Enrollment
314
Elementary
DISTRICT 360 · STATE 380
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·SPOKANE SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 530825001375
Garfield Elementary
222 W Knox Ave, Spokane, WA 99205 · (509) 354-2700 · Spokane County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY12-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL314 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
12.1:1
26 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 13.6:1 · STATE 17.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
79%
247 students
DISTRICT 60% · 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Pre-K | 11 | 4% |
| Kindergarten | 53 | 17% |
| Grade 1 | 42 | 13% |
| Grade 2 | 57 | 18% |
| Grade 3 | 57 | 18% |
| Grade 4 | 48 | 15% |
| Grade 5 | 46 | 15% |
This year's kindergarten class (53) is 15% larger than its 5th grade class (46).
Student demographics
62%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 54% · 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
34.8%
WA avg 58.4% . -17.4pp since 2014
Math
29.0%
WA avg 51.2% . -19.8pp since 2014
What this means: On the Smarter Balanced + WCAS, Washington's statewide test, about 35 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 29 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 17 points since 2014, while math scores are down about 20 points.
Smarter Balanced + WCAS results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 34.8% | 29.0% |
| 2023-24 | 27.5% | 25.3% |
| 2022-23 | 32.9% | 30.0% |
| 2021-22 | 40.8% | 29.5% |
| 2018-19 | 47.7% | 33.9% |
| 2017-18 | 49.1% | 39.4% |
| 2016-17 | 45.2% | 39.2% |
| 2015-16 | 57.0% | 47.3% |
| 2014-15 | 52.2% | 48.8% |
% 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
32.3%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
27.4%
based on WA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+4.9pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 32% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 27% 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
Garfield Elementary's state test result (32.3% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 4 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Garfield Elementary this school | 314 | 78.7% | 32.3% |
| Progress Elementary School Spokane Valley | 280 | 77.1% | 34.0% |
| Willard Elementary Spokane | 384 | 78.4% | 31.0% |
| Regal Elementary Spokane | 381 | 84.3% | 25.9% |
| Holmes Elementary Spokane | 378 | 84.1% | 27.4% |
| Richland School District Early Learning Center Richland | 301 | 78.1% | N/A |
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 ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Washington | In Spokane County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 32.3% | #767 of 936 | #71 of 82 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 29.0% | #893 of 1,103 ▲ 54 | #72 of 83 ▲ 4 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 34.8% | #863 of 1,102 ▲ 113 | #71 of 83 ▲ 6 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest drop first | -3.2pp | #214 of 928 | #21 of 81 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 314 | #919 of 1,268 | #66 of 92 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 12.1:1 | #26 of 1,085 | #7 of 83 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 61.9% | #483 of 1,088 | #14 of 83 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 78.7% | #128 of 1,169 | #13 of 86 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -29.4% | #131 of 778 | #15 of 67 |
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
314
-62 (-16%) vs 2020
-44% since 1990-91, when it was 562
Student : Teacher
12.1:1
was 14.5:1
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 | 314 | 26 | 12.1:1 | 79% (247) |
| 2023-24 | 363 | 31.8 | 11.4:1 | 82% (297) |
| 2022-23 | 382 | 30.4 | 12.6:1 | 79% (301) |
| 2020-21 | 376 | 26 | 14.5:1 | 69% (260) |
| 2017-18 | 445 | 36.1 | 12.3:1 | 72% (321) |
| 2015-16 | 476 | 36 | 13.2:1 | 74% (352) |
| 2010-11 | 477 | 27 | 17.7:1 | 70% (333) |
| 2000-01 | 489 | 27 | 18.1:1 | N/A |
| 1990-91 | 562 | 25 | 22.5:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Garfield Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students down 29% (445 to 314); teachers down 28% (36.1 to 26).
About Garfield Elementary
Garfield Elementary is one of the public schools in Spokane, Washington. It is a low-enrollment elementary school. The school serves pre-K through 5. Enrollment is 314 students.
Garfield Elementary is among 62 schools run by Spokane School District, which serves 28,853 students.
Of every 100 students at Garfield Elementary, about 58 are White. The rest of enrollment is 15% multiracial, 14% Hispanic, 5% Native American, and 4% Black. Among all residents of Spokane County, the White share is about 83%. Measured by the diversity index, the student body scores 62%.
Garfield Elementary has 26 full-time-equivalent teachers on staff and a student-to-teacher ratio of 12.1:1. By comparison, the average for elementary schools in Washington is 17.3:1. At Garfield Elementary, 79% of students qualify for free or reduced-price lunch in 2024-25. That rate is above the 52% average among public schools in Spokane County.
On BeatsExpectations, Garfield Elementary is 4.9 points above its prediction, a result in the middle 80% of Washington schools.
Spokane County is the school's county. There, the median household earns about $78,582 a year, roughly 33% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 7%. Garfield Elementary shares Spokane County with 186 other public schools.
Measured in a straight line, A-3 Multiagency Adolescent Prog is about 0.2 miles from Garfield Elementary. Within five miles are at least 8 other public schools. Among its closest neighbors with test data, Garfield Elementary is 4th of 6 on proficiency.
Federal records code the school's setting as City: Mid-size.
By 2024-25, enrollment had dropped to 314, from 376 in 2020-21. By 2024-25, the school had 12.1 students per teacher, compared with 14.5 in 2020-21.
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Spokane County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
549,056
Census ACS
Median income
$78,582
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
33%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
7%
Below federal line
Schools in county
187
76,588 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Spokane School District
- Lewis & Clark High SchoolHigh · 1,673 students
- North Central High SchoolHigh · 1,647 students
- Ferris High SchoolHigh · 1,644 students
- Rogers High SchoolHigh · 1,498 students
- Shadle Park High SchoolHigh · 1,445 students
- Sacajawea Middle SchoolMiddle · 855 students
Other schools in Spokane
- Mead Senior High SchoolHigh · 1,827 students
- Lewis & Clark High SchoolHigh · 1,673 students
- North Central High SchoolHigh · 1,647 students
- Ferris High SchoolHigh · 1,644 students
- Rogers High SchoolHigh · 1,498 students
- Shadle Park High SchoolHigh · 1,445 students
Other Garfield Elementary schools
51 other US public schools in 21 states are named Garfield Elementary. Garfield Elementary is the 29th largest of the 52.
- Garfield Elementary SchoolYakima, WA · 507 students
- Garfield Elementary SchoolEverett, WA · 393 students
- Garfield Elementary SchoolOLYMPIA, WA · 314 students
- Garfield Elementary SchoolTOPPENISH, WA · 310 students
- Garfield ElementaryGarfield, WA · 51 students
Nearby schools
- A-3 Multiagency Adolescent Prog0.2 mi · 29
- North Central High School0.4 mi · 1,647
- The Community School0.7 mi · 165
- Spokane Public Montessori0.8 mi · 413
- Logan Elementary1.0 mi · 336
- Structural Alt Confinement School1.1 mi · 14
Frequently asked questions
About Garfield ElementaryHow large is Garfield Elementary?
Garfield Elementary enrolls approximately 314 students in grades PK-05.
What age range does Garfield Elementary serve?
Garfield Elementary serves students from grade PK through grade 05.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Garfield Elementary?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Garfield Elementary is approximately 12.1:1 (26 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at Garfield Elementary?
At Garfield Elementary, the student body is approximately 58% White, 14% Hispanic, 4% Black, 1% Asian, 15% Two or more.
Is Garfield Elementary public or private?
Garfield Elementary is a public K-12 school, overseen by Spokane School District.
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