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What's the biggest difference between Garfield Elementary and what you expected?
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Enrollment
428
Elementary
DISTRICT 530 · STATE 465
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·SANTA ANA UNIFIED·NCES 063531009634
Garfield Elementary
850 East Brown St., Santa Ana, CA 92701 · (714) 972-5300 · Orange County
GRADES KG–05ELEMENTARY11-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL428 STUDENTS
C
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Scored higher than 32% of California public elementary schools
- C-Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- B-Beats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- B+Three-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
22.5:1
19 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 21.3:1 · STATE 22.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
93%
397 students
DISTRICT 91% · 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 | 75 | 18% |
| Grade 1 | 65 | 15% |
| Grade 2 | 67 | 16% |
| Grade 3 | 60 | 14% |
| Grade 4 | 79 | 18% |
| Grade 5 | 82 | 19% |
This year's kindergarten class (75) is 9% smaller than its 5th grade class (82).
Student demographics
6%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 8% · 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
26.1%
CA avg 49.1% . +14.1pp since 2014
Math
20.2%
CA avg 37.7% . +5.2pp since 2014
What this means: On the CAASPP, California's statewide test, about 26 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 20 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 14 points since 2014, while math scores are up about 5 points.
Performance levels, 2024-25
| Subject | Standard Exceeded | Standard Met | Standard Nearly Met | Standard Not Met |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| English Language Arts | 11.4% | 14.7% | 26.1% | 47.9% |
| Math | 8.4% | 11.7% | 25.8% | 54.0% |
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 | 26.1% | 20.2% |
| 2023-24 | 29.3% | 23.4% |
| 2022-23 | 22.9% | 17.8% |
| 2021-22 | 19.7% | 14.5% |
| 2018-19 | 35.6% | 29.8% |
| 2017-18 | 31.3% | 27.6% |
| 2016-17 | 23.0% | 26.2% |
| 2015-16 | 22.0% | 21.0% |
| 2014-15 | 12.0% | 15.0% |
% 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
24.8%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
25.2%
based on CA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-0.3pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 25% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 25% 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 (24.8% proficient) is higher than 0 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Garfield Elementary this school | 428 | 92.8% | 24.8% |
| Wilson Elementary Santa Ana | 422 | 92.9% | 31.0% |
| George Washington Carver Elementary Santa Ana | 429 | 93.2% | 26.6% |
| Willow Elementary South Gate | 420 | 93.3% | 45.0% |
| Martin Elementary Santa Ana | 443 | 93.5% | 30.4% |
| San Antonio Elementary Huntington Park | 424 | 93.6% | 35.3% |
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 Orange County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 24.8% | #4,092 of 5,151 | #348 of 381 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 20.2% | #4,288 of 5,172 ▼ 486 | #358 of 382 ▼ 28 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 26.1% | #4,381 of 5,172 ▼ 526 | #358 of 382 ▼ 27 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +6.0pp | #1,381 of 5,116 | #77 of 381 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 428 | #3,312 of 5,915 | #260 of 404 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 22.5:1 | #2,583 of 5,352 | #123 of 398 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 6.4% | #5,132 of 5,354 | #375 of 398 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 92.8% | #738 of 5,625 | #37 of 400 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -44.4% | #83 of 3,837 | #10 of 324 |
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
428
-205 (-32%) vs 2020
+6% since 1990-91, when it was 404
Student : Teacher
22.5:1
was 26.4:1
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 | 428 | 19 | 22.5:1 | 93% (397) |
| 2023-24 | 462 | 21.1 | 21.9:1 | 84% (389) |
| 2022-23 | 509 | 26.1 | 19.5:1 | 81% (414) |
| 2020-21 | 633 | 24 | 26.4:1 | 89% (561) |
| 2017-18 | 770 | 27 | 28.5:1 | 89% (684) |
| 2015-16 | 772 | 26 | 29.7:1 | 94% (728) |
| 2010-11 | 696 | N/A | N/A | 95% (661) |
| 2000-01 | 1,127 | 49 | 23.0:1 | 91% (1,028) |
| 1990-91 | 404 | 14 | 28.9:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Garfield Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students down 44% (770 to 428); teachers down 29% (27 to 19).
About Garfield Elementary
Garfield Elementary operates as a medium-sized elementary school in Santa Ana, California. A total of 428 students attend the school, which covers kindergarten through 5.
Garfield Elementary reports to Santa Ana Unified, which has 51 schools and 35,993 students.
The large majority of students at Garfield Elementary, 97%, are Hispanic. The county population is about 34% Hispanic. Garfield Elementary has a diversity index of 6%, compared with 70% for all US public school students.
Federal data list 19 full-time-equivalent teachers at Garfield Elementary in 2024-25, for a ratio of 22.5:1. Across elementary schools in California, the average ratio is about 22.3:1. The lunch program counts 93% of students at Garfield Elementary as eligible for free or reduced-price meals. On average, public schools in Orange County report 55%.
allk12 grades Garfield Elementary a C. The grade compares the school only with California public elementary schools, because each state gives its own test.
Predicted from its free or reduced-price lunch share, Garfield Elementary would score about 25.2%. It scores 24.8%, within a point of that figure.
Across Orange County, median household income is about $116,289, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 44% of adults, and the poverty rate is about 7%. The public schools of Orange County number 649 and enroll about 430,458.
The closest public school, Edward B. Cole Academy, is about 0.4 miles from Garfield Elementary. Around the school, at least 8 other public schools are within five miles. Of the 4 nearby schools with scores, including this one, Garfield Elementary is 2nd on average proficiency.
Locale: City: Large. In NCES terms, the school is inside a principal city with a population of 250,000 or more.
From 2020-21 to 2024-25, Garfield Elementary went from 633 students to 428. The student-to-teacher ratio went down from 26.4:1 to 22.5:1.
Posts about sports tryouts, band and choir, and theater are welcome on this page. Reviews and ratings from people who know the school are welcome.
Orange County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
3,165,820
Census ACS
Median income
$116,289
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
44%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
7%
Below federal line
Schools in county
649
430,458 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Santa Ana Unified
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- Saddleback HighHigh · 1,451 students
Other schools in Santa Ana
- Santa Ana HighHigh · 2,505 students
- Segerstrom HighHigh · 2,376 students
- OCSAHigh · 2,346 students
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- Valley HighHigh · 1,908 students
- Hector G. GodinezHigh · 1,687 students
Other Garfield Elementary schools
51 other US public schools in 21 states are named Garfield Elementary. Garfield Elementary is the 16th 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
- Edward B. Cole Academy0.4 mi · 431
- Roosevelt Walker Academy0.5 mi · 675
- REACH Academy0.5 mi · 36
- OCSA0.6 mi · 2,346
- Orange County Educational Arts Academy0.6 mi · 643
- Wallace R. Davis Elementary0.6 mi · 413
Frequently asked questions
About Garfield ElementaryHow many students attend Garfield Elementary?
Garfield Elementary enrolls approximately 428 students in grades KG-05.
What age range does Garfield Elementary serve?
Garfield Elementary serves students from grade KG through grade 05.
How many teachers does Garfield Elementary have?
Garfield Elementary employs 19 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 22.5:1.
What is the student diversity at Garfield Elementary?
Student demographics at Garfield Elementary are roughly 0% White, 97% Hispanic, 1% Asian, 1% Two or more.
Who oversees Garfield Elementary?
Garfield Elementary is overseen by Santa Ana Unified in Orange County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.