Garfield Elementary

Summary:

Garfield Elementary is a public elementary school in Kansas City, Missouri, serving 649 students in grades PK-6. The school is part of the Kansas City 33 school district, which is ranked 338 out of 386 districts in the state and has a 1-star rating from SchoolDigger.

Garfield Elementary consistently ranks in the bottom 10-15% of Missouri elementary schools, with significantly below-average performance on state assessments in both math and English language arts. For example, in the 2023-2024 school year, only 8.4% to 14.1% of Garfield students were proficient or better in math, compared to the state average of 38.4% to 44.4%. The school also has a high percentage of students from disadvantaged backgrounds, with 99.54% qualifying for free or reduced-price lunch, and struggles with high rates of chronic absenteeism, ranging from 32.7% to 55.0% over the past few years.

While the nearby schools in the Kansas City 33 district, such as Wendell Phillips Elementary and Phillis Wheatley Elementary, also perform poorly on state assessments and have high percentages of disadvantaged students, their performance is generally slightly better than Garfield Elementary's. In contrast, the nearby charter schools, such as Crossroads - Central Street and Guadalupe Centers Elementary, have somewhat higher academic performance, but still struggle to meet state averages.


Detail:

Public PK, KG-6

 436 Prospect Blvd
       Kansas City, MO  64124-1882


(816) 418-3605

District: Kansas City 33

SchoolDigger Rank:
857th of 906 Missouri Elementary Schools

Per Pupil Expenditures:  $19,036 Help


Students who attend Garfield Elementary usually attend:

Middle:    Northeast Middle School
High:    Northeast High

Student/teacher ratio:  11.6 Help
Number of students:  483

Racial breakdown:

African American:
48.7%
Hispanic:
25.9%
Asian:
16.4%
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Free/discounted lunch recipients:  100% Help


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Performance Trends
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Compare Details Garfield Elementary ranks worse than 94.6% of elementary schools in Missouri. It also ranks 15th among 20 ranked elementary schools in the Kansas City 33 School District. (See more...)
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Compare Details In 2024 the calculated Average Standard Score was 7.3. (See more...)
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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
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Compare Details Student population at Garfield Elementary is diverse. Racial makeup is: African American (48.7%), Hispanic (25.9%), Asian (16.4%). (See more...)
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Compare Details 100% of students are receiving a free or discounted lunch. This is the lowest percentage in the Kansas City 33 School District. (See more...)
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Compare Details The student/teacher ratio at Garfield Elementary is 11.6, which is the 9th best among 20 elementary schools in the Kansas City 33 School District. (See more...)
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Compare Details The average total spent per student at Garfield Elementary is $19,036. 17 elementary schools in the Kansas City 33 School District spend more per student.
Schooldigger 2024 Rankings:

Garfield Elementary:

SchoolDigger ranks Garfield Elementary 857th of 906 Missouri public elementary schools. (See Garfield Elementary in the ranking list.)

Elementary School Test Score Ratings by Student Subgroup:


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Kansas City 33:

SchoolDigger ranks Kansas City 33 338th of 386 Missouri school districts. (See district ranking list.)


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Rank History for Garfield Elementary

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Rank History for all students at Garfield Elementary

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Elementary Schools MO State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2006 19.21 973rd 1074 9.4%
2007 31.38 872nd 1080 19.3%
2008 16.53 1004th 1084 7.4%
2009 54.72 485th 1053 53.9%
2010 15.45 977th 1066 8.3%
2011 32.38 838th 1088 23.0%
2012 2.98 1062nd 1085 2.1%
2013 3.36 1084th 1108 2.2%
2014 6.34 1045th 1089 4.0%
2015 5.01 1021st 1058 3.5%
2016 5.34 834th 865 3.6%
2017 4.09 998th 1032 3.3%
2018 7.76 982nd 1045 6.0%
2019 6.20 1000th 1052 4.9%
2021 7.99 836th 901 7.2%
2022 11.47 812th 908 10.6%
2023 8.05 844th 898 6.0%
2024 7.30 857th 906 5.4%
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Rank History for English Language Learner students at Garfield Elementary

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Elementary Schools MO State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2022 36.29 39th 52 25.0%
2023 19.25 46th 50 8.0%
2024 18.54 53rd 54 1.9%
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Rank History for Low Socio Economic Status students at Garfield Elementary

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Elementary Schools MO State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 14.93 826th 887 6.9%
2019 12.50 860th 907 5.2%
2021 20.16 501st 574 12.7%
2022 28.97 409th 532 23.1%
2023 18.17 552nd 611 9.7%
2024 16.10 580th 625 7.2%
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Rank History for Asian students at Garfield Elementary

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Elementary Schools MO State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 7.90 22nd 23 4.3%
2019 4.26 24th 24 0.0%
2021 9.63 6th 7 14.3%
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Rank History for African American students at Garfield Elementary

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Elementary Schools MO State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 17.42 220th 243 9.5%
2019 15.29 234th 250 6.4%
2021 29.16 122nd 163 25.2%
2022 34.40 127th 184 31.0%
2023 32.93 133rd 185 28.1%
2024 34.41 130th 191 31.9%
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Rank History for Hispanic students at Garfield Elementary

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Elementary Schools MO State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 27.21 83rd 105 21.0%
2019 10.10 117th 120 2.5%
2021 27.32 32nd 42 23.8%
2022 27.59 38th 45 15.6%
2023 17.97 38th 40 5.0%
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Data source: test scores: Missouri Department of Elementary and Secondary 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.

