Is Garin Elementary a good school?

Garin Elementary ranks 1879 th of 5862 California elementary schools. SchoolDigger rates this school 3 stars out of 5.

How many students attend Garin Elementary?

In the 2023-24 school year, 802 students attended Garin Elementary.

What is the racial makeup of Garin Elementary?

Students at Garin Elementary are 35% Hispanic, 32% White, 15% Asian, 10% Two or more races, 8% African American.

What schools do graduates of Garin Elementary attend?

Students who attend Garin Elementary usually go on to attend: Middle : Edna Hill Middle High : Liberty High

Garin Elementary

Summary:

Garin Elementary is a public elementary school located in Brentwood, California, serving 790 students in grades K-5. It is part of the Brentwood Union School District, which is ranked 421 out of 1,568 districts in the state.

Garin Elementary consistently outperforms the Brentwood Union district and the state of California in standardized test scores, with 55.17% of students proficient or better in English Language Arts/Literacy and 45.7% proficient or better in mathematics. The school's performance is particularly strong in 3rd grade, with 59.86% proficient in English Language Arts/Literacy and 63.27% proficient in mathematics. Garin Elementary also has exceptional performance among its African American and English Language Learner student subgroups, ranking in the top 5% and top 25% of California elementary schools, respectively. However, the school's performance for White and Multi-racial students is relatively weaker, ranking in the bottom 25% and bottom 10% of California elementary schools.

While Garin Elementary generally outperforms the other Brentwood Union elementary schools, it has seen a significant increase in chronic absenteeism, rising from 6.7% in 2020-2021 to 29.6% in 2021-2022 and 20.7% in 2022-2023. This trend is concerning and warrants further investigation and intervention. Additionally, the school's relatively low percentage of students receiving free or reduced-price lunch, at 25.32% in 2022-2023, suggests a higher socioeconomic status compared to the surrounding schools, which could be a contributing factor to its strong academic performance.

Detail:

Public K-5

250 First St.
Brentwood, CA 94513-1610

(925) 513-6370

District: Brentwood Union

SchoolDigger Rank:
1879^th of 5,862 California Elementary Schools

Per Pupil Expenditures: $5,844

Students who attend Garin Elementary usually attend:

Middle:	Edna Hill Middle
High:	Liberty High

Student/teacher ratio: 26.7

Number of students: 802

Racial breakdown:

Hispanic:

34.9%

White:

31.7%

Asian:

14.8%

Free/discounted lunch recipients: 26.6%

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Performance Trends

Compare Details Garin Elementary ranks better than 67.9% of elementary schools in California. It also ranks 5^th among 8 ranked elementary schools in the Brentwood Union School District. (See more...)

Compare Details In 2024 the calculated Average Standard Score was 63.92. (See more...)

Chronic absenteeism in a school refers to a situation where students repeatedly miss school, with the threshold often defined as missing 10% or more of school days for any reason, excused or unexcused.

Student Body

Compare Details Student population at Garin Elementary is diverse. Racial makeup is: Hispanic (34.9%), White (31.7%), Asian (14.8%). (See more...)

Compare Details 26.6% of students are receiving a free or discounted lunch. (See more...)

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Teachers

Compare Details The student/teacher ratio at Garin Elementary is 26.7. 6 elementary schools in the Brentwood Union School District have better student/teacher ratios. (See more...)

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Finance

Compare Details The average total spent per student at Garin Elementary is $5,844, which is the highest among 8 elementary schools in the Brentwood Union School District!

Schooldigger 2024 Rankings:

Garin Elementary:

SchoolDigger ranks Garin Elementary 1879^th of 5862 California public elementary schools. (See Garin Elementary in the ranking list.)

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Brentwood Union:

SchoolDigger ranks Brentwood Union 421^st of 1568 California school districts. (See district ranking list.)

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Rank History for Garin Elementary

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Rank History for all students at Garin Elementary

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	CA State Percentile
2004	47.24	2293^rd	4809	52.3%
2005	46.74	2351^st	4822	51.2%
2006	46.08	2375^th	4818	50.7%
2007	45.40	2602^nd	5113	49.1%
2008	40.45	2918^th	5113	42.9%
2009	42.26	2924^th	5193	43.7%
2010	43.67	2941^st	5314	44.7%
2011	52.74	2435^th	5377	54.7%
2012	58.05	2157^th	5390	60.0%
2013	64.61	1851^st	5530	66.5%
2015	63.37	1780^th	5611	68.3%
2016	68.01	1615^th	5614	71.2%
2017	72.34	1455^th	5692	74.4%
2018	64.88	1818^th	5662	67.9%
2019	67.35	1726^th	5789	70.2%
2022	66.34	1772^nd	5883	69.9%
2023	63.13	1890^th	5874	67.8%
2024	63.92	1879^th	5862	67.9%

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Rank History for Multi-racial students at Garin Elementary

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	CA State Percentile
2022	30.74	454^th	610	25.6%
2023	31.62	502^nd	669	25.0%
2024	9.81	623^rd	669	6.9%

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Rank History for English Language Learner students at Garin Elementary

