Enrollment
310
Elementary
DISTRICT 325 · STATE 380
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·TOPPENISH SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 530897001531
Garfield Elementary School
505 MADISON AVE, TOPPENISH, WA 98948 · (509) 865-4575 · Yakima County
GRADES KG–05ELEMENTARY32-TOWNTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL310 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
14.6:1
21 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 51.8:1 · STATE 17.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
94%
290 students
DISTRICT 86% · STATE 51%
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 | 40 | 13% |
| Grade 1 | 40 | 13% |
| Grade 2 | 67 | 22% |
| Grade 3 | 56 | 18% |
| Grade 4 | 45 | 15% |
| Grade 5 | 62 | 20% |
This year's kindergarten class (40) is 35% smaller than its 5th grade class (62).
Student demographics
12%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 23% · STATE 68% · 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
Smarter Balanced + WCAS 2024-25 . % Met or Exceeded StandardEnglish Language Arts
21.3%
WA avg 58.4% . -1.9pp since 2014
Math
21.3%
WA avg 51.2% . -2.0pp since 2014
What this means: On the Smarter Balanced + WCAS, Washington's statewide test, about 21 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 21 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Washington schools, those numbers are about 58 and 51. Reading and writing scores are down about 2 points since 2014, while math scores are down about 2 points.
Smarter Balanced + WCAS results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 21.3% | 21.3% |
| 2023-24 | 21.2% | 15.1% |
| 2022-23 | 22.9% | 24.0% |
| 2021-22 | 20.1% | 17.2% |
| 2018-19 | 37.3% | 36.4% |
| 2017-18 | 36.4% | 31.1% |
| 2016-17 | 30.7% | 28.4% |
| 2015-16 | 26.4% | 26.4% |
| 2014-15 | 23.1% | 23.3% |
% Met or Exceeded Standard, all students and all tested grades.
Source: Smarter Balanced + WCAS. 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
21.5%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
17.4%
based on WA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+4.1pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 22% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 17% typical for Washington 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 Washington'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 (21.5% proficient) is higher than 4 of the 4 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Garfield Elementary School this school | 310 | 93.5% | 21.5% |
| Morris Schott Elementary Mattawa | 317 | 92.4% | 17.3% |
| Longfellow Elementary PASCO | 312 | 91.0% | 14.9% |
| Bridgeport Elementary BRIDGEPORT | 347 | 89.9% | N/A |
| Pioneer Elementary QUINCY | 291 | 89.0% | 21.4% |
| Marie Curie STEM Elementary Pasco | 376 | 91.5% | 15.8% |
Matched among Washington 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 Washington | In Yakima County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 21.5% | #896 of 936 | #37 of 43 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 21.3% | #1,017 of 1,103 ▲ 48 | #37 of 45 ▲ 5 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 21.3% | #1,058 of 1,102 ▼ 4 | #38 of 45 ▲ 3 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +2.6pp | #402 of 928 | #19 of 44 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 310 | #930 of 1,268 | #43 of 52 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 14.6:1 | #249 of 1,085 | #6 of 51 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 12.3% | #1,071 of 1,088 | #45 of 51 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 93.5% | #10 of 1,169 | #4 of 51 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -25.3% | #189 of 778 | #11 of 40 |
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
310
-38 (-11%) vs 2020
-14% since 1990-91, when it was 359
Student : Teacher
14.6:1
was 17.4:1
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 | 310 | 21.3 | 14.6:1 | 94% (290) |
| 2023-24 | 344 | 20 | 17.2:1 | 94% (323) |
| 2022-23 | 333 | 21 | 15.9:1 | 93% (309) |
| 2020-21 | 348 | 20 | 17.4:1 | 88% (306) |
| 2017-18 | 415 | 21 | 19.8:1 | 96% (399) |
| 2015-16 | 405 | 21 | 19.3:1 | 95% (384) |
| 2010-11 | 398 | 18 | 22.1:1 | 99% (395) |
| 2000-01 | 467 | 27 | 17.3:1 | N/A |
| 1990-91 | 359 | 17 | 21.1:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Garfield Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students down 25% (415 to 310); teachers up 1% (21 to 21.3).
