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What's the most underrated thing about Roosevelt Junior High that outsiders don't know?
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Enrollment
818
Middle
DISTRICT 708 · STATE 659
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·MODESTO CITY ELEMENTARY·NCES 062513003748
Roosevelt Junior High
1330 College Ave., Modesto, CA 95350 · (209) 574-1930 · Stanislaus County
GRADES 07–08MIDDLE12-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL818 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
21.7:1
38 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 20.9:1 · STATE 20.7:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
75%
611 students
DISTRICT 82% · STATE 65%
Community
6
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other middle schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Grade 7 | 387 | 47% |
| Grade 8 | 431 | 53% |
Student demographics
60%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 43% · 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
42.3%
CA avg 49.1% . +14.3pp since 2014
Math
27.9%
CA avg 37.7% . +5.9pp since 2014
What this means: On the CAASPP, California's statewide test, about 42 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 28 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 14 points since 2014, while math scores are up about 6 points.
Performance levels, 2024-25
| Subject | Standard Exceeded | Standard Met | Standard Nearly Met | Standard Not Met |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| English Language Arts | 11.8% | 30.5% | 23.3% | 34.4% |
| Math | 12.2% | 15.7% | 21.2% | 50.9% |
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 | 42.3% | 27.9% |
| 2023-24 | 37.2% | 24.6% |
| 2022-23 | 31.3% | 21.5% |
| 2021-22 | 35.0% | 21.5% |
| 2020-21 | 37.2% | 23.5% |
| 2018-19 | 38.5% | 28.1% |
| 2017-18 | 39.9% | 29.3% |
| 2016-17 | 39.3% | 26.2% |
| 2015-16 | 35.0% | 23.0% |
| 2014-15 | 28.0% | 22.0% |
% 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
33.0%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
35.8%
based on CA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-2.8pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 33% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 36% 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 Junior High
Roosevelt Junior High's state test result (33.0% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Roosevelt Junior High this school | 818 | 74.7% | 33.0% |
| El Dorado Middle Concord | 861 | 75.4% | 19.1% |
| Somerset Middle Modesto | 947 | 74.0% | 31.0% |
| Tevis Junior High Bakersfield | 807 | 73.7% | 38.3% |
| La Loma Junior High Modesto | 705 | 76.3% | 29.0% |
| Matthew Gage Middle Riverside | 840 | 70.1% | 35.9% |
Matched among California middle 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 Junior High ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In California | In Stanislaus County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 33.0% | #670 of 1,224 | #9 of 26 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 27.9% | #644 of 1,227 ▲ 28 | #6 of 26 ▲ 3 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 42.3% | #655 of 1,227 ▲ 68 | #13 of 26 ▼ 1 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +6.8pp | #191 of 1,214 | #8 of 26 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 818 | #411 of 1,377 | #6 of 26 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 21.7:1 | #762 of 1,279 | #19 of 24 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 60.4% | #422 of 1,278 | #6 of 24 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 74.7% | #652 of 1,329 | #14 of 26 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -8.0% | #722 of 930 | #8 of 15 |
Ranked against other public middle 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
818
-37 (-4%) vs 2020
-24% since 1990-91, when it was 1,083
Student : Teacher
21.7:1
was 21.9:1
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 | 818 | 37.7 | 21.7:1 | 75% (611) |
| 2023-24 | 816 | 37.4 | 21.9:1 | 75% (612) |
| 2022-23 | 777 | 35.3 | 22.0:1 | 75% (583) |
| 2020-21 | 855 | 39 | 21.9:1 | 74% (631) |
| 2017-18 | 889 | 35.6 | 24.9:1 | 74% (660) |
| 2015-16 | 775 | 33 | 23.5:1 | 72% (557) |
| 2010-11 | 761 | N/A | N/A | 61% (462) |
| 2000-01 | 935 | 38 | 24.6:1 | 25% (237) |
| 1990-91 | 1,083 | 44 | 24.6:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Roosevelt Junior High.
