Garfield Elementary School

Garfield Elementary School, a middle-of-the-pack elementary school in Corvallis, Oregon, overseen by Corvallis SD 509J, educates 378 students, covering grades K through 5.

Corvallis SD 509J comprises 13 schools with combined enrollment of 5,916 students; Garfield Elementary School is among them.

On the student-mix side, Garfield Elementary School records that 48% of students identify as Hispanic, with the remaining enrollment distributed across several groups. Other groups include 40% White, 8% multiracial. That is visibly more Hispanic than the county at large, where the share is closer to 9%.

On the income-and-resources front, Garfield Elementary School records 22 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 17.1:1. The state averages about 16.5:1, putting this campus right in line with peers. About 57% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), Garfield Elementary School performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 40.4%, the actual is 32.6%, a residual of -7.7 points.

Zooming out to the county, census data for Benton County shows the typical household earns roughly $77,702 per year, 54% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and roughly 8% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Across Benton County's 26 public schools (combined enrollment of about 9,268 students), Garfield Elementary School is one campus in the mix.

The closest other public school is Linus Pauling Middle School, roughly 0.2 miles away. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. Among the 9 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Garfield Elementary School ranks 9th on composite proficiency, below the local average of 50.1%.

The school occupies a downtown site.

Over the past 7-year window. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Garfield Elementary School has decreased 15%, going from 444 students in 2018 to 378 in 2025.

On the community side, recent activity here tends to focus on enrollment questions, classroom assignments, and PTA news. Members of the school community can share what they know.