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What's one thing F. D. Roosevelt Elementary gets right about preparing students for what comes next?
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Enrollment
396
Elementary
DISTRICT 479 · STATE 465
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·LAWNDALE ELEMENTARY·NCES 062121002541
F. D. Roosevelt Elementary
3533 West Marine Blvd., Lawndale, CA 90260 · (310) 675-1121 · Los Angeles County
GRADES KG–05ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL396 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
24.8:1
16 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 24.1:1 · STATE 22.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
91%
359 students
DISTRICT 84% · STATE 65%
Community
1
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other elementary schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade
Student demographics
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. Very small groups may be suppressed in the source, so categories do not always sum exactly to total enrollment.
Gender split
Test scores
CAASPP 2023-24 . % met or exceeded standardEnglish Language Arts
39.2%
CA avg 47.1% . +9.2pp since 2014
Math
23.4%
CA avg 35.6% . +1.4pp since 2014
What this means: On the CAASPP, California's statewide test, about 39 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 23 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all California schools, those numbers are about 47 and 36. Reading and writing scores are up about 9 points since 2014, while math scores are up about 1 points.
Source: CAASPP. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyTier
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
31.3%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
25.5%
based on CA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+5.8pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 31% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 25% typical for California schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations measures results against demographically similar schools rather than by raw scores, and this school falls within the typical range, neither among California's top nor bottom 10%.
BeatsExpectations runs a per-state regression of proficiency on free/reduced-lunch share, then scores each school by residual. How this is calculated →
7-year change
SY 2017-18 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
396
-214 (-35%) vs 2017
Student : Teacher
24.8:1
was 24.9:1
% White
2%
was 2%
% Hispanic
71%
was 69%
% Black
18%
was 23%
% Asian
3%
was 4%
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
About F. D. Roosevelt Elementary
As a reasonably sized elementary-level community in Lawndale, California, F. D. Roosevelt Elementary works with 396 students from grades K through 5, run under Lawndale Elementary.
Within Lawndale Elementary, which oversees 8 schools and 4,314 students, F. D. Roosevelt Elementary is one campus in the system.
Looking at the student body, F. D. Roosevelt Elementary lists that 71% of the student body identifies as Hispanic. Other groups include 18% Black, 6% multiracial, 3% Asian, 2% White. The wider county runs roughly 48% Hispanic, putting the school's mix meaningfully more Hispanic than the area baseline.
Looking at school resources, On paper, F. D. Roosevelt Elementary has 16 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 24.8:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 22.3:1, putting F. D. Roosevelt Elementary higher than the state norm the norm. Around 91% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, often used as a Title I proxy. That share is higher than Los Angeles County's rate of about 70%.
After controlling for student poverty, F. D. Roosevelt Elementary tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 25.5% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 31.3%.
Zooming out to the county, Los Angeles County reports that median household earnings sit near $90,112, 36% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 10%. Across Los Angeles County's 2244 public schools (combined enrollment of about 1,265,907 students), F. D. Roosevelt Elementary is one campus in the mix.
Nearest neighbor: Renaissance County Community, around 0.3 miles off. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. On composite proficiency, F. D. Roosevelt Elementary comes 5th of 6 in the immediate cluster, beneath the nearby-schools average of 42.5%.
Geographically, the school is in a residential area.
Over the past 7-year window. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at F. D. Roosevelt Elementary has shrank 35%, going from 610 students in 2018 to 396 in 2025. The Black share of enrollment contracted from 23% to 18% over that span.
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Los Angeles County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
9,808,667
Census ACS
Median income
$90,112
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
36%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
10%
Below federal line
Schools in county
2,244
1,265,907 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Lawndale Elementary
- Will Rogers MiddleMiddle · 799 students
- Jane Addams MiddleMiddle · 644 students
- Mark Twain ElementaryElementary · 585 students
- William Anderson ElementaryElementary · 572 students
- William Green ElementaryElementary · 516 students
- Billy Mitchell ElementaryElementary · 471 students
Other schools in Lawndale
- Leuzinger HighHigh · 1,981 students
- Lawndale HighHigh · 1,403 students
- Will Rogers MiddleMiddle · 799 students
- Jane Addams MiddleMiddle · 644 students
- Mark Twain ElementaryElementary · 585 students
- William Anderson ElementaryElementary · 572 students
Nearby schools
- Renaissance County Community0.3 mi · 132
- Mark Twain Elementary0.4 mi · 585
- Will Rogers Middle0.7 mi · 799
- Bud Carson Middle0.7 mi · 601
- Environmental Charter High - Gardena0.8 mi · 454
- William Anderson Elementary0.8 mi · 572
Frequently asked questions
About F. D. Roosevelt ElementaryHow many students attend F. D. Roosevelt Elementary?
F. D. Roosevelt Elementary enrolls approximately 396 students in grades KG-05.
Is F. D. Roosevelt Elementary an elementary, middle, or high school?
F. D. Roosevelt Elementary is an elementary school covering grades KG-05.
How many students per teacher at F. D. Roosevelt Elementary?
Approximately 24.8:1 students per teacher at F. D. Roosevelt Elementary.
What is the student diversity at F. D. Roosevelt Elementary?
Student demographics at F. D. Roosevelt Elementary are roughly 2% White, 71% Hispanic, 18% Black, 3% Asian, 6% Two or more.
Who oversees F. D. Roosevelt Elementary?
F. D. Roosevelt Elementary is overseen by Lawndale Elementary in Los Angeles County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.