📍 2535 B St., Selma, Fresno County, 93662
James Garfield Elementary is a State/Public serving elementary age pupils, located in Selma, Fresno County. The school has 239 pupils enrolled. The Principal is Lena Huffmon. It is part of the Selma Unified school district. It serves grades K–6 in a small-town setting. The school employs 9.5 full-time-equivalent teachers, a student-teacher ratio of 25.2:1.
James Garfield Elementary enrolls 239 students across grades K–6. The student body is 55% male and 45% female. A teaching staff of 9.5 full-time-equivalent teachers supports the school, giving a student-teacher ratio of 25.2:1.
By race and ethnicity, the student body is 94% Hispanic or Latino, 4.6% White and <1% Asian.
| Race / ethnicity | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Hispanic or Latino | 225 | 94% |
| White | 11 | 4.6% |
| Asian | 2 | <1% |
| Two or more races | 1 | <1% |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data.
219 of the school's 239 students (92%) 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.
James Garfield Elementary is located in a small-town setting (NCES locale: Town, Fringe). The school runs a schoolwide Title I program, which provides federal funding to support students from low-income families.
James Garfield Elementary is one of 11 schools in Selma Unified, based in Selma, California. The district serves 5,914 students district-wide and employs 282 full-time-equivalent teachers. With 239 students, James Garfield Elementary is smaller than the district average of about 538 students per school.
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