Enrollment
248
Elementary
DISTRICT 200 · STATE 381
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·CHICAGO HEIGHTS SD 170·NCES 170996001220
Garfield Elementary School
140 E 23rd St, Chicago Heights, IL 60411 · (708) 756-4150 · Cook County
GRADES KG–05ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL248 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
12.4:1
20 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 13.4:1 · STATE 13.9:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
98%
244 students
DISTRICT 97% · STATE 56%
Community
0
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Pre-K | 12 | 5% |
| Kindergarten | 46 | 19% |
| Grade 1 | 30 | 12% |
| Grade 2 | 38 | 15% |
| Grade 3 | 45 | 18% |
| Grade 4 | 37 | 15% |
| Grade 5 | 40 | 16% |
This year's kindergarten class (46) is 15% larger than its 5th grade class (40).
Student demographics
18%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 47% · STATE 69% · 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
School pathway
Students here typically continue to
Garfield Elementary School→Chicago Heights Middle School
Feeds from
Based on grade levels within Chicago Heights SD 170. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
IAR + ISA 2024-25 . % Proficient (Levels 4-5)English Language Arts
33.3%
IL avg 51.0% . +11.8pp since 2023
Math
34.3%
IL avg 37.9% . +19.3pp since 2023
What this means: On the IAR + ISA, Illinois's statewide test, about 33 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 34 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Illinois schools, those numbers are about 51 and 38. Reading and writing scores are up about 12 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 19 points.
IAR + ISA results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 33.3% | 34.3% |
| 2023-24 | 21.5% | 15.0% |
% Proficient (Levels 4-5), all students and all tested grades.
Source: IAR + ISA. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyTier
OUTPERFORMING
Top 10% of IL schools after controlling for student poverty
Actual proficiency
29.3%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
14.7%
based on IL schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+14.6pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 29% of students here test proficient in math and reading, well above the roughly 15% typical for Illinois schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations ranks schools against others at the same poverty level, not by raw scores, so a school can post high scores and still fall short of its prediction, or post lower scores and still beat it. This school clears its prediction by about 15 points, placing it in Illinois's top 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 School
Garfield Elementary School's state test result (29.3% proficient) is higher than 4 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Garfield Elementary School this school | 248 | 98.4% | 29.3% |
| Hammond Elementary School Chicago | 259 | 94.2% | 20.7% |
| A O Marshall Elementary School Joliet | 246 | 95.1% | 19.2% |
| Forest Park Individual Ed School Joliet | 263 | 100.0% | 47.4% |
| Whittier Elementary School Chicago | 221 | 93.7% | 13.9% |
| Pilsen Elementary Community Academy Chicago | 217 | 92.2% | 16.3% |
Matched among Illinois 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 School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Illinois | In Cook County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 29.3% | #1,294 of 1,925 | #410 of 760 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 34.3% | #1,135 of 2,077 ▲ 266 | #343 of 829 ▲ 109 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 33.3% | #1,573 of 2,077 ▼ 56 | #565 of 829 ▼ 13 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 248 | #1,827 of 2,419 | #749 of 901 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 12.4:1 | #687 of 2,035 | #323 of 817 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 17.6% | #1,694 of 2,042 | #641 of 819 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 98.4% | #56 of 2,132 | #37 of 804 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -23.9% | #321 of 1,461 | #200 of 661 |
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
248
+46 (+23%) vs 2020
-37% since 1990-91, when it was 394
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 | 248 | 20 | 12.4:1 | 98% (244) |
| 2023-24 | 219 | 16.7 | 13.1:1 | 99% (216) |
| 2022-23 | 215 | 19 | 11.3:1 | 97% (208) |
| 2020-21 | 202 | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| 2017-18 | 326 | 27 | 12.1:1 | 100% (326) |
| 2015-16 | 396 | 31 | 12.8:1 | 100% (396) |
| 2010-11 | 441 | 26 | 17.0:1 | 99% (435) |
| 2000-01 | 426 | 21 | 20.3:1 | N/A |
| 1990-91 | 394 | 19 | 20.7:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Garfield Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students down 24% (326 to 248); teachers down 26% (27 to 20).
