state test result (28.2% proficient) is higher than 4 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Victor Ornelas Elem this school | 351 | 82.6% | 28.2% |
| Alta Brown Elem Garden City | 336 | 86.9% | 23.2% |
| MacArthur Elementary School Liberal | 386 | 80.1% | 25.7% |
| Buffalo Jones Elem Garden City | 221 | 89.1% | 29.4% |
| Frances Willard Elem Kansas City | 434 | 89.6% | 18.9% |
| Cottonwood Elementary School Liberal | 500 | 89.2% | 20.9% |
Matched among Kansas elementary schools on enrollment, the share of students from low-income families (eligible for free or reduced-price lunch), and racial and ethnic makeup. Proficient is the average share of students meeting the state standard across all of the school's state tests in 2023-24 and 2024-25, the same combined score our test-score rankings use. Online schools and schools serving specialized populations are not matched.
Where Victor Ornelas Elem ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Kansas | In Finney County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 28.2% | #505 of 625 | #8 of 12 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 19.9% | #549 of 625 | #8 of 12 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 37.5% | #483 of 625 | #7 of 12 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 351 | #281 of 714 | #3 of 13 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 13.0:1 | #208 of 539 | #4 of 8 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 25.0% | #451 of 540 | #6 of 8 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 82.6% | #101 of 658 | #7 of 13 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -10.2% | #243 of 377 | #6 of 8 |
Ranked against other public elementary schools. Online schools are left out of every list, and test-score lists leave out schools that serve specialized populations. Each rank links to the full list. Arrows under a test-score rank show places moved since the prior test year, among schools tested both years.
4-year change
SY 2020-21 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
351
-42 (-11%) vs 2020
-35% since 1990-91, when it was 540
Student : Teacher
13.0:1
was 14.6:1
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
Enrollment and staffing by year
| School year | Students | Teachers (FTE) | Students per teacher | Free and reduced lunch |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 351 | 27 | 13.0:1 | 83% (290) |
| 2023-24 | 385 | 26.6 | 14.5:1 | 83% (320) |
| 2022-23 | 411 | 31.1 | 13.2:1 | 79% (323) |
| 2020-21 | 393 | 27 | 14.6:1 | 79% (310) |
| 2017-18 | 391 | 29.7 | 13.2:1 | 82% (320) |
| 2015-16 | 423 | 28 | 15.1:1 | 86% (364) |
| 2010-11 | 461 | 36 | 12.8:1 | 88% (405) |
| 2000-01 | 547 | 39 | 14.0:1 | 68% (371) |
| 1990-91 | 540 | 29 | 18.6:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Victor Ornelas Elem.
Since 2017-18: students down 10% (391 to 351); teachers down 9% (29.7 to 27).
About Victor Ornelas Elem
Federal records list Victor Ornelas Elem as an elementary school in Garden City, Kansas. The school serves kindergarten through 4. Enrollment is 351 students.
Victor Ornelas Elem is part of Garden City, where 18 schools serve 7,032 students.
The share of Hispanic students at Victor Ornelas Elem is 86%. The next largest groups are 8% Asian and 6% White. The school's Hispanic share is 33 points above the 53% share among Finney County residents. The diversity index for Victor Ornelas Elem is 25%. For US public schools as a whole it is 70%.
Victor Ornelas Elem reported 27 full-time-equivalent teachers in 2024-25, a ratio of 13.0:1. The 13.2:1 average for elementary schools in Kansas is close to this figure. There are 290 students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, 83% of enrollment. The gap from the 73% average for public schools in Finney County is 10 points.
Among Kansas public elementary schools, Victor Ornelas Elem outscored 29%, which works out to a C on the allk12 Grade.
Victor Ornelas Elem is 5.6 points above its predicted average proficiency rate across its state test results (28.2% versus 22.6%), which places it in neither the top nor the bottom 10% in Kansas.
In Finney County, home to about 38,084 people, median household income comes to about $73,009, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 19%, and about 9% of people live in poverty. Finney County's 23 public schools enroll about 7,939 students and include Victor Ornelas Elem.
Victor Ornelas Elem is about 0.2 miles from Charles O Stones Intermediate Ctr, its nearest public school. Within five miles are at least 8 other public schools. In a group of 8 nearby schools with scores, Victor Ornelas Elem ranks 3rd on average proficiency.
The National Center for Education Statistics classifies the school's location as Town: Remote, meaning it is in a town far from an urbanized area.
In 2020-21, Victor Ornelas Elem enrolled 393 students. By 2024-25, that number had fallen to 351. The student-to-teacher ratio dropped from 14.6:1 in 2020-21 to 13.0:1 in 2024-25.
On allk12, people connected to Victor Ornelas Elem can post about special education services, counseling, and support programs. Members of the school community can share what they know.
Finney County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
38,084
Census ACS
Median income
$73,009
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
19%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
9%
Below federal line
Schools in county
23
7,939 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Garden City
- Garden City High SchoolHigh · 1,946 students
- Jennie Wilson ElemElementary · 796 students
- Horace J. Good Middle SchoolMiddle · 583 students
- Kenneth Henderson MiddleMiddle · 425 students
- Charles O Stones Intermediate CtrMiddle · 377 students
- Florence Wilson ElemElementary · 376 students
Other schools in Garden City
- Garden City High SchoolHigh · 1,946 students
- Jennie Wilson ElemElementary · 796 students
- Horace J. Good Middle SchoolMiddle · 583 students
- Kenneth Henderson MiddleMiddle · 425 students
- Charles O Stones Intermediate CtrMiddle · 377 students
- Florence Wilson ElemElementary · 376 students
Nearby schools
- Charles O Stones Intermediate Ctr0.2 mi · 377
- Alta Brown Elem1.5 mi · 336
- Jennie Wilson Elem1.6 mi · 796
- Kenneth Henderson Middle1.7 mi · 425
- Garden City High School1.8 mi · 1,946
- Florence Wilson Elem2.0 mi · 376
Frequently asked questions
About Victor Ornelas ElemHow many students attend Victor Ornelas Elem?
Victor Ornelas Elem enrolls approximately 351 students in grades KG-04.
What grades does Victor Ornelas Elem serve?
Victor Ornelas Elem serves grades KG-04.
How many teachers does Victor Ornelas Elem have?
Victor Ornelas Elem employs 27 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 13.0:1.
What is the student diversity at Victor Ornelas Elem?
Student demographics at Victor Ornelas Elem are roughly 6% White, 86% Hispanic, 0% Black, 8% Asian.
Is Victor Ornelas Elem public or private?
Victor Ornelas Elem is a public K-12 school, overseen by Garden City.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.