Christopher Columbus School #8 (Garfield Public School District SCH DIST.), New Jersey - School Profile in 2023-2024 School Year

Updated on August 8, 2025.

Christopher Columbus School #8 is a Elementary in GARFIELD, NJ. It currently serves 392 students (grades PK-05). The school is part of the Garfield Public School District School District.

Below, we provide details about the school including the population per grade, the racial demography of the student population, the racial demography of the student population per gender/sex, and the racial demography per grade level.

You can see similar information for other schools in Garfield Public School District School District and all schools in New Jersey.

Other Details

School Type: Regular School
School Level: Elementary
Number of Students:392
Number of Teachers: 38
Student/Teacher Ratio: 10.28

Location Info

Location: 147 CEDAR STREET, GARFIELD, NJ 07026
Mailing Address: 147 CEDAR STREET, GARFIELD, NJ 07026
Phone: (973)340-5038
Data Source: NCES.
Student Population Per Grade
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Grade Population
Grade 1 72
Grade 2 70
Grade 3 56
Grade 4 61
Grade 5 57
Kindergarten 61
Pre-Kindergarten 15
Gender/Sex of Christopher Columbus School #8 Student Population
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Gender Population Percent of Population (%)
Male 201 51.28
Female 191 48.72
Race/Ethnicity Demography of Christopher Columbus School #8 Student Population
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Race/Ethnicity Population Percent of Population (%)
Asian 3 0.77
Black or African American 20 5.10
Hispanic/Latino 207 52.81
Two or more races 5 1.28
White 157 40.05
Male - Race/Ethnicity Demography of Student Population
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Race/Ethnicity Population Percent of Population (%)
Asian 1 0.50
Black or African American 12 5.97
Hispanic/Latino 99 49.25
Two or more races 4 1.99
White 85 42.29
Female - Race/Ethnicity Demography of Student Population
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Race/Ethnicity Population Percent of Population (%)
Asian 2 1.05
Black or African American 8 4.19
Hispanic/Latino 108 56.55
Two or more races 1 0.52
White 72 37.70

Race Demography Per Grade

The tables below shows the Race/Ethnicity of the student population per grade.
Grade 1 - Race/Ethnicity of Both Genders
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Race/Ethnicity Population Percent of Population (%)
Black or African American 2 2.78
Hispanic/Latino 42 58.33
White 28 38.89
Grade 2 - Race/Ethnicity of Both Genders
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Race/Ethnicity Population Percent of Population (%)
Black or African American 3 4.29
Hispanic/Latino 40 57.14
White 27 38.57
Grade 3 - Race/Ethnicity of Both Genders
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Race/Ethnicity Population Percent of Population (%)
Black or African American 2 3.57
Hispanic/Latino 29 51.79
White 25 44.64
Grade 4 - Race/Ethnicity of Both Genders
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Race/Ethnicity Population Percent of Population (%)
Black or African American 6 9.84
Hispanic/Latino 29 47.54
Two or more races 3 4.92
White 23 37.71
Grade 5 - Race/Ethnicity of Both Genders
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Race/Ethnicity Population Percent of Population (%)
Asian 1 1.75
Black or African American 5 8.77
Hispanic/Latino 34 59.65
Two or more races 1 1.75
White 16 28.07
Kindergarten - Race/Ethnicity of Both Genders
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Race/Ethnicity Population Percent of Population (%)
Asian 2 3.28
Black or African American 2 3.28
Hispanic/Latino 28 45.90
Two or more races 1 1.64
White 28 45.90
Pre-Kindergarten - Race/Ethnicity of Both Genders
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Race/Ethnicity Population Percent of Population (%)
Hispanic/Latino 5 33.33
White 10 66.67