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Data source: Missouri Department of Elementary and Secondary Education

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Enrollment information for Garfield Elementary

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Year White African American Asian Hispanic American Indian Pacific Islander Two or More Races Not Specified Total
1991 0 0 0 0 0 n/a n/a 476 476
1992 192 243 4 55 3 n/a n/a 0 497
1993 186 254 5 46 2 n/a n/a 0 493
1994 198 258 8 49 1 n/a n/a 0 514
1995 173 266 10 47 1 n/a n/a 0 497
1996 173 266 10 47 1 n/a n/a 0 497
1997 190 330 14 49 3 n/a n/a 0 586
1998 173 326 18 55 3 n/a n/a 0 575
1999 87 276 57 78 1 n/a n/a 0 499
2000 130 218 55 89 3 n/a n/a 0 495
2001 81 265 46 97 0 n/a n/a 0 489
2002 71 221 30 113 2 n/a n/a 0 437
2003 71 221 30 113 2 n/a n/a 0 437
2004 64 206 48 231 2 n/a n/a 0 551
2005 42 143 30 184 3 n/a n/a 0 402
2006 52 141 28 214 1 n/a n/a 0 436
2007 54 159 38 187 4 n/a n/a 0 442
2008 55 158 41 175 8 n/a n/a 0 437
2009 39 137 20 211 3 n/a n/a 0 410
2010 40 112 24 204 3 n/a n/a 0 383
2011 73 232 26 241 1 0 0 0 573
2012 67 226 31 271 0 1 0 0 596
2013 64 239 46 259 0 1 1 0 610
2014 54 311 63 334 1 5 5 0 773
2015 68 310 76 333 0 4 8 0 799
2016 60 345 95 322 1 4 16 0 843
2017 61 291 100 260 1 1 13 0 727
2018 56 332 110 279 0 1 7 0 785
2019 50 321 109 235 0 6 13 0 734
2020 59 339 103 206 0 8 8 0 723
2021 41 262 103 167 0 12 5 0 590
2022 24 234 91 159 1 9 8 0 526
2023 22 311 96 201 1 8 10 0 649
2024 27 235 79 125 2 6 9 0 483

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 Garfield Elementary

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Year # Students Full-time Teachers Student/Teacher ratio % Free/Discounted Lunch
1991 476 37.3 12.7 n/a
1992 497 37.6 13.2 n/a
1993 493 36.1 13.7 79.9
1994 514 35.1 14.6 80.9
1995 497 37.0 13.4 85.5
1996 497 37.0 13.4 85.5
1997 586 37.8 15.5 75.8
1998 575 34.4 16.7 74.4
1999 499 34.2 14.6 95
2000 495 32.4 15.3 86.7
2001 489 34.1 14.3 92.8
2002 437 35.6 12.3 87
2003 437 35.6 12.3 87
2004 551 29.9 18.4 65.2
2005 402 29.8 13.5 82.6
2006 436 28.9 15.1 75
2007 442 27.9 15.8 75.6
2008 437 29.5 14.8 67.3
2009 410 28.8 14.2 85.9
2010 383 31.6 12.1 96.1
2011 573 36.1 15.8 86.2
2012 596 35.3 16.8 91.3
2013 610 37.0 16.4 0
2014 773 53.1 14.5 59.2
2015 799 51.0 15.6 100
2016 843 51.0 16.5 99.6
2017 727 47.0 15.4 100
2018 785 47.2 16.6 99.9
2019 734 52.2 14.0 99.6
2020 723 50.0 14.4 99.6
2021 590 50.2 11.7 99.5
2022 526 26.2 20.0 99.4
2023 649 38.2 16.9 99.5
2024 483 41.3 11.6 100

