Roosevelt Elementary

Roosevelt Elementary is a cozy elementary-level community in Redwood City, California, operated by Redwood City Elementary. The school serves 382 students in grades K through 5.

Within Redwood City Elementary, which oversees 12 schools and 6,378 students, Roosevelt Elementary is one campus in the system.

On demographics, Roosevelt Elementary reports that 73% of the student body identifies as Hispanic. Beyond that, the school logs 16% White, 6% multiracial, 3% Asian. By comparison, San Mateo County as a whole is about 25% Hispanic, so the school skews visibly more Hispanic than its surroundings.

Looking at the economic backdrop, The school currently runs with 20 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 19.1:1. The state averages around 22.3:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. Around 69% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. Set against San Mateo County (around 34%), the school's rate is noticeably above typical.

After controlling for student poverty, Roosevelt Elementary is in the bottom 10% of California public schools. The BeatsExpectations model predicts schools with this FRL share to land around 38.3%; Roosevelt Elementary posts 17.0%, -21.4 points below that line.

Zooming out to the county, community-level numbers for San Mateo County indicate median household income runs about $158,855, about 54% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and roughly 4% of residents live below the federal poverty line. In all, San Mateo County runs 176 public schools (combined enrollment of about 82,403 students), of which Roosevelt Elementary is one.

The closest other public school is John F. Kennedy Middle, roughly 0.6 miles away. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Roosevelt Elementary. On composite proficiency, Roosevelt Elementary comes 6th of 7 in the immediate cluster, beneath the nearby-schools average of 49.2%.

The school occupies a high-density site.

Looking at the recent track record. Roosevelt Elementary's enrollment has fell 35% since 2018, when it stood at 584 (now 382). Class-load math has tightened: from 23.4:1 in 2018 to 19.1:1 in 2025.

Within the allk12 community for this school, posts here usually surface around open house dates, ride-share offers, and field-trip permission slips. Posting is open to anyone connected to the school.