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Garfield High School

Serves grades 9 - 12

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Raw data sources:
  • Test Scores: Edfacts (U.S. Department of Education), State departments of education.
  • Expenditures: National Center for Education Statistics.
  • Educational Environment: American Community Survey (U.S. Census Bureau).
Date(s) & Update Frequency:
  • Test data: Reflects 2022 – 2023 school year.
  • Expenditures: 2021
  • Educational Environment: 2022 (latest available). Updated annually.
  • All data updated July 2024

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School Overview

Address
500 Palisade Ave
Garfield, NJ 07026
Phone
(973) 340-5010
District
Garfield Public School District
County
BERGEN COUNTY
Type of School
Regular elementary or secondary
Magnet School
No
Charter School
No
Students Enrolled
1199
Classroom Teachers
101

School Quality Ratings

School Quality Compared to New Jersey

4

(10 is best)

Better than 30.9% of all NJ schools.

School Quality Compared to U.S.

6

(10 is best)

Garfield High School Test Scores (No Child Left Behind Tests)

60 50 40 30 20 10 0
37%
44%
41%
50%
34%
37%
    Proficiency in Reading and Math
    Proficiency in Reading
    Proficiency in Math
School
State

Class Size (number of students per classroom teacher)

17.5 15 12.5 10 7.5 5 2.5 0
12
11
12
16
    AVG FOR THIS SCHOOL
    AVG FOR DISTRICT
    AVG FOR STATE
    AVG FOR NATION
SCHOOL ENROLLMENT BY GRADE NUMBER OF STUDENTS PERCENTAGE
Grade 9 307 25.6%
Grade 10 251 20.9%
Grade 11 279 23.3%
Grade 12 247 20.6%
Total 1199 100%

School enrollment by group

Ethnic/Racial Groups This School This District This State
White (non-hispanic) 29.7% 34.8% 40.1%
Black 8.3% 8.1% 15.1%
Hispanic 61.0% 55.8% 33.8%
Asian Or Pacific Islander 0.8% 1.2% 10.6%
American Indian Or Native Of Alaska 0.3% 0.2% 0.4%
Economic Groups This School This District This State
Economically disadvantaged Unreported 42.6% 35.1%
Free lunch eligible Unreported 34.6% 29.8%
Reduced lunch eligible Unreported 8.0% 5.3%
POPULATION DISTRICT FOR THIS SCHOOL STATE
POPULATION 32,472 9,261,699
POPULATION DENSITY (per sq. mile) 15,382.0 1,255
POPULATION DISTRIBUTION BY AGE DISTRICT FOR THIS SCHOOL STATE
4 YEARS OLD AND BELOW 5.9% 5.7%
5-19 YEARS OLD 16.0% 18.6%
20-44 YEARS OLD 37.8% 32.1%
45-64 YEARS OLD 26.4% 27.1%
65 OR OLDER 14.0% 16.6%
HOUSEHOLD CHARACTERISTICS DISTRICT FOR THIS SCHOOL STATE
Number Of Households 11,544 3,438,162
Single Parent Households With Children 8.4% 7.7%
Adults With At Least A High School Diploma 85.2% 90.6%
Adults With At Least A Bachelor's Degree 22.2% 42.3%
HOUSEHOLD INCOME DISTRIBUTION DISTRICT FOR THIS SCHOOL STATE
$150,000 or more 16.3% 30.8%
$100,000 - $149,999 17.5% 18.0%
$75,000 - $99,999 14.5% 11.6%
$50,000 - $74,999 17.4% 13.2%
$30,000 - $49,999 15.2% 11.0%
$15,000 - $29,999 10.5% 8.3%
$15,000 or less 8.6% 7.1%

Education Expenditures

For this District Per Student Total % of Total
Instructional Expenditures $14,592 $69,854,000 55.3%
Support Expenditures
Student $2,723 $13,034,000 10.3%
Staff $627 $3,002,000 2.4%
General Administration $253 $1,211,000 1.0%
School Administration $1,575 $7,539,000 6.0%
Operation $1,974 $9,448,000 7.5%
Transportation $347 $1,662,000 1.3%
Other $478 $2,288,000 1.8%
Total Support $7,977 $38,184,000 30.3%
Non-instructional Expenditures $3,795 $18,168,000 14.4%
Total Expenditures $26,364 $126,206,000 100.0%
For the State Per Student Total % of Total
Instructional Expenditures $12,952 $17,923,333,000 51.0%
Support Expenditures
Student $2,555 $3,534,923,000 10.1%
Staff $804 $1,112,297,000 3.2%
General Administration $463 $640,692,000 1.8%
School Administration $1,140 $1,578,024,000 4.5%
Operation $2,061 $2,851,992,000 8.1%
Transportation $687 $951,282,000 2.7%
Other $633 $875,349,000 2.5%
Total Support $8,343 $11,544,559,000 32.9%
Non-instructional Expenditures $4,100 $5,673,661,000 16.1%
Total Expenditures $25,395 $35,141,553,000 100.0%
For the Nation Per Student Total % of Total
Instructional Expenditures $8,505 $421,432,149,000 50.1%
Support Expenditures
Student $912 $45,189,184,320 5.4%
Staff $715 $35,442,027,000 4.2%
General Administration $282 $13,997,625,000 1.7%
School Administration $800 $39,661,338,000 4.7%
Operation $1,302 $64,530,934,000 7.7%
Transportation $501 $24,826,324,680 3.0%
Other $567 $28,090,428,000 3.3%
Total Support $5,081 $251,737,861,000 29.9%
Non-instructional Expenditures $3,383 $167,614,653,000 19.9%
Total Expenditures $16,969 $840,784,663,000 100.0%

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