James A. Garfield High School | |
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Location | |
400 23rd Avenue Seattle, Washington, U.S. United States | |
Information | |
Type | Public |
Established | 1920 |
Principal | Tarrance Hart |
Teaching staff | 68.30 (FTE)[1] |
Grades | 9-12 |
Enrollment | 1,641 (2023–24)[1] |
Student to teacher ratio | 24.03[1] |
Color(s) | Purple & White |
Mascot | Bulldog |
Newspaper | The Messenger |
Website | Garfield High School |
James A. Garfield High School is a public high school in the Seattle Public Schools district of Seattle, Washington. It is named after James A. Garfield, the 20th President of the United States. The school is located at 400 23rd Avenue between E. Alder and E. Jefferson Streets in the Central District section of Seattle.
Garfield is a high school designated to serve students identified by the district as academically highly gifted,[2] so the school offers many college-level classes, ranging from calculus-based physics to Advanced Placement (AP) studio art.