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If you had an hour of school board time for Roosevelt Elementary, what would you bring up?
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Enrollment
561
Elementary
DISTRICT 534 · STATE 465
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·TULARE CITY·NCES 063987006617
Roosevelt Elementary
1046 West Sonora Ave., Tulare, CA 93274 · (559) 685-7280 · Tulare County
GRADES KG–04ELEMENTARY23-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL561 STUDENTS
C-
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 17% of California public elementary schools
- DTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- CBeats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- B+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
20.8:1
27 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 21.5:1 · STATE 22.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
97%
545 students
DISTRICT 81% · 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 | 155 | 28% |
| Grade 1 | 95 | 17% |
| Grade 2 | 115 | 20% |
| Grade 3 | 93 | 17% |
| Grade 4 | 103 | 18% |
This year's kindergarten class (155) is 50% larger than its 4th grade class (103).
Student demographics
14%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 32% · 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
23.3%
CA avg 49.1% . +5.3pp since 2014
Math
19.8%
CA avg 37.7% . +3.8pp since 2014
What this means: On the CAASPP, California's statewide test, about 23 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 20 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all California schools, those numbers are about 49 and 38. Reading and writing scores are up about 5 points since 2014, while math scores are up about 4 points.
Performance levels, 2024-25
| Subject | Standard Exceeded | Standard Met | Standard Nearly Met | Standard Not Met |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| English Language Arts | 7.9% | 15.3% | 31.2% | 45.5% |
| Math | 4.3% | 15.5% | 23.5% | 56.7% |
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 | 23.3% | 19.8% |
| 2023-24 | 15.6% | 10.5% |
| 2022-23 | 14.8% | 13.2% |
| 2021-22 | 18.4% | 13.8% |
| 2020-21 | 14.6% | 7.3% |
| 2018-19 | 21.2% | 20.1% |
| 2017-18 | 20.2% | 18.1% |
| 2016-17 | 15.4% | 14.0% |
| 2015-16 | 18.0% | 13.0% |
| 2014-15 | 18.0% | 16.0% |
% 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
17.4%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
22.6%
based on CA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-5.2pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 17% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 23% 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 (17.4% proficient) is higher than 0 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Roosevelt Elementary this school | 561 | 97.1% | 17.4% |
| Fairview Elementary Bakersfield | 552 | 97.1% | 29.9% |
| Sheridan Street Elementary Los Angeles | 555 | 96.0% | 29.5% |
| Pixley Elementary Pixley | 530 | 96.4% | 28.1% |
| Cathedral City Elementary Cathedral City | 606 | 96.5% | 24.6% |
| Manuel L. Real Elementary Perris | 593 | 95.4% | 33.4% |
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 Tulare County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 17.4% | #4,791 of 5,151 | #94 of 102 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 19.8% | #4,328 of 5,172 ▲ 676 | #83 of 102 ▲ 14 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 23.3% | #4,625 of 5,172 ▲ 372 | #95 of 102 ▲ 2 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +5.5pp | #1,519 of 5,116 | #47 of 102 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 561 | #1,751 of 5,915 | #36 of 110 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 20.8:1 | #1,370 of 5,352 | #30 of 100 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 13.9% | #4,760 of 5,354 | #70 of 100 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 97.1% | #186 of 5,625 | #7 of 106 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +3.7% | #844 of 1,139 | #11 of 19 |
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
561
+18 (+3%) vs 2020
-4% since 1990-91, when it was 586
Student : Teacher
20.8:1
was 23.6:1
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 | 561 | 27 | 20.8:1 | 97% (545) |
| 2023-24 | 589 | 25 | 23.6:1 | 94% (551) |
| 2022-23 | 549 | 25.5 | 21.5:1 | 93% (508) |
| 2020-21 | 543 | 23 | 23.6:1 | 96% (521) |
| 2017-18 | 541 | 25 | 21.6:1 | 96% (521) |
| 2015-16 | 620 | 27 | 23.0:1 | 96% (598) |
| 2010-11 | 637 | N/A | N/A | 97% (620) |
| 2000-01 | 668 | 33 | 20.2:1 | 93% (623) |
| 1990-91 | 586 | 23 | 25.5:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Roosevelt Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students up 4% (541 to 561); teachers up 8% (25 to 27).
