Roosevelt Elementary

Roosevelt Elementary is a mid-tier elementary school in Taft, California, operated by Taft City. The school teaches 520 students in grades 2 through 5.

Taft City comprises 6 schools with combined enrollment of 2,404 students; Roosevelt Elementary is among them.

For racial and ethnic makeup, Roosevelt Elementary shows that Hispanic students make up the majority at 73%. Beyond that, the school reports 25% White. By comparison, Kern County as a whole is about 57% Hispanic, so the school skews visibly more Hispanic than its surroundings.

On the resource side, Staff filings list 21 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 24.8:1 students per teacher. That figure is higher than the state norm's 22.3:1 average. An estimated 93% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. By comparison, Kern County runs at roughly 76%, so the school's eligibility rate is meaningfully above the surrounding baseline.

With demographic context factored in, Roosevelt Elementary sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 24.0%; this one delivers 24.1%.

Across the wider county, community-level numbers for Kern County indicate median household income runs about $70,210, about 19% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 15%. Roosevelt Elementary is one of 279 public schools in Kern County (combined enrollment of about 197,431 students).

Nearest neighbor: Lincoln Junior High, around 0.1 miles off. Within five miles, there are 7 other public schools. Among the 7 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Roosevelt Elementary ranks 4th on composite proficiency, behind the local average of 28.0%.

The campus sits in a town-based setting.

Over the past 7-year window. Roosevelt Elementary's enrollment has showed little movement since 2018, when it stood at 521 (now 520). The Hispanic share of enrollment increased from 58% to 73% over that span. The student-to-teacher ratio widened from 23.7:1 in 2018 to 24.8:1 today.

On the community side, members of the Roosevelt Elementary community share and discuss pickup logistics, teacher feedback, and after-school programs. Members of the school community can share what they know.