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What do students at Roosevelt Elementary actually talk about outside of class?
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Enrollment
392
Elementary
DISTRICT 619 · STATE 465
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·BAKERSFIELD CITY·NCES 060363000317
Roosevelt Elementary
2324 Verde St., Bakersfield, CA 93304 · (661) 631-5460 · Kern County
GRADES KG–05ELEMENTARY11-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL392 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
20.1:1
19 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 19.7:1 · STATE 22.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
95%
374 students
DISTRICT 88% · STATE 65%
Community
2
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other elementary schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Kindergarten | 88 | 22% |
| Grade 1 | 45 | 11% |
| Grade 2 | 52 | 13% |
| Grade 3 | 69 | 18% |
| Grade 4 | 58 | 15% |
| Grade 5 | 80 | 20% |
This year's kindergarten class (88) is 10% larger than its 5th grade class (80).
Student demographics
31%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 30% · STATE 62% · US 70%
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. District, state, and US figures are each group's share of all public school students in that area (US excludes territories). Very small groups may be suppressed in the source, so categories do not always sum exactly to total enrollment.
Gender split
Test scores
CAASPP 2024-25 . % met or exceeded standardEnglish Language Arts
31.8%
CA avg 49.1% . +17.8pp since 2014
Math
18.4%
CA avg 37.7% . +7.4pp since 2014
What this means: On the CAASPP, California's statewide test, about 32 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 18 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all California schools, those numbers are about 49 and 38. Reading and writing scores are up about 18 points since 2014, while math scores are up about 7 points.
Performance levels, 2024-25
| Subject | Standard Exceeded | Standard Met | Standard Nearly Met | Standard Not Met |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| English Language Arts | 12.3% | 19.5% | 24.6% | 43.6% |
| Math | 4.0% | 14.4% | 22.9% | 58.7% |
Share of tested students at each CAASPP level. Each student counts in one level, so a row adds to about 100%.
CAASPP results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 31.8% | 18.4% |
| 2023-24 | 31.3% | 15.8% |
| 2022-23 | 28.4% | 13.6% |
| 2021-22 | 25.1% | 10.1% |
| 2018-19 | 39.6% | 25.5% |
| 2017-18 | 38.9% | 23.9% |
| 2016-17 | 26.6% | 16.7% |
| 2015-16 | 20.0% | 9.0% |
| 2014-15 | 14.0% | 11.0% |
% met or exceeded standard, all students and all tested grades.
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
24.6%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
23.6%
based on CA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+1.0pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 25% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 24% 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 →
Schools most like Roosevelt Elementary
Roosevelt Elementary's state test result (24.6% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Roosevelt Elementary this school | 392 | 95.4% | 24.6% |
| Lincoln Elementary Hanford | 392 | 94.6% | 26.8% |
| Davidson Elementary San Bernardino | 408 | 95.3% | 25.0% |
| Collett Elementary Riverside | 425 | 93.4% | 29.2% |
| Perkins K-8 San Diego | 381 | 95.5% | 17.8% |
| Allison Elementary Pomona | 427 | 93.9% | 24.9% |
Matched among California elementary schools on enrollment, the share of students from low-income families (eligible for free or reduced-price lunch), and racial and ethnic makeup. Proficient is the average share of students meeting the state standard across all of the school's state tests in 2023-24 and 2024-25, the same combined score our test-score rankings use. Online schools and schools serving specialized populations are not matched.
Where Roosevelt Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In California | In Kern County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 24.6% | #4,116 of 5,151 | #91 of 148 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 18.4% | #4,448 of 5,172 ▲ 159 | #105 of 150 ▲ 10 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 31.8% | #3,795 of 5,172 ▼ 148 | #88 of 150 ▼ 10 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +7.5pp | #1,005 of 5,116 | #33 of 147 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 392 | #3,785 of 5,915 | #119 of 163 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 20.1:1 | #1,006 of 5,352 | #38 of 145 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 30.8% | #3,905 of 5,354 | #87 of 145 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 95.4% | #398 of 5,625 | #26 of 153 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -8.4% | #2,889 of 3,837 | #58 of 95 |
Ranked against other public elementary schools. Online schools are left out of every list, and test-score lists leave out schools that serve specialized populations. Each rank links to the full list. Arrows under a test-score rank show places moved since the prior test year, among schools tested both years.
