📍 1640 22nd Ave., Oakland, Alameda County, 94606
Garfield Elementary is a State/Public serving elementary age pupils, located in Oakland, Alameda County. The school has 498 pupils enrolled. The Principal is Alexandra Brandenburg. It is part of the Oakland Unified school district. It serves grades K–5 in an urban setting. The school employs 22.5 full-time-equivalent teachers, a student-teacher ratio of 22.1:1.
Garfield Elementary enrolls 498 students across grades K–5. The student body is 51% male and 49% female. A teaching staff of 22.5 full-time-equivalent teachers supports the school, giving a student-teacher ratio of 22.1:1.
By race and ethnicity, the student body is 57% Hispanic or Latino, 18% Black or African American and 17% Asian.
| Race / ethnicity | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Hispanic or Latino | 284 | 57% |
| Black or African American | 90 | 18% |
| Asian | 85 | 17% |
| Two or more races | 27 | 5.4% |
| White | 8 | 1.6% |
| Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander | 3 | <1% |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data.
479 of the school's 498 students (96%) 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 82 schools in Oakland Unified, based in Oakland, California. The district serves 33,838 students district-wide and employs 1,808 full-time-equivalent teachers. With 498 students, Garfield Elementary is larger than the district average of about 413 students per school.
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