Garfield Middle School

Regular School · GARFIELD, NJ

Garfield Middle School is a regular school school in GARFIELD, New Jersey, serving grades 06–08 with 971 students enrolled (SY 2024-2025). The student-teacher ratio is 11.1:1.

Level

Middle

Grades

06 – 08

Enrollment

971

Teachers (FTE)

87.2

Student–Teacher Ratio

11.1:1

Status

Open

Lunch Program Participation

Yes participating without using any Provision or the CEO

Student Demographics (SY 2024-2025)

Race / Ethnicity	Students	Share
Hispanic/Latino	547	56%
White	321	33%
Black or African American	88	9%
Two or more races	9	1%
Asian	4	0%
American Indian / Alaska Native	1	0%
Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander	1	0%
Total enrollment	971	505M / 466F

English Language Learners: 67 (7% of enrollment) · SY 2021–22

Academic Performance (SY 2021-2022)

Metric	This School	State Avg	Tested
Math Proficiency	15.0% -10.6pp	25.6%	947
Reading Proficiency	43.0% -3.8pp	46.8%	939
Science Proficiency	12.0%	—	268

Source: EDFacts, SY 2020–2021. Suppressed values (e.g. <=10%) indicate fewer than the minimum reportable threshold.

Stanford Achievement Estimate

Pooled score across SY 2009–2022 (grades 3–8), expressed in grade levels relative to the national average. Positive = above average.

Overall (Math + ELA)

+0.02 grade levels

Math

+0.15 grade levels

Programs & Discipline

Gifted & Talented

Program offered

17 students enrolled

Out-of-School Suspensions

5.9% of enrollment · SY 2021–22

Chronically Absent

328

33.8% of enrollment · SY 2019–20

Source: Civil Rights Data Collection (CRDC), Office for Civil Rights & EDFacts.

Lunch Program (SY 2024-2025)

Category	Students	% of School
Total enrollment (est.)	971	100%

Contact & Location

175 LANZA AVE

GARFIELD, NJ 07026

Phone: (973)272-7020

http://gms.gboe.org

District

Garfield Public School District

Per-pupil expenditure: $33,581

District enrollment: 4,709

Other Schools in District

Abraham Lincoln School #6 Elementary
Christopher Columbus School #8 Elementary
James Madison School #10 Elementary
Roosevelt School #7 Elementary
Thomas Jefferson School #9 Elementary
Washington Irving School #4 Elementary
Garfield High School High
Garfield Early Childhood Learning Center Prekindergarten

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Related Data

Neighborhood demographics (ZIP 07026) → CensusDepth.com
New Jersey population & income data → CensusDepth.com
New Jersey teacher salaries → WageDepth.com

NCES ID

340576000470

Data sources: NCES CCD SY 2024-2025 (directory, staff, lunch), EDFacts SY 2020-21 (assessments), CRDC SY 2021-22 (programs & discipline), SEDA v6.0 (achievement estimates). Updated annually. NCES CCD