4-year change
SY 2020-21 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
392
-41 (-9%) vs 2020
-51% since 1990-91, when it was 802
Student : Teacher
20.1:1
was 19.7:1
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
Enrollment and staffing by year
| School year | Students | Teachers (FTE) | Students per teacher | Free and reduced lunch |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 392 | 19.5 | 20.1:1 | 95% (374) |
| 2023-24 | 412 | 21.4 | 19.3:1 | 97% (398) |
| 2022-23 | 426 | 21 | 20.3:1 | 95% (404) |
| 2020-21 | 433 | 22 | 19.7:1 | 97% (422) |
| 2017-18 | 428 | 19 | 22.5:1 | 93% (396) |
| 2015-16 | 452 | 21 | 21.5:1 | 91% (413) |
| 2010-11 | 398 | N/A | N/A | 92% (365) |
| 2000-01 | 532 | 34 | 15.7:1 | 90% (481) |
| 1990-91 | 802 | 29 | 27.7:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Roosevelt Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students down 8% (428 to 392); teachers up 2% (19 to 19.5).
About Roosevelt Elementary
Roosevelt Elementary is a public low-enrollment elementary school in Bakersfield, California. Classes run from kindergarten through 5, and the school has 392 students.
The district, Bakersfield City, has 28,365 students enrolled across 44 schools.
Roosevelt Elementary's enrollment is 83% Hispanic. The remaining shares are 7% White, 6% Black, and 2% multiracial. Kern County as a whole is about 57% Hispanic, so the school's share is higher. Roosevelt Elementary's diversity index is 31%, against a US figure of 70%.
Federal data list 19.5 full-time-equivalent teachers at Roosevelt Elementary in 2024-25, for a ratio of 20.1:1. That is 2.2 students per teacher below the 22.3:1 average for elementary schools in California. The school's rate of free or reduced-price lunch eligibility is 95%. On average, public schools in Kern County report 76%.
BeatsExpectations compares each school's average proficiency rate on state tests with a prediction based on free or reduced-price lunch eligibility. For Roosevelt Elementary, the prediction is 23.6% and the result is 24.6%.
Across Kern County, the median household income is $70,210, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 19%, and about 15% of people live in poverty. In all, Kern County has 279 public schools and roughly 197,431 students.
William Penn Elementary is the public school closest to Roosevelt Elementary, about 0.6 miles away. The count of other public schools within five miles is at least 8. Compared with its nearest neighbors, Roosevelt Elementary ranks 2nd of 7 on average proficiency.
For locale, NCES codes Roosevelt Elementary as City: Large.
Enrollment declined 9% from its 2020-21 level of 433.
Threads on this page can be about sports schedules, lunch menus, and spirit week. Alumni can share how the school prepared them.
Kern County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
915,075
Census ACS
Median income
$70,210
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
19%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
15%
Below federal line
Schools in county
279
197,431 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Bakersfield City
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- Walter Stiern MiddleMiddle · 891 students
- Horace Mann ElementaryElementary · 870 students
- Bessie E. Owens ElementaryElementary · 867 students
Other schools in Bakersfield
- Bakersfield HighHigh · 3,069 students
- Ridgeview HighHigh · 2,575 students
- Highland HighHigh · 2,530 students
- Stockdale HighHigh · 2,398 students
- Liberty HighHigh · 2,369 students
- East Bakersfield HighHigh · 2,331 students
Other Roosevelt Elementary schools
91 other US public schools in 22 states are named Roosevelt Elementary. Roosevelt Elementary is the 45th largest of the 92.
- Roosevelt ElementaryLong Beach, CA · 785 students
- Roosevelt ElementaryDinuba, CA · 604 students
- Roosevelt ElementaryTulare, CA · 561 students
- Roosevelt ElementarySalinas, CA · 560 students
- Roosevelt ElementarySanta Monica, CA · 552 students
Nearby schools
- William Penn Elementary0.6 mi · 235
- Evergreen Elementary0.9 mi · 660
- Bakersfield High0.9 mi · 3,069
- Emerson Middle1.0 mi · 813
- Sequoia Jr. High1.0 mi · 746
- Vista Continuation High1.0 mi · 221
Frequently asked questions
About Roosevelt ElementaryHow many students attend Roosevelt Elementary?
Roosevelt Elementary enrolls approximately 392 students in grades KG-05.
Is Roosevelt Elementary an elementary, middle, or high school?
Roosevelt Elementary is an elementary school covering grades KG-05.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Roosevelt Elementary?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Roosevelt Elementary is approximately 20.1:1 (19 FTE teachers).
What is the student diversity at Roosevelt Elementary?
Student demographics at Roosevelt Elementary are roughly 7% White, 83% Hispanic, 6% Black, 2% Asian, 2% Two or more.
What district is Roosevelt Elementary in?
Roosevelt Elementary is part of Bakersfield City.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.