Roosevelt Elementary

Roosevelt Elementary is a tight-knit elementary campus in Burlingame, California, run under Burlingame Elementary. The school instructs 311 students in grades K through 5. By comparison, California's public schools average about 465 students each, so Roosevelt Elementary sits 33% below that benchmark.

Across the 7 schools in Burlingame Elementary (3,376 students total), Roosevelt Elementary accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

In terms of who attends, Roosevelt Elementary reports that the largest single group is White at 32%, but no single group is in the majority. Beyond that, the school shows 31% Asian, 21% Hispanic, 15% multiracial.

On the resource side, Roosevelt Elementary lists 13 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 23.9:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 22.3:1, putting Roosevelt Elementary higher than the state norm the norm. An estimated 24% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. By comparison, San Mateo County runs at roughly 34%, so the school's eligibility rate is meaningfully below the surrounding baseline.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, Roosevelt Elementary tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 65.1% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 72.7%.

Across the wider county, community-level numbers for San Mateo County indicate the typical household earns roughly $158,855 per year, 54% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and roughly 4% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Roosevelt Elementary is one of 176 public schools in San Mateo County (combined enrollment of about 82,403 students).

The closest other public school is Hoover Elementary, roughly 0.7 miles away. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. On composite proficiency, Roosevelt Elementary comes 7th of 9 in the immediate cluster, beneath the nearby-schools average of 78.6%.

Roosevelt Elementary operates from an outer-ring location.

Over the past 7-year window. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Roosevelt Elementary has decreased 16%, going from 372 students in 2018 to 311 in 2025. The White share of enrollment contracted from 45% to 32% over that span. Class-load math has fell: from 26.9:1 in 2018 to 23.9:1 in 2025.

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