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Enrollment
536
Elementary
DISTRICT 562 · STATE 465
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·LONG BEACH UNIFIED·NCES 062250002716
Garfield Elementary
2240 Baltic Ave., Long Beach, CA 90810 · (562) 424-8167 · Los Angeles County
GRADES KG–05ELEMENTARY11-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL536 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
26.1:1
21 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 25.0:1 · STATE 22.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
78%
418 students
DISTRICT 62% · STATE 65%
Community
6
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 | 115 | 21% |
| Grade 1 | 65 | 12% |
| Grade 2 | 91 | 17% |
| Grade 3 | 86 | 16% |
| Grade 4 | 82 | 15% |
| Grade 5 | 97 | 18% |
This year's kindergarten class (115) is 19% larger than its 5th grade class (97).
Student demographics
39%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 61% · STATE 62% · 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
CAASPP 2024-25 . % met or exceeded standardEnglish Language Arts
48.0%
CA avg 49.1% . +15.0pp since 2014
Math
39.1%
CA avg 37.7% . +7.1pp since 2014
What this means: On the CAASPP, California's statewide test, about 48 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 39 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all California schools, those numbers are about 49 and 38. Reading and writing scores are up about 15 points since 2014, while math scores are up about 7 points.
Performance levels, 2024-25
| Subject | Standard Exceeded | Standard Met | Standard Nearly Met | Standard Not Met |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| English Language Arts | 19.3% | 28.7% | 17.6% | 34.4% |
| Math | 13.3% | 25.8% | 29.8% | 31.1% |
Share of tested students at each CAASPP level. Each student counts in one level, so a row adds to about 100%.
CAASPP results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 48.0% | 39.1% |
| 2023-24 | 37.5% | 38.7% |
| 2022-23 | 43.5% | 30.4% |
| 2021-22 | 39.2% | 30.3% |
| 2020-21 | N/A | 20.6% |
| 2018-19 | 38.6% | 37.0% |
| 2017-18 | 42.0% | 40.5% |
| 2016-17 | 38.6% | 38.4% |
| 2015-16 | 34.0% | 39.0% |
| 2014-15 | 33.0% | 32.0% |
% met or exceeded standard, all students and all tested grades.
Source: CAASPP. 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
40.8%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
33.9%
based on CA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+7.0pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 41% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 34% typical for California 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 California'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 Garfield Elementary
Garfield Elementary's state test result (40.8% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Garfield Elementary this school | 536 | 78.0% | 40.8% |
| Dr. Albert Schweitzer Leadership Academy Anaheim | 521 | 80.8% | 51.2% |
| Grovecenter Elementary West Covina | 595 | 78.3% | 51.1% |
| Lorenzo Manor Elementary Hayward | 447 | 76.5% | 24.5% |
| Park Elementary Hayward | 504 | 81.2% | 18.9% |
| Orangewood Elementary West Covina | 580 | 80.0% | 41.4% |
Matched among California 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 Garfield Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In California | In Los Angeles County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 40.8% | #2,408 of 5,151 | #580 of 1,126 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 39.1% | #2,350 of 5,172 ▼ 64 | #591 of 1,129 ▼ 43 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 48.0% | #2,196 of 5,172 ▲ 766 | #513 of 1,129 ▲ 190 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +8.8pp | #785 of 5,116 | #281 of 1,116 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 536 | #2,021 of 5,915 | #405 of 1,300 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 26.1:1 | #4,898 of 5,352 | #1,103 of 1,213 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 38.8% | #3,509 of 5,354 | #619 of 1,214 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 78.0% | #2,361 of 5,625 | #741 of 1,276 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -24.5% | #945 of 3,837 | #368 of 947 |
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
536
-105 (-16%) vs 2020
-52% since 1990-91, when it was 1,112
Student : Teacher
26.1:1
was 24.6:1
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 | 536 | 20.5 | 26.1:1 | 78% (418) |
| 2023-24 | 556 | 22 | 25.3:1 | 79% (442) |
| 2022-23 | 573 | 25 | 22.9:1 | 69% (396) |
| 2020-21 | 641 | 26 | 24.6:1 | 76% (489) |
| 2017-18 | 710 | 30 | 23.7:1 | 92% (651) |
| 2015-16 | 761 | 32 | 23.8:1 | 91% (689) |
| 2010-11 | 872 | N/A | N/A | 92% (806) |
| 2000-01 | 1,199 | 64 | 18.7:1 | 89% (1,070) |
| 1990-91 | 1,112 | 45 | 24.7:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Garfield Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students down 25% (710 to 536); teachers down 32% (30 to 20.5).
