Garfield School

Located at 1015 Milwaukee, in Miles City, Montana, Garfield School is a reasonably sized elementary campus that educates 210 students (grades K through 5), run under Miles City Elem. Enrollment runs roughly 26% above the state mean of about 167.

Across the 5 schools in Miles City Elem (926 students total), Garfield School accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

For racial and ethnic makeup, Garfield School shows that 86% of students identify as White, making the school strongly White-majority; the rest looks like 7% Native American, 3% Hispanic, 2% Black.

On the resource side, The school lists 17 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 12.3:1. The state averages about 11.9:1, putting this campus right in line with peers. Roughly 67% of students at Garfield School qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. That share is noticeably above Custer County's rate of about 40%.

In the area at large, the surrounding county (Custer County) records that the typical household earns roughly $70,605 per year, about 27% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 5%. Across Custer County's 13 public schools (combined enrollment of about 1,560 students), Garfield School is one campus in the mix.

The closest other public school is Washington Middle School 6-8, roughly 0.5 miles away. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Garfield School.

The school occupies a town-based site.

Trend over the last 7 years. Garfield School's enrollment has decreased 12% since 2018, when it stood at 240 (now 210).

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