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 Garfield Elementary

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Year # Students Full-time Teachers Student/Teacher ratio % Free/Discounted Lunch
1991 476 37.3 12.7 n/a
1992 497 37.6 13.2 n/a
1993 493 36.1 13.7 79.9
1994 514 35.1 14.6 80.9
1995 497 37.0 13.4 85.5
1996 497 37.0 13.4 85.5
1997 586 37.8 15.5 75.8
1998 575 34.4 16.7 74.4
1999 499 34.2 14.6 95
2000 495 32.4 15.3 86.7
2001 489 34.1 14.3 92.8
2002 437 35.6 12.3 87
2003 437 35.6 12.3 87
2004 551 29.9 18.4 65.2
2005 402 29.8 13.5 82.6
2006 436 28.9 15.1 75
2007 442 27.9 15.8 75.6
2008 437 29.5 14.8 67.3
2009 410 28.8 14.2 85.9
2010 383 31.6 12.1 96.1
2011 573 36.1 15.8 86.2
2012 596 35.3 16.8 91.3
2013 610 37.0 16.4 0
2014 773 53.1 14.5 59.2
2015 799 51.0 15.6 100
2016 843 51.0 16.5 99.6
2017 727 47.0 15.4 100
2018 785 47.2 16.6 99.9
2019 734 52.2 14.0 99.6
2020 723 50.0 14.4 99.6
2021 590 50.2 11.7 99.5
2022 526 26.2 20.0 99.4
2023 649 38.2 16.9 99.5
2024 483 41.3 11.6 100

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.
Finances

Per Pupil Expenditures for Garfield Elementary

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YearExpenditures from Federal FundsExpenditures from State and Local FundsTotal Expenditures Per Pupil (All Funds)
2019 $3,778 (18.9%) $16,241 (81.1%) $20,020
2020 $4,214 (21.7%) $15,238 (78.3%) $19,451
2021 $4,344 (20.5%) $16,892 (79.5%) $21,236
2022 $3,217 (16.9%) $15,819 (83.1%) $19,036

Data source: Missouri Department of Education
Pre and Post Pandemic Data

Impact of COVID-19 on Garfield Elementary

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Rankings

Rank
Pre-pandemic (2018-2019)
Rank
Post pandemic (2022-2023)
Change (%)
Ranks 1000th of 1052 Elementary schoolsRanks 844th of 898 Elementary schools
 1.1%

Test Scores

% proficient
Pre-pandemic (2018-2019)
% proficient
Post pandemic (2022-2023)
Change (%)
3rd Grade Mathematics (Garfield Elementary)11.63.2
 8.4%
   3rd Grade Mathematics (Kansas City 33)23.417.4
 6%
   3rd Grade Mathematics (Missouri)4641.1
 4.9%
4th Grade Mathematics (Garfield Elementary)14.38.8
 5.5%
   4th Grade Mathematics (Kansas City 33)22.118.3
 3.8%
   4th Grade Mathematics (Missouri)46.843.8
 3%
4th Grade English Language Arts (Garfield Elementary)18.412.3
 6.1%
   4th Grade English Language Arts (Kansas City 33)2216.6
 5.4%
   4th Grade English Language Arts (Missouri)49.345.9
 3.4%
5th Grade Mathematics (Garfield Elementary)11.88.3
 3.5%
   5th Grade Mathematics (Kansas City 33)20.814.7
 6.1%
   5th Grade Mathematics (Missouri)40.339.1
 1.2%
5th Grade Science (Garfield Elementary)22.311.6
 10.7%
   5th Grade Science (Kansas City 33)22.815.5
 7.3%
   5th Grade Science (Missouri)42.540.9
 1.6%
5th Grade English Language Arts (Garfield Elementary)208.6
 11.4%
   5th Grade English Language Arts (Kansas City 33)22.818.1
 4.7%
   5th Grade English Language Arts (Missouri)47.144.1
 3%
6th Grade Mathematics (Garfield Elementary)17.321.1
 3.8%
   6th Grade Mathematics (Kansas City 33)26.224.3
 1.9%
   6th Grade Mathematics (Missouri)42.543.7
 1.2%
6th Grade English Language Arts (Garfield Elementary)15.421.3
 5.9%
   6th Grade English Language Arts (Kansas City 33)25.820.8
 5%
   6th Grade English Language Arts (Missouri)45.937.5
 8.4%

Student Body

Number of students
Pre-pandemic (2018-2019)
Number of students
Post pandemic (2022-2023)
Change (%)
Total Students734649
 11.6%
African American321311
 3.1%
American Indian01
Asian10996
 11.9%
Hispanic235201
 14.5%
Pacific Islander68
 33.3%
White5022
 56%
Two or More Races1310
 23.1%
% Free/Discounted Lunch Recipients99.6%99.5%
 0.1%


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Garfield Elementary ranks in the bottom 5.4% of Missouri elementary schools.

Students at Garfield Elementary are 49% African American, 26% Hispanic, 16% Asian, 6% White, 2% Two or more races, 1% Pacific Islander.

In the 2023-24 school year, 483 students attended Garfield Elementary.

Students who attend Garfield Elementary usually go on to attend:

Middle : Northeast Middle School
High : Northeast High


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SchoolDigger data sources: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Department of Education, the U.S. Census Bureau and the Missouri Department of Elementary and Secondary Education.

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