Garvey School District Explained


Address:	2730 North Del Mar Avenue
City:	Rosemead
State:	California
Zipcode:	91770
Type:	Public
Grades:	K–8
Students:	4,431 (2020–2021)
Teachers:	189.02 (FTE)
Staff:	272.21 (FTE)
Ratio:	23.44:1

Garvey School District (founded in 1891) is a pre-K-8 school district with headquarters located in the city of Rosemead, California. It operates nine pre-K-6 elementary schools, one pre-K-8 elementary school and two intermediate schools (grades 7-8). The district serves more than 6000 students from diverse backgrounds, predominantly Asian and Latin American.

In addition to serving most of the southern portions of the city of Rosemead, the Garvey School District serves parts of the cities of Monterey Park and San Gabriel, as well as part of the unincorporated Los Angeles County community of South San Gabriel. Monterey Vista and Hillcrest Elementary schools are located in the city of Monterey Park, while Dewey Avenue Elementary school is located in the city of San Gabriel. All other schools in the district are located in the city of Rosemead.

Students from the Garvey School District feed into the high schools of the Alhambra Unified School District, primarily to San Gabriel High School, but also to Mark Keppel High School.

Enrollment in the Garvey School District has been in decline for several years. As a result, several elementary schools have closed.

History

Circa 1985 the Garvey school district the site chosen for a new Rosemead high school by the Alhambra Union High School District.^[1]

Schools

Pre-K-6 schools

Arlene Bitley Elementary School, Rosemead^[2]
Dewey Avenue Elementary School, San Gabriel^[3]
Ralph Waldo Emerson Elementary School, Rosemead^[4]
Hillcrest Elementary School, Monterey Park^[5]
Monterey Vista Elementary School, Monterey Park^[6]
Eldridge Rice Elementary School, Rosemead^[7]
George I. Sanchez Elementary School, Rosemead^[8]
Willard Elementary School, Rosemead^[9]

Intermediate schools

Roger W. Temple Intermediate School, Rosemead^[10]
Richard Garvey Intermediate School, Rosemead^[11]

Former schools

Dan T. Williams Elementary School, Rosemead. Since the fall of 2006, the district has had an arrangement with the Los Angeles Community College District allowing East Los Angeles College, which has had increasing enrollment resulting in a shortage of classroom space in recent years, to use the Williams School, a 17-room school, as a satellite campus.^[12]
Margaret Duff Elementary School, Rosemead, closed on June 16, 2008 due to a vote in favor to close on May 15 of that year^[13]
John Marshall Elementary School, San Gabriel, closed after the 2010-2011 school year due to a vote in favor to close after that year. It would soon become a community park which will start construction on early 2013.http://www.pasadenastarnews.com/news/ci_20042495?source=rss

Notes and References

Web site: Ward. Mike. District Seeks $1 Million More for School Study. Los Angeles Times. 1985-09-19. 2020-10-20. - The article refers to the "Alhambra School District". Since Alhambra USD did not form until 2004, by context that would mean the high school district, even though the article assumed that the school district already was unified based on its description.
Web site: Archived copy . 2007-03-31 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20070928003631/http://www.elac.edu/departments/acadsenate/minutes/senateminutes/June%2029%202006%20Minutes.pdf . 2007-09-28 .
Web site: Dewey Avenue Elementary School - Dewey Avenue School Home . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20061010235439/http://www.garvey.k12.ca.us/education/school/school.php?sectionid=8 . 2006-10-10 . 2006-12-21.
Web site: Emerson Elementary School - Home . 2006-12-21 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20061010235405/http://www.garvey.k12.ca.us/education/school/school.php?sectionid=11 . 2006-10-10 .
Web site: Hillcrest Elementary School - Hillcrest Home . 2006-12-16 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20061010235525/http://www.garvey.k12.ca.us/education/school/school.php?sectionid=14 . 2006-10-10 .
Web site: Monterey Vista Elementary School - Home . 2006-12-16 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20061010235541/http://www.garvey.k12.ca.us/education/school/school.php?sectionid=16 . 2006-10-10 .
Web site: Rice Elementary School - Home . 2006-12-21 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20061010235453/http://www.garvey.k12.ca.us/education/school/school.php?sectionid=10 . 2006-10-10 .
Web site: Sanchez Elementary School - Home . 2006-12-21 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20061010235303/http://www.garvey.k12.ca.us/education/school/school.php?sectionid=13 . 2006-10-10 .
Web site: Willard Elementary School - Willard Elementary School . 2006-12-21 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20061010235620/http://www.garvey.k12.ca.us/education/school/school.php?sectionid=12 . 2006-10-10 .
Web site: Temple Intermediate School - Temple Intermediate School: Home . 2006-12-21 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20061010235642/http://www.garvey.k12.ca.us/education/school/school.php?sectionid=18 . 2006-10-10 .
Web site: Garvey Intermediate School - Home . 2006-12-16 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20061010235335/http://www.garvey.k12.ca.us/education/components/scrapbook/default.php?sectionid=17 . 2006-10-10 .
Web site: Archived copy . 2007-03-31 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20070928003631/http://www.elac.edu/departments/acadsenate/minutes/senateminutes/June%2029%202006%20Minutes.pdf . 2007-09-28 .
Web site: Duff Elementary School - Home . 2006-12-21 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20061010235723/http://www.garvey.k12.ca.us/education/school/school.php?sectionid=9 . 2006-10-10 .