Theodore Roosevelt Elementary

Located at 1802 Floral Ave., in Selma, California, Theodore Roosevelt Elementary is a mid-tier elementary campus that serves 634 students (grades K through 6), operated by Selma Unified. That puts it 36% above the typical public school in California, which averages around 465 students.

Across the 12 schools in Selma Unified (5,911 students total), Theodore Roosevelt Elementary accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

In terms of who attends, Theodore Roosevelt Elementary lists that the student body is overwhelmingly Hispanic (92%); the rest consists of 4% White, 2% Asian. By comparison, Fresno County as a whole is about 55% Hispanic, so the school skews meaningfully more Hispanic than its surroundings.

On the income-and-resources front, Staff filings list 24 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 27.0:1 students per teacher. That figure is higher than the state norm's 22.3:1 average. Roughly 92% of students at Theodore Roosevelt Elementary qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. That share is noticeably above Fresno County's rate of about 75%.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), Theodore Roosevelt Elementary sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 24.4%; this one delivers 30.6%.

Across the wider county, ACS estimates for Fresno County put median household earnings sit near $74,201, about 24% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 14%. Across Fresno County's 368 public schools (combined enrollment of about 206,072 students), Theodore Roosevelt Elementary is one campus in the mix.

The closest other public school is James Garfield Elementary, roughly 0.4 miles away. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. On composite proficiency, Theodore Roosevelt Elementary comes 5th of 6 in the immediate cluster, below the nearby-schools average of 36.9%.

The campus sits in a town-center setting.

Five-year trend. Theodore Roosevelt Elementary's enrollment has shrank 13% since 2018, when it stood at 732 (now 634). Class-load math has grew: from 24.0:1 in 2018 to 27.0:1 in 2025.

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