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Garfield Elementary

Public Grades K-5

5626^th

SchoolDigger Rank ?

of 5,857 California Elementary Schools

Better than 4% of California elementary schools

Summary

Garfield Elementary is a K-5 public school serving 454 students in the Oakland Unified district, ranking in the bottom 4% of California elementary schools and serving a student population where nearly every child qualifies for free or reduced-price lunch.

Academically, the school faces significant challenges, with proficiency rates in English (12.62%) and math (17.21%) that are among the lowest in the immediate area, similar to other struggling neighborhood schools like Manzanita Community Elementary and International Community Elementary. A notable point of comparison is that several nearby charter schools, such as Lazear Charter Academy and Achieve Academy, achieve better academic results and have much lower chronic absenteeism, despite operating with substantially less funding per student.

While Garfield's high chronic absenteeism rate of 31.8% shows recent improvement, it remains a major concern and is higher than the district and state averages. The school spends over $26,000 per student, which is more than most comparison schools, yet outcomes have declined over the past decade. Performance varies widely among different groups of students, with particularly low scores for English Learners and students in special education, indicating a need for more targeted support.

454

Students ?

24.5

Student/teacher ratio ?

$26,378

Per pupil spending ?

98%

Free/discounted lunch ?

1640 22nd Ave.
Oakland, CA 94606-4710

(510) 879-2118

District: Oakland Unified

Students who attend Garfield Elementary usually attend:

Middle:	Roosevelt Middle
High:	Oakland High

Racial breakdown:

Hispanic:

61.7%

Asian:

15.6%

African American:

14.5%

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At a glance

▬ Ranking trend: Holding steady — 8th percentile in 2013 → 4th in 2025

Worth a look

!Test scores below the California average (14% vs 41% meeting standards)

!In the lower quartile statewide (4th percentile)

!High chronic absenteeism (32% vs 19% California)

Students meeting standards (2024-2025) ?

This school14%

District avg29%

California avg41%

5,626^th of 5,857

California public elementary schools ?

Bottom 4%▼ down 10 pts since 2015

From bottom 14% (2015) to bottom 4% (2025)

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★★★★★

SchoolDigger rating ?

34^th of 49Elementary Schools in the Oakland Unified

1194^th of 1,543Oakland 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	10.2	5626 of 5857	3.9%	☆☆☆☆☆
2024	13.1	5474 of 5869	6.7%	☆☆☆☆☆
2023	12.5	5510 of 5859	6.0%	☆☆☆☆☆
2022	13.5	5494 of 5883	6.6%	☆☆☆☆☆
2019	17.2	5053 of 5789	12.7%	★☆☆☆☆
2018	12.4	5295 of 5662	6.5%	☆☆☆☆☆
2017	15.1	5107 of 5692	10.3%	★☆☆☆☆
2016	13.8	5154 of 5614	8.2%	☆☆☆☆☆
2015	18.3	4812 of 5611	14.2%	★☆☆☆☆
2013	14.2	5096 of 5530	7.8%	☆☆☆☆☆
2012	13.7	5034 of 5390	6.6%	☆☆☆☆☆
2011	27.9	4140 of 5377	23.0%	★☆☆☆☆
2010	23.3	4346 of 5314	18.2%	★☆☆☆☆
2009	12.9	4854 of 5193	6.5%	☆☆☆☆☆
2008	14.0	4718 of 5113	7.7%	☆☆☆☆☆
2007	18.7	4398 of 5113	14.0%	★☆☆☆☆
2006	24.4	3694 of 4818	23.3%	★☆☆☆☆
2005	22.1	3826 of 4822	20.7%	★☆☆☆☆
2004	21.8	3803 of 4809	20.9%	★☆☆☆☆

African American

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2025	26.7	433 of 569	23.9%	★☆☆☆☆
2024	24.6	481 of 593	18.9%	★☆☆☆☆
2023	27.7	499 of 661	24.5%	★☆☆☆☆
2022	31.9	442 of 663	33.3%	★★☆☆☆
2019	19.9	664 of 747	11.1%	★☆☆☆☆
2018	14.9	679 of 700	3.0%	☆☆☆☆☆

