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Garfield City School District

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Garfield City School District is located in northeast New Jersey. Garfield City School District has 2.10 square miles of land area and 0.06 square miles of water area. As of 2010-2014, the total Garfield City School District population is 30,996. Garfield City School District median household income is $46,499 in 2010-2014. Garfield City School District median house value is $334,300 in 2010-2014. On average, Garfield City School District is worse than the state average in quality.

Ranking:	High School: (245 out of 285, bottom 14%) Elementary/Middle School: (413 out of 515, bottom 20%)* Rank: #484
Type:	Regular Local School District
Grade:	Prekindergarten to Grade 12
Number of Schools:	11
Population	30,996 (2010-2014), rank #94
Population Growth	6.88% since 2005-2009, see rank
Population Density:	14,351.16/sq mi, rank #13
Median Household Income:	$46,499 at 2010-2014—-8.68% increase since 2005-2009, rank #523
Median House Price:	$334,300 at 2010-2014—-9.31% increase since 2005-2009, rank #254
Time Zone:	Eastern GMT -5:00 with Daylight Saving in the Summer
Land Area:	2.10 sq mi, rank #418
Water Area:	0.06 sq mi (2.82%), rank #403
State:	New Jersey
County:	Bergen County
City:	Garfield
Zip:	07026
Area:	New York-Northern New Jersey-Long Island, NY-NJ-PA

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Garfield City School District Map, Border, and Nearby Locations

34 Outwater Ln

Garfield NJ, 07026, Bergen County

Phone: 973-340-5000

Students and Teachers

	2013-2014	2012-2013	2011-2012	2010-2011	2009-2010	2008-2009	2007-2008
Total Students:	4,760	4,628	4,500	5,253	4,675	4,511	4,494
English Language Learner Students:	204	221	256	276	321	336	NA
Total Teachers:	437.00	339.80	381.80	382.80	397.00	384.50	296.00
Prekindergarten:	55.00	37.00	42.00	39.00	36.00	35.00	33.00
Kindergarten:	13.00	10.00	13.00	11.00	15.00	17.00	15.70
Elementary:	179.00	142.99	165.10	166.30	164.00	152.50	9.00
Secondary:	143.00	106.81	118.70	122.50	137.00	148.50	140.50
Ungraded:	47.00	43.00	43.00	44.00	45.00	31.50	60.50
Total Other Staff:	355.40	310.99	84.20	79.20	86.00	76.50	41.50
Instructional Aides:	164.40	152.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	NA
Instructional Coordinators & Supervisors:	13.00	13.00	7.20	8.20	14.00	13.50	22.50
Total Guidance Counselors:	13.00	11.00	11.00	11.00	12.00	7.00	5.00
Elementary Guidance Counselors:	NA	NA	6.00	6.00	6.00	NA	NA
Secondary Guidance Counselors:	NA	NA	5.00	5.00	6.00	NA	NA
Other Guidance Counselors:	13.00	11.00	NA	NA	NA	7.00	NA
Librarians/Media Specialists:	1.00	1.00	2.00	2.00	2.00	2.00	2.00
Library/Media Support:	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
District Administrators:	2.00	0.99	1.00	2.00	3.00	3.00	3.00
District Administrative Support:	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	NA
School Administrators:	13.00	13.00	14.00	15.00	14.00	16.00	3.00
School Administrative Support:	30.00	29.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	NA
Student Support Services:	50.00	36.00	49.00	41.00	41.00	35.00	6.00
Other Support Services:	69.00	55.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	NA
Student-Teacher Ratio:	10.89	13.62	11.79	13.72	11.78	11.73	15.18

Schools

Abraham Lincoln School #6	Prekindergarten to Grade 5	111 Palisade Ave, Garfield NJ 07026
Christopher Columbus School #8	Kindergarten to Grade 5	147 Cedar St, Garfield NJ 07026
Garfield Auxiliary Ms/Hs	Grade 6 to Grade 12	43 Clifton Ave, Clifton NJ 07011
Garfield Early Childhood Learning Center	Prekindergarten to Prekindergarten	241 Ray St, Garfield NJ 07026
Garfield High School	Grade 9 to Grade 12	500 Palisade Ave, Garfield NJ 07026
Garfield Middle School	Grade 6 to Grade 8	175 Lanza Ave, Garfield NJ 07026
James Madison School #10	Prekindergarten to Grade 5	62 Alpine St, Garfield NJ 07026
Roosevelt School #7	Kindergarten to Grade 5	225 Lincoln Place, Garfield NJ 07026
School #4 Annex	Prekindergarten to Grade 2	30 Madonna Place, Garfield NJ 07026
Washington Irving School #4	Prekindergarten to Grade 5	12 Madonna Place, Garfield NJ 07026
Woodrow Wilson School #5	Kindergarten to Grade 5	205 Outwater Ln, Garfield NJ 07026

