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Garfield Elementary

Public Grades K-5

4569^th

SchoolDigger Rank ?

of 5,857 California Elementary Schools

Better than 22% of California elementary schools

Summary

Garfield Elementary is a public K-5 school serving 455 students in the Montebello Unified School District in Bell Gardens, where it ranks in the lower quarter of all California elementary schools with proficiency rates in English, math, and science that are below the state average.

The school has made significant progress in improving student attendance, reducing chronic absenteeism to a rate that is now better than both the district and state averages. Academically, it shows a relative strength in science compared to other schools in its district, such as Suva Elementary and Cesar E. Chavez Elementary. However, a notable performance gap exists when compared to Bell Gardens Elementary, a school in the same district with similar funding and student demographics, which achieves higher test scores and better rankings.

Garfield Elementary is particularly effective in supporting its English Language Learners, who perform around the state average. The school's performance has been improving since the pandemic, but it continues to face academic challenges, especially for its male students. Schools in the neighboring Downey Unified district, like Price (Maude) Elementary and Williams (Spencer V.) Elementary, consistently achieve higher rankings and proficiency rates, highlighting a district-wide performance difference in the area.

455

Students ?

20.9

Student/teacher ratio ?

$14,504

Per pupil spending ?

88.1%

Free/discounted lunch ?

7425 South Garfield Ave.
Bell Gardens, CA 90201-4815

(562) 927-1915

District: Montebello Unified

Students who attend Garfield Elementary usually attend:

Middle:	Bell Gardens Intermediate
High:	Bell Gardens High

Racial breakdown:

Hispanic:

97.8%

African American:

0.9%

White:

0.4%

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At a glance

▲ Ranking trend: Improving — 16th percentile in 2015 → 22nd in 2025

Strengths

✓Ranking is trending up — up 6 percentile points since 2015

Worth a look

!Test scores below the California average (26% vs 41% meeting standards)

!In the lower quartile statewide (22nd percentile)

!English Language Arts/Literacy scores 19 pts below the California average

Students meeting standards (2024-2025) ?

This school26%

District avg30%

California avg41%

4,569^th of 5,857

California public elementary schools ?

Bottom 22%▲ up 6 pts since 2015

From bottom 16% (2015) to bottom 22% (2025)

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★★★★★

SchoolDigger rating ?

11^th of 17Elementary Schools in the Montebello Unified

1028^th of 1,543Montebello Unified among California districts

Statewide rank percentile over time (100 = the top-ranked school in the state; click a legend item to add a student group)

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All Students

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2025	23.2	4569 of 5857	22.0%	★☆☆☆☆
2024	20.3	4824 of 5869	17.8%	★☆☆☆☆
2023	21.8	4670 of 5859	20.3%	★☆☆☆☆
2022	24.2	4426 of 5883	24.8%	★☆☆☆☆
2021	15.4	1286 of 1417	9.2%	☆☆☆☆☆
2019	18.5	4953 of 5789	14.4%	★☆☆☆☆
2018	21.7	4536 of 5662	19.9%	★☆☆☆☆
2017	18.2	4849 of 5692	14.8%	★☆☆☆☆
2016	14.5	5081 of 5614	9.5%	☆☆☆☆☆
2015	19.0	4728 of 5611	15.7%	★☆☆☆☆
2013	21.4	4632 of 5530	16.2%	★☆☆☆☆
2012	23.8	4394 of 5390	18.5%	★☆☆☆☆
2011	19.4	4724 of 5377	12.1%	★☆☆☆☆
2010	36.2	3420 of 5314	35.6%	★★☆☆☆
2009	28.5	3813 of 5193	26.6%	★☆☆☆☆
2008	19.1	4392 of 5113	14.1%	★☆☆☆☆
2007	21.9	4137 of 5113	19.1%	★☆☆☆☆
2006	25.5	3626 of 4818	24.7%	★☆☆☆☆
2005	17.9	4113 of 4822	14.7%	★☆☆☆☆
2004	18.3	4092 of 4809	14.9%	★☆☆☆☆

