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Enrollment
531
Elementary
DISTRICT 424 · STATE 315
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·KANSAS CITY 33·NCES 291640000824
GARFIELD ELEMENTARY
436 PROSPECT BLVD, KANSAS CITY, MO 64124 · (816) 418-3605 · Jackson County
GRADES PK–06ELEMENTARY11-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL531 STUDENTS
D
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Scored higher than 8% of Missouri public elementary schools
- DTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- DBeats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- C+Three-year trend Change in reading and math proficiency over the last three test years.
Grades compare a school only with schools in the same state, because every state gives its own test. How grades work · Top-graded Missouri public elementary schools
Student : Teacher
12.8:1
42 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 13.5:1 · STATE 12.4:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
100%
531 students
DISTRICT 100% · STATE 54%
Community
1
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Pre-K | 39 | 7% |
| Kindergarten | 61 | 11% |
| Grade 1 | 86 | 16% |
| Grade 2 | 65 | 12% |
| Grade 3 | 72 | 14% |
| Grade 4 | 70 | 13% |
| Grade 5 | 72 | 14% |
| Grade 6 | 66 | 12% |
This year's kindergarten class (61) is 8% smaller than its 6th grade class (66).
Student demographics
69%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 66% · STATE 52% · 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
Test scores
MAP 2024-25 . % Proficient + AdvancedEnglish Language Arts
15.2%
MO avg 44.9% . -1.6pp since 2021
Math
16.2%
MO avg 43.8% . +0.7pp since 2021
What this means: On the MAP, Missouri's statewide test, about 15 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 16 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Missouri schools, those numbers are about 45 and 44. Reading and writing scores are down about 2 points since 2021, while math scores have held steady.
Performance levels, 2024-25
| Subject | Advanced | Proficient | Basic | Below Basic |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| English Language Arts | 3.7% | 11.5% | 43.9% | 40.7% |
| Math | 3.7% | 12.5% | 27.3% | 56.4% |
Share of tested students at each MAP level. Each student counts in one level, so a row adds to about 100%.
MAP results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 15.2% | 16.2% |
| 2023-24 | 14.1% | 15.2% |
| 2022-23 | 11.5% | 11.5% |
| 2021-22 | 16.8% | 15.5% |
% Proficient + Advanced, all students and all tested grades.
Source: MAP. 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
12.8%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
22.4%
based on MO schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-9.7pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 13% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 22% typical for Missouri 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 Missouri'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 (12.8% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| GARFIELD ELEMENTARY this school | 531 | 100.0% | 12.8% |
| KC INTERNATIONAL-WALLACE KANSAS CITY | 662 | 100.0% | 16.0% |
| WHITTIER ELEMENTARY KANSAS CITY | 550 | 100.0% | 6.4% |
| GLADSTONE ELEMENTARY KANSAS CITY | 406 | 100.0% | 22.8% |
| Woerner Elem ST LOUIS | 349 | 100.0% | 15.2% |
| MANN ELEM. ST LOUIS | 261 | 100.0% | 23.9% |
Matched among Missouri 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 Missouri | In Jackson County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 12.8% | #941 of 1,002 | #113 of 126 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 16.2% | #916 of 1,019 ▲ 6 | #107 of 126 ▼ 3 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 15.2% | #946 of 1,018 ▲ 8 | #109 of 126 ▲ 4 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest drop first | -0.4pp | #383 of 943 | #59 of 124 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 531 | #123 of 1,294 | #20 of 139 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 12.8:1 | #454 of 950 | #42 of 124 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 68.8% | #61 of 953 | #17 of 124 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 100% | #102 of 1,165 | #25 of 136 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -32.4% | #60 of 684 | #13 of 92 |
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
531
-59 (-10%) vs 2020
+12% since 1990-91, when it was 476
Student : Teacher
12.8:1
was 11.8:1
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 | 531 | 41.6 | 12.8:1 | 100% (531) |
| 2023-24 | 483 | 41.3 | 11.7:1 | 100% (483) |
| 2022-23 | 649 | 38.2 | 17.0:1 | 100% (646) |
| 2020-21 | 590 | 50 | 11.8:1 | 99% (587) |
| 2017-18 | 785 | 47.3 | 16.6:1 | 100% (784) |
| 2015-16 | 843 | 51 | 16.5:1 | 100% (840) |
| 2010-11 | 573 | 36 | 15.9:1 | 86% (494) |
| 2000-01 | 489 | 34 | 14.4:1 | 93% (454) |
| 1990-91 | 476 | 37 | 12.9:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for GARFIELD ELEMENTARY.
