Enrollment
378
Elementary
DISTRICT 285 · STATE 321
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·CORVALLIS SD 509J·NCES 410348000037
Garfield Elementary School
1205 NW Garfield Ave, Corvallis, OR 97330 · (541) 757-5941 · Benton County
GRADES KG–05ELEMENTARY13-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL378 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
17.1:1
22 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 16.1:1 · STATE 16.5:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
57%
216 students
DISTRICT 58% · STATE 76%
Community
0
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other elementary schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Kindergarten | 70 | 19% |
| Grade 1 | 74 | 20% |
| Grade 2 | 65 | 17% |
| Grade 3 | 58 | 15% |
| Grade 4 | 64 | 17% |
| Grade 5 | 47 | 12% |
This year's kindergarten class (70) is 49% larger than its 5th grade class (47).
Student demographics
60%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 54% · STATE 59% · 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
Test scores
OSAS 2024-25 . % ProficientEnglish Language Arts
38.6%
OR avg 43.0% . -1.7pp since 2023
Math
31.0%
OR avg 31.8% . -0.8pp since 2023
What this means: On the OSAS, Oregon's statewide test, about 39 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 31 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Oregon schools, those numbers are about 43 and 32. Reading and writing scores are down about 2 points since 2023, while math scores have held steady.
OSAS results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 38.6% | 31.0% |
| 2023-24 | 40.3% | 31.8% |
% Proficient, all students and all tested grades.
Source: OSAS. 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
32.6%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
40.4%
based on OR schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-7.7pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 33% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 40% typical for Oregon 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 Oregon'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 Elementary School
Garfield Elementary School's state test result (32.6% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Garfield Elementary School this school | 378 | 57.1% | 32.6% |
| Milwaukie El Puente Elementary School Milwaukie | 408 | 58.8% | 33.2% |
| Candy Lane Elementary School Milwaukie | 363 | 54.5% | 27.3% |
| River Road/El Camino del Rio Elementary School Eugene | 416 | 63.7% | 34.5% |
| Bridgeport Elementary School Tualatin | 531 | 57.8% | 36.5% |
| Chehalem Elementary School Beaverton | 396 | 55.6% | 40.3% |
Matched among Oregon elementary 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 Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Oregon | In Benton County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 32.6% | #316 of 591 | #11 of 12 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 31.0% | #359 of 646 ▼ 13 | #12 of 13 no change |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 38.6% | #373 of 646 ▼ 43 | #12 of 13 no change |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 378 | #251 of 710 | #1 of 15 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 17.1:1 | #313 of 587 | #8 of 12 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 59.7% | #153 of 587 | #1 of 12 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 57.1% | #512 of 645 | #11 of 13 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -14.9% | #329 of 493 | #8 of 10 |
Ranked against other public elementary 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
378
-12 (-3%) vs 2020
-2% since 1990-91, when it was 387
Student : Teacher
17.1:1
was 15.6:1
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 | 378 | 22.1 | 17.1:1 | 57% (216) |
| 2023-24 | 368 | 21.7 | 17.0:1 | 67% (246) |
| 2022-23 | 378 | 25.7 | 14.7:1 | 67% (255) |
| 2020-21 | 390 | 25 | 15.6:1 | N/A |
| 2017-18 | 444 | 26.4 | 16.8:1 | 59% (264) |
| 2015-16 | 431 | 27 | 16.0:1 | 64% (276) |
| 2010-11 | 379 | 20 | 18.9:1 | 75% (284) |
| 2000-01 | 288 | 17 | 16.9:1 | 50% (143) |
| 1990-91 | 387 | 20 | 19.4:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Garfield Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students down 15% (444 to 378); teachers down 16% (26.4 to 22.1).
About Garfield Elementary School
Among the schools in Corvallis, Oregon, is Garfield Elementary School, a medium-sized elementary school. A federal count lists 378 students at the school, in kindergarten through 5.