Disabled

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2022	32.7	1363 of 2227	38.8%	★★☆☆☆
2021	22.2	254 of 293	13.3%	★☆☆☆☆
2019	29.3	1844 of 2585	28.7%	★☆☆☆☆
2018	27.5	1557 of 2128	26.8%	★☆☆☆☆

English Language Learner

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2024	44.3	1529 of 3162	51.6%	★★★☆☆
2023	48.5	1267 of 3245	61.0%	★★★☆☆
2022	48.3	1299 of 3311	60.8%	★★★☆☆
2021	34.0	415 of 602	31.1%	★★☆☆☆
2019	54.7	1011 of 3275	69.1%	★★★☆☆
2018	52.0	1162 of 3246	64.2%	★★★☆☆

Female

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2025	30.6	3811 of 5597	31.9%	★★☆☆☆
2024	20.8	4634 of 5612	17.4%	★☆☆☆☆
2023	23.0	4428 of 5609	21.1%	★☆☆☆☆
2022	27.1	4014 of 5635	28.8%	★☆☆☆☆
2021	15.1	1177 of 1267	7.1%	☆☆☆☆☆
2019	17.1	4859 of 5492	11.5%	★☆☆☆☆
2018	18.5	4653 of 5413	14.0%	★☆☆☆☆

Hispanic

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2025	32.4	3587 of 5107	29.8%	★☆☆☆☆
2024	28.3	3850 of 5107	24.6%	★☆☆☆☆
2023	31.9	3547 of 5087	30.3%	★★☆☆☆
2022	35.2	3277 of 5084	35.5%	★★☆☆☆
2019	26.9	3907 of 4963	21.3%	★☆☆☆☆
2018	31.1	3479 of 4830	28.0%	★☆☆☆☆

Low Socio Economic Status

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2025	30.8	3924 of 5460	28.1%	★☆☆☆☆
2024	23.8	4479 of 5517	18.8%	★☆☆☆☆
2023	32.0	3730 of 5363	30.4%	★★☆☆☆
2022	34.5	3468 of 5264	34.1%	★★☆☆☆
2021	25.5	907 of 1110	18.3%	★☆☆☆☆
2019	26.7	4114 of 5173	20.5%	★☆☆☆☆
2018	30.4	3736 of 5084	26.5%	★☆☆☆☆

Male

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2025	17.5	4923 of 5628	12.5%	★☆☆☆☆
2024	20.8	4636 of 5643	17.8%	★☆☆☆☆
2023	21.7	4554 of 5638	19.2%	★☆☆☆☆
2022	22.9	4439 of 5663	21.6%	★☆☆☆☆
2021	17.0	1105 of 1272	13.1%	★☆☆☆☆
2019	21.2	4549 of 5510	17.4%	★☆☆☆☆
2018	26.9	3949 of 5431	27.3%	★☆☆☆☆

Special Education

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2025	38.1	1534 of 2847	46.1%	★★☆☆☆
2024	31.3	1745 of 2635	33.8%	★★☆☆☆
2023	32.6	1533 of 2420	36.7%	★★☆☆☆

How student groups rank statewide ? (each group's percentile vs the same group at other schools — higher is better; the +/- beside each compares the group with this school's overall percentile)

English Language Learner (2024)52nd percentile+34 vs school

Special Education (2025)46th percentile+24 vs school

Disabled (2022)39th percentile+14 vs school

Female (2025)32nd percentile+10 vs school

Hispanic (2025)30th percentile+8 vs school

Low Socio Economic Status (2025)28th percentile+6 vs school

Male (2025)13th percentile-9 vs school

By subject vs California (2024-2025) ?

