Roosevelt Middle School

Roosevelt Middle School is a middle school of expansive scale in JOHNSTOWN, Colorado, operated by Weld County School District No. Re-5J, enrolling 695 students in grades 6 through 8. That puts it 50% bigger than the typical public school in Colorado, which averages around 462 students.

Weld County School District No. Re-5J comprises 7 schools with combined enrollment of 4,049 students; Roosevelt Middle School is among them.

Demographically, Roosevelt Middle School reports that White students make up the majority at 63%. Beyond that, the school reports 33% Hispanic, 2% multiracial. The wider county runs roughly 73% White, putting the school's mix noticeably less White than the area baseline.

On the resource side, Staff filings list 43 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 16.4:1 students per teacher. The state averages about 15.9:1, putting this campus right in line with peers. Roughly 29% of students at Roosevelt Middle School qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy. By comparison, Weld County runs at roughly 47%, so the school's eligibility rate is somewhat below the surrounding baseline.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, Roosevelt Middle School is in the bottom 10% of Colorado public schools. The BeatsExpectations model predicts schools with this FRL share to land around 49.0%; Roosevelt Middle School posts 33.5%, -15.5 points below that line.

Across the wider county, community-level numbers for Weld County indicate median household income runs about $97,097, 33% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 7%. Across Weld County's 116 public schools (combined enrollment of about 61,274 students), Roosevelt Middle School is one campus in the mix.

The closest other public school is Elwell Elementary School, roughly 1.8 miles away. 7 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Among the 8 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Roosevelt Middle School ranks 5th on composite proficiency, ahead of the local average of 32.0%.

Geographically, the school is in a town-based area.

Five-year trend. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Roosevelt Middle School has ticked down 8%, going from 753 students in 2018 to 695 in 2025. Class-load math has narrowed: from 19.6:1 in 2018 to 16.4:1 in 2025.

On allk12, members of the Roosevelt Middle School community share and discuss fundraisers, lost-and-found posts, and report-card season. Contributors range from current parents to recent graduates and teachers.