Ernestine Anderson went to Garfield High School.
 The school introduced an APP Program in 1979, and due to the success of this program, an alternative program, IBx, was opened for APP students at Ingraham International High School in North Seattle to help relieve pressure on an overcrowded Garfield
 In 2012, the mean reading, math and writing SAT scores for Garfield students were 575, 578 and 569, respectively