English Language Arts/Literacy30%-19 vs state

Mathematics26%-11 vs state

Science15%-17 vs state

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School													Students/Teachers											Ranking (2025)				Ranking (2024)				CAST Science (2025)			Smarter Balanced Assessments English Language Arts/Literacy (2025)							Smarter Balanced Assessments Mathematics (2025)							% Completely Immunized (2022)	% Polio (2022)	% Hepatitis B (2022)	% Varicella (2022)	% DTP (2022)	% MMR (2022)	Per Pupil Expenditures (2024)
Name	Type	Grades	Address	City	Zip	County	District	Is Charter	Is Magnet	Is Virtual	Is Title I	Phone	Enrollment	Full-time Teachers	Student/ Teacher Ratio	Free/Discounted Lunch Recipients	White	Black	Hispanic	Asian	American Indian	Pacific Islander	Two or More Races	Average Standard Score (2025)	Statewide Rank (2025)	State Percentile (2025)	SchoolDigger Rating (2025)	Average Standard Score (2024)	Statewide Rank (2024)	State Percentile (2024)	Rank Change from Previous Year	CAST Science 5th Grade	CAST Science 8th Grade	CAST Science All Grades	Smarter Balanced Assessments English Language Arts/Literacy 3rd Grade	Smarter Balanced Assessments English Language Arts/Literacy 4th Grade	Smarter Balanced Assessments English Language Arts/Literacy 5th Grade	Smarter Balanced Assessments English Language Arts/Literacy 6th Grade	Smarter Balanced Assessments English Language Arts/Literacy 7th Grade	Smarter Balanced Assessments English Language Arts/Literacy 8th Grade	Smarter Balanced Assessments English Language Arts/Literacy All Grades	Smarter Balanced Assessments Mathematics 3rd Grade	Smarter Balanced Assessments Mathematics 4th Grade	Smarter Balanced Assessments Mathematics 5th Grade	Smarter Balanced Assessments Mathematics 6th Grade	Smarter Balanced Assessments Mathematics 7th Grade	Smarter Balanced Assessments Mathematics 8th Grade	Smarter Balanced Assessments Mathematics All Grades	% Completely Immunized KG	% Polio KG	% Hepatitis B KG	% Varicella KG	% DTP KG	% MMR KG	Per Pupil Expenditures Total	Sub-total from Federal Funds	Sub-total from State/Local Funds
Garfield Elementary	Public	K-5	7425 South Garfield Ave.	Bell Gardens	90201	Los Angeles County	Montebello Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(562) 927-1915	455	22	20.9	88.1%	2 (0.4%)	4 (0.9%)	445 (97.8%)	1 (0.2%)	1 (0.2%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (0.4%)	23.2	4569^th of 5857 public elementary schools	22.0%		20.3	4824^th of 5869 public elementary schools	17.8%	255	15.3		15.3	22.1	36.1	31.4				29.5	27.9	27.8	22.1				25.8	88.0	90.2		92.4	91.3	92.4	$14,504	$929	$13,575
Suva Elementary	Public	K-5	6740 East Suva St.	Bell Gardens	90201	Los Angeles County	Montebello Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(562) 927-1827	562	28	20.3	81.9%	7 (1.2%)	0 (0.0%)	553 (98.4%)	1 (0.2%)	1 (0.2%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	13.1	5412^th of 5857 public elementary schools	7.6%		12.3	5533^rd of 5869 public elementary schools	5.7%	121	7.8		7.8	22.2	14.4	26.4				20.8	23.9	15.6	14.4				17.9	66.4	71.2	91.4	72.1	73.1	74.0	$15,031	$1,025	$14,006
Cesar E. Chavez Elementary	Public	K-5	6139 Loveland St.	Bell Gardens	90201	Los Angeles County	Montebello Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(323) 773-1804	702	31	22.4	91.5%	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	701 (99.9%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.1%)	26.9	4227^th of 5857 public elementary schools	27.8%		28.1	4106^th of 5869 public elementary schools	30.0%	121	10.5		10.5	36.5	28.9	36.6				34.0	35.4	23.8	24.8				28.2	94.4	95.7	97.5	95.0	95.7	95.7	$14,113	$940	$13,173