Test Performance

Year	Test	Grade	Measurement	Score	State Average
ASK Test
2004	Language Arts Literacy	3rd Grade	% proficient	77.8%	79.4%
2005	Language Arts Literacy	3rd Grade	% proficient	82.6%	83.2%
2006	Language Arts Literacy	3rd Grade	% proficient	78.5%	82.4%
2007	Language Arts Literacy	3rd Grade	% proficient	80.7%	83.4%
2008	Language Arts Literacy	3rd Grade	% proficient	85.7%	86.1%
2009	Language Arts Literacy	3rd Grade	% proficient	59.7%	62.9%
2010	Language Arts Literacy	3rd Grade	% proficient	60.0%	59.8%
2011	Language Arts Literacy	3rd Grade	% proficient	71.0%	63.0%
2012	Language Arts Literacy	3rd Grade	% proficient	67.6%	66.7%
2013	Language Arts Literacy	3rd Grade	% proficient	60.3%	66.4%
2004	Math	3rd Grade	% proficient	77.7%	76.6%
2005	Math	3rd Grade	% proficient	91.7%	82.5%
2006	Math	3rd Grade	% proficient	89.5%	86.8%
2007	Math	3rd Grade	% proficient	88.6%	87.3%
2008	Math	3rd Grade	% proficient	85.1%	86.8%
2009	Math	3rd Grade	% proficient	72.8%	75.4%
2010	Math	3rd Grade	% proficient	81.2%	78.3%
2011	Math	3rd Grade	% proficient	84.7%	78.9%
2012	Math	3rd Grade	% proficient	79.7%	78.4%
2013	Math	3rd Grade	% proficient	70.6%	77.7%
2003	Language Arts Literacy	4th Grade	% proficient	72.5%	77.6%
2004	Language Arts Literacy	4th Grade	% proficient	79.4%	82.2%
2005	Language Arts Literacy	4th Grade	% proficient	80.0%	81.6%
2006	Language Arts Literacy	4th Grade	% proficient	76.7%	80.0%
2007	Language Arts Literacy	4th Grade	% proficient	80.6%	80.6%
2008	Language Arts Literacy	4th Grade	% proficient	79.3%	82.7%
2009	Language Arts Literacy	4th Grade	% proficient	55.7%	63.2%
2010	Language Arts Literacy	4th Grade	% proficient	50.7%	59.7%
2011	Language Arts Literacy	4th Grade	% proficient	59.6%	62.7%
2012	Language Arts Literacy	4th Grade	% proficient	51.0%	58.5%
2013	Language Arts Literacy	4th Grade	% proficient	50.3%	59.4%
2003	Math	4th Grade	% proficient	57.8%	68.0%
2004	Math	4th Grade	% proficient	70.9%	72.1%
2005	Math	4th Grade	% proficient	81.7%	80.2%
2006	Math	4th Grade	% proficient	79.2%	82.3%
2007	Math	4th Grade	% proficient	82.1%	84.7%
2008	Math	4th Grade	% proficient	82.5%	84.9%
2009	Math	4th Grade	% proficient	76.1%	73.1%
2010	Math	4th Grade	% proficient	75.7%	77.2%
2011	Math	4th Grade	% proficient	75.4%	79.3%
2012	Math	4th Grade	% proficient	70.7%	77.4%
2013	Math	4th Grade	% proficient	74.8%	78.3%
2005	Science	4th Grade	% proficient	80.8%	81.1%
2006	Science	4th Grade	% proficient	81.8%	82.3%
2007	Science	4th Grade	% proficient	83.6%	83.1%
2008	Science	4th Grade	% proficient	83.8%	85.1%
2009	Science	4th Grade	% proficient	92.3%	91.1%
2010	Science	4th Grade	% proficient	94.7%	93.5%
2011	Science	4th Grade	% proficient	92.2%	90.0%
2012	Science	4th Grade	% proficient	92.8%	91.3%
2013	Science	4th Grade	% proficient	90.5%	89.5%
2007	Language Arts Literacy	5th Grade	% proficient	83.5%	88.8%
2008	Language Arts Literacy	5th Grade	% proficient	53.1%	60.0%
2009	Language Arts Literacy	5th Grade	% proficient	62.5%	66.2%
2010	Language Arts Literacy	5th Grade	% proficient	55.2%	63.3%
2011	Language Arts Literacy	5th Grade	% proficient	60.8%	60.9%
2012	Language Arts Literacy	5th Grade	% proficient	57.9%	62.1%
2013	Language Arts Literacy	5th Grade	% proficient	56.2%	61.3%
2007	Math	5th Grade	% proficient	82.0%	84.1%
2008	Math	5th Grade	% proficient	71.8%	76.6%
2009	Math	5th Grade	% proficient	77.2%	77.6%
2010	Math	5th Grade	% proficient	77.0%	79.0%
2011	Math	5th Grade	% proficient	81.0%	80.6%
2012	Math	5th Grade	% proficient	80.7%	83.3%
2013	Math	5th Grade	% proficient	76.4%	79.9%
2007	Language Arts Literacy	6th Grade	% proficient	66.4%	75.8%
2008	Language Arts Literacy	6th Grade	% proficient	42.8%	57.3%
2009	Language Arts Literacy	6th Grade	% proficient	57.5%	70.1%
2010	Language Arts Literacy	6th Grade	% proficient	54.1%	65.5%
2011	Language Arts Literacy	6th Grade	% proficient	49.7%	66.7%
2013	Language Arts Literacy	6th Grade	% proficient	57.3%	66.2%
2007	Math	6th Grade	% proficient	74.5%	79%
