Garfield ES

As a cozy elementary campus in Washington, District of Columbia, Garfield ES teaches 252 students from grades pre-K through 5, one of the schools within District of Columbia Public Schools. Enrollment runs roughly 28% smaller than the state mean of about 348.

District of Columbia Public Schools runs 117 schools in total, collectively educating 52,030 students. Garfield ES is one of those campuses.

For racial and ethnic makeup, Garfield ES reports that 94% of students identify as Black, making the school strongly Black-majority. Beyond that, the school records 4% Hispanic. The wider county runs roughly 42% Black, putting the school's mix visibly more Black than the area baseline.

On the resource side, The school reports having 25 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 10.3:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 11.0:1 average.

In the broader community, community-level numbers for District of Columbia indicate the typical household earns roughly $109,870 per year, roughly 64% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 12% of residents live below the federal poverty line. In all, District of Columbia runs 247 public schools (combined enrollment of about 94,385 students), of which Garfield ES is one.

AppleTree Early Learning Center PCS - Douglas Knoll is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.3 miles from this campus. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools.

Garfield ES operates from a high-density location.

Trend over the last 7 years. Over the past 7-year window, the student count fell 16%: 301 students in 2018 compared to 252 in 2025. Black enrollment moved from 100% to 94% across the same window. Class-load math has pulled in: from 14.0:1 in 2018 to 10.3:1 in 2025.

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