Bell Gardens Elementary	Public	K-5	5620 Quinn St.	Bell Gardens	90201	Los Angeles County	Montebello Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(562) 927-1223	624	31	20.4	90.5%	2 (0.3%)	1 (0.2%)	614 (98.4%)	3 (0.5%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	3 (0.5%)	33.5	3683^rd of 5857 public elementary schools	37.1%		33.7	3623^rd of 5869 public elementary schools	38.3%	60	28.1		28.1	25.2	40.8	33.3				33.0	33.9	32.1	31.3				32.4	85.8	90.3	95.5	91.8	91.0	91.0	$14,258	$1,076	$13,182
Rio Hondo Elementary	Public	K-5	7731 East Muller St.	Downey	90241	Los Angeles County	Downey Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(562) 904-3568	838	36	23.2	82.6%	50 (6.0%)	15 (1.8%)	759 (90.6%)	11 (1.3%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	3 (0.4%)	59.5	2089^th of 5857 public elementary schools	64.3%		58.2	2137^th of 5869 public elementary schools	63.6%	48	35.8		35.8	42.0	58.2	55.5				51.4	42.3	57.9	37.2				45.5	93.9	97.0	98.5	96.2	93.9	96.2	$16,355	$1,765	$14,590
Park Avenue Elementary	Public	K-6	8020 Park Ave.	Cudahy	90201	Los Angeles County	Los Angeles Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(323) 832-1860	274	13	21.0	94.2%	1 (0.4%)	0 (0.0%)	267 (97.4%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	6 (2.2%)	23.6	4539^th of 5857 public elementary schools	22.5%		17.9	5042^nd of 5869 public elementary schools	14.1%	503	11.6		11.6	29.0	36.8	39.5	11.5			31.2	35.5	21.1	23.3	7.7			22.5	96.3			96.3			$27,200	$6,191	$21,009
Ellen Ochoa Learning Center	Public	K-8	5027 Live Oak St.	Cudahy	90201	Los Angeles County	Los Angeles Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(323) 869-1300	1,052	57	18.4	96.6%	7 (0.7%)	0 (0.0%)	1,041 (99.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	4 (0.4%)	33.7	3665^th of 5857 public elementary schools	37.4%		25.7	4307^th of 5869 public elementary schools	26.6%	642	18.8	13.7	15.8	28.4	31.1	41.6	38.2	41.6	40.4	37.6	49.0	34.0	24.4	25.2	22.7	24.7	28.8	87.8	93.1	98.5	90.1	93.9	93.9	$23,011	$4,093	$18,918
Price (Maude) Elementary	Public	K-5	9525 South Tweedy Ln.	Downey	90240	Los Angeles County	Downey Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(562) 904-3575	757	31	24.4	71.6%	49 (6.5%)	11 (1.5%)	664 (87.7%)	28 (3.7%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	5 (0.7%)	73.1	1469^th of 5857 public elementary schools	74.9%		75.7	1347^th of 5869 public elementary schools	77.0%	122	57.3		57.3	45.0	62.7	65.0				58.1	42.3	55.6	54.5				51.1	98.4						$17,755	$1,832	$15,923
Williams (Spencer V.) Elementary	Public	K-3	7530 East Arnett St.	Downey	90241	Los Angeles County	Downey Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(562) 904-3564	736	32	22.9	76.2%	27 (3.7%)	16 (2.2%)	659 (89.5%)	26 (3.5%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	8 (1.1%)								(n/a)				63.8						63.8	75.2						75.2	97.9	98.4		98.4	97.9		$17,608	$1,851	$15,757
Woodlawn Avenue Elementary	Public	K-5	6314 Woodlawn Ave.	Bell	90201	Los Angeles County	Los Angeles Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(323) 560-1445	523	27	19.7	92.2%	7 (1.3%)	0 (0.0%)	510 (97.5%)	1 (0.2%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	5 (1.0%)	35.8	3515^th of 5857 public elementary schools	40.0%		29.8	3939^th of 5869 public elementary schools	32.9%	424	25.3		25.3	34.4	36.3	37.3				35.9	37.8	33.3	32.0				34.6	95.1	97.6		95.9	96.8	97.6	$23,480	$4,513	$18,967

Frequently Asked Questions about Garfield Elementary

Is Garfield Elementary a good school?

Garfield Elementary ranks in the bottom 22.0% of California elementary schools.

How many students attend Garfield Elementary?

In the 2024-25 school year, 455 students attended Garfield Elementary.

What schools do graduates of Garfield Elementary attend?

Students who attend Garfield Elementary usually go on to attend:

Middle : Bell Gardens Intermediate
High : Bell Gardens High

What district is Garfield Elementary in?

Montebello Unified

What is the racial makeup of Garfield Elementary?

Students at Garfield Elementary are 98% Hispanic.

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