2008	Math	6th Grade	% proficient	70.6%	72.2%
2009	Math	6th Grade	% proficient	65.0%	71.2%
2010	Math	6th Grade	% proficient	64.6%	72.1%
2011	Math	6th Grade	% proficient	73.8%	77.4%
2013	Math	6th Grade	% proficient	79.9%	78.9%
2007	Language Arts Literacy	7th Grade	% proficient	74.6%	80.1%
2008	Language Arts Literacy	7th Grade	% proficient	58.7%	70.5%
2009	Language Arts Literacy	7th Grade	% proficient	66.9%	72.4%
2010	Language Arts Literacy	7th Grade	% proficient	55.6%	69.5%
2011	Language Arts Literacy	7th Grade	% proficient	55.2%	63.3%
2012	Language Arts Literacy	7th Grade	% proficient	44.3%	61.0%
2013	Language Arts Literacy	7th Grade	% proficient	59.5%	65.2%
2007	Math	7th Grade	% proficient	61.8%	66.3%
2008	Math	7th Grade	% proficient	65.6%	64.5%
2009	Math	7th Grade	% proficient	66.4%	66.8%
2010	Math	7th Grade	% proficient	58.5%	64.6%
2011	Math	7th Grade	% proficient	55.8%	65.7%
2012	Math	7th Grade	% proficient	56.9%	63.2%
2013	Math	7th Grade	% proficient	64.2%	63.5%
2008	Language Arts Literacy	8th Grade	% proficient	71.7%	81.4%
2009	Language Arts Literacy	8th Grade	% proficient	78.6%	82.5%
2010	Language Arts Literacy	8th Grade	% proficient	79.4%	82.9%
2011	Language Arts Literacy	8th Grade	% proficient	78.3%	82.1%
2012	Language Arts Literacy	8th Grade	% proficient	73.6%	82.2%
2013	Language Arts Literacy	8th Grade	% proficient	74.2%	81.9%
2008	Math	8th Grade	% proficient	63.4%	67.7%
2009	Math	8th Grade	% proficient	74.4%	71.8%
2010	Math	8th Grade	% proficient	73.6%	69.0%
2011	Math	8th Grade	% proficient	77.0%	71.5%
2012	Math	8th Grade	% proficient	63.0%	71.6%
2013	Math	8th Grade	% proficient	68.1%	69.3%
2008	Science	8th Grade	% proficient	82.5%	84.2%
2009	Science	8th Grade	% proficient	84.1%	84.6%
2010	Science	8th Grade	% proficient	79.7%	83.3%
2011	Science	8th Grade	% proficient	79.1%	81.2%
2012	Science	8th Grade	% proficient	77.9%	81.9%
2013	Science	8th Grade	% proficient	74.4%	79.0%
GEPA Test
2003	Language Arts Literacy	8th Grade	% proficient	68.6%	73.8%
2004	Language Arts Literacy	8th Grade	% proficient	63.4%	71.8%
2005	Language Arts Literacy	8th Grade	% proficient	63.7%	72.3%
2006	Language Arts Literacy	8th Grade	% proficient	60.4%	74.2%
2007	Language Arts Literacy	8th Grade	% proficient	67.8%	73.7%
2003	Math	8th Grade	% proficient	57.1%	56.7%
2004	Math	8th Grade	% proficient	58.5%	61.7%
2005	Math	8th Grade	% proficient	53.6%	62.4%
2006	Math	8th Grade	% proficient	55.8%	64.5%
2007	Math	8th Grade	% proficient	67.6%	68.4%
2003	Science	8th Grade	% proficient	71.6%	72.9%
2004	Science	8th Grade	% proficient	72.0%	74.7%
2005	Science	8th Grade	% proficient	70.6%	76.8%
2006	Science	8th Grade	% proficient	77.8%	79.0%
2007	Science	8th Grade	% proficient	81.4%	78.9%
HSPA Test
2003	Language Arts Literacy	11th Grade	% proficient	71.7%	80.1%
2004	Language Arts Literacy	11th Grade	% proficient	69.0%	82.2%
2005	Language Arts Literacy	11th Grade	% proficient	67.5%	83.2%
2006	Language Arts Literacy	11th Grade	% proficient	70.6%	83.5%
2007	Language Arts Literacy	11th Grade	% proficient	71.1%	85.4%
2008	Language Arts Literacy	11th Grade	% proficient	70.3%	83.4%
2009	Language Arts Literacy	11th Grade	% proficient	65.5%	84.5%
2010	Language Arts Literacy	11th Grade	% proficient	82.7%	88.0%
2011	Language Arts Literacy	11th Grade	% proficient	82.2%	89.6%
2012	Language Arts Literacy	11th Grade	% proficient	88.9%	91.5%
2013	Language Arts Literacy	11th Grade	% proficient	84.4%	91.6%
2003	Math	11th Grade	% proficient	60.5%	65.9%
2004	Math	11th Grade	% proficient	55.5%	70.1%
2005	Math	11th Grade	% proficient	63.4%	75.5%
2006	Math	11th Grade	% proficient	71.3%	75.9%
2007	Math	11th Grade	% proficient	60.3%	73.4%
2008	Math	11th Grade	% proficient	62.8%	75.4%
2009	Math	11th Grade	% proficient	59.1%	73.7%
2010	Math	11th Grade	% proficient	62.6%	75.0%
2011	Math	11th Grade	% proficient	56.9%	75.2%
2012	Math	11th Grade	% proficient	65.1%	79.3%
2013	Math	11th Grade	% proficient	69.2%	79.7%
2007	Science	11th Grade	% proficient	56.4%	72.7%

