Roosevelt Elementary

Roosevelt Elementary is an elementary-level community of medium-sized scale in Salinas, California, part of Salinas City Elementary, teacheing 560 students in grades K through 6. By comparison, California's public schools average about 465 students each, so Roosevelt Elementary sits 20% above that benchmark.

Roosevelt Elementary is one of 15 schools operated by Salinas City Elementary, a district that caters to 8,236 students overall.

On demographics, Roosevelt Elementary logs that nearly all students (95%) are Hispanic. By comparison, Monterey County as a whole is about 62% Hispanic, so the school skews meaningfully more Hispanic than its surroundings.

In terms of school funding signals, The school lists 25 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 22.4:1. That tracks the state average closely. An estimated 81% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, Roosevelt Elementary sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 31.2%; this one delivers 23.6%.

Around the school, Monterey County reports that median household income runs about $97,230, roughly 28% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 10% of residents live below the federal poverty line. In all, Monterey County runs 153 public schools (combined enrollment of about 73,845 students), of which Roosevelt Elementary is one.

The closest other public school is Washington Middle, roughly 0.4 miles away. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. On composite proficiency, Roosevelt Elementary comes 7th of 7 in the immediate cluster, beneath the nearby-schools average of 35.6%.

The school occupies an urban site.

Five-year trend. Over the past 7-year window, the student count decreased 10%: 621 students in 2018 compared to 560 in 2025. Class-load math has tightened: from 24.8:1 in 2018 to 22.4:1 in 2025.

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