Garfield Elementary School

Garfield Elementary School operates as a mid-sized K-5 school in Davenport, Iowa, overseen by Davenport Comm School District. Current enrollment sits at 393 students spanning grades K through 5. That puts it 21% above the typical public school in Iowa, which averages around 325 students.

Garfield Elementary School is one of 27 schools operated by Davenport Comm School District, a district that educates 12,812 students overall.

In terms of who attends, Garfield Elementary School shows that 42% of students identify as White, with the remaining enrollment distributed across several groups. Other groups include 26% Black, 16% Hispanic, 15% multiracial. The wider county runs roughly 79% White, putting the school's mix visibly less White than the area baseline.

Looking at school resources, The school reports having 28 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 13.9:1. That tracks the state average closely. About 59% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. By comparison, Scott County runs at roughly 38%, so the school's eligibility rate is higher than the surrounding baseline.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, Garfield Elementary School is in the bottom 10% of Iowa public schools. The BeatsExpectations model predicts schools with this FRL share to land around 62.4%; Garfield Elementary School posts 47.9%, -14.5 points below that line.

In the surrounding community, census data for Scott County shows the typical household earns roughly $78,277 per year, 37% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 7%. Across Scott County's 53 public schools (combined enrollment of about 26,100 students), Garfield Elementary School is one campus in the mix.

Nearest neighbor: Sudlow Middle School, around 0.8 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Garfield Elementary School. 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 52.7%.

Garfield Elementary School operates from a downtown location.

Five-year trend. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Garfield Elementary School has held roughly steady, going from 393 students in 2018 to 393 in 2025. Hispanic enrollment moved from 9% to 16% across the same window.

On the community side, recent activity here tends to focus on school events, parent volunteer needs, and clubs. The community welcomes input from current and former families.