Enrollment
117
Elementary
DISTRICT 257 · STATE 344
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·ALEXANDRIA PUBLIC SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 270306000084
Garfield Elementary
303 SANSTEAD ST E, GARFIELD, MN 56332 · (320) 762-3350 · Douglas County
GRADES KG–05ELEMENTARY42-RURALREGULAR SCHOOL117 STUDENTS
A
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 87% of Minnesota public elementary schools
- ATest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- B+Beats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- ·Three-year trend Not available for this school, so the grade uses the other parts.
Grades compare a school only with schools in the same state, because every state gives its own test. How grades work · Top-graded Minnesota public elementary schools
Student : Teacher
12.8:1
9 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 13.4:1 · STATE 13.7:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
17%
20 students
DISTRICT 31% · STATE 48%
Community
0
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other elementary schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Kindergarten | 18 | 15% |
| Grade 1 | 17 | 15% |
| Grade 2 | 29 | 25% |
| Grade 3 | 16 | 14% |
| Grade 4 | 18 | 15% |
| Grade 5 | 19 | 16% |
This year's kindergarten class (18) is 5% smaller than its 5th grade class (19).
Student demographics
5%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 21% · STATE 60% · US 70%
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. District, state, and US figures are each group's share of all public school students in that area (US excludes territories). Very small groups may be suppressed in the source, so categories do not always sum exactly to total enrollment.
Gender split
School pathway
Students here typically continue to
Garfield Elementary→Discovery Middle School
Based on grade levels within Alexandria Public School District. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
MCA 2024-25 . % Meets or Exceeds StandardsEnglish Language Arts
69.8%
MN avg 49.7%
Math
77.4%
MN avg 45.3%
What this means: On the MCA, Minnesota's statewide test, about 70 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 77 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Minnesota schools, those numbers are about 50 and 45.
Source: MCA. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyTier
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
66.6%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
55.9%
based on MN schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+10.7pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 67% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 56% typical for Minnesota schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations measures results against demographically similar schools rather than by raw scores, and this school falls within the typical range, neither among Minnesota's top nor bottom 10%.
BeatsExpectations runs a per-state regression of proficiency on free/reduced-lunch share, then scores each school by residual. How this is calculated →
Schools most like Garfield Elementary
Garfield Elementary's state test result (66.6% proficient) is higher than 5 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Garfield Elementary this school | 117 | 17.1% | 66.6% |
| Miltona Elementary MILTONA | 126 | 17.5% | 64.2% |
| Creekstone Montessori RED WING | 122 | 17.2% | 40.7% |
| Marine Village School MARINE ON ST CROIX | 92 | 14.1% | 47.3% |
| Marine Area Community School MARINE ON ST CROIX | 112 | 10.7% | 41.1% |
| RIDGEWAY COMMUNITY SCHOOL HOUSTON | 97 | 23.7% | 44.5% |
Matched among Minnesota elementary schools on enrollment, the share of students from low-income families (eligible for free or reduced-price lunch), and racial and ethnic makeup. Proficient is the average share of students meeting the state standard across all of the school's state tests in 2023-24 and 2024-25, the same combined score our test-score rankings use. Online schools and schools serving specialized populations are not matched.
Where Garfield Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Minnesota | In Douglas County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 66.6% | #55 of 844 | #1 of 9 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 77.4% | #52 of 844 | #3 of 9 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 69.8% | #52 of 844 | #1 of 9 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 117 | #913 of 1,130 | #8 of 12 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 17.1% | #873 of 942 | #11 of 11 |
Ranked against other public elementary schools. Online schools are left out of every list, and test-score lists leave out schools that serve specialized populations. Each rank links to the full list. Arrows under a test-score rank show places moved since the prior test year, among schools tested both years.