Corvallis SD 509J runs Garfield Elementary School along with 12 other schools, enrolling 5,916 students in total.
Hispanic students form the largest group at Garfield Elementary School, 48% of enrollment. The next largest groups are 40% White and 8% multiracial. In Benton County overall, about 9% of residents are Hispanic. The chance that two students picked at random at Garfield Elementary School belong to different racial or ethnic groups, known as the diversity index, is 60%.
The ratio of students to teachers is 17.1:1, with 22.1 full-time-equivalent teachers on staff. Elementary schools in Oregon average about 16.5:1, a similar figure. The percentage of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch is 57%.
Garfield Elementary School's average proficiency rate on state tests of 32.6% is 7.7 points below the 40.4% the model predicts from its lunch-eligibility share.
In Benton County (population about 96,303), median household income is about $77,702, 54% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 8% of residents live below the federal poverty line. A total of 26 public schools operate in Benton County, serving about 9,268 students.
The closest public school to Garfield Elementary School is Linus Pauling Middle School, about 0.2 miles away. Other public schools within five miles number at least 8. Among 9 nearby schools that report test results, Garfield Elementary School ranks 9th on proficiency.
By NCES locale, the school is City: Small, or inside a principal city with a population under 100,000.
Enrollment was 390 in 2020-21 and 378 in 2024-25, a decrease of 12 students. The student-to-teacher ratio rose from 15.6:1 in 2020-21 to 17.1:1 in 2024-25.
The Garfield Elementary School community page is open for posts about enrollment questions, class placement, and PTA news. Anyone with firsthand experience at this school can post or comment.
Benton County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
96,303
Census ACS
Median income
$77,702
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
54%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
8%
Below federal line
Schools in county
26
9,268 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Corvallis SD 509J
- Corvallis High SchoolHigh · 1,273 students
- Crescent Valley High SchoolHigh · 875 students
- Linus Pauling Middle SchoolMiddle · 712 students
- Cheldelin Middle SchoolMiddle · 488 students
- Bessie Coleman Elementary SchoolElementary · 351 students
- Adams Elementary SchoolElementary · 342 students
Other schools in Corvallis
- Corvallis High SchoolHigh · 1,273 students
- Crescent Valley High SchoolHigh · 875 students
- Linus Pauling Middle SchoolMiddle · 712 students
- Cheldelin Middle SchoolMiddle · 488 students
- Bessie Coleman Elementary SchoolElementary · 351 students
- Adams Elementary SchoolElementary · 342 students
Other Garfield Elementary schools
51 other US public schools in 21 states are named Garfield Elementary. Garfield Elementary School is the 23rd largest of the 52.
- Garfield Elementary SchoolRevere, MA · 639 students
- Garfield Elementary SchoolDEL RIO, TX · 635 students
- Garfield ElementaryClovis, CA · 610 students
- Garfield ElementaryAlhambra, CA · 577 students
- Garfield Elementary - 19Sioux Falls, SD · 574 students
Nearby schools
- Linus Pauling Middle School0.2 mi · 712
- Corvallis High School0.6 mi · 1,273
- Franklin School0.7 mi · 310
- Kathryn Jones Harrison Elementary School0.8 mi · 225
- Letitia Carson Elementary School0.9 mi · 333
- Bessie Coleman Elementary School1.5 mi · 351
Frequently asked questions
About Garfield Elementary SchoolHow large is Garfield Elementary School?
Garfield Elementary School enrolls approximately 378 students in grades KG-05.
What grades does Garfield Elementary School serve?
Garfield Elementary School serves grades KG-05.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Garfield Elementary School?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Garfield Elementary School is approximately 17.1:1 (22 FTE teachers).
How diverse is Garfield Elementary School?
Garfield Elementary School reports a student body of 40% White, 48% Hispanic, 2% Black, 1% Asian, 8% Two or more.
What district is Garfield Elementary School in?
Garfield Elementary School is part of Corvallis SD 509J.
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