Garfield High

Set in San Diego, California, Garfield High is a minimally staffed senior high, one of the schools within San Diego Unified. It enrolls 226 students across grades 9 through 12. By comparison, California's public schools average about 838 students each, so Garfield High sits 73% below that benchmark.

Across the 174 schools in San Diego Unified (94,828 students total), Garfield High accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

On demographics, Garfield High lists that the student body is overwhelmingly Hispanic (85%); the rest breaks down as 6% Black, 4% White, 4% multiracial. That is meaningfully more Hispanic than the county at large, where the share is closer to 35%.

On the resource side, Staff filings list 22 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 10.3:1 students per teacher. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 18.2:1, putting Garfield High tighter than the state norm the norm. An estimated 95% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. Set against San Diego County (around 54%), the school's rate is north of typical.

Around the school, census data for San Diego County shows median household earnings sit near $106,268, roughly 43% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 7%. Garfield High is one of 766 public schools in San Diego County (combined enrollment of about 467,437 students).

Nearest neighbor: East Village Middle College High, around 0.2 miles off. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools.

The campus sits in an inner-city setting.

Over the past 7-year window. Garfield High's enrollment has fell 8% since 2018, when it stood at 246 (now 226). Over the same period, the Hispanic share decreased from 91% to 85%.

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