Roosevelt Elementary

Roosevelt Elementary, a medium-sized elementary campus in Lynwood, California, part of Lynwood Unified, enrolls 445 students, covering grades K through 6.

Across the 17 schools in Lynwood Unified (10,851 students total), Roosevelt Elementary accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

In terms of who attends, Roosevelt Elementary logs that nearly all students (95%) are Hispanic. Beyond that, the school lists 4% Black. The wider county runs roughly 48% Hispanic, putting the school's mix noticeably more Hispanic than the area baseline.

In terms of school funding signals, The school currently runs with 23 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 19.4:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 22.3:1 average. An estimated 92% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy. That share is north of Los Angeles County's rate of about 70%.

With demographic context factored in, Roosevelt Elementary performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 24.7%, the actual is 20.3%, a residual of -4.4 points.

Across the wider county, the surrounding county (Los Angeles County) shows that median household income runs about $90,112, roughly 36% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 10% of residents live below the federal poverty line. In all, Los Angeles County runs 2244 public schools (combined enrollment of about 1,265,907 students), of which Roosevelt Elementary is one.

The closest other public school is Thurgood Marshall Elementary, roughly 0.2 miles away. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Roosevelt Elementary at 7th of 9; the average score across the group is 30.3%.

The campus sits in a residential setting.

Five-year trend. Over the past 7-year window, the student count decreased 27%: 610 students in 2018 compared to 445 in 2025. Class-load math has narrowed: from 23.0:1 in 2018 to 19.4:1 in 2025.

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