Regular local school district · Cuyahoga County
Garfield Heights City Schools, OH: schools, enrollment and spending
Garfield Heights City Schools runs 5 public schools with 2,581 students in grades PK to 12. Its ratio of 14.3 students per teacher is 3.0 lower than the Ohio figure of 17.3.
At a glance
- Schools
- 5
- Students
- 2,581
- Teachers (FTE)
- 181
- Students per teacher
- 14.3
- OH: 17.3 · US: 15.3
- Address
- 5640 Briarcliff Dr, Garfield Heights, OH 44125
- Phone
- (216)475-8100
- County
- Cuyahoga County
- Locale
- Suburb: Large
- Grades offered
- PK to 12
- Agency type
- Regular local school district
- NCES district ID
- 3904404
- State district ID
- OH-044040
- Total staff (FTE)
- 616
- School counselors (FTE)
- 10.0About 258 students per counselor.
- School administrators (FTE)
- 17.0
Students per teacher compared
This district14.3
Ohio17.3
United States15.3
2020 finance data
From the F-33 School District Finance Survey for fiscal year 2020, in nominal dollars. Enrollment used for per-pupil figures is the finance survey count (3,491), which can differ from 2024-25 enrollment.
- Total revenue
- $52.7 million
- Federal revenue
- $5.0 million
- State revenue
- $26.1 million
- Local revenue
- $21.7 million
- Total spending
- $57.9 million
- Spending per pupil
- $16,586
- Salaries
- $27.3 million47.1% of total spending.
- Long-term debt (end of year)
- $22.8 million
Where revenue came from
- Federal: 9.4%
- State: 49.4%
- Local: 41.1%
Ohio overall
- Federal: 9.2%
- State: 37.9%
- Local: 52.9%
Spending per pupil compared
This district$16,586
Ohio$16,266
United States$16,826
Schools in Garfield Heights City Schools
By level: 1 high, 1 middle, 3 elementary. A CEP school serves free meals to all students.
| Elmwood Elementary SchoolCEP school | Elementary | 1 to 3 | 374 | 17.0 |
| Garfield Heights High SchoolCEP school | High | 9 to 12 | 942 | 15.7 |
| Garfield Heights Middle SchoolCEP school | Middle | 6 to 8 | 541 | 10.4 |
| Maple Leaf Elementary SchoolCEP school | Elementary | 4 to 5 | 326 | 15.5 |
| William Foster Elementary SchoolCEP school | Elementary | PK to 1 | 398 | 15.9 |
Nearby and related
Other districts in Cuyahoga County
- Cleveland Municipal School District 33,143 students
- Parma City School District 9,001 students
- Alternative Education Academy 6,276 students
- Strongsville City School District 5,757 students
- Berea City School District 5,332 students
- Cleveland Heights-University Heights City School District 5,019 students
- Solon City School District 4,594 students
- Euclid City School District 4,464 students
- Shaker Heights City School District 4,400 students
- Lakewood City School District 4,369 students
- Mayfield City School District 4,209 students
- North Royalton City School District 4,134 students
- Brecksville-Broadview Heights City School District 3,686 students
- North Olmsted City School District 3,539 students
- Olmsted Falls City School District 3,507 students
More in Ohio
Source: NCES Common Core of Data 2024-25 and F-33 finance 2020, via the Urban Institute Education Data Portal. Last reviewed October 2026. Finance figures are 2020 finance data in nominal dollars, not adjusted for inflation. Blank values are not available, not applicable or suppressed in the source. See the methodology.