Garfield Elementary School

Garfield Elementary School is an elementary-level community of close-knit scale in Cedar Rapids, Iowa, one of the schools within Cedar Rapids Comm School District, serveing 202 students in grades K through 5. By comparison, Iowa's public schools average about 325 students each, so Garfield Elementary School sits 38% smaller than that benchmark.

Within Cedar Rapids Comm School District, which oversees 35 schools and 15,494 students, Garfield Elementary School is one campus in the system.

In terms of who attends, Garfield Elementary School records that 38% of students identify as White, with the remaining enrollment distributed across several groups. Other groups include 33% Black, 14% multiracial, 12% Hispanic. That is noticeably less White than the county at large, where the share is closer to 84%.

Looking at school resources, The school employs 18 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 12.5:1. The state averages around 13.7:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. An estimated 86% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. By comparison, Linn County runs at roughly 40%, so the school's eligibility rate is meaningfully above the surrounding baseline.

After controlling for student poverty, Garfield Elementary School tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 49.1% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 45.2%.

In the broader community, census data for Linn County shows median household earnings sit near $77,649, roughly 35% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 6% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Garfield Elementary School is one of 83 public schools in Linn County (combined enrollment of about 36,480 students).

Nearest neighbor: Franklin Middle School, around 0.8 miles off. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. Among the 7 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Garfield Elementary School ranks 6th on composite proficiency, behind the local average of 56.9%.

Geographically, the school is in a metropolitan area.

Over the past 6-year window. Over the past 6-year window, the student count decreased 23%: 261 students in 2018 compared to 202 in 2024. The White share of enrollment shrank from 52% to 38% over that span. Class-load math has fell: from 14.8:1 in 2018 to 11.4:1 in 2024.

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