GARFIELD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL

GARFIELD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is a K-5 school of compact scale in BOISE, Idaho, one of the schools within BOISE INDEPENDENT DISTRICT, hosting 278 students in grades pre-K through 6.

GARFIELD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is one of 52 schools operated by BOISE INDEPENDENT DISTRICT, a district that serves 22,134 students overall.

For racial and ethnic makeup, GARFIELD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL logs that 50% of students identify as White, with the remaining enrollment distributed across several groups. Other groups include 22% Hispanic, 17% Black, 6% Asian, 6% multiracial. By comparison, Ada County as a whole is about 83% White, so the school skews meaningfully less White than its surroundings.

In terms of school funding signals, Staff filings list 20 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 13.8:1 students per teacher. The state averages around 18.1:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. Around 97% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. By comparison, Ada County runs at roughly 34%, so the school's eligibility rate is meaningfully above the surrounding baseline.

In the surrounding community, ACS estimates for Ada County put median household earnings sit near $91,502, 45% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 5%. GARFIELD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is one of 156 public schools in Ada County (combined enrollment of about 80,006 students).

The closest other public school is PEACE VALLEY CHARTER SCHOOL, roughly 0.5 miles away. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius.

The campus sits in a downtown setting.

Looking at the recent track record. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at GARFIELD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL has contracted 24%, going from 364 students in 2018 to 278 in 2025. White enrollment moved from 62% to 50% across the same window. The student-to-teacher ratio fell from 15.7:1 in 2018 to 13.8:1 today.

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