About Garfield Elementary School
At 505 MADISON AVE in TOPPENISH, Washington, Garfield Elementary School operates as a low-enrollment elementary school. The school serves 310 students in kindergarten through 5 in 2024-25.
Garfield Elementary School reports to Toppenish School District, which has 9 schools and 3,646 students.
Hispanic students are the large majority at Garfield Elementary School, with 94% of enrollment. The next largest groups are 5% Native American. In Yakima County overall, about 52% of residents are Hispanic. Garfield Elementary School has a diversity index of 12%, compared with 70% for all US public school students.
Federal staffing data show 21.3 full-time-equivalent teachers at Garfield Elementary School and a ratio of 14.6:1. That ratio is under the 17.3:1 average for elementary schools in Washington. Free or reduced-price lunch eligibility covers 94% of students. For comparison, public schools in Yakima County average 77%.
Garfield Elementary School posts an average proficiency rate on state tests of 21.5%, compared with a predicted 17.4%. It is not in the top or bottom 10% of Washington schools on BeatsExpectations.
Yakima County has these Census figures: median household income is about $70,656, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 19%, and roughly 12% of residents are in poverty. Garfield Elementary School is among the 119 public schools in Yakima County.
The nearest public school is Toppenish Pre School, at about 0.4 miles. Garfield Elementary School has at least 8 other public schools within five miles. The school's 21.5% average proficiency ranks 4th among 6 nearby schools.
NCES describes the area around Garfield Elementary School as Town: Distant, meaning in a town some distance from an urbanized area.
The number of students dropped from 348 to 310 over 4 years. By 2024-25, the school had 14.6 students per teacher, compared with 17.4 in 2020-21.
Families, students, and staff can use this page to discuss sports schedules, lunch menus, and spirit week at Garfield Elementary School. Alumni can share how the school prepared them.
Yakima County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
257,152
Census ACS
Median income
$70,656
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
19%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
12%
Below federal line
Schools in county
119
52,145 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Toppenish School District
- Toppenish High SchoolHigh · 969 students
- Toppenish Middle SchoolMiddle · 757 students
- Valley View ElementaryElementary · 484 students
- Kirkwood Elementary SchoolElementary · 387 students
- Lincoln Elementary SchoolElementary · 244 students
- Toppenish Pre SchoolElementary · 198 students
Other schools in TOPPENISH
- Toppenish High SchoolHigh · 969 students
- Toppenish Middle SchoolMiddle · 757 students
- Valley View ElementaryElementary · 484 students
- Kirkwood Elementary SchoolElementary · 387 students
- Lincoln Elementary SchoolElementary · 244 students
- Toppenish Pre SchoolElementary · 198 students
Other Garfield Elementary schools
51 other US public schools in 21 states are named Garfield Elementary. Garfield Elementary School is the 31st largest of the 52.
- Garfield Elementary SchoolYakima, WA · 507 students
- Garfield Elementary SchoolEverett, WA · 393 students
- Garfield Elementary SchoolOLYMPIA, WA · 314 students
- Garfield ElementarySpokane, WA · 314 students
- Garfield ElementaryGarfield, WA · 51 students
Nearby schools
- Toppenish Pre School0.4 mi · 198
- Kirkwood Elementary School0.5 mi · 387
- Toppenish Middle School0.5 mi · 757
- Yakama Nation Tribal School0.5 mi · 152
- Lincoln Elementary School0.7 mi · 244
- Computer Academy Toppenish High School0.8 mi · 185
Frequently asked questions
About Garfield Elementary SchoolWhat is the total enrollment at Garfield Elementary School?
Garfield Elementary School enrolls approximately 310 students in grades KG-05.
Is Garfield Elementary School an elementary, middle, or high school?
Garfield Elementary School is an elementary school covering grades KG-05.
How many teachers does Garfield Elementary School have?
Garfield Elementary School employs 21 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 14.6:1.
What is the student diversity at Garfield Elementary School?
Student demographics at Garfield Elementary School are roughly 1% White, 94% Hispanic, 1% Black.
Who oversees Garfield Elementary School?
Garfield Elementary School is overseen by Toppenish School District in Yakima County.
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