Garfield Elementary School

Garfield Elementary School is a moderately sized primary school in WYANDOTTE, Michigan, overseen by Wyandotte School District of the City of. The school instructs 418 students in grades K through 5.

Across the 9 schools in Wyandotte School District of the City of (4,149 students total), Garfield Elementary School accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

For racial and ethnic makeup, Garfield Elementary School reports that the largest single group is White, at 63% of enrollment. The remainder reads as 21% Hispanic, 9% multiracial, 6% Black. By comparison, Wayne County as a whole is about 49% White, so the school skews considerably more White than its surroundings.

In terms of school funding signals, On paper, Garfield Elementary School has 23 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 17.8:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 15.8:1, putting Garfield Elementary School higher than the state norm the norm. Around 67% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment.

After controlling for student poverty, Garfield Elementary School sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 36.4%; this one delivers 27.4%.

In the area at large, community-level numbers for Wayne County indicate median household income runs about $60,539, roughly 28% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 16%. In all, Wayne County runs 573 public schools (combined enrollment of about 259,786 students), of which Garfield Elementary School is one.

Nearest neighbor: Roosevelt High School, around 0.5 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Garfield Elementary School. Among the 5 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Garfield Elementary School ranks 4th on composite proficiency, below the local average of 34.0%.

The school occupies a suburban site.

Over the past 7-year window. Over the past 7-year window, the student count fell 7%: 450 students in 2018 compared to 418 in 2025. White enrollment moved from 71% to 63% across the same window. The student-to-teacher ratio pulled in from 20.7:1 in 2018 to 17.8:1 today.

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