Asian

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2025	8.1	1099 of 1203	8.6%	☆☆☆☆☆
2024	7.9	1094 of 1205	9.2%	☆☆☆☆☆
2023	4.9	1112 of 1190	6.6%	☆☆☆☆☆
2022	5.7	1072 of 1154	7.1%	☆☆☆☆☆
2019	6.0	1070 of 1149	6.9%	☆☆☆☆☆
2018	2.5	1043 of 1071	2.6%	☆☆☆☆☆

Disabled

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2022	23.9	1805 of 2227	18.9%	★☆☆☆☆
2019	18.1	2489 of 2585	3.7%	☆☆☆☆☆
2018	20.8	1934 of 2128	9.1%	☆☆☆☆☆

English Language Learner

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2024	25.7	2804 of 3162	11.3%	★☆☆☆☆
2023	29.2	2582 of 3245	20.4%	★☆☆☆☆
2022	34.8	2217 of 3311	33.0%	★★☆☆☆
2019	46.3	1427 of 3275	56.4%	★★★☆☆
2018	24.8	2739 of 3246	15.6%	★☆☆☆☆

Female

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2025	10.7	5393 of 5597	3.6%	☆☆☆☆☆
2024	19.3	4779 of 5612	14.8%	★☆☆☆☆
2023	18.6	4828 of 5609	13.9%	★☆☆☆☆
2022	17.4	4949 of 5635	12.2%	★☆☆☆☆
2019	18.3	4767 of 5492	13.2%	★☆☆☆☆
2018	12.2	5120 of 5413	5.4%	☆☆☆☆☆

Hispanic

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2025	9.6	4998 of 5107	2.1%	☆☆☆☆☆
2024	11.8	4935 of 5107	3.4%	☆☆☆☆☆
2023	12.1	4941 of 5087	2.9%	☆☆☆☆☆
2022	12.1	4946 of 5084	2.7%	☆☆☆☆☆
2019	20.8	4314 of 4963	13.1%	★☆☆☆☆
2018	14.0	4553 of 4830	5.7%	☆☆☆☆☆

Homeless

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2025	20.6	394 of 429	8.2%	☆☆☆☆☆
2024	12.5	354 of 364	2.7%	☆☆☆☆☆

Low Socio Economic Status

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2025	12.9	5176 of 5460	5.2%	☆☆☆☆☆
2024	16.0	5090 of 5517	7.7%	☆☆☆☆☆
2023	15.3	5007 of 5363	6.6%	☆☆☆☆☆
2022	15.4	4948 of 5264	6.0%	☆☆☆☆☆
2019	25.1	4224 of 5173	18.3%	★☆☆☆☆
2018	16.8	4669 of 5084	8.2%	☆☆☆☆☆

Male

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2025	10.9	5382 of 5628	4.4%	☆☆☆☆☆
2024	9.0	5543 of 5643	1.8%	☆☆☆☆☆
2023	9.8	5519 of 5638	2.1%	☆☆☆☆☆
2022	10.9	5509 of 5663	2.7%	☆☆☆☆☆
2019	17.7	4843 of 5510	12.1%	★☆☆☆☆
2018	14.0	5031 of 5431	7.4%	☆☆☆☆☆

Special Education

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	California percentile	Rating
2025	14.9	2820 of 2847	0.9%	☆☆☆☆☆
2024	18.7	2467 of 2635	6.4%	☆☆☆☆☆
2023	19.0	2236 of 2420	7.6%	☆☆☆☆☆

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)

African American (2025)24th percentile+20 vs school

Disabled (2022)19th percentile+12 vs school

English Language Learner (2024)11th percentile+5 vs school

Asian (2025)9th percentile+5 vs school

Homeless (2025)8th percentile+4 vs school

Low Socio Economic Status (2025)5th percentile~ school

Male (2025)4th percentile~ school

Female (2025)4th percentile~ school

Hispanic (2025)2nd percentile~ school

Special Education (2025)1st percentile-3 vs school

By subject vs California (2024-2025) ?

