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Enrollment
507
Elementary
DISTRICT 451 · STATE 380
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·YAKIMA SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 531011001692
Garfield Elementary School
612 N 6th Ave, Yakima, WA 98902 · (509) 573-5700 · Yakima County
GRADES KG–05ELEMENTARY13-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL507 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
16.4:1
31 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 22.8:1 · STATE 17.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
93%
471 students
DISTRICT 86% · STATE 51%
Community
1
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 | 80 | 16% |
| Grade 1 | 85 | 17% |
| Grade 2 | 80 | 16% |
| Grade 3 | 86 | 17% |
| Grade 4 | 91 | 18% |
| Grade 5 | 85 | 17% |
This year's kindergarten class (80) is 6% smaller than its 5th grade class (85).
Student demographics
16%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 30% · 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
23.3%
WA avg 58.4% . -0.2pp since 2014
Math
24.9%
WA avg 51.2% . -0.9pp since 2014
What this means: On the Smarter Balanced + WCAS, Washington's statewide test, about 23 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 25 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Washington schools, those numbers are about 58 and 51. Reading and writing scores have held steady since 2014, while math scores have held steady.
Smarter Balanced + WCAS results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 23.3% | 24.9% |
| 2023-24 | 21.5% | 24.2% |
| 2022-23 | 20.8% | 21.1% |
| 2021-22 | 18.4% | 15.1% |
| 2018-19 | 38.3% | 39.6% |
| 2017-18 | 35.5% | 40.7% |
| 2016-17 | 26.3% | 39.4% |
| 2015-16 | 23.7% | 33.1% |
| 2014-15 | 23.5% | 25.8% |
% 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
22.7%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
17.9%
based on WA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+4.8pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 23% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 18% 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 (22.7% proficient) is higher than 4 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Garfield Elementary School this school | 507 | 92.9% | 22.7% |
| Martin Luther King Jr Elementary Yakima | 485 | 92.6% | 21.7% |
| Barge-Lincoln Elementary School Yakima | 518 | 92.9% | 25.2% |
| Valley View Elementary TOPPENISH | 484 | 91.1% | 22.1% |
| Saddle Mountain Elementary Mattawa | 470 | 91.7% | 21.0% |
| Rowena Chess Elementary PASCO | 436 | 91.1% | 11.5% |
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 | 22.7% | #886 of 936 | #33 of 43 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 24.9% | #963 of 1,103 ▲ 8 | #32 of 45 ▼ 1 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 23.3% | #1,041 of 1,102 ▲ 9 | #34 of 45 ▲ 5 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +7.4pp | #159 of 928 | #8 of 44 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 507 | #272 of 1,268 | #16 of 52 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 16.4:1 | #690 of 1,085 | #31 of 51 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 15.5% | #1,061 of 1,088 | #40 of 51 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 92.9% | #11 of 1,169 | #5 of 51 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -1.7% | #747 of 778 | #39 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
507
-3 (-1%) vs 2020
+3% since 1990-91, when it was 494
Student : Teacher
16.4:1
was 16.4:1
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 | 507 | 30.9 | 16.4:1 | 93% (471) |
| 2023-24 | 495 | 33.7 | 14.7:1 | 95% (471) |
| 2022-23 | 488 | 31.6 | 15.4:1 | 94% (458) |
| 2020-21 | 510 | 31 | 16.4:1 | 88% (451) |
| 2017-18 | 516 | 29.7 | 17.4:1 | 88% (455) |
| 2015-16 | 552 | 29 | 19.0:1 | 95% (527) |
| 2010-11 | 576 | 29 | 19.9:1 | 84% (486) |
| 2000-01 | 490 | 25 | 19.6:1 | N/A |
| 1990-91 | 494 | 24 | 20.6:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Garfield Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students down 2% (516 to 507); teachers up 4% (29.7 to 30.9).
About Garfield Elementary School
Garfield Elementary School operates as a medium-sized elementary school in Yakima, Washington. Enrolled students number 507 students, in kindergarten through 5. Statewide, elementary schools in Washington average about 380 students each.
Garfield Elementary School sits within Yakima School District, which has 27 schools and 15,488 students.
Federal enrollment data show Garfield Elementary School is 92% Hispanic. After that, the student body is 6% White. Among all residents of Yakima County, the Hispanic share is about 52%. The school's diversity index is 16%, meaning two students picked at random have a 16% chance of belonging to different racial or ethnic groups.
Its teaching staff equals 30.9 full-time positions, a ratio of 16.4:1. On average, elementary schools in Washington have 17.3:1, compared with 16.4:1 here. Around 93% of the school's students qualify for free or reduced-price meals. That rate is above the 77% average among public schools in Yakima County.
BeatsExpectations compares each school's average proficiency rate on state tests with a prediction based on free or reduced-price lunch eligibility. For Garfield Elementary School, the prediction is 17.9% and the result is 22.7%.
Across Yakima County, the median household income is $70,656, about 19% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and roughly 12% of residents are in poverty. In all, Yakima County has 119 public schools and roughly 52,145 students.
Ridgeview Group Home is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.5 miles away. Within five miles of Garfield Elementary School, there are at least 8 other public schools.
For locale, NCES codes Garfield Elementary School as City: Small.
Between 2020-21 and 2024-25, enrollment moved from 510 to 507, a small change.
If you have questions about enrollment questions, class placement, and PTA news at Garfield Elementary School, you can post them here. Posting is open to anyone connected to the school.
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 Yakima School District
- Davis High SchoolHigh · 2,359 students
- Eisenhower High SchoolHigh · 2,258 students
- Franklin Middle SchoolMiddle · 848 students
- Wilson Middle SchoolMiddle · 840 students
- Lewis & Clark Middle SchoolMiddle · 815 students
- Washington Middle SchoolMiddle · 748 students
Other schools in Yakima
- Davis High SchoolHigh · 2,359 students
- Eisenhower High SchoolHigh · 2,258 students
- West Valley High SchoolHigh · 1,494 students
- West Valley Mid-Level CampusMiddle · 1,167 students
- East Valley High SchoolHigh · 1,064 students
- Franklin Middle SchoolMiddle · 848 students
Other Garfield Elementary schools
51 other US public schools in 21 states are named Garfield Elementary. Garfield Elementary School is the 12th largest of the 52.
- Garfield Elementary SchoolEverett, WA · 393 students
- Garfield Elementary SchoolOLYMPIA, WA · 314 students
- Garfield ElementarySpokane, WA · 314 students
- Garfield Elementary SchoolTOPPENISH, WA · 310 students
- Garfield ElementaryGarfield, WA · 51 students
Nearby schools
- Ridgeview Group Home0.5 mi · 3
- Juvenile Detention Center0.5 mi · 23
- Yakima Open Doors0.6 mi · 272
- Yakima Satellite Alternative Programs0.6 mi · 14
- Yakima Online0.6 mi · 355
- Stanton Academy0.6 mi · 183
Frequently asked questions
About Garfield Elementary SchoolHow many students attend Garfield Elementary School?
Garfield Elementary School enrolls approximately 507 students in grades KG-05.
What grades does Garfield Elementary School serve?
Garfield Elementary School serves grades KG-05.
How many teachers does Garfield Elementary School have?
Garfield Elementary School employs 31 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 16.4:1.
How diverse is Garfield Elementary School?
Garfield Elementary School reports a student body of 6% White, 92% Hispanic, 1% Black, 0% Two or more.
What district is Garfield Elementary School in?
Garfield Elementary School is part of Yakima School District.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.