📍 4487 Oregon St., San Diego, San Diego County, 92116
Garfield Elementary is a State/Public serving elementary age pupils, located in San Diego, San Diego County. The school has 267 pupils enrolled. The Principal is Mechale Murphy. It is part of the San Diego Unified school district. It serves grades K–5 in an urban setting. The school employs 13 full-time-equivalent teachers, a student-teacher ratio of 20.5:1.
Garfield Elementary enrolls 267 students across grades K–5. The student body is 51% male and 49% female. A teaching staff of 13 full-time-equivalent teachers supports the school, giving a student-teacher ratio of 20.5:1.
By race and ethnicity, the student body is 60% Hispanic or Latino, 17% White and 16% Black or African American.
| Race / ethnicity | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Hispanic or Latino | 160 | 60% |
| White | 45 | 17% |
| Black or African American | 44 | 16% |
| Two or more races | 13 | 4.9% |
| Asian | 3 | 1.1% |
| American Indian or Alaska Native | 1 | <1% |
| Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander | 1 | <1% |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data.
206 of the school's 267 students (77%) 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 175 schools in San Diego Unified, based in San Diego, California. The district serves 95,175 students district-wide and employs 4,290 full-time-equivalent teachers. With 267 students, Garfield Elementary is smaller than the district average of about 544 students per school.
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