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Garfield High School

Serves grades 9 - 12

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Raw data sources:
  • Test Scores: Edfacts (U.S. Department of Education), State departments of education.
  • Expenditures: National Center for Education Statistics.
  • Educational Environment: American Community Survey (U.S. Census Bureau).
Date(s) & Update Frequency:
  • Test data: Reflects 2021 – 2022 school year.
  • Expenditures: 2020
  • Educational Environment: 2021 (latest available). Updated annually.
  • All data updated July 2023

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School Overview

Address
1255 16th St.
San Diego, CA 92101
Phone
(619) 362-4500
District
SAN DIEGO UNIFIED
County
SAN DIEGO COUNTY
Type of School
Other
Magnet School
No
Charter School
No
Students Enrolled
188
Classroom Teachers
22

School Quality Ratings

School Quality Compared to California

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(10 is best)

Better than ×% of all CA schools.

School Quality Compared to U.S.

No Data

(10 is best)

Garfield High School Test Scores (No Child Left Behind Tests)

50 40 30 20 10 0
No Data
36%
No Data
42%
No Data
29%
    Proficiency in Reading and Math
    Proficiency in Reading
    Proficiency in Math
School
State

Class Size (number of students per classroom teacher)

25 20 15 10 5 0
9
22
22
16
    AVG FOR THIS SCHOOL
    AVG FOR DISTRICT
    AVG FOR STATE
    AVG FOR NATION
SCHOOL ENROLLMENT BY GRADE NUMBER OF STUDENTS PERCENTAGE
Grade 9 0 0.0%
Grade 10 2 1.1%
Grade 11 10 5.3%
Grade 12 176 93.6%
Total 188 100%

School enrollment by group

Ethnic/Racial Groups This School This District This State
White (non-hispanic) 3.3% 26.1% 22.7%
Black 9.2% 8.1% 5.4%
Hispanic 85.9% 49.2% 58.3%
Asian Or Pacific Islander 1.6% 15.9% 12.7%
American Indian Or Native Of Alaska 0.0% 0.7% 0.9%
Economic Groups This School This District This State
Economically disadvantaged 86.7% 55.0% 57.6%
Free lunch eligible 77.1% 44.5% 50.8%
Reduced lunch eligible 9.6% 10.6% 6.8%
POPULATION DISTRICT FOR THIS SCHOOL STATE
POPULATION 1,068,436 39,029,342
POPULATION DENSITY (per sq. mile) 5,229.1 247
POPULATION DISTRIBUTION BY AGE DISTRICT FOR THIS SCHOOL STATE
4 YEARS OLD AND BELOW 5.5% 5.7%
5-19 YEARS OLD 15.5% 19.3%
20-44 YEARS OLD 43.8% 35.3%
45-64 YEARS OLD 22.1% 24.8%
65 OR OLDER 13.1% 14.9%
HOUSEHOLD CHARACTERISTICS DISTRICT FOR THIS SCHOOL STATE
Number Of Households 404,646 13,315,822
Single Parent Households With Children 6.1% 8.2%
Adults With At Least A High School Diploma 89.4% 84.4%
Adults With At Least A Bachelor's Degree 46.8% 35.9%
HOUSEHOLD INCOME DISTRIBUTION DISTRICT FOR THIS SCHOOL STATE
$150,000 or more 23.2% 28.6%
$100,000 - $149,999 19.1% 17.8%
$75,000 - $99,999 13.0% 12.0%
$50,000 - $74,999 15.9% 13.7%
$30,000 - $49,999 12.2% 11.6%
$15,000 - $29,999 8.8% 8.6%
$15,000 or less 7.7% 7.6%

Education Expenditures

For this District Per Student Total % of Total
Instructional Expenditures $8,892 $906,690,564 39.3%
Support Expenditures
Student $1,269 $129,396,123 5.6%
Staff $654 $66,686,418 2.9%
General Administration $96 $9,788,832 0.4%
School Administration $920 $93,809,640 4.1%
Operation $1,182 $120,524,994 5.2%
Transportation $371 $37,829,757 1.6%
Other $595 $60,670,365 2.6%
Total Support $5,088 $518,808,096 22.5%
Non-instructional Expenditures $8,671 $884,155,857 38.3%
Total Expenditures $22,650 $2,309,552,550 100.0%
For the State Per Student Total % of Total
Instructional Expenditures $8,443 $49,757,893,850 48.0%
Support Expenditures
Student $924 $5,448,154,552 5.3%
Staff $874 $5,153,341,847 5.0%
General Administration $228 $1,344,982,098 1.3%
School Administration $939 $5,530,709,253 5.3%
Operation $1,330 $7,835,832,768 7.6%
Transportation $297 $1,752,376,286 1.7%
Other $706 $4,162,206,192 4.0%
Total Support $5,299 $31,228,266,126 30.1%
Non-instructional Expenditures $3,859 $22,743,739,970 21.9%
Total Expenditures $17,602 $103,729,621,761 100.0%
For the Nation Per Student Total % of Total
Instructional Expenditures $7,794 $384,567,026,223 49.5%
Support Expenditures
Student $841 $41,500,431,613 5.3%
Staff $665 $32,787,987,253 4.2%
General Administration $269 $13,273,339,703 1.7%
School Administration $756 $37,281,585,830 4.8%
Operation $1,191 $58,747,506,944 7.6%
Transportation $504 $24,858,475,672 3.2%
Other $491 $24,247,526,162 3.1%
Total Support $4,716 $232,696,768,378 29.9%
Non-instructional Expenditures $3,247 $160,183,697,619 20.6%
Total Expenditures $15,757 $777,446,989,564 100.0%