Mathematics17%-20 vs state

English Language Arts/Literacy13%-36 vs state

Science8%-24 vs state

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by a parent on FaceBook
Monday, July 25, 2011

I Attended Garfield School Back in the 1980. Started in 4th Grade with Mrs Walker. Cool Bad @$$ teacher with A Cool Vive and A Bunch of Cool Students, 5th Grade With Mrs Churchill Beautiful Teacher who Wouldn't Fall in Love At that Age and as Beautiful she Was (I Was One Of them lol). 6th Grade Mrs Frere, A Strong Lady that She Was there tho do her Job And That was It no joking Around. Thanks To this tallented Ladies Show us How to Respect Others and Do the Right Thing. i thing the System Back then Was More Positive than todays. Thank You Teachers from Garfield School. like They Say Our School Is Our Second HOME. with This I Continue to Show my Family How We Suposted to be respectful to Others same Rules as i Was thought. Garfield Was a "A+" in My Books in My Time, Thank You. Close Quote

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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	1640 22nd Ave.	Oakland	94606	Alameda County	Oakland Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(510) 879-2118	454	19	24.5	98.0%	9 (2.0%)	66 (14.5%)	280 (61.7%)	71 (15.6%)	2 (0.4%)	1 (0.2%)	23 (5.1%)	10.2	5626^th of 5857 public elementary schools	3.9%		13.1	5474^th of 5869 public elementary schools	6.7%	152	8.3		8.3	14.5	9.7	13.3				12.6	21.7	19.4	11.9				17.2	82.8	88.2	88.2	87.1	85.0	88.2	$26,378	$4,479	$21,899
Community School for Creative Education	Public, Charter	K-8	2111 International Blvd.	Oakland	94606	Alameda County	Community School for Creative Education District	Yes	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(510) 686-4131	183	7	28.1	89.1%	7 (3.8%)	34 (18.6%)	122 (66.7%)	10 (5.5%)	3 (1.6%)	1 (0.5%)	6 (3.3%)	8.4	5715^th of 5857 public elementary schools	2.4%		12.4	5526^th of 5869 public elementary schools	5.8%	189	4.8	8.3	6.1	16.7	24.0	10.0	0.0	27.3	41.7	19.0	20.8	7.4	4.8	5.6	14.3	8.3	10.6							$27,371	$3,090	$24,281
International Community Elementary	Public	K-5	2825 International Blvd.	Oakland	94601	Alameda County	Oakland Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(510) 879-2186	301	13	23.1	94.0%	6 (2.0%)	3 (1.0%)	284 (94.4%)	3 (1.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	5 (1.7%)	13.2	5401^st of 5857 public elementary schools	7.8%		12.4	5530^th of 5869 public elementary schools	5.8%	129	18.0		18.0	2.3	23.8	26.1				17.4	15.6	17.0	12.0				14.8	78.7	89.4	89.4	80.9	91.5	89.4	$25,647	$4,087	$21,560
Think College Now Elementary	Public	K-5	2825 International Blvd.	Oakland	94601	Alameda County	Oakland Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(510) 879-2190	253	10	26.6	97.2%	27 (10.7%)	34 (13.4%)	152 (60.1%)	21 (8.3%)	2 (0.8%)	0 (0.0%)	17 (6.7%)	18.1	4998^th of 5857 public elementary schools	14.7%		18.4	4996^th of 5869 public elementary schools	14.9%	2	5.0		5.0	25.6	13.5	37.5				24.4	27.9	20.0	22.5				23.3	89.2	89.2			91.9		$27,037	$4,997	$22,040
Achieve Academy	Public, Charter	K-5	1700 28th Ave.	Oakland	94601	Alameda County	Achieve Academy District	Yes	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(510) 904-6440	537	23	23.4	92.2%	5 (0.9%)	27 (5.0%)	494 (92.0%)	8 (1.5%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	3 (0.6%)	24.8	4422^nd of 5857 public elementary schools	24.5%		25.2	4351^st of 5869 public elementary schools	25.9%	71	11.1		11.1	23.3	23.1	31.0				25.9	36.2	26.6	33.7				32.4	81.4	88.7	90.7	86.6	87.6	91.8	$10,264	$2,524	$7,740