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	CA State Percentile
2018	45.11	1496^th	3246	53.9%
2019	66.55	627^th	3275	80.9%
2022	52.71	1062^nd	3311	67.9%
2023	58.34	849^th	3250	73.9%
2024	58.37	794^th	3160	74.9%

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Rank History for Special Education students at Garin Elementary

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	CA State Percentile	SchoolDigger Rating
2023	63.41	585^th	2420	75.8%
2024	74.68	433^rd	2634	83.6%

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Rank History for Low Socio Economic Status students at Garin Elementary

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	CA State Percentile
2018	58.38	1832^nd	5084	64.0%
2019	61.39	1678^th	5173	67.6%
2022	59.01	1735^th	5264	67.0%
2023	51.05	2297^th	5374	57.3%
2024	61.87	1686^th	5511	69.4%

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Rank History for Female students at Garin Elementary

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	CA State Percentile
2018	64.54	1774^th	5413	67.2%
2019	63.59	1816^th	5492	66.9%
2022	65.91	1694^th	5635	69.9%
2023	56.28	2115^th	5617	62.3%
2024	60.97	1912^th	5605	65.9%

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Rank History for Disabled students at Garin Elementary

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	CA State Percentile
2018	35.28	1208^th	2128	43.2%
2019	63.47	641^st	2585	75.2%
2022	53.86	722^nd	2227	67.6%

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Rank History for Male students at Garin Elementary

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	CA State Percentile
2018	63.34	1792^nd	5431	67.0%
2019	68.29	1584^th	5510	71.3%
2022	64.72	1736^th	5663	69.3%
2023	68.15	1588^th	5650	71.9%
2024	64.62	1760^th	5636	68.8%

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Rank History for Asian students at Garin Elementary

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	CA State Percentile	SchoolDigger Rating
2023	32.85	895^th	1190	24.8%

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Rank History for African American students at Garin Elementary

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	CA State Percentile
2022	95.09	22^nd	663	96.7%
2023	81.51	79^th	662	88.1%
2024	87.41	42^nd	593	92.9%

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Rank History for Hispanic students at Garin Elementary

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	CA State Percentile
2018	69.05	1187^th	4830	75.4%
2019	70.76	1138^th	4963	77.1%
2022	60.93	1589^th	5084	68.7%
2023	61.43	1583^rd	5098	68.9%
2024	64.35	1453^rd	5102	71.5%

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Rank History for White students at Garin Elementary

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	CA State Percentile
2018	45.74	1642^nd	2737	40.0%
2019	46.80	1657^th	2834	41.5%
2022	57.14	1250^th	2726	54.1%
2023	43.42	1620^th	2662	39.1%
2024	42.35	1639^th	2647	38.1%

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Data source: test scores: California Department of Education, rankings: SchoolDigger.com

As you review the school rankings data, please be aware that some of the information from certain demographics is missing. The reason for this omission is that the data has been redacted from the source data itself due to low population samples in these specific demographic groups.

Redacting data from low population samples is a necessary step to ensure the reliability and accuracy of the results, as small sample sizes may not be representative of the broader population. Additionally, this measure helps protect the privacy of individuals belonging to these demographic groups.

Data source: California Department of Education

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by a parent
Wednesday, March 6, 2019

Love grain. Me an my siblings went to that school,my oldest son did an now my youngest goes there. Close Quote

Enrollment information for Garin Elementary

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Year	White	African American	Asian	Hispanic	American Indian	Pacific Islander	Two or More Races	Not Specified	Total
1988	294	2	3	214	0	n/a	n/a	0	513
1989	332	1	3	220	0	n/a	n/a	0	556
1990	380	1	2	238	0	n/a	n/a	0	621
1991	411	4	5	243	0	n/a	n/a	0	663
1992	317	3	3	199	0	n/a	n/a	0	522
1993	282	1	6	205	0	n/a	n/a	0	494
1994	279	1	10	215	5	n/a	n/a	0	510
1995	252	4	11	179	3	n/a	n/a	0	449
1996	252	4	11	179	3	n/a	n/a	0	449
1997	288	10	19	195	4	n/a	n/a	0	516
1998	320	9	19	218	6	n/a	n/a	0	572
1999	335	12	23	244	6	n/a	n/a	0	620
2000	334	18	24	262	2	n/a	n/a	0	640
2001	304	1	35	242	3	n/a	n/a	0	585
2002	371	19	32	333	5	n/a	n/a	0	760
2003	371	19	32	333	5	n/a	n/a	0	760
2004	367	28	32	336	4	n/a	n/a	0	767
2005	358	79	73	327	6	n/a	n/a	0	843
2006	410	66	46	324	6	n/a	n/a	1	853
2007	368	75	52	315	4	n/a	n/a	5	819
2008	351	85	51	313	4	n/a	n/a	0	804
2009	355	65	44	330	5	2	28	0	829
2010	403	64	43	308	5	4	25	0	852
2011	384	46	37	319	7	1	22	0	816
2012	351	39	45	332	5	1	33	0	806
2013	334	43	43	336	3	2	34	0	795
2014	300	39	22	228	5	5	31	0	630
2015	306	35	25	234	4	3	36	0	643
2016	267	30	21	232	4	4	34	0	592
2017	256	38	36	229	3	6	35	0	603
2018	241	40	43	235	5	4	39	0	607
2019	254	45	57	233	5	6	53	0	653
2020	253	64	73	265	3	4	69	0	731
2021	219	50	99	282	2	5	70	0	727
2022	224	49	114	270	2	5	74	0	738
2023	243	63	128	270	4	5	77	0	790
2024	254	61	119	280	4	4	80	0	802

Data source: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Dept of Education.

