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What's something Garfield Elementary does better than most schools?
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Enrollment
280
Elementary
DISTRICT 507 · STATE 465
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·REDWOOD CITY ELEMENTARY·NCES 063213004965
Garfield Elementary
3600 Middlefield Rd., Menlo Park, CA 94025 · (650) 482-2405 · San Mateo County
GRADES KG–05ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL280 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
20.1:1
14 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 20.8:1 · STATE 22.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
95%
265 students
DISTRICT 62% · STATE 65%
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 | 41 | 15% |
| Grade 1 | 56 | 20% |
| Grade 2 | 44 | 16% |
| Grade 3 | 47 | 17% |
| Grade 4 | 47 | 17% |
| Grade 5 | 45 | 16% |
This year's kindergarten class (41) is 9% smaller than its 5th grade class (45).
Student demographics
5%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 54% · 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
18.2%
CA avg 49.1% . -5.8pp since 2014
Math
8.3%
CA avg 37.7% . -3.7pp since 2014
What this means: On the CAASPP, California's statewide test, about 18 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 8 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all California schools, those numbers are about 49 and 38. Reading and writing scores are down about 6 points since 2014, while math scores are down about 4 points.
Performance levels, 2024-25
| Subject | Standard Exceeded | Standard Met | Standard Nearly Met | Standard Not Met |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| English Language Arts | 1.5% | 16.7% | 13.6% | 68.2% |
| Math | 1.5% | 6.8% | 25.8% | 65.9% |
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 | 18.2% | 8.3% |
| 2023-24 | 13.0% | 7.8% |
| 2022-23 | 16.6% | 8.6% |
| 2021-22 | 16.9% | 10.3% |
| 2018-19 | 33.8% | 23.5% |
| 2017-18 | 30.6% | 16.2% |
| 2016-17 | 32.3% | 21.1% |
| 2015-16 | 29.0% | 17.0% |
| 2014-15 | 24.0% | 12.0% |
% 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
11.6%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
24.1%
based on CA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-12.5pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 12% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 24% 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 (11.6% proficient) is higher than 0 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Garfield Elementary this school | 280 | 94.6% | 11.6% |
| Park Avenue Elementary Cudahy | 274 | 94.2% | 23.3% |
| Arellanes (Don Juan Bautista) Elementary Santa Maria | 298 | 95.3% | 28.2% |
| Huntington Park Elementary Huntington Park | 261 | 95.4% | 31.9% |
| Furgeson (Venn W.) Elementary Hawaiian Gardens | 297 | 92.6% | 27.6% |
| Pomona Elementary Costa Mesa | 264 | 94.3% | 29.1% |
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 San Mateo County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 11.6% | #5,069 of 5,151 | #93 of 96 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 8.3% | #5,105 of 5,172 ▼ 14 | #94 of 96 no change |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 18.2% | #4,939 of 5,172 ▲ 144 | #89 of 96 ▲ 4 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest drop first | -0.3pp | #1,705 of 5,116 | #49 of 96 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 280 | #4,926 of 5,915 | #84 of 106 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 20.1:1 | #994 of 5,352 | #29 of 99 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 4.9% | #5,203 of 5,354 | #99 of 99 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 94.6% | #491 of 5,625 | #2 of 103 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -50.8% | #26 of 3,837 | #1 of 79 |
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
280
-247 (-47%) vs 2020
-49% since 1990-91, when it was 554
Student : Teacher
20.1:1
was 25.1:1
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 | 280 | 13.9 | 20.1:1 | 95% (265) |
| 2023-24 | 395 | 20.3 | 19.5:1 | 95% (374) |
| 2022-23 | 515 | 19.9 | 25.9:1 | 81% (416) |
| 2020-21 | 527 | 21 | 25.1:1 | 84% (445) |
| 2017-18 | 569 | 22.5 | 25.3:1 | 71% (403) |
| 2015-16 | 630 | 26 | 24.2:1 | 78% (489) |
| 2010-11 | 663 | N/A | N/A | 91% (604) |
| 2000-01 | 727 | 45 | 16.2:1 | 79% (571) |
| 1990-91 | 554 | 23 | 24.1:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Garfield Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students down 51% (569 to 280); teachers down 38% (22.5 to 13.9).
