Garfield Public Preschool 3 at Headstart

Garfield Public Preschool 3 at Headstart is classified as an elementary school. It is located in Garfield, New Jersey. The school serves pre-K. Enrollment is 102 students. Elementary schools in New Jersey have about 405 students on average; enrollment here is 75% lower.

Within Garfield Public School District, Garfield Public Preschool 3 at Headstart is one of 11 schools. The district enrolls 4,762 students.

Of every 100 students at Garfield Public Preschool 3 at Headstart, about 52 are Hispanic. It is also 43% White. Bergen County's residents are about 23% Hispanic, 29 points below the school's share. On the diversity index, which measures the chance that two random students are from different groups, Garfield Public Preschool 3 at Headstart scores 53%.

The student-to-teacher ratio is 12.8:1. The school has 8 full-time-equivalent teachers. The gap from the 11.4:1 average for elementary schools in New Jersey is 1.3 students per teacher. In all, 67% of students qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. That is 39 points above the 28% average for public schools in Bergen County.

American Community Survey estimates for Bergen County show that median household income comes to about $124,884, roughly 53% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and the poverty rate is about 5%. The county's public schools total 291, with about 133,883 students.

Garfield Public Preschool 3 at Headstart is about 0.2 miles from Garfield Public Preschool Annex, its nearest public school. Garfield Public Preschool 3 at Headstart has at least 8 other public schools within five miles.

By NCES locale, the school is Suburb: Large, or in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.

By 2024-25, enrollment had dropped to 102, from 159 in 2020-21. The ratio of students to teachers went from 19.9:1 to 12.8:1 over the same years.

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