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School District Fiscal Information

	2012			2011			2010
	Amount	Per Student	%	Amount	Per Student	%	Amount	Per Student	%
Total Revenue:	$101,699,000	$22,600		$88,201,000	$16,791		$93,503,000	$20,001
Federal:	$6,155,000	$1,368	6.1%	$5,111,000	$973	5.8%	$12,214,000	$2,613	13.1%
State:	$70,190,000	$15,598	69.0%	$58,368,000	$11,111	66.2%	$56,940,000	$12,180	60.9%
Local:	$25,354,000	$5,634	24.9%	$24,722,000	$4,706	28.0%	$24,349,000	$5,208	26.0%
Total Expenditures:	$94,754,000	$21,056		$87,925,000	$16,738		$93,365,000	$19,971
Total Current Expenditures:	$77,958,000	$17,324		$73,768,000	$14,043		$74,444,000	$15,924
Instructional Expenditures:	$45,921,000	$10,205	58.9%	$45,482,000	$8,658	61.7%	$44,425,000	$9,503	59.7%
Student and Staff Support:	$12,237,000	$2,719	15.7%	$10,105,000	$1,924	13.7%	$10,157,000	$2,173	13.6%
Administration:	$6,948,000	$1,544	8.9%	$6,634,000	$1,263	9.0%	$8,392,000	$1,795	11.3%
Operations, Food, Other:	$12,852,000	$2,856	16.5%	$11,547,000	$2,198	15.7%	$11,470,000	$2,453	15.4%
Total Capital Outlay:	$3,514,000	$781		$1,902,000	$362		$6,616,000	$1,415
Construction:	$2,573,000	$572		$1,093,000	$208		$697,000	$149
Total Other:	$14,000	$3		$20,000	$4		$20,000	$4
Interest on Debt:	$0	$0		$0	$0		$0	$0

Total Salary:	$47,205,000	$10,490		$44,195,000	$8,413		$46,022,000	$9,844
Instruction/Teacher Salary:	$31,910,000	$7,091	67.6%	$30,774,000	$5,858	69.6%	$31,156,000	$6,664	67.7%
Other Salary:	$15,295,000	$3,399	32.4%	$13,421,000	$2,555	30.4%	$14,866,000	$3,180	32.3%
Total Benefit:	$18,530,000	$4,118		$18,754,000	$3,570		$16,672,000	$3,566
Instruction/Teacher Benefit:	$11,583,000	$2,574	62.5%	$12,109,000	$2,305	64.6%	$10,641,000	$2,276	63.8%
Other Benefit:	$6,947,000	$1,544	37.5%	$6,645,000	$1,265	35.4%	$6,031,000	$1,290	36.2%

* Garfield City School District was rated 1.5 out of 5 by USA.com. The ranking was calculated based on publically available historical Math and English performance data.