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If you could change one rule at Garfield Elementary School, what would it be?
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Enrollment
428
Elementary
DISTRICT 560 · STATE 405
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·KEARNY·NCES 340789002870
Garfield Elementary School
360 BELGROVE DR, KEARNY, NJ 07032 · (201) 955-5090 · Hudson County
GRADES PK–06ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL428 STUDENTS
C
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 27% of New Jersey public elementary schools
- C-Test 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 New Jersey public elementary schools
Student : Teacher
10.3:1
42 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 10.4:1 · STATE 11.4:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
75%
323 students
DISTRICT 70% · STATE 41%
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 | 50 | 12% |
| Kindergarten | 52 | 12% |
| Grade 1 | 59 | 14% |
| Grade 2 | 68 | 16% |
| Grade 3 | 54 | 13% |
| Grade 4 | 48 | 11% |
| Grade 5 | 51 | 12% |
| Grade 6 | 46 | 11% |
This year's kindergarten class (52) is 13% larger than its 6th grade class (46).
Student demographics
44%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 46% · STATE 71% · 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
Based on grade levels within Kearny. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
NJSLA 2024-25 . % Meeting or Exceeding ExpectationsEnglish Language Arts
30.1%
NJ avg 53.1% . -3.9pp since 2023
Math
26.5%
NJ avg 41.6% . +3.0pp since 2023
What this means: On the NJSLA, New Jersey's statewide test, about 30 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 27 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all New Jersey schools, those numbers are about 53 and 42. Reading and writing scores are down about 4 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 3 points.
NJSLA results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 30.1% | 26.5% |
| 2023-24 | 34.0% | 23.5% |
% Meeting or Exceeding Expectations, all students and all tested grades.
Source: NJSLA. 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
26.1%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
24.9%
based on NJ schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+1.3pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 26% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 25% typical for New Jersey 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 New Jersey'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 School
Garfield Elementary School's state test result (26.1% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 3 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Garfield Elementary School this school | 428 | 75.5% | 26.1% |
| School #11 CLIFTON | 376 | 76.3% | 24.7% |
| School #3 CLIFFSIDE PARK | 359 | 75.2% | 60.1% |
| Wilson School LODI | 382 | 67.8% | 56.6% |
| Freehold Learning Center Freehold | 562 | 75.6% | N/A |
| LaMonte-Annex Elementary School Bound Brook | 374 | 69.8% | N/A |
Matched among New Jersey 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 School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In New Jersey | In Hudson County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 26.1% | #1,034 of 1,290 | #72 of 84 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 26.5% | #1,043 of 1,319 ▼ 5 | #66 of 84 ▲ 1 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 30.1% | #1,101 of 1,319 ▼ 101 | #73 of 84 ▼ 3 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 428 | #608 of 1,562 | #61 of 88 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 10.3:1 | #430 of 1,390 | #17 of 87 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 43.7% | #967 of 1,392 | #54 of 87 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 75.5% | #276 of 1,481 | #37 of 88 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -18.5% | #194 of 798 | #20 of 61 |
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
428
-35 (-8%) vs 2020
-8% since 1990-91, when it was 466
Student : Teacher
10.3:1
was 10.1:1
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 | 428 | 41.5 | 10.3:1 | 75% (323) |
| 2023-24 | 442 | 42.5 | 10.4:1 | 66% (293) |
| 2022-23 | 439 | 42.5 | 10.3:1 | 63% (278) |
| 2020-21 | 463 | 46 | 10.1:1 | 61% (284) |
| 2017-18 | 525 | 39 | 13.5:1 | 57% (300) |
| 2015-16 | 536 | 39 | 13.7:1 | 65% (347) |
| 2010-11 | 517 | 36 | 14.4:1 | 42% (215) |
| 2000-01 | 521 | 35 | 14.9:1 | 39% (204) |
| 1990-91 | 466 | 31 | 15.0:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Garfield Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students down 18% (525 to 428); teachers up 6% (39 to 41.5).
About Garfield Elementary School
In KEARNY, New Jersey, Garfield Elementary School is a medium-sized elementary school. Enrollment in 2024-25 was 428 students in pre-K through 6.
In Kearny, 7 schools enroll a combined 5,388 students.
Roughly 72% of students at Garfield Elementary School are Hispanic. Beyond that, enrollment is 21% White and 4% Asian. The Hispanic share of the county population is lower, at 41%. Garfield Elementary School's diversity index is 44%, against a US figure of 70%.
The school's student-to-teacher ratio is about 10.3:1, with 41.5 full-time-equivalent teachers. That is 1.1 students per teacher below the 11.4:1 average for elementary schools in New Jersey. Students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch make up 75% of enrollment.
The allk12 Grade for Garfield Elementary School is C. Compared with New Jersey public elementary schools, the school scored higher than 27% on a mix of test scores, poverty-adjusted results, and recent trend.
The allk12 BeatsExpectations score for Garfield Elementary School is +1.3 points: 26.1% actual, 24.9% predicted.
According to the American Community Survey, in Hudson County, the median household income is $91,795, roughly 49% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 11%. There are 130 public schools in Hudson County, enrolling about 86,216 students in all.
The next-closest public school is Kearny High School, about 0.4 miles away. Garfield Elementary School is one of several public schools in the area, with at least 8 others within five miles. Local comparison: Garfield Elementary School ranks 6th of 9 nearby schools, at 26.1% versus a 27.3% average.
In the federal locale system, Garfield Elementary School is coded Suburb: Large, for schools in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
Enrollment is down 8% from 2020-21, when Garfield Elementary School had 463 students, to 2024-25, when it had 428.
Parents and students can post about sports tryouts, band and choir, and theater at Garfield Elementary School. Alumni can share how the school prepared them.
Hudson County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
718,323
Census ACS
Median income
$91,795
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
49%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
11%
Below federal line
Schools in county
130
86,216 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Kearny
- Kearny High SchoolHigh · 1,825 students
- Franklin Elementary SchoolElementary · 950 students
- Lincoln Middle SchoolMiddle · 763 students
- Washington Elementary SchoolElementary · 557 students
- Schuyler Elementary SchoolElementary · 437 students
- Roosevelt Elementary SchoolElementary · 428 students
Other schools in KEARNY
- Kearny High SchoolHigh · 1,825 students
- Franklin Elementary SchoolElementary · 950 students
- Hudson Arts and Science Charter SchoolElementary · 848 students
- Lincoln Middle SchoolMiddle · 763 students
- Washington Elementary SchoolElementary · 557 students
- Schuyler Elementary SchoolElementary · 437 students
Other Garfield Elementary schools
51 other US public schools in 21 states are named Garfield Elementary. Garfield Elementary School is the 16th 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
- Kearny High School0.4 mi · 1,825
- Lincoln Middle School0.6 mi · 763
- Hudson Arts and Science Charter School0.7 mi · 848
- Franklin Elementary School0.7 mi · 950
- LUIS MUNOZ MARIN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL0.7 mi · 818
- Washington Elementary School0.7 mi · 557
Frequently asked questions
About Garfield Elementary SchoolWhat is the total enrollment at Garfield Elementary School?
Garfield Elementary School enrolls approximately 428 students in grades PK-06.
What age range does Garfield Elementary School serve?
Garfield Elementary School serves students from grade PK through grade 06.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Garfield Elementary School?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Garfield Elementary School is approximately 10.3:1 (42 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at Garfield Elementary School?
At Garfield Elementary School, the student body is approximately 21% White, 72% Hispanic, 1% Black, 4% Asian, 2% Two or more.
What district is Garfield Elementary School in?
Garfield Elementary School is part of Kearny.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.