About Enrollment/Ethnicity

For more information about how the Department of Education defines ethnicity, see Defining Race and Ethnicity Data, National Center for Education Statistics

Students eligible for free or discounted lunch at Garin Elementary

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Year	# Students	Full-time Teachers	Student/Teacher ratio	% Free/Discounted Lunch
1988	513	22.7	22.5	n/a
1989	556	25.5	21.8	n/a
1990	621	27.1	22.9	n/a
1991	663	29.0	22.8	n/a
1992	522	29.5	17.6	41
1993	494	21.5	23.0	29.1
1994	510	22.5	22.7	43.9
1995	449	18.5	24.3	36.5
1996	449	18.5	24.3	36.5
1997	516	24.8	20.8	37
1998	572	31.0	18.5	33.9
1999	620	32.0	19.4	36.3
2000	640	32.1	19.9	35.8
2001	585	31.6	18.5	41.9
2002	760	41.0	18.5	37.5
2003	760	41.0	18.5	37.5
2004	767	40.1	19.1	32.5
2005	843	43.1	19.6	38.7
2006	853	43.3	19.7	34.9
2007	819	42.0	19.5	40.2
2008	804	44.0	18.3	42.4
2009	829	41.6	19.0	43.4
2010	852	40.6	20.9	43.7
2011	816	n/a	n/a	43.4
2012	806	33.5	24.0	n/a
2013	795	32.0	24.8	42.3
2014	630	25.0	25.2	33.3
2015	643	24.0	26.7	33
2016	592	24.0	24.6	30.1
2017	603	23.0	26.2	32.5
2018	607	22.0	27.5	37.7
2019	653	24.5	26.6	37.1
2020	731	n/a	n/a	37.9
2021	727	29.4	24.7	29
2022	738	28.5	25.8	30.5
2023	790	29.0	27.2	25.3
2024	802	30.0	26.7	26.6

Data source: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Dept of Education.

About Students eligible for discounted/free lunch:

The National School Lunch Program (NSLP) provides low-cost or free meals to students in U.S. public and nonprofit private schools based on household income. Those with incomes below 130% of the poverty line receive free lunch, while those between 130% and 185% qualify for reduced-price lunch. The percentage of students receiving free or reduced-price lunch serves as a marker for poverty, as it reflects the socioeconomic status of families in a given school or district. A higher FRPL rate typically indicates a higher concentration of low-income families, suggesting that the school or district may face additional challenges in providing adequate resources and support for student success.

Student/Teacher Ratio Garin Elementary

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Year	# Students	Full-time Teachers	Student/Teacher ratio	% Free/Discounted Lunch
1988	513	22.7	22.5	n/a
1989	556	25.5	21.8	n/a
1990	621	27.1	22.9	n/a
1991	663	29.0	22.8	n/a
1992	522	29.5	17.6	41
1993	494	21.5	23.0	29.1
1994	510	22.5	22.7	43.9
1995	449	18.5	24.3	36.5
1996	449	18.5	24.3	36.5
1997	516	24.8	20.8	37
1998	572	31.0	18.5	33.9
1999	620	32.0	19.4	36.3
2000	640	32.1	19.9	35.8
2001	585	31.6	18.5	41.9
2002	760	41.0	18.5	37.5
2003	760	41.0	18.5	37.5
2004	767	40.1	19.1	32.5
2005	843	43.1	19.6	38.7
2006	853	43.3	19.7	34.9
2007	819	42.0	19.5	40.2
2008	804	44.0	18.3	42.4
2009	829	41.6	19.0	43.4
2010	852	40.6	20.9	43.7
2011	816	n/a	n/a	43.4
2012	806	33.5	24.0	n/a
2013	795	32.0	24.8	42.3
2014	630	25.0	25.2	33.3
2015	643	24.0	26.7	33
2016	592	24.0	24.6	30.1
2017	603	23.0	26.2	32.5
2018	607	22.0	27.5	37.7
2019	653	24.5	26.6	37.1
2020	731	n/a	n/a	37.9
2021	727	29.4	24.7	29
2022	738	28.5	25.8	30.5
2023	790	29.0	27.2	25.3
2024	802	30.0	26.7	26.6

Data source: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Dept of Education.

About Student-Teacher Ratio

Student/teacher ratio is calculated by dividing the total number of students by the total number of full-time equivalent teachers. Please note that a smaller student/teacher ratio does not necessarily translate to smaller class size. In some instances, schools hire teachers part time, and some teachers are hired for specialized instruction with very small class sizes. These and other factors contribute to the student/teacher ratio. Note: For private schools, Student/teacher ratio may not include Pre-Kindergarten.

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