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What tradition at Roosevelt Elementary should never be changed?
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Enrollment
445
Elementary
DISTRICT 462 · STATE 465
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·LYNWOOD UNIFIED·NCES 062316003538
Roosevelt Elementary
10835 Mallison Ave., Lynwood, CA 90262 · (310) 603-1511 · Los Angeles County
GRADES KG–06ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL445 STUDENTS
C-
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Scored higher than 20% of California public elementary schools
- DTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- CBeats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- BThree-year trend Change in reading and math proficiency over the last three test years.
Grades compare a school only with schools in the same state, because every state gives its own test. How grades work · Top-graded California public elementary schools
Student : Teacher
19.4:1
23 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 23.0:1 · STATE 22.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
92%
409 students
DISTRICT 93% · 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 | 71 | 16% |
| Grade 1 | 52 | 12% |
| Grade 2 | 63 | 14% |
| Grade 3 | 60 | 13% |
| Grade 4 | 68 | 15% |
| Grade 5 | 59 | 13% |
| Grade 6 | 72 | 16% |
This year's kindergarten class (71) is about the same size as its 6th grade class (72).
Student demographics
9%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 11% · 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
26.3%
CA avg 49.1% . -2.7pp since 2014
Math
19.5%
CA avg 37.7% . -3.5pp since 2014
What this means: On the CAASPP, California's statewide test, about 26 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 19 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all California schools, those numbers are about 49 and 38. Reading and writing scores are down about 3 points since 2014, while math scores are down about 4 points.
Performance levels, 2024-25
| Subject | Standard Exceeded | Standard Met | Standard Nearly Met | Standard Not Met |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| English Language Arts | 10.2% | 16.1% | 26.3% | 47.5% |
| Math | 5.8% | 13.6% | 26.9% | 53.7% |
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 | 26.3% | 19.5% |
| 2023-24 | 22.9% | 17.0% |
| 2022-23 | 18.6% | 12.7% |
| 2021-22 | 21.7% | 16.6% |
| 2020-21 | 18.7% | 10.1% |
| 2018-19 | 31.5% | 23.5% |
| 2017-18 | 28.0% | 19.9% |
| 2016-17 | 23.2% | 17.0% |
| 2015-16 | 28.0% | 23.0% |
| 2014-15 | 29.0% | 23.0% |
% 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
21.6%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
25.7%
based on CA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-4.1pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 22% 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 (21.6% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Roosevelt Elementary this school | 445 | 91.9% | 21.6% |
| Mark Keppel Paramount | 426 | 91.1% | 30.1% |
| Casa Loma Elementary Bakersfield | 424 | 92.7% | 15.2% |
| Randall Pepper Elementary Fontana | 455 | 92.1% | 18.7% |
| Janie P. Abbott Elementary Lynwood | 417 | 92.3% | 32.8% |
| Washington Elementary Lynwood | 492 | 91.3% | 44.4% |
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 | 21.6% | #4,434 of 5,151 | #1,055 of 1,126 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 19.5% | #4,350 of 5,172 ▲ 147 | #1,052 of 1,129 ▲ 11 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 26.3% | #4,353 of 5,172 ▲ 141 | #1,030 of 1,129 ▲ 19 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +3.7pp | #2,064 of 5,116 | #555 of 1,116 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 445 | #3,092 of 5,915 | #642 of 1,300 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 19.4:1 | #661 of 5,352 | #201 of 1,213 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 9.0% | #4,992 of 5,354 | #1,074 of 1,214 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 91.9% | #850 of 5,625 | #366 of 1,276 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -27.0% | #759 of 3,837 | #315 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
445
-102 (-19%) vs 2020
-71% since 1990-91, when it was 1,513
Student : Teacher
19.4:1
was 20.3:1
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 | 445 | 23 | 19.4:1 | 92% (409) |
| 2023-24 | 475 | 24 | 19.8:1 | 94% (447) |
| 2022-23 | 492 | 24 | 20.5:1 | 87% (426) |
| 2020-21 | 547 | 27 | 20.3:1 | 91% (500) |
| 2017-18 | 610 | 26.5 | 23.0:1 | 88% (539) |
| 2015-16 | 608 | 26 | 23.4:1 | 94% (571) |
| 2010-11 | 574 | N/A | N/A | 71% (407) |
| 2000-01 | 1,386 | 57 | 24.3:1 | 87% (1,204) |
| 1990-91 | 1,513 | 48 | 31.5:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Roosevelt Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students down 27% (610 to 445); teachers down 13% (26.5 to 23).
