Garfield Public Preschool Annex

Garfield Public Preschool Annex is a very small elementary school in GARFIELD, New Jersey, overseen by Garfield Public School District. The school caters to 105 students in grade pre-K. Compared to the state average of about 405 students per school, that is 74% smaller than typical.

Garfield Public School District comprises 11 schools with combined enrollment of 4,762 students; Garfield Public Preschool Annex is among them.

Looking at the student body, Garfield Public Preschool Annex shows that 55% of the student body identifies as Hispanic; the rest comes out to 37% White, 5% Black. By comparison, Bergen County as a whole is about 23% Hispanic, so the school skews noticeably more Hispanic than its surroundings.

Looking at the economic backdrop, Garfield Public Preschool Annex lists 9 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 11.7:1. That tracks the state average closely. Roughly 40% of students at Garfield Public Preschool Annex qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. That share is higher than Bergen County's rate of about 28%.

In the broader community, community-level numbers for Bergen County indicate median household earnings sit near $124,884, roughly 53% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 5% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Across Bergen County's 291 public schools (combined enrollment of about 133,883 students), Garfield Public Preschool Annex is one campus in the mix.

Garfield Public Preschool 3 at Headstart is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.2 miles from this campus. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius.

The school occupies a bedroom-community site.

Looking at the recent track record. Over the past 7-year window, the student count fell 30%: 149 students in 2018 compared to 105 in 2025. White enrollment moved from 47% to 37% across the same window. The student-to-teacher ratio narrowed from 14.2:1 in 2018 to 11.7:1 today.

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