GARFIELD EL

GARFIELD EL operates as a reasonably sized elementary school in DEL RIO, Texas, overseen by SAN FELIPE-DEL RIO CISD. Current enrollment sits at 635 students spanning grades K through 5. That puts it 22% above the typical public school in Texas, which averages around 519 students.

SAN FELIPE-DEL RIO CISD comprises 14 schools with combined enrollment of 9,767 students; GARFIELD EL is among them.

For racial and ethnic makeup, GARFIELD EL lists that nearly all students (97%) are Hispanic. The remainder reads as 3% White. The wider county runs roughly 81% Hispanic, putting the school's mix meaningfully more Hispanic than the area baseline.

On the resource side, GARFIELD EL shows 34 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 18.7:1. That figure is higher than the state norm's 15.1:1 average. About 86% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy. That share is noticeably above Val Verde County's rate of about 72%.

With demographic context factored in, GARFIELD EL tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 36.5% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 25.3%.

In the area at large, community-level numbers for Val Verde County indicate median household earnings sit near $66,100, roughly 23% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 14%. Across Val Verde County's 20 public schools (combined enrollment of about 10,448 students), GARFIELD EL is one campus in the mix.

Nearest neighbor: BLENDED ACADEMY, around 0.1 miles off. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts GARFIELD EL at 7th of 7; the average score across the group is 44.5%.

The campus sits in a small-town setting.

Five-year trend. Over the past 7-year window, the student count decreased 6%: 672 students in 2018 compared to 635 in 2025. Class-load math has loosened: from 16.2:1 in 2018 to 18.7:1 in 2025.

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