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What tradition at Garfield Middle School should never be changed?
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Enrollment
457
Middle
DISTRICT 452 · STATE 482
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·LAKEWOOD CITY·NCES 390441905406
Garfield Middle School
13114 Detroit Ave, Lakewood, OH 44107 · (216) 529-4241 · Cuyahoga County
GRADES 06–08MIDDLE21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL457 STUDENTS
B-
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 51% of Ohio public middle schools
- B-Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- B-Beats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- B-Three-year trend Change in reading and math proficiency over the last three test years.
Grades compare a school only with schools in the same state, because every state gives its own test. How grades work · Top-graded Ohio public middle schools
Student : Teacher
15.2:1
30 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 15.9:1 · STATE 17.0:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
57%
260 students
DISTRICT 42% · STATE 43%
Community
1
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other middle schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Grade 6 | 140 | 31% |
| Grade 7 | 172 | 38% |
| Grade 8 | 145 | 32% |
Student demographics
54%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 43% · STATE 54% · 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
Students here typically continue to
Garfield Middle School→Lakewood High School
Based on grade levels within Lakewood City. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
Ohio's State Tests 2024-25 . % Proficient or AboveEnglish Language Arts
66.2%
OH avg 59.8% . +3.0pp since 2021
Math
67.1%
OH avg 56.1% . +1.9pp since 2021
What this means: On the Ohio's State Tests, Ohio's statewide test, about 66 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 67 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Ohio schools, those numbers are about 60 and 56. Reading and writing scores are up about 3 points since 2021, while math scores are up about 2 points.
Ohio's State Tests results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 66.2% | 67.1% |
| 2023-24 | 67.4% | 66.4% |
| 2022-23 | 69.3% | 62.6% |
| 2021-22 | 63.2% | 65.2% |
% Proficient or Above, all students and all tested grades.
Source: Ohio's State Tests. 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
65.9%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
67.3%
based on OH schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-1.4pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 66% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 67% typical for Ohio 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 Ohio'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 Middle School
Garfield Middle School's state test result (65.9% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Garfield Middle School this school | 457 | 56.9% | 65.9% |
| Bolich Middle School Cuyahoga Falls | 508 | 63.8% | 57.4% |
| Elida Middle School Elida | 467 | 59.7% | 71.8% |
| Roberts Middle School Cuyahoga Falls | 372 | 60.5% | 51.6% |
| Delhi Middle School Cincinnati | 524 | 59.9% | 66.6% |
| Stanton Middle School Kent | 616 | 50.3% | 68.5% |
Matched among Ohio middle 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 Middle School ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In Ohio | In Cuyahoga County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 65.9% | #227 of 316 | #19 of 21 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 67.1% | #327 of 637 ▲ 2 | #22 of 41 ▲ 2 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 66.2% | #303 of 637 ▼ 68 | #22 of 41 ▼ 2 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +2.4pp | #318 of 629 | #24 of 39 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 457 | #306 of 654 | #28 of 44 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 15.2:1 | #196 of 577 | #22 of 36 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 53.5% | #144 of 579 | #11 of 36 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 56.9% | #55 of 319 | #2 of 22 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -15.1% | #141 of 410 | #10 of 24 |
Ranked against other public middle 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
457
-57 (-11%) vs 2020
-28% since 2010-11, when it was 635
Student : Teacher
15.2:1
was 16.6:1
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 | 457 | 30 | 15.2:1 | 57% (260) |
| 2023-24 | 469 | 31 | 15.1:1 | 55% (259) |
| 2022-23 | 454 | 32 | 14.2:1 | 45% (203) |
| 2020-21 | 514 | 31 | 16.6:1 | N/A |
| 2017-18 | 538 | 31.5 | 17.1:1 | 53% (285) |
| 2015-16 | 580 | 31 | 18.7:1 | 59% (341) |
| 2010-11 | 635 | 40 | 15.9:1 | 66% (419) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Garfield Middle School.
Since 2017-18: students down 15% (538 to 457); teachers down 5% (31.5 to 30).
About Garfield Middle School
Garfield Middle School is a mid-sized middle school in Lakewood, Ohio, administered by Lakewood City. It enrolls 457 students in 2024-25. The grades offered are 6 through 8.