About Garfield Elementary School
Garfield Elementary School, located in Chicago Heights, Illinois, is a small elementary school. The school serves 248 students in kindergarten through 5 in 2024-25. The average among elementary schools in Illinois is roughly 381 students; this school is 35% smaller than that.
Chicago Heights SD 170 enrolls 2,674 students in 10 schools, including Garfield Elementary School.
Hispanic students make up 90% of enrollment at Garfield Elementary School. Other students are 9% Black. That is higher than the 27% Hispanic share among all Cook County residents. The school's diversity index is 18%, meaning two students picked at random have an 18% chance of belonging to different racial or ethnic groups.
A ratio of 12.4:1 comes from the school's 20 full-time-equivalent teachers. The school has fewer students per teacher than the 13.9:1 average for elementary schools in Illinois. The lunch program counts 98% of students at Garfield Elementary School as eligible for free or reduced-price meals. By comparison, the figure for public schools in Cook County is 66%.
Garfield Elementary School outperforms its prediction by 14.6 points. The model expects 14.7% for a school with its free or reduced-price lunch share in Illinois; the school's rate is 29.3%.
Federal survey data for Cook County show that the median household income is $83,498, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 43% of adults, and the poverty rate is about 10%. Cook County is home to 1,406 public schools and about 697,934 public school students.
Of nearby public schools, U S Grant Elementary School is the closest, at about 0.6 miles. In all, at least 8 other public schools sit within five miles of Garfield Elementary School. Its average proficiency rate of 29.3% is below the 32.6% average for nearby schools.
The NCES locale for Garfield Elementary School is Suburb: Large, which covers schools in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
Federal data show a 23% enrollment rise, from 202 in 2020-21 to 248 in 2024-25.
The Garfield Elementary School community page is open for posts about sports schedules, lunch menus, and spirit week. Anyone with firsthand experience at this school can post or comment.
Cook County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
5,182,090
Census ACS
Median income
$83,498
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
43%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
10%
Below federal line
Schools in county
1,406
697,934 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Chicago Heights SD 170
- Chicago Heights Middle SchoolMiddle · 872 students
- Roosevelt Elementary SchoolElementary · 353 students
- Washington-McKinley Elementary SchoolElementary · 286 students
- Kennedy Elementary SchoolElementary · 193 students
- Greenbriar Elementary SchoolElementary · 174 students
- Wilson Elementary SchoolElementary · 160 students
Other schools in Chicago Heights
- Bloom High SchoolHigh · 1,823 students
- Bloom Trail High SchoolHigh · 1,218 students
- Barack Obama School of LdershipMiddle · 367 students
- Roosevelt Elementary SchoolElementary · 353 students
- Serena Hills Elementary SchoolElementary · 305 students
- Washington-McKinley Elementary SchoolElementary · 286 students
Other Garfield Elementary schools
51 other US public schools in 21 states are named Garfield Elementary. Garfield Elementary School is the 39th largest of the 52.
- Garfield Elementary SchoolMaywood, IL · 411 students
- Garfield Elementary SchoolForest Park, IL · 186 students
- Garfield Elementary SchoolRevere, MA · 639 students
- Garfield Elementary SchoolDEL RIO, TX · 635 students
- Garfield ElementaryClovis, CA · 610 students
Nearby schools
- U S Grant Elementary School0.6 mi · 147
- Lincoln Elementary School0.7 mi · 84
- Washington-McKinley Elementary School0.7 mi · 286
- Steger Primary Center1.2 mi · 396
- Jefferson Elementary School1.2 mi · 157
- Roosevelt Elementary School1.4 mi · 353
Frequently asked questions
About Garfield Elementary SchoolHow large is Garfield Elementary School?
Garfield Elementary School enrolls approximately 248 students in grades KG-05.
Is Garfield Elementary School an elementary, middle, or high school?
Garfield Elementary School is an elementary school covering grades KG-05.
How many teachers does Garfield Elementary School have?
Garfield Elementary School employs 20 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 12.4:1.
What is the student diversity at Garfield Elementary School?
Student demographics at Garfield Elementary School are roughly 1% White, 90% Hispanic, 9% Black.
What district is Garfield Elementary School in?
Garfield Elementary School is part of Chicago Heights SD 170.
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