Garfield Public Preschool 3 at Headstart

Located at 541 Midland Ave, in Garfield, New Jersey, Garfield Public Preschool 3 at Headstart is a minimally staffed elementary campus that works with 102 students (grade pre-K), run under Garfield Public School District. Enrollment runs roughly 75% smaller than the state mean of about 405.

Across the 11 schools in Garfield Public School District (4,762 students total), Garfield Public Preschool 3 at Headstart accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

Demographically, Garfield Public Preschool 3 at Headstart lists that the largest single group is Hispanic at 52%, but no single group is in the majority. Beyond that, the school shows 43% White. That is considerably more Hispanic than the county at large, where the share is closer to 23%.

On the income-and-resources front, Garfield Public Preschool 3 at Headstart lists 8 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 12.8:1. That figure is higher than the state norm's 11.4:1 average. Roughly 67% of students at Garfield Public Preschool 3 at Headstart qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. That share is noticeably above Bergen County's rate of about 28%.

In the broader community, ACS estimates for Bergen County put median household earnings sit near $124,884, roughly 53% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and the poverty rate sits near 5%. In all, Bergen County runs 291 public schools (combined enrollment of about 133,883 students), of which Garfield Public Preschool 3 at Headstart is one.

Garfield Public Preschool Annex is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.2 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Garfield Public Preschool 3 at Headstart.

The school occupies a bedroom-community site.

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