Across its 13 schools, Lakewood City enrolls 4,369 students. Garfield Middle School is one of those schools.
The share of White students at Garfield Middle School is 66%, a majority. It is also 14% multiracial, 10% Black, 6% Asian, and 4% Hispanic. On a 0 to 100 scale, the school's diversity index is 54, compared with 70 nationally.
With 30 full-time-equivalent teachers, the student-to-teacher ratio is about 15.2:1. The average for middle schools in Ohio is 17.0:1, so this school has fewer students per teacher. Student poverty is often measured by lunch eligibility; at Garfield Middle School, 57% qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. On average, public schools in Cuyahoga County report 27%.
Among Ohio public middle schools, Garfield Middle School outscored 51%, which works out to a B- on the allk12 Grade.
The model predicts 67.3% for a school in Ohio with Garfield Middle School's free or reduced-price lunch share. Garfield Middle School posts 65.9%.
In the surrounding county, Cuyahoga County, the median household earns about $64,468 a year, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 37%, and roughly 12% of residents are in poverty. Cuyahoga County has 352 public schools with about 155,924 students, including Garfield Middle School.
A public school about 0.4 miles away, Emerson Elementary School, is the closest to Garfield Middle School. Garfield Middle School has at least 8 other public schools within five miles. Nearby schools with test data average 71.4% proficiency; Garfield Middle School posts 65.9%.
The National Center for Education Statistics classifies the school's location as Suburb: Large, meaning it is in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
The school's student count decreased 11% between the 2020-21 and 2024-25 school years. Students per teacher dropped from 16.6 in 2020-21 to 15.2 in 2024-25.
People who know Garfield Middle School can post here about open houses, carpools, and field trips. Teachers and staff are welcome to share updates too.
Cuyahoga County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
1,245,873
Census ACS
Median income
$64,468
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
37%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
12%
Below federal line
Schools in county
352
155,924 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Lakewood City
- Lakewood High SchoolHigh · 1,372 students
- Harding Middle SchoolMiddle · 446 students
- Emerson Elementary SchoolElementary · 323 students
- Grant Elementary SchoolElementary · 323 students
- Hayes Elementary SchoolElementary · 292 students
- Lincoln Elementary SchoolElementary · 270 students
Other schools in Lakewood
- Lakewood High SchoolHigh · 1,372 students
- Harding Middle SchoolMiddle · 446 students
- Emerson Elementary SchoolElementary · 323 students
- Grant Elementary SchoolElementary · 323 students
- Hayes Elementary SchoolElementary · 292 students
- Lincoln Elementary SchoolElementary · 270 students
Other Garfield Middle schools
5 other US public schools in 5 states are named Garfield Middle. Garfield Middle School is the 4th largest of the 6.
- Garfield Middle SchoolHamilton, OH · 814 students
- Garfield Middle SchoolGARFIELD, NJ · 971 students
- Garfield Middle SchoolRevere, MA · 542 students
- GARFIELD MIDDLEALBUQUERQUE, NM · 282 students
- Garfield Middle SchoolGarfield, WA · 31 students
Nearby schools
- Emerson Elementary School0.4 mi · 323
- Franklin School of Opportunity Online0.5 mi · 36
- Franklin School of Opportunity - On Site0.5 mi · 59
- Taft Center for Innovation0.6 mi · 34
- Lake Erie International High School0.6 mi · 133
- Lakewood High School0.7 mi · 1,372
Frequently asked questions
About Garfield Middle SchoolHow large is Garfield Middle School?
Garfield Middle School enrolls approximately 457 students in grades 06-08.
What age range does Garfield Middle School serve?
Garfield Middle School serves students from grade 06 through grade 08.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Garfield Middle School?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Garfield Middle School is approximately 15.2:1 (30 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at Garfield Middle School?
At Garfield Middle School, the student body is approximately 66% White, 4% Hispanic, 10% Black, 6% Asian, 14% Two or more.
Who oversees Garfield Middle School?
Garfield Middle School is overseen by Lakewood City in Cuyahoga County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.