Since 2017-18: students down 8% (889 to 818); teachers up 6% (35.6 to 37.7).
About Roosevelt Junior High
Roosevelt Junior High is a mid-sized middle school in Modesto, California, (ZIP code 95350). It reports enrollment of 818 students in grades 7 through 8. Across middle schools in California, the average enrollment is about 659.
Modesto City Elementary, which runs Roosevelt Junior High, has 26 schools and 14,444 students.
Of every 100 students at Roosevelt Junior High, about 58 are Hispanic. It is also 20% White, 11% multiracial, 6% Asian, and 3% Black. Stanislaus County's residents are about 50% Hispanic, 8 points below the school's share. On the diversity index, which measures the chance that two random students are from different groups, Roosevelt Junior High scores 60%.
Its staff includes 37.7 full-time-equivalent teachers, for about 21.7 students per teacher. Compared with the 20.7:1 average for middle schools in California, this school's ratio is higher. Roughly 75% of students at Roosevelt Junior High can receive free or reduced-price lunch.
BeatsExpectations compares each school's average proficiency rate across its state test results with a prediction based on free or reduced-price lunch eligibility. For Roosevelt Junior High, the prediction is 35.8% and the result is 33.0%.
Stanislaus County is the school's county. There, median household income comes to about $81,468, 20% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 11% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Stanislaus County's 190 public schools enroll about 106,477 students and include Roosevelt Junior High.
The closest school to Roosevelt Junior High is John Fremont Elementary, located about 0.3 miles away. Within five miles of Roosevelt Junior High, there are at least 8 other public schools. On proficiency, Roosevelt Junior High is behind the 34.0% nearby average, ranking 4th of 8.
The school's locale code, City: Mid-size, means it is inside a principal city with a population between 100,000 and 250,000.
The school shrank from 855 students in 2020-21 to 818 in 2024-25.
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Stanislaus County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
553,990
Census ACS
Median income
$81,468
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
20%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
11%
Below federal line
Schools in county
190
106,477 students
Quick facts
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Other schools in Modesto City Elementary
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- Evelyn Hanshaw MiddleMiddle · 650 students
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- James C. Enochs HighHigh · 2,304 students
- Modesto HighHigh · 2,292 students
- Thomas Downey HighHigh · 2,192 students
- Grace M. Davis HighHigh · 2,083 students
- Peter Johansen HighHigh · 2,029 students
Other Roosevelt Junior High schools
4 other US public schools in 5 states are named Roosevelt Junior High. Roosevelt Junior High is the largest of the 5.
- Roosevelt Jr HighROOSEVELT, UT · 787 students
- Roosevelt Junior High SchoolLUBBOCK, TX · 287 students
- Roosevelt Junior High SchoolDolton, IL · 130 students
- Roosevelt Junior HighRed Lodge, MT · 111 students
Nearby schools
- John Fremont Elementary0.3 mi · 625
- Enslen Elementary0.8 mi · 385
- Elihu Beard Elementary0.9 mi · 467
- William Garrison Elementary1.1 mi · 352
- Catherine Everett Elementary1.1 mi · 428
- Robert Elliott Alternative Education Center1.2 mi · 479
Frequently asked questions
About Roosevelt Junior HighHow many students attend Roosevelt Junior High?
Roosevelt Junior High enrolls approximately 818 students in grades 07-08.
Is Roosevelt Junior High an elementary, middle, or high school?
Roosevelt Junior High is a middle school covering grades 07-08.
How many teachers does Roosevelt Junior High have?
Roosevelt Junior High employs 38 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 21.7:1.
What is the student diversity at Roosevelt Junior High?
Student demographics at Roosevelt Junior High are roughly 20% White, 58% Hispanic, 3% Black, 6% Asian, 11% Two or more.
What district is Roosevelt Junior High in?
Roosevelt Junior High is part of Modesto City Elementary.
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