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Garfield Public School District

Garfield Public School District in New Jersey: 11 public schools with 4,762 students and 11.7 students per teacher in the 2024–25 school year. It spent $29,986 per student in FY2024.

Schools: 11
Students: 4,762
Students per teacher: 11.7; NJ 11.5 · US 15.1
Spending per student: $29,986; NJ $28K · US $17.6K

Staff

Full-time equivalents reported by the district. Ratios are students per staff member: lower means more staff for each student, not better results.

Teachers (FTE): 406
Counselors (FTE): 11.5
Students per counselor: 414; NJ 274 · US 357
Psychologists (FTE): 6.0; Librarians (FTE): 0.8

Money

Current spending pays for staff, services and supplies; buildings and debt are counted apart. It follows local costs and needs (special education, long bus routes), so it is a comparison, not a grade.

Spending per student, 2015–2024

$20.0K15

$20.9K16

$21.6K17

$22.0K18

$23.1K19

$22.8K20

$25.7K21

$29.0K22

$29.8K23

$30.0K24

Where the money comes from (FY2024)

Federal: 9.1% · $14M
State: 67% · $103.1M
Local: 24% · $36.7M

Per student (FY2024)

Instruction: $19,698
Support services: $9,399
Buildings and equipment (capital outlay): $5.4M
Long-term debt: $0

Schools

Open public schools of the district in the 2024–25 school year.

Pre-K centers: 3Elementary schools: 6Middle schools: 1High schools: 1

School	Grades	Students	Students / teacher	City or town
Garfield Early Childhood Learning Center	Pre-K	204	10.2	Garfield
Garfield Public Preschool 3 at HeadstartFree meals for all	Pre-K	102	12.8	Garfield
Garfield Public Preschool Annex	Pre-K	105	11.7	Garfield
Abraham Lincoln School #6Free meals for all	Pre-K–5	385	10.3	Garfield
Christopher Columbus School #8	Pre-K–5	366	11.2	Garfield
James Madison School #10Free meals for all	Pre-K–5	280	11.0	Garfield
Roosevelt School #7	Pre-K–5	282	12.6	Garfield
Thomas Jefferson School #9	Pre-K–5	368	10.1	Garfield
Washington Irving School #4	Pre-K–5	441	13.5	Garfield
Garfield Middle School	6–8	971	11.1	Garfield
Garfield High School	9–12	1,258	13.2	Garfield

Sources

Address: 34 Outwater Lane, Garfield, NJ 07026
Phone: (973)340-5000

Website

Public schools and school districts (National Center for Education Statistics · U.S. Census Bureau), 2024–25 school year. NCES Common Core of Data and EDGE public school geocodes; U.S. Census Bureau, Annual Survey of School System Finances and cartographic boundary files (places).
Annual Survey of School System Finances (U.S. Census Bureau), FY2024. U.S. Census Bureau, Annual Survey of School System Finances (F-33).