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Enrollment
793
Middle
DISTRICT 947 · STATE 794
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·PALM BEACH·NCES 120150001492
ROOSEVELT MIDDLE SCHOOL
1900 N AUSTRALIAN AVE, WEST PALM BEACH, FL 33407 · (561) 822-0200 · Palm Beach County
GRADES 06–08MIDDLE12-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL793 STUDENTS
B
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 57% of Florida public middle schools
- C+Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- A-Beats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- ·Three-year trend Not available for this school, so the grade uses the other parts.
Grades compare a school only with schools in the same state, because every state gives its own test. How grades work · Top-graded Florida public middle schools
Student : Teacher
13.9:1
57 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 17.5:1 · STATE 19.6:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
73%
582 students
DISTRICT 49% · STATE 50%
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 6 | 263 | 33% |
| Grade 7 | 273 | 34% |
| Grade 8 | 257 | 32% |
Student demographics
51%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 70% · STATE 70% · 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
FAST / B.E.S.T. 2024-25 . % at Level 3 or AboveEnglish Language Arts
46.7%
FL avg 56.7% . +1.5pp since 2023
Math
66.6%
FL avg 58.9% . +6.4pp since 2023
What this means: On the FAST / B.E.S.T., Florida's statewide test, about 47 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 67 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Florida schools, those numbers are about 57 and 59. Reading and writing scores are up about 2 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 6 points.
FAST / B.E.S.T. results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 46.7% | 66.6% |
| 2023-24 | 45.2% | 60.2% |
% at Level 3 or Above, all students and all tested grades.
Source: FAST / B.E.S.T.. 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
50.9%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
44.4%
based on FL schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+6.5pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 51% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 44% typical for Florida 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 Florida'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 MIDDLE SCHOOL
ROOSEVELT MIDDLE SCHOOL's state test result (50.9% proficient) is higher than 5 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| ROOSEVELT MIDDLE SCHOOL this school | 793 | 73.4% | 50.9% |
| MEMORIAL MIDDLE ORLANDO | 712 | 69.2% | 31.1% |
| SLIGH MIDDLE SCHOOL TAMPA | 761 | 76.9% | 39.7% |
| JOHN F. KENNEDY MIDDLE SCHOOL RIVIERA BEACH | 821 | 66.6% | 39.5% |
| DAN MCCARTY MIDDLE SCHOOL FORT PIERCE | 657 | 68.2% | 41.3% |
| LAKE SHORE MIDDLE SCHOOL BELLE GLADE | 651 | 80.0% | 40.1% |
Matched among Florida 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 MIDDLE SCHOOL ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In Florida | In Palm Beach County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 50.9% | #318 of 560 | #21 of 36 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 66.6% | #181 of 560 ▲ 34 | #17 of 36 ▲ 1 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 46.7% | #368 of 560 ▼ 44 | #23 of 36 ▼ 2 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 793 | #301 of 584 | #29 of 38 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 13.9:1 | #5 of 547 | #1 of 36 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 51.0% | #372 of 553 | #25 of 36 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 73.4% | #40 of 565 | #2 of 36 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -24.3% | #85 of 379 | #5 of 27 |
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
793
-221 (-22%) vs 2020
+107% since 1990-91, when it was 383
Student : Teacher
13.9:1
was 14.9:1
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 | 793 | 57 | 13.9:1 | 73% (582) |
| 2023-24 | 807 | 55.5 | 14.5:1 | 78% (627) |
| 2022-23 | 851 | 61 | 13.9:1 | 80% (684) |
| 2020-21 | 1,014 | 68 | 14.9:1 | 94% (949) |
| 2017-18 | 1,048 | 69 | 15.2:1 | 87% (914) |
| 2015-16 | 963 | 65 | 14.8:1 | 87% (834) |
| 2010-11 | 1,197 | 73 | 16.4:1 | 75% (893) |
| 2000-01 | 1,517 | 81 | 18.7:1 | 35% (534) |
| 1990-91 | 383 | 44 | 8.7:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for ROOSEVELT MIDDLE SCHOOL.
About ROOSEVELT MIDDLE SCHOOL
Families in WEST PALM BEACH, Florida, are served by ROOSEVELT MIDDLE SCHOOL, a medium-sized middle school. Classes run from 6 through 8, and the school has 793 students.
Enrollment across the 233 schools in PALM BEACH totals 191,505 students.
Black students make up a majority at ROOSEVELT MIDDLE SCHOOL, at 61%. Other students are 35% Hispanic and 2% White. That is higher than the 19% Black share among all Palm Beach County residents. The school's diversity index is 51%, meaning two students picked at random have a 51% chance of belonging to different racial or ethnic groups.
