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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
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
3
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other middle schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade
Student demographics
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. 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.
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 →
7-year change
SY 2017-18 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
793
-255 (-24%) vs 2017
Student : Teacher
13.9:1
was 15.2:1
% White
2%
was 2%
% Hispanic
35%
was 20%
% Black
61%
was 74%
% Asian
1%
was 2%
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
About ROOSEVELT MIDDLE SCHOOL
ROOSEVELT MIDDLE SCHOOL, a mid-sized junior high in WEST PALM BEACH, Florida, operated by PALM BEACH, hosts 793 students, covering grades 6 through 8.
PALM BEACH comprises 233 schools with combined enrollment of 191,505 students; ROOSEVELT MIDDLE SCHOOL is among them.
In terms of who attends, ROOSEVELT MIDDLE SCHOOL reports that Black students make up the majority at 61%; the rest breaks down as 35% Hispanic, 2% White. By comparison, Palm Beach County as a whole is about 19% Black, so the school skews considerably more Black than its surroundings.
In terms of school funding signals, The school lists 57 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 13.9:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 19.6:1 average. Around 73% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, often used as a Title I proxy. Set against Palm Beach County (around 45%), the school's rate is north of typical.
On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), ROOSEVELT MIDDLE SCHOOL performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 44.4%, the actual is 50.9%, a residual of +6.5 points.
In the surrounding community, Palm Beach County reports that the typical household earns roughly $83,581 per year, 41% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 8%. ROOSEVELT MIDDLE SCHOOL is one of 245 public schools in Palm Beach County (combined enrollment of about 192,831 students).
Nearest neighbor: UNIVERSITY PREPARATORY ACADEMY PALM BEACH, around 0.1 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around ROOSEVELT MIDDLE SCHOOL. On composite proficiency, ROOSEVELT MIDDLE SCHOOL comes 2nd of 7 in the immediate cluster, ahead of the nearby-schools average of 36.0%.
The school occupies a metropolitan site.
Trend over the last 7 years. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at ROOSEVELT MIDDLE SCHOOL has shrank 24%, going from 1,048 students in 2018 to 793 in 2025. Hispanic enrollment moved from 20% to 35% across the same window. Class-load math has narrowed: from 15.2:1 in 2018 to 13.9:1 in 2025.
On this page, the feed for ROOSEVELT MIDDLE SCHOOL typically covers science fair prep, picture-day reminders, and bus-route questions. Anyone with firsthand experience at this school can post or comment.
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
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.