📍 1110 East Pine, Garden City, Finney County, 67846
Alta Brown Elem is a State/Public serving elementary age pupils, located in Garden City, Finney County. The school has 308 pupils enrolled. It is part of the Garden City school district. It serves grades K–4 in a small-town setting. The school employs 26.6 full-time-equivalent teachers, a student-teacher ratio of 11.6:1. 32% of students are proficient in reading. 27% are proficient in maths. Technology infrastructure includes fiber internet, campus-wide Wi-Fi, devices for students.
Alta Brown Elem enrolls 308 students across grades K–4. The student body is 52% male and 48% female. A teaching staff of 26.6 full-time-equivalent teachers supports the school, giving a student-teacher ratio of 11.6:1.
By race and ethnicity, the student body is 78% Hispanic or Latino, 14% White and 3.6% Asian.
| Race / ethnicity | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Hispanic or Latino | 239 | 78% |
| White | 44 | 14% |
| Asian | 11 | 3.6% |
| Black or African American | 9 | 2.9% |
| Two or more races | 4 | 1.3% |
| Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander | 1 | <1% |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data.
255 of the school's 308 students (83%) qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. Of these, 224 qualify for free lunch and 31 for a reduced price. The school participates in the National School Lunch Program. Free and reduced-price lunch eligibility is a widely used indicator of the share of students from lower-income households.
Alta Brown Elem is located in a small-town setting (NCES locale: Town, Remote). The school runs a schoolwide Title I program, which provides federal funding to support students from low-income families. For civic and policy purposes, the school sits in congressional district KS-10, state senate district 39, state house district 123.
Alta Brown Elem is one of 18 schools in Garden City, based in Garden City, Kansas. The district serves 7,106 students district-wide and employs 575 full-time-equivalent teachers. With 308 students, Alta Brown Elem is smaller than the district average of about 395 students per school.
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Proficiency based on state assessments.
Setting: Town - Remote