Manzanita Community Elementary	Public	K-5	2409 East 27th St.	Oakland	94601	Alameda County	Oakland Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(510) 879-2179	335	14	23.9	98.2%	9 (2.7%)	75 (22.4%)	189 (56.4%)	37 (11.0%)	2 (0.6%)	5 (1.5%)	18 (5.4%)	4.8	5843^rd of 5857 public elementary schools	0.2%		6.8	5815^th of 5869 public elementary schools	0.9%	28	0.0		0.0	4.0	14.0	3.4				7.2	11.8	8.6	0.0				6.7	79.7	87.0	92.8	84.1	88.4	88.4	$26,377	$4,404	$21,973
Manzanita SEED Elementary	Public	K-5	2409 East 27th St.	Oakland	94601	Alameda County	Oakland Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(510) 879-0175	436	19	23.0	82.8%	49 (11.2%)	38 (8.7%)	289 (66.3%)	17 (3.9%)	2 (0.5%)	1 (0.2%)	39 (8.9%)	32.1	3790^th of 5857 public elementary schools	35.3%		27	4196^th of 5869 public elementary schools	28.5%	406	13.5		13.5	35.8	54.8	18.2				37.0	40.3	30.7	12.5				28.7	88.0	93.5	94.6	90.2	92.4	91.3	$24,881	$4,199	$20,682
Lazear Charter Academy	Public, Charter	K-8	824 29th Ave.	Oakland	94601	Alameda County	Lazear Charter Academy District	Yes	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(510) 689-2018	490	21	23.2	60.4%	10 (2.0%)	30 (6.1%)	427 (87.1%)	15 (3.1%)	4 (0.8%)	0 (0.0%)	4 (0.8%)	54.5	2339^th of 5857 public elementary schools	60.1%		37.1	3361^st of 5869 public elementary schools	42.7%	1022	48.1	42.1	45.0	34.0	25.0	55.8	62.5	40.0	61.4	46.9	43.1	27.3	44.2	48.2	23.6	29.8	35.9	96.8					96.8	$9,801	$3,128	$6,673
Franklin Elementary	Public	K-5	915 Foothill Blvd.	Oakland	94606	Alameda County	Oakland Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(510) 879-2116	499	22	22.6	95.8%	31 (6.2%)	55 (11.0%)	189 (37.9%)	186 (37.3%)	2 (0.4%)	2 (0.4%)	34 (6.8%)	26.5	4273^rd of 5857 public elementary schools	27.0%		36.5	3401^st of 5869 public elementary schools	42.1%	872	22.5		22.5	17.7	29.3	44.4				31.7	25.4	20.8	26.8				24.4	84.6	89.2	89.2	86.2	84.6	86.2	$26,762	$4,203	$22,559
Bella Vista Elementary	Public	K-5	1025 East 28th St.	Oakland	94610	Alameda County	Oakland Unified	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(510) 879-2102	349	15	23.2	86.2%	17 (4.9%)	78 (22.3%)	95 (27.2%)	118 (33.8%)	4 (1.1%)	1 (0.3%)	36 (10.3%)	27.4	4176^th of 5857 public elementary schools	28.7%		42.1	3066^th of 5869 public elementary schools	47.8%	1110	15.8		15.8	19.6	34.5	29.8				28.6	41.3	34.5	22.8				32.3	94.9			96.2	97.5	97.5	$26,694	$4,058	$22,636

Frequently Asked Questions about Garfield Elementary

What district is Garfield Elementary in?

Oakland Unified

What is the racial makeup of Garfield Elementary?

Students at Garfield Elementary are 62% Hispanic, 16% Asian, 15% African American, 5% Two or more races, 2% White.

How many students attend Garfield Elementary?

In the 2024-25 school year, 454 students attended Garfield Elementary.

What schools do graduates of Garfield Elementary attend?

Students who attend Garfield Elementary usually go on to attend:

Middle : Roosevelt Middle
High : Oakland High

Is Garfield Elementary a good school?

Garfield Elementary ranks in the bottom 3.9% of California elementary schools.

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