Garfield Community School

Garfield Community School operates as a rural-scale senior high in LIVONIA, Michigan, part of Livonia Public Schools School District. Current enrollment sits at 62 students spanning grade 12. By comparison, Michigan's public schools average about 460 students each, so Garfield Community School sits 87% smaller than that benchmark.

Livonia Public Schools School District runs 25 schools in total, collectively educating 12,986 students. Garfield Community School is one of those campuses.

For racial and ethnic makeup, Garfield Community School lists that 56% of the student body identifies as White. The remainder comes out to 26% Black, 10% Asian, 8% Hispanic.

In terms of school funding signals, The school lists 24 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 2.6:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 21.6:1 average. About 32% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. Set against Wayne County (around 66%), the school's rate is south of typical.

Around the school, the surrounding county (Wayne County) shows that median household earnings sit near $60,539, 28% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 16%. In all, Wayne County runs 573 public schools (combined enrollment of about 259,786 students), of which Garfield Community School is one.

Rosedale Elementary is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.6 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Garfield Community School.

Garfield Community School operates from a downtown location.

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