Victor Ornelas Elem

Set in Garden City, Kansas, Victor Ornelas Elem is a moderately sized elementary school, overseen by Garden City. It instructs 351 students across grades K through 4.

Within Garden City, which oversees 18 schools and 7,032 students, Victor Ornelas Elem is one campus in the system.

Demographically, Victor Ornelas Elem lists that the student body is overwhelmingly Hispanic (86%). Beyond that, the school reports 8% Asian, 6% White. By comparison, Finney County as a whole is about 53% Hispanic, so the school skews considerably more Hispanic than its surroundings.

On the income-and-resources front, The school lists 27 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 13.0:1. That tracks the state average closely. Around 83% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. By comparison, Finney County runs at roughly 73%, so the school's eligibility rate is above the surrounding baseline.

With demographic context factored in, Victor Ornelas Elem tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 22.6% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 28.2%.

In the surrounding community, census data for Finney County shows median household income runs about $73,009, 19% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 9%. Victor Ornelas Elem is one of 23 public schools in Finney County (combined enrollment of about 7,939 students).

Nearest neighbor: Charles O Stones Intermediate Ctr, around 0.2 miles off. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. On composite proficiency, Victor Ornelas Elem comes 3rd of 8 in the immediate cluster, above the nearby-schools average of 26.6%.

The school occupies a town-center site.

Over the past 7-year window. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Victor Ornelas Elem has edged down 10%, going from 391 students in 2018 to 351 in 2025.

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