Garfield Elementary School

Basic InfoStudents and TeachersTest PerformanceTeacher's ExperienceSchool District

1201 Maplewood Dr Ne

Cedar Rapids IA, 52402, Linn County

Phone: 319-558-2169

Ranking:

(622 out of 696, bottom 11%)*

Type: Regular Primary School

Status: Currently Operational

Grade: Prekindergarten to Grade 5

School District: Cedar Rapids Community School District

Title I Eligible School: Yes School-Wide Title I: NA

Magnet: NA

Charter: NA

Shared-Time School: NA

Students and Teachers

	2013-2014		2012-2013		2011-2012		2010-2011		2009-2010		2008-2009		2007-2008
	Amount	%	Amount	%	Amount	%	Amount	%	Amount	%	Amount	%	Amount	%
Total Teachers:	23		18		15		16		21		20		20
Total Students:	266		263		186		221		291		329		291
Prekindergarten:	0	0.0%	32	12.2%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	6	2.1%	45	13.7%	9	3.1%
Kindergarten:	79	29.7%	41	15.6%	29	15.6%	29	13.1%	81	27.8%	70	21.3%	94	32.3%
Grade 1:	42	15.8%	33	12.5%	21	11.3%	47	21.3%	32	11.0%	57	17.3%	42	14.4%
Grade 2:	31	11.7%	32	12.2%	38	20.4%	29	13.1%	52	17.9%	38	11.6%	37	12.7%
Grade 3:	38	14.3%	46	17.5%	28	15.1%	48	21.7%	37	12.7%	43	13.1%	44	15.1%
Grade 4:	43	16.2%	35	13.3%	41	22.0%	31	14.0%	42	14.4%	42	12.8%	30	10.3%
Grade 5:	33	12.4%	44	16.7%	29	15.6%	37	16.7%	41	14.1%	34	10.3%	35	12.0%
Ungraded:	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Student By Gender:
Male:	149	56.0%	133	50.6%	95	51.1%	126	57.0%	159	54.6%	180	54.7%	164	56.4%
Female:	117	44.0%	130	49.4%	91	48.9%	95	43.0%	132	45.4%	141	42.9%	123	42.3%
Student By Races:
American Indian/Alaska Native:	2	0.8%	2	0.8%	4	2.2%	4	1.8%	4	1.4%	7	2.1%	7	2.4%
Asian:	1	0.4%	1	0.4%	2	1.1%	4	1.8%	6	2.1%	5	1.5%	4	1.4%
Hispanic:	18	6.8%	20	7.6%	21	11.3%	9	4.1%	8	2.7%	10	3.0%	10	3.4%
Black:	48	18.0%	33	12.5%	16	8.6%	40	18.1%	56	19.2%	62	18.8%	46	15.8%
White:	169	63.5%	177	67.3%	129	69.4%	164	74.2%	217	74.6%	245	74.5%	224	77.0%
Hawaiian Native/Pacific Islander:	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	1	0.5%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	NA	NA	NA	NA
Two or More Races:	28	10.5%	30	11.4%	13	7.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	NA	NA	NA	NA
Lunch Program:
Free Lunch Program Eligible:	157	59.0%	160	60.8%	108	58.1%	133	60.2%	152	52.2%	173	52.6%	131	45.0%
Reduced-Price Lunch Program Eligible:	26	9.8%	18	6.8%	20	10.8%	22	10.0%	17	5.8%	21	6.4%	21	7.2%
Student-Teacher Ratio:	11.63		14.43		12.54		13.62		13.73		16.40		14.50

Test Performance

Year	Test	Grade	Measurement	Score	School District	State Average
IA
2012	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	61.90%	80.11%	N/A
2013	Math	3rd Grade	% met std	60.00%	76.85%	N/A
2012	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	52.38%	73.21%	N/A
2013	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	57.50%	72.08%	N/A
2012	Math	4th Grade	% met std	65.00%	76.76%	N/A
2013	Math	4th Grade	% met std	51.72%	78.81%	N/A
2012	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	60.00%	68.38%	N/A
2013	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	48.28%	71.44%	N/A
2012	Math	5th Grade	% met std	82.14%	79.65%	N/A
2013	Math	5th Grade	% met std	68.18%	81.09%	N/A
2012	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	67.86%	72.92%	N/A
2013	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	63.64%	72.75%	N/A

Some data by SchoolDigger.com.

Teacher's Experience and Compensation

	2007	2006
Teachers with Bachelor Degree:	66.7%	78.9%
Teachers with Master or PhD Degree:	33.3%	21.1%

Mean Number of Years of Teaching:	18.0 years	16.0 years
Teachers with 5 Years of Experience of Less:	NA	15.8%
Teachers with 6 Years of Experience or More:	94.4%	84.2%

Mean Base Salary:	$45,862.0	$43,355.0
Mean Base Salary of Teachers with 5 Years of Experience of Less:	NA	$33,918.0
Mean Base Salary of Teachers with 6 Years of Experience or More:	$46,424.0	$45,124.0

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