4-year change
SY 2020-21 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
117
-39 (-25%) vs 2020
-34% since 1990-91, when it was 176
Student : Teacher
12.8:1
was 15.6:1
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
Enrollment and staffing by year
| School year | Students | Teachers (FTE) | Students per teacher | Free and reduced lunch |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 117 | 9.1 | 12.8:1 | 17% (20) |
| 2023-24 | 124 | 10.5 | 11.8:1 | 22% (27) |
| 2022-23 | 128 | 11.8 | 10.8:1 | 27% (34) |
| 2020-21 | 156 | 10 | 15.6:1 | 28% (43) |
| 2017-18 | 126 | 10.7 | 11.8:1 | 23% (29) |
| 2015-16 | 116 | 9 | 12.9:1 | 22% (26) |
| 2010-11 | 162 | 11 | 14.7:1 | 34% (55) |
| 2000-01 | 157 | 9 | 17.4:1 | 27% (43) |
| 1990-91 | 176 | 10 | 17.6:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Garfield Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students down 7% (126 to 117); teachers down 15% (10.7 to 9.1).
About Garfield Elementary
Garfield Elementary runs as a very small elementary school in GARFIELD, Minnesota. Enrollment totals 117 students across kindergarten through 5. That puts enrollment 66% below the 344-student average for elementary schools in Minnesota.
Across its 10 schools, Alexandria Public School District enrolls 4,034 students. Garfield Elementary is one of those schools.
White students are 97% of those enrolled at Garfield Elementary. That is in line with Douglas County, where about 95% of residents are White. A diversity index of 5% means there is a 5% chance two randomly chosen students at Garfield Elementary are from different groups.
Its staff includes 9.1 full-time-equivalent teachers, for about 12.8 students per teacher. Across elementary schools in Minnesota, the average ratio is 13.7:1. Garfield Elementary has a free or reduced-price lunch rate of 17%. Among public schools in Douglas County, the average eligibility rate is 31%.
Garfield Elementary holds an A allk12 Grade, placing it above 87% of Minnesota public elementary schools.
Garfield Elementary is 10.7 points above its predicted average proficiency rate across its state test results (66.6% versus 55.9%), which places it in neither the top nor the bottom 10% in Minnesota.
The school is in Douglas County, where median household income comes to about $79,043, roughly 30% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 5%. Douglas County counts 22 public schools with about 5,781 students.
Garfield Elementary's nearest public school is Brandon-Evansville Middle School (about 5.7 miles). There are at least 8 more public schools inside ten miles. By average proficiency, Garfield Elementary is 1st among 6 schools close by.
Garfield Elementary is coded as Rural: Distant in federal locale data.
Enrollment decreased 25% over 4 years, reaching 117 in 2024-25. The student-to-teacher ratio dropped from 15.6:1 in 2020-21 to 12.8:1 in 2024-25.
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Douglas County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
39,575
Census ACS
Median income
$79,043
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
30%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
5%
Below federal line
Schools in county
22
5,781 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Alexandria Public School District
- Alexandria Area High SchoolHigh · 1,315 students
- Discovery Middle SchoolMiddle · 898 students
- Lincoln ElementaryElementary · 481 students
- Voyager ElementaryElementary · 446 students
- Woodland Elementary SchoolElementary · 410 students
- Miltona ElementaryElementary · 126 students
Other Garfield Elementary schools
51 other US public schools in 21 states are named Garfield Elementary. Garfield Elementary is the 48th largest of the 52.
- GARFIELD ELEMENTARYBRAINERD, MN · 250 students
- Garfield Elementary SchoolRevere, MA · 639 students
- Garfield Elementary SchoolDEL RIO, TX · 635 students
- Garfield ElementaryClovis, CA · 610 students
- Garfield ElementaryAlhambra, CA · 577 students
Nearby schools
- Brandon-Evansville Middle School5.7 mi · 124
- Brandon Elementary5.7 mi · 107
- Brandon-Evansville High School5.7 mi · 158
- Voyager Elementary5.9 mi · 446
- Lakes Country Academy - ALEX6.0 mi · 7
- Lincoln Elementary6.4 mi · 481
Frequently asked questions
About Garfield ElementaryHow large is Garfield Elementary?
Garfield Elementary enrolls approximately 117 students in grades KG-05.
What age range does Garfield Elementary serve?
Garfield Elementary serves students from grade KG through grade 05.
How many teachers does Garfield Elementary have?
Garfield Elementary employs 9 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 12.8:1.
How diverse is Garfield Elementary?
Garfield Elementary reports a student body of 97% White, 1% Hispanic, 2% Two or more.
Who oversees Garfield Elementary?
Garfield Elementary is overseen by Alexandria Public School District in Douglas County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.