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What's something Garfield High School does better than most schools?
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Enrollment
1,258
High
DISTRICT 433 · STATE 929
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·GARFIELD PUBLIC SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 340576000466
Garfield High School
500 PALISADE AVE, GARFIELD, NJ 07026 · (973) 340-5010 · Bergen County
GRADES 09–12HIGH21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL1,258 STUDENTS
C-
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Scored higher than 21% of New Jersey public high schools
- C-Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- CBeats 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 high schools
Student : Teacher
13.2:1
95 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 11.6:1 · STATE 12.7:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
61%
762 students
DISTRICT 60% · STATE 41%
Community
1
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other high schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Grade 9 | 334 | 27% |
| Grade 10 | 311 | 25% |
| Grade 11 | 329 | 26% |
| Grade 12 | 284 | 23% |
Student demographics
55%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 57% · 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
Feeds from
Based on grade levels within Garfield Public School District. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
NJSLA 2024-25 . % Meeting or Exceeding ExpectationsEnglish Language Arts
29.1%
NJ avg 53.1% . -14.5pp since 2023
Math
7.3%
NJ avg 41.6% . -2.8pp since 2023
What this means: On the NJSLA, New Jersey's statewide test, about 29 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 7 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 15 points since 2023, while math scores are down about 3 points.
NJSLA results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 29.1% | 7.3% |
| 2023-24 | 43.6% | 10.1% |
% 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
20.0%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
33.0%
based on NJ schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-13.0pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 20% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 33% 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 High School
Garfield High School's state test result (20.0% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Garfield High School this school | 1,258 | 60.6% | 20.0% |
| Hamilton West-Watson HAMILTON | 1,408 | 59.7% | 18.6% |
| Lodi High School LODI | 906 | 62.5% | 36.5% |
| Ridgefield Park Jr Sr High School RIDGEFIELD PARK | 1,159 | 53.9% | 34.2% |
| Kearny High School KEARNY | 1,825 | 70.4% | 27.4% |
| Passaic County-Manchester Regional High School HALEDON | 803 | 62.8% | 14.8% |
Matched among New Jersey high 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 High School ranks
Among high schools| Measure | This school | In New Jersey | In Bergen County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 20.0% | #319 of 397 | #48 of 48 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 7.3% | #352 of 400 ▼ 22 | #48 of 48 no change |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 29.1% | #309 of 395 ▼ 26 | #48 of 48 ▼ 2 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 1,258 | #115 of 442 | #5 of 51 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 13.2:1 | #263 of 388 | #38 of 49 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 54.6% | #188 of 389 | #32 of 49 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 60.6% | #105 of 405 | #6 of 49 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +15.4% | #58 of 173 | #5 of 16 |
Ranked against other public high 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
1,258
+99 (+9%) vs 2020
+74% since 1990-91, when it was 725
Student : Teacher
13.2:1
was 11.5:1
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 | 1,258 | 95 | 13.2:1 | 61% (762) |
| 2023-24 | 1,264 | 102 | 12.4:1 | 51% (644) |
| 2022-23 | 1,199 | 101 | 11.9:1 | N/A |
| 2020-21 | 1,159 | 101 | 11.5:1 | 61% (708) |
| 2017-18 | 1,090 | 95 | 11.5:1 | 66% (715) |
| 2015-16 | 1,052 | 100 | 10.5:1 | 68% (717) |
| 2010-11 | 1,114 | 77 | 14.5:1 | 69% (771) |
| 2000-01 | 1,014 | 79 | 12.8:1 | 39% (394) |
| 1990-91 | 725 | 54 | 13.4:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Garfield High School.
Since 2017-18: students up 15% (1,090 to 1,258); teachers unchanged (95 to 95).
About Garfield High School
Garfield High School is a high school in GARFIELD, New Jersey, reachable at (973) 340-5010. Enrollment totals 1,258 students across grades 9 through 12. Across high schools in New Jersey, the average enrollment is about 929.
The district, Garfield Public School District, operates 11 schools serving 4,762 students.
Hispanic students are 60% of those enrolled at Garfield High School. Next come 28% White and 10% Black. That compares with about 23% Hispanic among all Bergen County residents. A diversity index of 55% means there is a 55% chance two randomly chosen students at Garfield High School are from different groups.
Its ratio of 13.2:1 is based on 95 full-time-equivalent teachers. The 12.7:1 average for high schools in New Jersey is close to this figure. The share of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch is 61%. That rate is above the 28% average among public schools in Bergen County.
Among New Jersey public high schools, Garfield High School outscored 21%, which works out to a C- on the allk12 Grade.
The BeatsExpectations prediction for Garfield High School is 33.0%, and its average proficiency rate across its state test results is 20.0%.
In the wider Bergen County area, the median household earns about $124,884 a year, about 53% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and the poverty rate is about 5%. Garfield High School shares Bergen County with 290 other public schools.
Garfield High School is about 0.3 miles from Christopher Columbus School #8, its nearest public school. Within five miles are at least 8 other public schools. Among its closest neighbors with test data, Garfield High School is 6th of 6 on proficiency.
Federal data place Garfield High School in the Suburb: Large locale, which means it is in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
In 2024-25, the school enrolled 1,258, up from 1,159 in 2020-21. Over the same period, the student-to-teacher ratio increased to 13.2:1, from 11.5:1.
This page is set up for the Garfield High School community to discuss open houses, carpools, and field trips. Members of the school community can share what they know.
Bergen County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
962,316
Census ACS
Median income
$124,884
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
53%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
5%
Below federal line
Schools in county
291
133,883 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Garfield Public School District
- Garfield Middle SchoolMiddle · 971 students
- Washington Irving School #4Elementary · 441 students
- Abraham Lincoln School #6Elementary · 385 students
- Thomas Jefferson School #9Elementary · 368 students
- Christopher Columbus School #8Elementary · 366 students
- Roosevelt School #7Elementary · 282 students
Other schools in GARFIELD
- Bergen Arts and Sciences Charter SchoolCombined · 1,276 students
- Garfield Middle SchoolMiddle · 971 students
- Washington Irving School #4Elementary · 441 students
- Abraham Lincoln School #6Elementary · 385 students
- Thomas Jefferson School #9Elementary · 368 students
- Christopher Columbus School #8Elementary · 366 students
Other Garfield High schools
2 other US public schools in 3 states are named Garfield High. Garfield High School is the 2nd largest of the 3.
- Garfield High SchoolSEATTLE, WA · 1,507 students
- Garfield HighSan Diego, CA · 226 students
Nearby schools
- Christopher Columbus School #80.3 mi · 366
- Washington Irving School #40.5 mi · 441
- Garfield Middle School0.5 mi · 971
- Garfield Public Preschool 3 at Headstart0.6 mi · 102
- Garfield Early Childhood Learning Center0.6 mi · 204
- Thomas Jefferson School #90.7 mi · 368
Frequently asked questions
About Garfield High SchoolHow many students attend Garfield High School?
Garfield High School enrolls approximately 1,258 students in grades 09-12.
What age range does Garfield High School serve?
Garfield High School serves students from grade 09 through grade 12.
How many teachers does Garfield High School have?
Garfield High School employs 95 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 13.2:1.
What is the student diversity at Garfield High School?
Student demographics at Garfield High School are roughly 28% White, 60% Hispanic, 10% Black, 1% Asian, 1% Two or more.
What district is Garfield High School in?
Garfield High School is part of Garfield Public School District.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.