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What's the one class at Roosevelt Elementary every student should take?
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Enrollment
463
Elementary
DISTRICT 355 · STATE 465
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·SANTA BARBARA UNIFIED·NCES 060141406028
Roosevelt Elementary
1990 Laguna St., Santa Barbara, CA 93101 · (805) 563-2062 · Santa Barbara County
GRADES KG–06ELEMENTARY13-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL463 STUDENTS
B+
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Scored higher than 66% of California public elementary schools
- B+Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- B-Beats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- A-Three-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
17.5:1
26 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 17.2:1 · STATE 22.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
55%
255 students
DISTRICT 65% · 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 | 103 | 22% |
| Grade 1 | 62 | 13% |
| Grade 2 | 55 | 12% |
| Grade 3 | 60 | 13% |
| Grade 4 | 54 | 12% |
| Grade 5 | 53 | 11% |
| Grade 6 | 76 | 16% |
This year's kindergarten class (103) is 36% larger than its 6th grade class (76).
Student demographics
61%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 55% · 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
53.4%
CA avg 49.1% . +0.4pp since 2014
Math
46.2%
CA avg 37.7% . +2.2pp since 2014
What this means: On the CAASPP, California's statewide test, about 53 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 46 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all California schools, those numbers are about 49 and 38. Reading and writing scores have held steady since 2014, while math scores are up about 2 points.
Performance levels, 2024-25
| Subject | Standard Exceeded | Standard Met | Standard Nearly Met | Standard Not Met |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| English Language Arts | 28.4% | 25.0% | 21.2% | 25.4% |
| Math | 26.7% | 19.5% | 21.6% | 32.2% |
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 | 53.4% | 46.2% |
| 2023-24 | 52.4% | 43.1% |
| 2022-23 | 59.3% | 47.2% |
| 2021-22 | 44.5% | 38.3% |
| 2018-19 | 47.0% | 44.5% |
| 2017-18 | 52.1% | 44.8% |
| 2016-17 | 51.2% | 41.2% |
| 2015-16 | 54.0% | 44.0% |
| 2014-15 | 53.0% | 44.0% |
% 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
48.9%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
47.3%
based on CA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+1.6pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 49% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 47% 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 (48.9% proficient) is higher than 4 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Roosevelt Elementary this school | 463 | 55.1% | 48.9% |
| Jefferson Elementary Carlsbad | 471 | 54.4% | 50.2% |
| Willow Elementary Napa | 472 | 56.4% | 40.0% |
| Junipero Serra Elementary Ventura | 418 | 54.1% | 43.5% |
| Ralph Dunlap Elementary Santa Maria | 502 | 56.2% | 33.1% |
| Christa McAuliffe Elementary Oceanside | 461 | 59.0% | 41.1% |
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 Santa Barbara County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 48.9% | #1,799 of 5,151 | #21 of 66 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 46.2% | #1,839 of 5,172 ▲ 119 | #20 of 66 ▲ 4 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 53.4% | #1,794 of 5,172 ▼ 66 | #20 of 66 ▲ 1 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +8.4pp | #839 of 5,116 | #7 of 66 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 463 | #2,871 of 5,915 | #36 of 75 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 17.5:1 | #195 of 5,352 | #11 of 63 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 61.1% | #1,715 of 5,354 | #9 of 63 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 55.1% | #3,686 of 5,625 | #44 of 70 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -20.7% | #1,338 of 3,837 | #9 of 47 |
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
463
-17 (-4%) vs 2020
Student : Teacher
17.5:1
was 20.0:1
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 | 463 | 26.5 | 17.5:1 | 55% (255) |
| 2023-24 | 477 | 23 | 20.8:1 | 55% (261) |
| 2022-23 | 442 | 24.9 | 17.7:1 | 53% (235) |
| 2020-21 | 480 | 24 | 20.0:1 | 41% (195) |
| 2017-18 | 584 | 21 | 27.8:1 | 40% (236) |
| 2015-16 | 599 | 23 | 26.0:1 | 35% (207) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Roosevelt Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students down 21% (584 to 463); teachers up 26% (21 to 26.5).