The school has about 13.9 students per teacher and 57 full-time-equivalent teachers. This ratio sits 5.7 below the 19.6:1 average for middle schools in Florida. Federal records put free or reduced-price lunch eligibility at 73%. That is 28 points above the 45% average for public schools in Palm Beach County.
The allk12 Grade for ROOSEVELT MIDDLE SCHOOL is B. Compared with Florida public middle schools, the school scored higher than 57% on a mix of test scores, poverty-adjusted results, and recent trend.
A school with ROOSEVELT MIDDLE SCHOOL's lunch-eligibility share in Florida is predicted to score 44.4%. ROOSEVELT MIDDLE SCHOOL scores 50.9%, 6.5 points above that line.
Federal survey data for Palm Beach County show that the median household income is $83,581, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 41% of adults, and the poverty rate is about 8%. Palm Beach County is home to 245 public schools and about 192,831 public school students.
UNIVERSITY PREPARATORY ACADEMY PALM BEACH is located about 0.1 miles from ROOSEVELT MIDDLE SCHOOL. The five-mile area around ROOSEVELT MIDDLE SCHOOL holds at least 8 other public schools. The nearest schools with test data average 36.0%, lower than ROOSEVELT MIDDLE SCHOOL's 50.9%.
Locale: City: Mid-size. In NCES terms, the school is inside a principal city with a population between 100,000 and 250,000.
Enrollment is down 22% from 2020-21, when ROOSEVELT MIDDLE SCHOOL had 1,014 students, to 2024-25, when it had 793. The ratio was 14.9:1 in 2020-21 and 13.9:1 in 2024-25.
Families, students, and staff can use this page to discuss school safety, transportation, and start times at ROOSEVELT MIDDLE SCHOOL. Alumni can share how the school prepared them.
Palm Beach County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
1,533,806
Census ACS
Median income
$83,581
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
41%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
8%
Below federal line
Schools in county
245
192,831 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in PALM BEACH
- JOHN I. LEONARD HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 3,262 students
- JUPITER HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 3,122 students
- PARK VISTA COMMUNITY HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 2,881 students
- BOCA RATON COMMUNITY HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 2,819 students
- PALM BEACH LAKES HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 2,809 students
- PALM BEACH CENTRAL HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 2,760 students
Other schools in WEST PALM BEACH
- PALM BEACH LAKES HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 2,809 students
- WILLIAM T. DWYER HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 2,163 students
- FOREST HILL COMMUNITY HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 1,923 students
- PALM SPRINGS MIDDLE SCHOOLMiddle · 1,397 students
- ALEXANDER W DREYFOOS JUNIOR SCHOOL OF THE ARTSHigh · 1,352 students
- BAK MIDDLE SCHOOL OF THE ARTSMiddle · 1,246 students
Other Roosevelt Middle schools
16 other US public schools in 15 states are named Roosevelt Middle. ROOSEVELT MIDDLE SCHOOL is the 4th largest of the 17.
- Roosevelt MiddleBLAINE, MN · 1,087 students
- Roosevelt MiddleOceanside, CA · 866 students
- Roosevelt Middle SchoolOklahoma City, OK · 858 students
- Roosevelt Middle SchoolNew Bedford, MA · 759 students
- Roosevelt Middle SchoolJOHNSTOWN, CO · 695 students
Nearby schools
- UNIVERSITY PREPARATORY ACADEMY PALM BEACH0.1 mi · 246
- ROOSEVELT ELEMENTARY SCHOOL0.2 mi · 315
- U. B. KINSEY/PALMVIEW ELEMENTARY0.6 mi · 496
- WESTWARD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL0.7 mi · 512
- PLEASANT CITY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL0.7 mi · 315
- HIGHRIDGE FAMILY CENTER1.4 mi · 18
Frequently asked questions
About ROOSEVELT MIDDLE SCHOOLHow many students attend ROOSEVELT MIDDLE SCHOOL?
ROOSEVELT MIDDLE SCHOOL enrolls approximately 793 students in grades 06-08.
What grades does ROOSEVELT MIDDLE SCHOOL serve?
ROOSEVELT MIDDLE SCHOOL serves grades 06-08.
What is the student-teacher ratio at ROOSEVELT MIDDLE SCHOOL?
The student-to-teacher ratio at ROOSEVELT MIDDLE SCHOOL is approximately 13.9:1 (57 FTE teachers).
What is the student diversity at ROOSEVELT MIDDLE SCHOOL?
Student demographics at ROOSEVELT MIDDLE SCHOOL are roughly 2% White, 35% Hispanic, 61% Black, 1% Asian, 1% Two or more.
What district is ROOSEVELT MIDDLE SCHOOL in?
ROOSEVELT MIDDLE SCHOOL is part of PALM BEACH.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.