WashingtonSchoolsGarfield Middle School

Garfield Middle School

PublicRegular
Garfield, Washington · Garfield School District
Teachers5.0FTE
Ratio5.6:1students per teacher
Students28enrolled
SCHOOL SNAPSHOT
Students28
Grade Span6–8
Student:Teacher5.6:1
Free/Reduced Lunch50%
Title INo
SectorPublic
Student : Teacher
6.2:1
(2024)
11%vs prior yrUS avg 15.4:1
Teacher FTE
5
(2024)
0.0%vs prior yr
Enrollment
31
(2024)
11%vs prior yr
Years of Data
5
2020–2024
Counselors
ASCA max 1:250
Nurses
NASN max 1:750
Psychologists
NASP max 1:500
Social Workers
SSWAA max 1:250

Pupil : Teacher Ratio — 5-Year Trend

4.5:16.8:19.2:111.5:113.9:116.2:1202020212022202320245.6:15.3:16.2:15.6:16.2:1Garfield Middle SchoolUS public-school avg

Enrollment & Teacher FTE

28293030313255566620202021202220232024283231283156555EnrollmentTeacher FTE

Year-by-year workforce

Metric20202021202220232024Nat Avg
Enrollment2832312831
Teacher FTE56555
Pupil : Teacher ratio5.6:15.3:16.2:15.6:16.2:115.4:1

What These Numbers Mean

Teacher FTE

Full-Time Equivalent counts part-time teachers proportionally. One full-time teacher = 1.0 FTE; two half-time teachers also = 1.0 FTE. This is the standard federal reporting unit.

Pupil : Teacher ratio

NCES-reported ratio divides total enrollment by teacher FTE. It is NOT the same as average class size — schools with specialists, coaches, and resource teachers will show lower ratios than typical class sizes.

How to read the trend

A falling pupil:teacher ratio (line going down) means more staffing per student — generally a positive signal. A rising line can indicate budget pressure or fast enrollment growth outpacing hiring. Always compare to the US average (dashed grey).

Historical data spans 20202024 from NCES CCD.

Student Support & Wellbeing

Counselor, nurse, psychologist and social-worker staffing data will appear here once the latest CRDC (Civil Rights Data Collection) ingestion completes for this school.

Source: US Dept of Education — CRDC.