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What's the biggest difference between Roosevelt Elementary and what you expected?
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Enrollment
534
Elementary
DISTRICT 461 · STATE 465
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·COMPTON UNIFIED·NCES 060962000993
Roosevelt Elementary
700 North Bradfield Ave., Compton, CA 90221 · (310) 898-6350 · Los Angeles County
GRADES KG–08ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL534 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
26.8:1
20 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 25.2:1 · STATE 22.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
92%
489 students
DISTRICT 89% · STATE 65%
Community
6
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 | 95 | 18% |
| Grade 1 | 53 | 10% |
| Grade 2 | 49 | 9% |
| Grade 3 | 66 | 12% |
| Grade 4 | 64 | 12% |
| Grade 5 | 61 | 11% |
| Grade 6 | 52 | 10% |
| Grade 7 | 61 | 11% |
| Grade 8 | 33 | 6% |
This year's kindergarten class (95) is 188% larger than its 8th grade class (33).
Student demographics
15%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 26% · 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
39.9%
CA avg 49.1% . +14.9pp since 2014
Math
32.1%
CA avg 37.7% . +13.1pp since 2014
What this means: On the CAASPP, California's statewide test, about 40 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 32 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 15 points since 2014, while math scores are up about 13 points.
Performance levels, 2024-25
| Subject | Standard Exceeded | Standard Met | Standard Nearly Met | Standard Not Met |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| English Language Arts | 15.9% | 23.9% | 24.9% | 35.3% |
| Math | 16.2% | 15.9% | 24.8% | 43.1% |
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 | 39.9% | 32.1% |
| 2023-24 | 37.7% | 33.4% |
| 2022-23 | 26.3% | 32.8% |
| 2021-22 | 21.4% | 22.4% |
| 2018-19 | 34.1% | 39.1% |
| 2017-18 | 28.4% | 25.6% |
| 2016-17 | 36.4% | 37.5% |
| 2015-16 | 31.0% | 24.0% |
| 2014-15 | 25.0% | 19.0% |
% 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
35.7%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
25.9%
based on CA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+9.8pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 36% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 26% 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 (35.7% proficient) is higher than 4 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Roosevelt Elementary this school | 534 | 91.6% | 35.7% |
| Lindbergh Elementary Lynwood | 552 | 91.1% | 31.4% |
| Mark Twain Elementary Lynwood | 542 | 92.8% | 33.5% |
| Oak Street Inglewood | 569 | 93.0% | 25.4% |
| Ramona-Alessandro Elementary San Bernardino | 502 | 92.8% | 38.0% |
| Mary B. Lewis Elementary Bloomington | 548 | 93.1% | 24.3% |
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 Los Angeles County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 35.7% | #2,892 of 5,151 | #722 of 1,126 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 32.1% | #3,005 of 5,172 ▼ 270 | #783 of 1,129 ▼ 109 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 39.9% | #2,939 of 5,172 ▲ 7 | #706 of 1,129 ▼ 8 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +14.1pp | #222 of 5,116 | #92 of 1,116 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 534 | #2,039 of 5,915 | #408 of 1,300 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 26.8:1 | #5,076 of 5,352 | #1,140 of 1,213 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 15.3% | #4,687 of 5,354 | #971 of 1,214 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 91.6% | #889 of 5,625 | #374 of 1,276 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -40.7% | #131 of 3,837 | #66 of 947 |
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
534
-178 (-25%) vs 2020
-47% since 1990-91, when it was 1,005
Student : Teacher
26.8:1
was 25.4:1
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 | 534 | 19.9 | 26.8:1 | 92% (489) |
| 2023-24 | 539 | 21 | 25.6:1 | 96% (518) |
| 2022-23 | 601 | 23.9 | 25.2:1 | 70% (419) |
| 2020-21 | 712 | 28 | 25.4:1 | 91% (649) |
| 2017-18 | 901 | 33 | 27.3:1 | 84% (754) |
| 2015-16 | 820 | 33 | 24.9:1 | 84% (691) |
| 2010-11 | 892 | N/A | N/A | 86% (769) |
| 2000-01 | 1,598 | 68 | 23.5:1 | 98% (1,574) |
| 1990-91 | 1,005 | 33 | 30.4:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Roosevelt Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students down 41% (901 to 534); teachers down 40% (33 to 19.9).