About Garfield Elementary
Among the schools in Long Beach, California, is Garfield Elementary, a medium-sized elementary school. The latest federal count shows 536 students in kindergarten through 5.
The district, Long Beach Unified, has 62,255 students enrolled across 82 schools.
Garfield Elementary's enrollment is 77% Hispanic. Next come 14% Asian, 6% Black, and 2% White. That compares with about 48% Hispanic among all Los Angeles County residents. The chance that two students picked at random at Garfield Elementary belong to different racial or ethnic groups, known as the diversity index, is 39%.
Federal data list 20.5 full-time-equivalent teachers at Garfield Elementary in 2024-25, for a ratio of 26.1:1. The average ratio among elementary schools in California is 22.3:1, lower than at this school. The school's rate of free or reduced-price lunch eligibility is 78%. It compares with 70% for public schools in Los Angeles County.
The model predicts 33.9% for a school in California with Garfield Elementary's free or reduced-price lunch share. Garfield Elementary posts 40.8%.
County data help place the school in context: in Los Angeles County, median household income is about $90,112, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 36%, and roughly 10% of residents are in poverty. Garfield Elementary is among the 2,244 public schools in Los Angeles County.
Cabrillo High is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.3 miles away. Counting only straight-line distance, at least 8 other public schools are within five miles. Of 8 schools in the immediate area with test results, Garfield Elementary ranks 3rd on average proficiency.
Garfield Elementary falls in the City: Large locale category, used for schools inside a principal city with a population of 250,000 or more.
Federal counts put enrollment at 641 in 2020-21 and 536 in 2024-25, a 16% decrease. The student-to-teacher ratio went up from 24.6:1 to 26.1:1.
Community posts for Garfield Elementary can cover sports schedules, lunch menus, and spirit week. Alumni can share how the school prepared them.
Los Angeles County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
9,808,667
Census ACS
Median income
$90,112
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
36%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
10%
Below federal line
Schools in county
2,244
1,265,907 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Long Beach Unified
- Polytechnic HighHigh · 3,890 students
- Millikan HighHigh · 3,408 students
- Wilson HighHigh · 3,349 students
- Lakewood HighHigh · 2,305 students
- Jordan HighHigh · 2,272 students
- Cabrillo HighHigh · 1,652 students
Other schools in Long Beach
- Polytechnic HighHigh · 3,890 students
- Millikan HighHigh · 3,408 students
- Wilson HighHigh · 3,349 students
- Jordan HighHigh · 2,272 students
- Cabrillo HighHigh · 1,652 students
- Hughes MiddleMiddle · 1,214 students
Other Garfield Elementary schools
51 other US public schools in 21 states are named Garfield Elementary. Garfield Elementary is the 9th largest of the 52.
- Garfield ElementaryClovis, CA · 610 students
- Garfield ElementaryAlhambra, CA · 577 students
- Garfield ElementaryBell Gardens, CA · 455 students
- Garfield ElementaryOakland, CA · 454 students
- Garfield ElementarySanta Ana, CA · 428 students
Nearby schools
- Cabrillo High0.3 mi · 1,652
- Hudson0.4 mi · 224
- Stephens Middle0.8 mi · 658
- Lafayette Elementary1.0 mi · 827
- Muir K-81.1 mi · 1,029
- Birney Elementary1.1 mi · 501
Frequently asked questions
About Garfield ElementaryHow many students attend Garfield Elementary?
Garfield Elementary enrolls approximately 536 students in grades KG-05.
What grades does Garfield Elementary serve?
Garfield Elementary serves grades KG-05.
How many teachers does Garfield Elementary have?
Garfield Elementary employs 21 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 26.1:1.
How diverse is Garfield Elementary?
Garfield Elementary reports a student body of 2% White, 77% Hispanic, 6% Black, 14% Asian, 1% Two or more.
Who oversees Garfield Elementary?
Garfield Elementary is overseen by Long Beach Unified in Los Angeles County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.