Garfield Elementary School

Garfield Elementary School is a mid-sized elementary school that serves part of PORT HURON, Michigan. It reported 377 students in pre-K through 5 in 2024-25.

Port Huron Area School District has 16 schools and 6,916 students, and Garfield Elementary School is one of those schools.

Of every 100 students at Garfield Elementary School, about 72 are White. Other reported shares: 15% multiracial, 8% Black, and 5% Hispanic. St. Clair County's residents are about 91% White, 19 points above the school's share. On the diversity index, which measures the chance that two random students are from different groups, Garfield Elementary School scores 45%.

With 34 full-time-equivalent teachers, the student-to-teacher ratio is about 11.1:1. Elementary schools in Michigan have an average ratio of 15.8:1. Student poverty is often measured by lunch eligibility; at Garfield Elementary School, 68% qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. The rate at public schools in St. Clair County averages 46%, lower than here.

Looking at the county, St. Clair County, the median household earns about $71,270 a year, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 20%, and about 8% of people live in poverty. Counting Garfield Elementary School, St. Clair County has 57 public schools.

Garfield Elementary School is about 0.8 miles from H D Crull Elementary School, its nearest public school. Around the school, at least 8 other public schools are within five miles.

NCES lists the school's locale as Suburb: Small. That means it sits in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population under 100,000.

By 2024-25, enrollment had risen to 377, from 344 in 2020-21. The school's ratio dropped from 13.2:1 to 11.1:1 between 2020-21 and 2024-25.

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