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James A. Garfield Senior High

(323) 981-5500

Physical Address:
5101 East Sixth ST
Los Angeles, CA  90022
Mailing Address:
5101 East Sixth St.
Los Angeles, CA  90022

School Information

District:
Los Angeles Unified
Type:
Public (Regular school)
Status:
Operational
County:
Los Angeles County
Level:
High
Grade Span:
9 - 12
Number of Students:
4271

Student Enrollment Information in 2009-10

Ethnicity in James A. Garfield Senior High

This School County Average State Average
Hispanic 99.09% 62.96% 48.34%
White 0.28% 16.67% 31.61%
American Indian 0.19% 0.48% 2.10%
Black 0.19% 10.80% 8.03%
Asian/Pacific 0.19% 10.27% 10.31%
Others 0.07% 2.98% 5.47%

Genders in James A. Garfield Senior High

This School County Average State Average
Male 50.81% 51.81% 53.03%
Female 49.19% 48.19% 46.97%

Student Enrollment Information

Enrollment by Ethnicity for James A. Garfield Senior High

Year 2007 2008 2009
Hispanic 4561 4607 4232
White 12 11 12
American Indian 2 4 8
Black 10 11 8
Asian/Pacific 10 13 8
Others 0 11 3
Total 4595 4657 4271

Enrollment by Gender for James A. Garfield Senior High

Year 2007 2008 2009
Male 2372 2357 2170
Female 2223 2300 2101
Total 4595 4657 4271

Students eligible for free or reduced lunch

Students eligible for free or reduced lunch for James A. Garfield Senior High

Year 2007 2008 2009
Total students 4595 4657 4271
# Eligible for free lunch 3717 (81%) 3817 (82%) 3658 (86%)
# Eligible for reduced lunch 305 (7%) 218 (5%) 120 (3%)
# Eligible for both free and reduced lunch 4022 (88%) 4035 (87%) 3778 (88%)

Student/Teacher Ratios

Student/Teacher Ratios for James A. Garfield Senior High

Year 2007 2008 2009
Total students 4595 4657 4271
Fulltime teachers 250.0 212.3 200.3
Student/Teacher Ratio 18.40 18.90 21.32
County Average(Student/Teacher Ratio) 17.99 18.57 20.75