About Roosevelt Elementary
Roosevelt Elementary is a public elementary school in Santa Barbara, California. The school reports 463 students in kindergarten through 6.
Roosevelt Elementary is a school in Santa Barbara Unified. The district has 20 schools and 12,247 students.
Hispanic students form the largest group at Roosevelt Elementary, 48% of enrollment. Other groups include 38% White and 11% multiracial. The county population is about 48% Hispanic, within a few points of the school. By the diversity index, Roosevelt Elementary comes in at 61%.
A ratio of 17.5:1 comes from the school's 26.5 full-time-equivalent teachers. The 22.3:1 average for elementary schools in California is higher than this school's figure. The lunch program counts 55% of students at Roosevelt Elementary as eligible for free or reduced-price meals. That is 13 points below the 68% average for public schools in Santa Barbara County.
Measured against California public elementary schools, Roosevelt Elementary receives a B+. The grade weighs proficiency most heavily, then how results compare with what the school's low-income share predicts, then the three-year change.
The model predicts 47.3% for a school in California with Roosevelt Elementary's free or reduced-price lunch share. Roosevelt Elementary posts 48.9%.
Roosevelt Elementary is located in Santa Barbara County, where median household income is about $98,161, roughly 37% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and about 9% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Federal data list 129 public schools in Santa Barbara County, with a combined enrollment of about 66,191.
The nearest other public school, Santa Barbara Senior High, is about 1.0 miles away. In all, at least 8 other public schools sit within five miles of Roosevelt Elementary. Of the 5 nearby schools with scores, including this one, Roosevelt Elementary is 1st on average proficiency.
Its location is classified as City: Small by the National Center for Education Statistics.
Enrollment was 480 in 2020-21 and 463 in 2024-25, a decrease of 17 students. There were fewer students per teacher in 2024-25 (17.5:1) than in 2020-21 (20.0:1).
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Santa Barbara County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
443,701
Census ACS
Median income
$98,161
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
37%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
9%
Below federal line
Schools in county
129
66,191 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Santa Barbara Unified
- Dos Pueblos Senior HighHigh · 2,149 students
- San Marcos Senior HighHigh · 1,926 students
- Santa Barbara Senior HighHigh · 1,924 students
- La Colina Junior HighMiddle · 832 students
- Goleta Valley Junior HighMiddle · 731 students
- Santa Barbara Junior HighMiddle · 512 students
Other schools in Santa Barbara
- San Marcos Senior HighHigh · 1,926 students
- Santa Barbara Senior HighHigh · 1,924 students
- La Colina Junior HighMiddle · 832 students
- Peabody CharterElementary · 780 students
- Santa Barbara Junior HighMiddle · 512 students
- Washington ElementaryElementary · 477 students
Other Roosevelt Elementary schools
91 other US public schools in 22 states are named Roosevelt Elementary. Roosevelt Elementary is the 32nd 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
- Santa Barbara Senior High1.0 mi · 1,924
- Peabody Charter1.1 mi · 780
- La Cumbre Junior High1.3 mi · 426
- Santa Barbara Community Academy1.3 mi · 221
- Alta Vista1.3 mi · 2
- Alta Vista Alternative High1.3 mi · 119
Frequently asked questions
About Roosevelt ElementaryWhat is the total enrollment at Roosevelt Elementary?
Roosevelt Elementary enrolls approximately 463 students in grades KG-06.
Is Roosevelt Elementary an elementary, middle, or high school?
Roosevelt Elementary is an elementary school covering grades KG-06.
How many teachers does Roosevelt Elementary have?
Roosevelt Elementary employs 26 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 17.5:1.
What is the racial breakdown of students at Roosevelt Elementary?
At Roosevelt Elementary, the student body is approximately 38% White, 48% Hispanic, 1% Black, 2% Asian, 11% Two or more.
Is Roosevelt Elementary public or private?
Roosevelt Elementary is a public K-12 school, overseen by Santa Barbara Unified.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.