About Roosevelt Elementary
Among the schools in Compton, California, is Roosevelt Elementary, a mid-sized elementary school. Federal data show 534 students enrolled in kindergarten through 8 in 2024-25.
Roosevelt Elementary reports to Compton Unified, which has 36 schools and 16,304 students.
The share of students at Roosevelt Elementary who are Hispanic is 92%. Smaller groups are 7% Black. Los Angeles County's residents are about 48% Hispanic, 43 points below the school's share. Measured by the diversity index, the student body scores 15%.
With 19.9 full-time-equivalent teachers, the student-to-teacher ratio is about 26.8:1. Elementary schools in California average 22.3:1, 4.5 fewer students per teacher than here. Roughly 92% of students come from households that qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. That rate is above the 70% average among public schools in Los Angeles County.
The school's average proficiency rate across its state test results is 35.7%. For its free or reduced-price lunch share, the predicted value is 25.9%.
In Los Angeles County, where the school is located, median household income comes to about $90,112, about 36% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and roughly 10% of residents are in poverty. There are 2,244 public schools in the county, enrolling about 1,265,907, Roosevelt Elementary among them.
Straight-line distance to the nearest public school, Foster Elementary, is about 0.4 miles. Other public schools within five miles: at least 8. Roosevelt Elementary is 6th of 7 nearby schools by average proficiency rate.
NCES describes the area around Roosevelt Elementary as Suburb: Large, meaning in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
Enrollment in 2024-25 stood at 534, compared with 712 in 2020-21. There were more students per teacher in 2024-25 (26.8:1) than in 2020-21 (25.4:1).
People who know Roosevelt Elementary can post here about special education services, counseling, and support programs. Parents, students, alumni, and staff are welcome to post.
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 Compton Unified
- Manuel Dominguez HighHigh · 1,582 students
- Compton HighHigh · 1,438 students
- Centennial HighHigh · 908 students
- Clinton William JeffersonElementary · 692 students
- Kelly ElementaryElementary · 685 students
- Dickison ElementaryElementary · 681 students
Other schools in Compton
- Manuel Dominguez HighHigh · 1,582 students
- Compton HighHigh · 1,438 students
- Centennial HighHigh · 908 students
- KIPP Compton CommunityElementary · 783 students
- Lifeline Education CharterCombined · 698 students
- Clinton William JeffersonElementary · 692 students
Other Roosevelt Elementary schools
91 other US public schools in 22 states are named Roosevelt Elementary. Roosevelt Elementary is the 16th 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
- Foster Elementary0.4 mi · 398
- Mayo Elementary0.6 mi · 440
- Whaley Middle0.8 mi · 429
- Lifeline Education Charter0.9 mi · 698
- Mark Twain Elementary0.9 mi · 542
- Bridges Preparatory Academy0.9 mi · 151
Frequently asked questions
About Roosevelt ElementaryHow large is Roosevelt Elementary?
Roosevelt Elementary enrolls approximately 534 students in grades KG-08.
What grades does Roosevelt Elementary serve?
Roosevelt Elementary serves grades KG-08.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Roosevelt Elementary?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Roosevelt Elementary is approximately 26.8:1 (20 FTE teachers).
How diverse is Roosevelt Elementary?
Roosevelt Elementary reports a student body of 92% Hispanic, 7% Black, 1% Two or more.
Who oversees Roosevelt Elementary?
Roosevelt Elementary is overseen by Compton Unified in Los Angeles County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.