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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