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Enrollment
411
Elementary
DISTRICT 412 · STATE 381
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·MAYWOOD-MELROSE PARK-BROADVIEW 89·NCES 172511002738
Garfield Elementary School
1514 S 9th Ave, Maywood, IL 60153 · (708) 450-2009 · Cook County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL411 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
12.8:1
32 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 13.7:1 · STATE 13.9:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
61%
249 students
DISTRICT 58% · STATE 56%
Community
5
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 | 22 | 5% |
| Kindergarten | 52 | 13% |
| Grade 1 | 58 | 14% |
| Grade 2 | 67 | 16% |
| Grade 3 | 78 | 19% |
| Grade 4 | 73 | 18% |
| Grade 5 | 57 | 14% |
| Grade 6 | 1 | 0% |
| Grade 7 | 3 | 1% |
Student demographics
53%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 45% · 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→Stevenson Middle School
Based on grade levels within Maywood-Melrose Park-Broadview 89. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
IAR + ISA 2024-25 . % Proficient (Levels 4-5)English Language Arts
36.5%
IL avg 51.0% . +14.6pp since 2023
Math
11.6%
IL avg 37.9% . +7.5pp since 2023
What this means: On the IAR + ISA, Illinois's statewide test, about 37 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 12 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 15 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 8 points.
IAR + ISA results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 36.5% | 11.6% |
| 2023-24 | 21.9% | 4.1% |
% 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
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
23.4%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
36.5%
based on IL schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-13.2pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 23% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 37% typical for Illinois 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 Illinois'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 School
Garfield Elementary School's state test result (23.4% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Garfield Elementary School this school | 411 | 60.6% | 23.4% |
| Emerson Elementary School Maywood | 364 | 57.4% | 22.0% |
| Hillside Elementary School Hillside | 440 | 60.9% | 31.4% |
| Wentworth Intermediate School Calumet City | 315 | 62.5% | 14.7% |
| Sayre Elementary Language Academy Chicago | 377 | 56.8% | 31.5% |
| Steger Intermediate Center Steger | 465 | 63.4% | 28.9% |
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 | 23.4% | #1,499 of 1,925 | #502 of 760 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 11.6% | #1,852 of 2,077 ▲ 60 | #677 of 829 ▲ 49 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 36.5% | #1,467 of 2,077 ▲ 38 | #523 of 829 ▲ 25 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 411 | #954 of 2,419 | #412 of 901 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 12.8:1 | #811 of 2,035 | #385 of 817 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 52.7% | #839 of 2,042 | #303 of 819 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 60.6% | #995 of 2,132 | #536 of 804 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -5.9% | #1,150 of 1,461 | #548 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
411
-32 (-7%) vs 2020
-16% since 1990-91, when it was 488
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 | 411 | 32.2 | 12.8:1 | 61% (249) |
| 2023-24 | 493 | 33.5 | 14.7:1 | 58% (287) |
| 2022-23 | 435 | 35 | 12.4:1 | 42% (181) |
| 2020-21 | 443 | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| 2017-18 | 437 | 26.3 | 16.6:1 | 44% (194) |
| 2015-16 | 467 | 24 | 19.5:1 | 72% (337) |
| 2010-11 | 468 | 25 | 18.7:1 | 54% (255) |
| 2000-01 | 673 | 35 | 19.2:1 | N/A |
| 1990-91 | 488 | 25 | 19.5:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Garfield Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students down 6% (437 to 411); teachers up 22% (26.3 to 32.2).
About Garfield Elementary School
Garfield Elementary School is a medium-sized elementary school in Maywood, Illinois. Enrollment is 411 students in 2024-25, and the school serves pre-K through 5.
Maywood-Melrose Park-Broadview 89 serves 4,081 students across 9 schools.
Garfield Elementary School's enrollment is 51% Black. The remaining shares are 46% Hispanic and 2% multiracial. Census estimates put the Black share of Cook County's population at about 22%. By the diversity index, Garfield Elementary School comes in at 53%.
The school employs the equivalent of 32.2 full-time teachers, for a ratio of 12.8:1. Among elementary schools in Illinois, the typical ratio is 13.9:1. The free or reduced-price lunch share, often used to gauge student poverty, is 61%.
On the allk12 BeatsExpectations measure, Garfield Elementary School is 13.2 points below the average proficiency rate on state tests predicted for its free or reduced-price lunch share: 23.4% actual, 36.5% predicted. That is outside both the top and bottom 10% in Illinois.
Across Cook County, median household income is about $83,498, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 43%, and roughly 10% of residents are in poverty. Garfield Elementary School is among the 1,406 public schools in Cook County.
The nearest public school is Roosevelt Elementary School, at about 0.5 miles. There are at least 8 other public schools within five miles. On state test proficiency, Garfield Elementary School ranks 5th in a group of 9 nearby schools.
Garfield Elementary School has an NCES locale of Suburb: Large.
The 2024-25 enrollment of 411 was 7% lower than in 2020-21, when it was 443.
The Garfield Elementary School community page is open for posts about school events, clubs, and volunteer needs. Posting is open to anyone connected to the school.
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 Maywood-Melrose Park-Broadview 89
- Stevenson Middle SchoolMiddle · 682 students
- Melrose Park Elementary SchoolElementary · 602 students
- Irving Middle SchoolMiddle · 515 students
- Lincoln Elementary SchoolElementary · 431 students
- Jane Addams Elementary SchoolElementary · 385 students
- Emerson Elementary SchoolElementary · 364 students
Other schools in Maywood
- Proviso East High SchoolHigh · 1,663 students
- Irving Middle SchoolMiddle · 515 students
- Lincoln Elementary SchoolElementary · 431 students
- Emerson Elementary SchoolElementary · 364 students
- Washington Dual Language AcademyElementary · 346 students
- ALOP Academic Learning ProgramHigh
Other Garfield Elementary schools
51 other US public schools in 21 states are named Garfield Elementary. Garfield Elementary School is the 19th largest of the 52.
- Garfield Elementary SchoolChicago Heights, IL · 248 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
- Roosevelt Elementary School0.5 mi · 345
- Washington Dual Language Academy0.6 mi · 346
- Irving Middle School0.6 mi · 515
- Proviso East High School0.7 mi · 1,663
- Emerson Elementary School0.7 mi · 364
- Proviso Math and Science Academy0.9 mi · 925
Frequently asked questions
About Garfield Elementary SchoolWhat is the total enrollment at Garfield Elementary School?
Garfield Elementary School enrolls approximately 411 students in grades PK-05.
What age range does Garfield Elementary School serve?
Garfield Elementary School serves students from grade PK through grade 05.
How many teachers does Garfield Elementary School have?
Garfield Elementary School employs 32 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 12.8:1.
What is the student diversity at Garfield Elementary School?
Student demographics at Garfield Elementary School are roughly 0% White, 46% Hispanic, 51% Black, 2% Two or more.
Who oversees Garfield Elementary School?
Garfield Elementary School is overseen by Maywood-Melrose Park-Broadview 89 in Cook County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.