📍 1120 10th Ave Ne, Brainerd, Crow Wing County, 56401
Garfield Elementary is a State/Public serving elementary age pupils, located in Brainerd, Crow Wing County. The school has 320 pupils enrolled. It is part of the Brainerd Public School District school district. It serves grades K–4 in a small-town setting. The school employs 26.8 full-time-equivalent teachers, a student-teacher ratio of 11.9:1. 42% of students are proficient in reading. 47% are proficient in maths. Technology infrastructure includes fiber internet, campus-wide Wi-Fi, devices for students.
Garfield Elementary enrolls 320 students across grades K–4. The student body is 49% male and 51% female. A teaching staff of 26.8 full-time-equivalent teachers supports the school, giving a student-teacher ratio of 11.9:1.
By race and ethnicity, the student body is 86% White, 6.3% Two or more races and 3.8% American Indian or Alaska Native.
| Race / ethnicity | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| White | 276 | 86% |
| Two or more races | 20 | 6.3% |
| American Indian or Alaska Native | 12 | 3.8% |
| Hispanic or Latino | 8 | 2.5% |
| Black or African American | 3 | <1% |
| Asian | 1 | <1% |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data.
214 of the school's 320 students (67%) qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. Of these, 174 qualify for free lunch and 40 for a reduced price. The school participates in the National School Lunch Program. 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 a small-town setting (NCES locale: Town, Remote). The school runs a schoolwide Title I program, which provides federal funding to support students from low-income families. For civic and policy purposes, the school sits in congressional district MN-80, state senate district 10.
Garfield Elementary is one of 13 schools in BRAINERD PUBLIC SCHOOL DISTRICT, based in BRAINERD, Minnesota. The district serves 6,079 students district-wide and employs 421 full-time-equivalent teachers. With 320 students, Garfield Elementary is smaller than the district average of about 468 students per school.
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Proficiency based on state assessments.
Setting: Town - Remote
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