About Roosevelt Elementary
Roosevelt Elementary is listed by the National Center for Education Statistics as an elementary school in Tulare, California. Enrolled students number 561 students, in kindergarten through 4. Enrollment is 21% higher than the average for elementary schools in California, which is about 465.
Roosevelt Elementary is one school in an 18-school district, Tulare City, which enrolls 9,289 students.
The student body at Roosevelt Elementary is 93% Hispanic. Enrollment also includes 4% White. Among people living in Tulare County, the Hispanic share is about 67%. Roosevelt Elementary's diversity index is 14%, against a US figure of 70%.
With 27 full-time-equivalent teachers in 2024-25, the ratio at Roosevelt Elementary was 20.8:1. This ratio sits 1.5 below the 22.3:1 average for elementary schools in California. A measure often used for student poverty, free or reduced-price lunch eligibility, stands at 97%. Compared with the 77% average for public schools in Tulare County, the school's rate is higher.
The allk12 Grade for Roosevelt Elementary is C-. Compared with California public elementary schools, the school scored higher than 17% on a mix of test scores, poverty-adjusted results, and recent trend.
The allk12 BeatsExpectations score for Roosevelt Elementary is -5.2 points: 17.4% actual, 22.6% predicted.
Tulare County census figures show that the median household income is $71,300, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 17% of adults, and the poverty rate is about 15%. Tulare County is home to 196 public schools and about 101,494 public school students.
The closest other public school is Mulcahy Middle, about 0.1 miles away. Within five miles are at least 8 other public schools. In a group of 4 nearby schools with scores, Roosevelt Elementary ranks 3rd on average proficiency.
On the NCES locale scale, the school is Suburb: Small.
Compared with 2020-21, the school had 18 more students in 2024-25. Federal data show the ratio falling from 23.6:1 to 20.8:1.
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Tulare County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
478,693
Census ACS
Median income
$71,300
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
17%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
15%
Below federal line
Schools in county
196
101,494 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Tulare City
- Mulcahy MiddleMiddle · 745 students
- Garden ElementaryElementary · 689 students
- Mission Valley ElementaryElementary · 671 students
- Pleasant ElementaryElementary · 668 students
- Alpine VistaElementary · 659 students
- Alpine Vista MiddleMiddle · 617 students
Other schools in Tulare
- Tulare Western HighHigh · 1,927 students
- Mission Oak HighHigh · 1,678 students
- Tulare Union HighHigh · 1,616 students
- Liberty ElementaryElementary · 861 students
- Sundale ElementaryElementary · 840 students
- Mulcahy MiddleMiddle · 745 students
Other Roosevelt Elementary schools
91 other US public schools in 22 states are named Roosevelt Elementary. Roosevelt Elementary is the 12th largest of the 92.
- Roosevelt ElementaryLong Beach, CA · 785 students
- Roosevelt ElementaryDinuba, CA · 604 students
- Roosevelt ElementarySalinas, CA · 560 students
- Roosevelt ElementarySanta Monica, CA · 552 students
- Roosevelt ElementaryCompton, CA · 534 students
Nearby schools
- Mulcahy Middle0.1 mi · 745
- Tulare Technical Preparatory High0.4 mi · 35
- Countryside Community Day0.5 mi · 24
- Maple Elementary0.8 mi · 574
- Tulare City Community Day0.9 mi · 4
- Tulare Support0.9 mi · 19
Frequently asked questions
About Roosevelt ElementaryWhat is the total enrollment at Roosevelt Elementary?
Roosevelt Elementary enrolls approximately 561 students in grades KG-04.
What age range does Roosevelt Elementary serve?
Roosevelt Elementary serves students from grade KG through grade 04.
How many students per teacher at Roosevelt Elementary?
Approximately 20.8:1 students per teacher at Roosevelt Elementary.
How diverse is Roosevelt Elementary?
Roosevelt Elementary reports a student body of 4% White, 93% Hispanic, 1% Black, 1% Asian, 2% Two or more.
Who oversees Roosevelt Elementary?
Roosevelt Elementary is overseen by Tulare City in Tulare County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.