Since 2017-18: students down 32% (785 to 531); teachers down 12% (47.3 to 41.6).
About GARFIELD ELEMENTARY
In KANSAS CITY, Missouri, GARFIELD ELEMENTARY is a large elementary school. Total enrollment is 531 students, and the grades served are pre-K through 6. Elementary schools in Missouri have about 315 students on average; enrollment here is 69% higher.
A total of 31 schools make up KANSAS CITY 33, with 15,079 students enrolled.
Of every 100 students at GARFIELD ELEMENTARY, about 44 are Black, the largest group. It is also 30% Hispanic, 14% Asian, 6% White, and 3% multiracial. For comparison, the population of Jackson County is roughly 22% Black. On a 0 to 100 scale, the school's diversity index is 69, compared with 70 nationally.
GARFIELD ELEMENTARY has 41.6 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of about 12.8:1. The average for elementary schools in Missouri is about 12.4:1. Eligibility for free or reduced-price lunch, often used to gauge student poverty, is 100%. That rate is above the 60% average among public schools in Jackson County.
Among Missouri public elementary schools, GARFIELD ELEMENTARY outscored 8%, which works out to a D on the allk12 Grade.
Test results at GARFIELD ELEMENTARY are 9.7 points below what its free or reduced-price lunch share predicts (12.8% actual, 22.4% predicted).
Five-year Census Bureau estimates for Jackson County show that median household income comes to about $68,577, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 34% of adults, and the poverty rate is about 10%. The county's public schools total 244, with about 105,714 students.
About 0.3 miles separate GARFIELD ELEMENTARY from the closest public school, SCUOLA VITA NUOVA CHARTER. Within five miles are at least 8 other public schools. Compared with its nearest neighbors, GARFIELD ELEMENTARY ranks 9th of 9 on average proficiency.
Locale: City: Large. In NCES terms, the school is inside a principal city with a population of 250,000 or more.
The school's student count decreased 10% between the 2020-21 and 2024-25 school years.
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Jackson County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
719,976
Census ACS
Median income
$68,577
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
34%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
10%
Below federal line
Schools in county
244
105,714 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in KANSAS CITY 33
- EAST HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 1,155 students
- LINCOLN COLLEGE PREP.High · 997 students
- M. L. KING ELEMENTARYElementary · 768 students
- NORTHEAST HIGHHigh · 732 students
- PASEO ACAD. OF PERFORMING ARTSHigh · 669 students
- NORTHEAST MIDDLE SCHOOLMiddle · 607 students
Other schools in KANSAS CITY
- STALEY HIGHHigh · 2,091 students
- PARK HILL HIGHHigh · 1,947 students
- OAK PARK HIGHHigh · 1,755 students
- NORTH KANSAS CITY HIGHHigh · 1,719 students
- RUSKIN HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 1,299 students
- WINNETONKA HIGHHigh · 1,238 students
Other Garfield Elementary schools
51 other US public schools in 21 states are named Garfield Elementary. GARFIELD ELEMENTARY is the 11th largest of the 52.
- Garfield Elementary SchoolRevere, MA · 639 students
- Garfield Elementary SchoolDEL RIO, TX · 635 students
- Garfield ElementaryClovis, CA · 610 students
- Garfield ElementaryAlhambra, CA · 577 students
- Garfield Elementary - 19Sioux Falls, SD · 574 students
Nearby schools
- SCUOLA VITA NUOVA CHARTER0.3 mi · 363
- WHITTIER ELEMENTARY0.9 mi · 550
- KIPP ENDEAVOR ACADEMY1.2 mi · 665
- GUADALUPE CENTERS HIGH SCHOOL1.2 mi · 458
- GLADSTONE ELEMENTARY1.4 mi · 406
- NORTHEAST HIGH1.4 mi · 732
Frequently asked questions
About GARFIELD ELEMENTARYWhat is the total enrollment at GARFIELD ELEMENTARY?
GARFIELD ELEMENTARY enrolls approximately 531 students in grades PK-06.
What grades does GARFIELD ELEMENTARY serve?
GARFIELD ELEMENTARY serves grades PK-06.
How many students per teacher at GARFIELD ELEMENTARY?
Approximately 12.8:1 students per teacher at GARFIELD ELEMENTARY.
How diverse is GARFIELD ELEMENTARY?
GARFIELD ELEMENTARY reports a student body of 6% White, 30% Hispanic, 44% Black, 14% Asian, 3% Two or more.
Is GARFIELD ELEMENTARY public or private?
GARFIELD ELEMENTARY is a public K-12 school, overseen by KANSAS CITY 33.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.