Garfield Elementary School

Garfield Elementary School is a compact K-5 school in Heath, Ohio, part of Heath City. The school serves 331 students in grades K through 2.

Heath City runs 4 schools in total, collectively educating 1,560 students. Garfield Elementary School is one of those campuses.

On the student-mix side, Garfield Elementary School records that 84% of students identify as White, making the school strongly White-majority; the rest consists of 10% multiracial, 3% Hispanic. Compared to Licking County overall, the school's racial mix sits in roughly the same range.

On the resource side, On paper, Garfield Elementary School has 21 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 15.8:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 17.9:1 average. About 46% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal.

Zooming out to the county, the surrounding county (Licking County) reports that the typical household earns roughly $84,426 per year, roughly 29% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 8% of residents live below the federal poverty line. In all, Licking County runs 63 public schools (combined enrollment of about 29,815 students), of which Garfield Elementary School is one.

Stevenson Elementary School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.5 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Garfield Elementary School.

Geographically, the school is in a residential area.

Five-year trend. Over the past 7-year window, the student count declined 14%: 383 students in 2018 compared to 331 in 2025. The student-to-teacher ratio fell from 19.6:1 in 2018 to 15.8:1 today.

On this page, the page collects discussion, questions, and updates around pickup logistics, teacher feedback, and after-school programs. Members of the school community can share what they know.