About Roosevelt Elementary
Roosevelt Elementary is a mid-sized elementary school in Lynwood, California, one of the schools in Lynwood Unified. It reports enrollment of 445 students in kindergarten through 6.
Roosevelt Elementary is one school in a 17-school district, Lynwood Unified, which enrolls 10,851 students.
At Roosevelt Elementary, 95% of students are Hispanic. After that, the student body is 4% Black. Census figures show Los Angeles County is about 48% Hispanic. On the diversity index, which measures the chance that two random students are from different groups, Roosevelt Elementary scores 9%.
Staffing at Roosevelt Elementary comes to 23 full-time-equivalent teachers, or 19.4:1. The school's 19.4:1 compares with an average of 22.3:1 for elementary schools in California. On the income side, 92% of students qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. That is 22 points above the 70% average for public schools in Los Angeles County.
Roosevelt Elementary earns a C- on the allk12 Grade, which blends test scores, results against poverty-based expectations, and the three-year trend. It scored higher than 20% of California public elementary schools.
BeatsExpectations compares each school's average proficiency rate across its state test results with a prediction based on free or reduced-price lunch eligibility. For Roosevelt Elementary, the prediction is 25.7% and the result is 21.6%.
Los Angeles County is the school's county. There, the median household earns about $90,112 a year, roughly 36% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 10%. Roosevelt Elementary shares Los Angeles County with 2,243 other public schools.
A public school about 0.2 miles away, Thurgood Marshall Elementary, is the closest to Roosevelt Elementary. The count of other public schools within five miles is at least 8. Its average proficiency rate of 21.6% is below the 31.7% average for nearby schools.
The school is in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more, according to its NCES locale (Suburb: Large).
Since 2020-21, enrollment has fallen 19%, from 547 to 445.
Anyone can start a thread about fundraisers, report cards, and school supplies at Roosevelt Elementary. Teachers and staff are welcome to share updates too.
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 Lynwood Unified
- Lynwood HighHigh · 1,858 students
- Marco Antonio Firebaugh HighHigh · 1,633 students
- Cesar Chavez MiddleMiddle · 882 students
- Hosler MiddleMiddle · 754 students
- Will Rogers ElementaryElementary · 684 students
- Lindbergh ElementaryElementary · 552 students
Other schools in Lynwood
- Lynwood HighHigh · 1,858 students
- Marco Antonio Firebaugh HighHigh · 1,633 students
- Cesar Chavez MiddleMiddle · 882 students
- Hosler MiddleMiddle · 754 students
- Will Rogers ElementaryElementary · 684 students
- Lindbergh ElementaryElementary · 552 students
Other Roosevelt Elementary schools
91 other US public schools in 22 states are named Roosevelt Elementary. Roosevelt Elementary is the 35th 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
- Thurgood Marshall Elementary0.2 mi · 511
- Cesar Chavez Middle0.2 mi · 882
- Hosler Middle0.6 mi · 754
- San Miguel Elementary0.8 mi · 677
- Bryson Avenue Elementary0.8 mi · 706
- Lugo Elementary0.9 mi · 318
Frequently asked questions
About Roosevelt ElementaryHow large is Roosevelt Elementary?
Roosevelt Elementary enrolls approximately 445 students in grades KG-06.
What age range does Roosevelt Elementary serve?
Roosevelt Elementary serves students from grade KG through grade 06.
How many students per teacher at Roosevelt Elementary?
Approximately 19.4:1 students per teacher at Roosevelt Elementary.
What is the student diversity at Roosevelt Elementary?
Student demographics at Roosevelt Elementary are roughly 1% White, 95% Hispanic, 4% Black.
Is Roosevelt Elementary public or private?
Roosevelt Elementary is a public K-12 school, overseen by Lynwood Unified.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.