📍 2240 Baltic Ave., Long Beach, Los Angeles County, 90810
Garfield Elementary is a State/Public serving elementary age pupils, located in Long Beach, Los Angeles County. The school has 573 pupils enrolled. The Principal is Monica Alas. It is part of the Long Beach Unified school district. It serves grades K–5 in an urban setting. The school employs 25 full-time-equivalent teachers, a student-teacher ratio of 22.9:1.
Garfield Elementary enrolls 573 students across grades K–5. The student body is 56% male and 44% female. A teaching staff of 25 full-time-equivalent teachers supports the school, giving a student-teacher ratio of 22.9:1.
By race and ethnicity, the student body is 78% Hispanic or Latino, 12% Asian and 7.7% Black or African American.
| Race / ethnicity | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Hispanic or Latino | 446 | 78% |
| Asian | 67 | 12% |
| Black or African American | 44 | 7.7% |
| White | 9 | 1.6% |
| Two or more races | 6 | 1% |
| Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander | 1 | <1% |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data.
396 of the school's 573 students (69%) qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. Free and reduced-price lunch eligibility is a widely used indicator of the share of students from lower-income households.
Garfield Elementary is located in an urban setting (NCES locale: City, Large). The school runs a schoolwide Title I program, which provides federal funding to support students from low-income families.
Garfield Elementary is one of 84 schools in Long Beach Unified, based in Long Beach, California. The district serves 62,644 students district-wide and employs 2,733 full-time-equivalent teachers. With 573 students, Garfield Elementary is smaller than the district average of about 746 students per school.
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