About Garfield Elementary School
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Garfield Elementary School is located in Long Beach, CA and is one of 63 elementary schools in Long Beach Unified. It is a magnet school that serves 901 students in grades K-5.
Magnet schools are public schools that offer a specialized curriculum or educational philosophy, often with a specific focus or theme. Magnet schools promote student diversity because they are open to students outside the normal school district boundaries and often attract high caliber students through competitive programs.
Garfield Elementary School made AYP in 2009. Under No Child Left Behind, a school makes Adequate Yearly Progress (AYP) if it achieves the minimum levels of improvement determined by the state of California in terms of student performance and other accountability measures. See Garfield Elementary School's test results to learn more about school performance.
A school's Academic Performance Index (API) is a scale that ranges from 200 to 1000 and is calculated from the school's performance in the Standardized Testing and Reporting (STAR) Program. The state has set 800 as the API target for all schools to meet.
Garfield Elementary School had an API growth score of 743 in 2009. California uses the Academic Performance Index (API) to measure annual school performance and year-to-year improvement. Garfield Elementary School's 2009 base score was 716 and the school did meet its 2009 school-wide growth target.
In 2008, Garfield Elementary School had 18 students for every full-time equivalent teacher. The California average is 21 students per full-time equivalent teacher. Learn more about Garfield Elementary School's students and teachers.
Garfield Elementary School Student Diversity
- Students by Ethnicity (2008)
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Hispanic
77 %
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Filipino
10 %
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Black
9 %
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Asian
2 %
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Pacific Islander
1 %
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White
< 1 %
- Students by Gender (2008)
- Male 53%
- Female 47%
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