About Garfield Elementary
Garfield Elementary is a low-enrollment elementary school. Its address is in Menlo Park, California. Its enrollment is 280 students, spread over kindergarten through 5. On average, elementary schools in California enroll around 465, and this school is 40% below that mark.
Redwood City Elementary operates 12 schools. Combined enrollment is 6,378 students.
The share of Hispanic students at Garfield Elementary is 98%. The school's Hispanic share is 73 points above the 25% share among San Mateo County residents. The diversity index for Garfield Elementary is 5%. For US public schools as a whole it is 70%.
Based on 13.9 full-time-equivalent teachers, Garfield Elementary has a ratio of 20.1:1. The gap from the 22.3:1 average for elementary schools in California is 2.2 students per teacher. Eligibility for free or reduced-price lunch stands at 95%. Compared with the 34% average for public schools in San Mateo County, the school's rate is higher.
In California, Garfield Elementary is in the middle band of BeatsExpectations: 11.6% actual against a predicted 24.1%.
The school is in San Mateo County, where median household income comes to about $158,855, 54% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 4% of people live in poverty. San Mateo County's 176 public schools enroll about 82,403 students and include Garfield Elementary.
Measured in a straight line, Everest Public High is about 0.3 miles from Garfield Elementary. Other public schools within five miles: at least 8. The school's 11.6% average proficiency ranks 5th among 5 nearby schools.
Under the NCES locale system, Garfield Elementary is Suburb: Large.
Garfield Elementary reported 527 students in 2020-21 and 280 in 2024-25. Changes that large sometimes follow a school adding or dropping grades, so the two figures may not cover the same grades. The student-to-teacher ratio dropped from 25.1:1 in 2020-21 to 20.1:1 in 2024-25.
Garfield Elementary has a community page on allk12 for topics such as pickup and drop-off, after-school programs, and teacher feedback. Teachers and staff are welcome to share updates too.
San Mateo County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
742,340
Census ACS
Median income
$158,855
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
54%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
4%
Below federal line
Schools in county
176
82,403 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Redwood City Elementary
- John F. Kennedy MiddleMiddle · 808 students
- Clifford ElementaryElementary · 698 students
- Hoover ElementaryElementary · 675 students
- Roy Cloud ElementaryElementary · 636 students
- Adelante Selby Spanish ImmersionElementary · 582 students
- North Star AcademyMiddle · 527 students
Other schools in Menlo Park
- Hillview MiddleMiddle · 846 students
- La Entrada MiddleMiddle · 612 students
- KIPP Valiant Community PrepElementary · 587 students
- Oak Knoll ElementaryElementary · 574 students
- Belle Haven ElementaryElementary · 312 students
- Tide AcademyHigh · 212 students
Other Garfield Elementary schools
51 other US public schools in 21 states are named Garfield Elementary. Garfield Elementary is the 33rd largest of the 52.
- Garfield ElementaryClovis, CA · 610 students
- Garfield ElementaryAlhambra, CA · 577 students
- Garfield ElementaryLong Beach, CA · 536 students
- Garfield ElementaryBell Gardens, CA · 455 students
- Garfield ElementaryOakland, CA · 454 students
Nearby schools
- Everest Public High0.3 mi · 224
- Connect Community Charter0.6 mi · 143
- KIPP Excelencia Community Preparatory0.6 mi · 711
- Taft Elementary0.9 mi · 357
- Encinal Elementary1.0 mi · 604
- Hoover Elementary1.1 mi · 675
Frequently asked questions
About Garfield ElementaryHow many students attend Garfield Elementary?
Garfield Elementary enrolls approximately 280 students in grades KG-05.
What age range does Garfield Elementary serve?
Garfield Elementary serves students from grade KG through grade 05.
How many students per teacher at Garfield Elementary?
Approximately 20.1:1 students per teacher at Garfield Elementary.
What is the student diversity at Garfield Elementary?
Student demographics at Garfield Elementary are roughly 1% White, 98% Hispanic, 1% Asian, 0% Two or more.
Is Garfield Elementary public or private?
Garfield Elementary is a public K-12 school, overseen by Redwood City Elementary.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.