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Which teacher or staff member at Garfield Elementary deserves more recognition?
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Enrollment
454
Elementary
DISTRICT 341 · STATE 465
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·OAKLAND UNIFIED·NCES 062805004265
Garfield Elementary
1640 22nd Ave., Oakland, CA 94606 · (510) 879-2118 · Alameda County
GRADES KG–05ELEMENTARY11-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL454 STUDENTS
D
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Scored higher than 10% of California public elementary schools
- DTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- CBeats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- CThree-year trend Change in reading and math proficiency over the last three test years.
Grades compare a school only with schools in the same state, because every state gives its own test. How grades work · Top-graded California public elementary schools
Student : Teacher
24.5:1
19 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 22.1:1 · STATE 22.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
98%
445 students
DISTRICT 83% · 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 | 82 | 18% |
| Grade 1 | 70 | 15% |
| Grade 2 | 74 | 16% |
| Grade 3 | 74 | 16% |
| Grade 4 | 65 | 14% |
| Grade 5 | 89 | 20% |
This year's kindergarten class (82) is 8% smaller than its 5th grade class (89).
Student demographics
57%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 70% · 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
12.6%
CA avg 49.1% . -5.4pp since 2014
Math
17.2%
CA avg 37.7% . -1.8pp since 2014
What this means: On the CAASPP, California's statewide test, about 13 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 17 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 5 points since 2014, while math scores are down about 2 points.
Performance levels, 2024-25
| Subject | Standard Exceeded | Standard Met | Standard Nearly Met | Standard Not Met |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| English Language Arts | 2.3% | 10.3% | 13.6% | 73.8% |
| Math | 7.9% | 9.3% | 22.3% | 60.5% |
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 | 12.6% | 17.2% |
| 2023-24 | 16.3% | 17.8% |
| 2022-23 | 14.8% | 17.8% |
| 2021-22 | 16.2% | 15.3% |
| 2018-19 | 25.5% | 27.7% |
| 2017-18 | 21.1% | 19.8% |
| 2016-17 | 21.2% | 18.7% |
| 2015-16 | 16.0% | 19.0% |
| 2014-15 | 18.0% | 19.0% |
% 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
16.0%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
22.1%
based on CA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-6.1pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 16% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 22% 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 (16.0% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Garfield Elementary this school | 454 | 98.0% | 16.0% |
| Central Elementary San Diego | 497 | 95.2% | 22.5% |
| David L. Greenberg Elementary Fresno | 490 | 95.3% | 36.4% |
| Michael J. Castori Elementary Sacramento | 545 | 92.3% | 19.8% |
| Robinson Elementary Fresno | 525 | 90.7% | 30.5% |
| Oak Ridge Elementary Sacramento | 429 | 96.5% | 15.4% |
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 Alameda County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 16.0% | #4,880 of 5,151 | #163 of 189 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 17.2% | #4,555 of 5,172 ▼ 144 | #159 of 192 no change |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 12.6% | #5,104 of 5,172 ▼ 137 | #177 of 192 ▼ 3 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest drop first | -0.8pp | #1,545 of 5,116 | #89 of 187 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 454 | #2,990 of 5,915 | #112 of 216 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 24.5:1 | #4,127 of 5,352 | #139 of 201 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 56.7% | #2,155 of 5,354 | #117 of 201 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 98.0% | #92 of 5,625 | #13 of 211 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -30.6% | #504 of 3,837 | #23 of 138 |
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
454
-150 (-25%) vs 2020
-62% since 1990-91, when it was 1,203
Student : Teacher
24.5:1
was 22.4:1
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 | 454 | 18.5 | 24.5:1 | 98% (445) |
| 2023-24 | 483 | 20.1 | 24.0:1 | 98% (472) |
| 2022-23 | 498 | 22.5 | 22.1:1 | 96% (479) |
| 2020-21 | 604 | 27 | 22.4:1 | 92% (557) |
| 2017-18 | 654 | 25 | 26.2:1 | 93% (606) |
| 2015-16 | 606 | 25 | 24.2:1 | 95% (573) |
| 2010-11 | 581 | N/A | N/A | 91% (527) |
| 2000-01 | 942 | 49 | 19.2:1 | 84% (790) |
| 1990-91 | 1,203 | 51 | 23.6:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Garfield Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students down 31% (654 to 454); teachers down 26% (25 to 18.5).
About Garfield Elementary
Garfield Elementary is the name of a medium-sized elementary school in Oakland, California. The school enrolls 454 students, from kindergarten through 5.
Oakland Unified is the district for Garfield Elementary. It has 84 schools and 33,973 students.
Hispanic students make up a majority at Garfield Elementary, at 62%. Smaller groups are 16% Asian, 15% Black, and 5% multiracial. For comparison, the population of Alameda County is roughly 23% Hispanic. The school's diversity index is 57%, meaning two students picked at random have a 57% chance of belonging to different racial or ethnic groups.
Garfield Elementary's 18.5 full-time-equivalent teachers put its ratio at 24.5:1. On average, elementary schools in California have 22.3:1, compared with 24.5:1 here. The school's rate of free or reduced-price lunch eligibility is 98%. That is 49 points above the 49% average for public schools in Alameda County.
Measured against California public elementary schools, Garfield Elementary receives a D. The grade weighs proficiency most heavily, then how results compare with what the school's low-income share predicts, then the three-year change.
Garfield Elementary sits between the top and bottom 10% of California schools on BeatsExpectations, with an actual average proficiency rate on state tests of 16.0% and a predicted 22.1%.
Alameda County has about 1,649,473 residents, and the median household income is $129,367, 52% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 6% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Besides Garfield Elementary, Alameda County has 393 other public schools.
Community School for Creative Education is located about 0.2 miles from Garfield Elementary. Around the school, at least 8 other public schools are within five miles. Among its closest neighbors with test data, Garfield Elementary is 3rd of 6 on proficiency.
NCES assigns Garfield Elementary the locale City: Large, meaning inside a principal city with a population of 250,000 or more.
Garfield Elementary's enrollment declined from 604 in 2020-21 to 454 in 2024-25. Students per teacher rose from 22.4 in 2020-21 to 24.5 in 2024-25.
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Alameda County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
1,649,473
Census ACS
Median income
$129,367
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
52%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
6%
Below federal line
Schools in county
394
210,511 students
Quick facts
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Other Garfield Elementary schools
51 other US public schools in 21 states are named Garfield Elementary. Garfield Elementary is the 14th 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 ElementarySanta Ana, CA · 428 students
Nearby schools
- Community School for Creative Education0.2 mi · 183
- Roosevelt Middle0.3 mi · 512
- Downtown Charter Academy0.5 mi · 305
- Think College Now Elementary0.5 mi · 253
- International Community Elementary0.5 mi · 301
- Achieve Academy0.6 mi · 537
Frequently asked questions
About Garfield ElementaryWhat is the total enrollment at Garfield Elementary?
Garfield Elementary enrolls approximately 454 students in grades KG-05.
What grades does Garfield Elementary serve?
Garfield Elementary serves grades KG-05.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Garfield Elementary?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Garfield Elementary is approximately 24.5:1 (19 FTE teachers).
What is the student diversity at Garfield Elementary?
Student demographics at Garfield Elementary are roughly 2% White, 62% Hispanic, 15% Black, 16% Asian, 5% Two or more.
What district is Garfield Elementary in?
Garfield Elementary is part of Oakland Unified.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.