Enrollment
272
Elementary
DISTRICT 289 · STATE 381
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·BELLEVILLE SD 118·NCES 170561000237
Roosevelt Elementary School
700 W Cleveland Ave, Belleville, IL 62220 · (618) 233-1608 · St. Clair County
GRADES KG–06ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL272 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
14.6:1
19 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 13.7:1 · STATE 13.9:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
58%
157 students
DISTRICT 71% · STATE 56%
Community
0
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other elementary schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Pre-K | 1 | 0% |
| Kindergarten | 33 | 12% |
| Grade 1 | 40 | 15% |
| Grade 2 | 24 | 9% |
| Grade 3 | 48 | 18% |
| Grade 4 | 40 | 15% |
| Grade 5 | 45 | 17% |
| Grade 6 | 41 | 15% |
This year's kindergarten class (33) is 20% smaller than its 6th grade class (41).
Student demographics
67%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 63% · STATE 69% · 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
IAR + ISA 2024-25 . % Proficient (Levels 4-5)English Language Arts
56.2%
IL avg 51.0% . +7.3pp since 2023
Math
44.0%
IL avg 37.9% . +5.0pp since 2023
What this means: On the IAR + ISA, Illinois's statewide test, about 56 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 44 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Illinois schools, those numbers are about 51 and 38. Reading and writing scores are up about 7 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 5 points.
IAR + ISA results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 56.2% | 44.0% |
| 2023-24 | 48.9% | 39.0% |
% Proficient (Levels 4-5), all students and all tested grades.
Source: IAR + ISA. 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
51.1%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
38.2%
based on IL schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+12.9pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 51% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 38% typical for Illinois 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 Illinois'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 Elementary School
Roosevelt Elementary School's state test result (51.1% proficient) is higher than 4 of the 4 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Roosevelt Elementary School this school | 272 | 57.7% | 51.1% |
| Fairview Elementary School Normal | 280 | 54.6% | 38.3% |
| Lewis & Clark Elementary School Godfrey | 251 | 57.4% | N/A |
| Stevenson Elementary School Bloomington | 299 | 55.5% | 31.5% |
| Lincoln Elementary School DeKalb | 272 | 62.9% | 18.4% |
| Signal Hill Elementary School Belleville | 291 | 62.9% | 37.1% |
Matched among Illinois elementary 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 Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Illinois | In St. Clair County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 51.1% | #566 of 1,925 | #13 of 43 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 44.0% | #847 of 2,077 ▼ 288 | #15 of 43 ▼ 2 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 56.2% | #798 of 2,077 ▼ 278 | #13 of 43 ▼ 1 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 272 | #1,694 of 2,419 | #34 of 50 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 14.6:1 | #1,431 of 2,035 | #24 of 45 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 67.3% | #254 of 2,042 | #4 of 45 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 57.7% | #1,077 of 2,132 | #29 of 47 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -20.7% | #417 of 1,461 | #8 of 30 |
Ranked against other public elementary 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
272
+23 (+9%) vs 2020
+59% since 1990-91, when it was 171
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 | 272 | 18.7 | 14.6:1 | 58% (157) |
| 2023-24 | 272 | 17.9 | 15.2:1 | 63% (171) |
| 2022-23 | 270 | 18.1 | 14.9:1 | 67% (181) |
| 2020-21 | 249 | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| 2017-18 | 343 | 18.5 | 18.5:1 | 53% (182) |
| 2015-16 | 346 | 19 | 18.2:1 | 47% (162) |
| 2010-11 | 340 | 18 | 18.9:1 | 38% (130) |
| 2000-01 | 287 | 14 | 20.5:1 | N/A |
| 1990-91 | 171 | 6 | 28.5:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Roosevelt Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students down 21% (343 to 272); teachers up 1% (18.5 to 18.7).
About Roosevelt Elementary School
Roosevelt Elementary School is a small elementary school in Belleville, Illinois, one of the schools in Belleville SD 118. There are 272 students enrolled, covering kindergarten through 6. That puts enrollment 29% below the 381-student average for elementary schools in Illinois.
Belleville SD 118 operates 11 schools. Combined enrollment is 3,275 students.
White students make up 40% of enrollment at Roosevelt Elementary School, the largest share of any group. The remaining shares are 38% Black, 10% multiracial, and 10% Hispanic. The county population is about 60% White. On the diversity index, which measures the chance that two random students are from different groups, Roosevelt Elementary School scores 67%.
Teacher count: 18.7 full-time equivalents. Student-to-teacher ratio: 14.6:1. The ratio is within a point of the 13.9:1 average for elementary schools in Illinois. Roughly 58% of students come from households that qualify for free or reduced-price lunch.
Roosevelt Elementary School is 12.9 points above its predicted average proficiency rate across its state test results (51.1% versus 38.2%), which places it in neither the top nor the bottom 10% in Illinois.
The school's county is St. Clair County. According to Census Bureau estimates, the median household earns about $73,854 a year, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 32% of adults, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 10%. Public schools in St. Clair County number 96, with about 40,879 students.
A public school about 0.7 miles away, Henry Raab Elementary School, is the closest to Roosevelt Elementary School. Roosevelt Elementary School has at least 8 other public schools within five miles. Roosevelt Elementary School comes in 1st of 8 nearby schools on average proficiency.
The school's federal locale classification is Suburb: Large.
Enrollment was 272 in 2024-25. In 2020-21, it was 249.
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St. Clair County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
253,694
Census ACS
Median income
$73,854
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
32%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
10%
Below federal line
Schools in county
96
40,879 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Belleville SD 118
- Abraham Lincoln Elementary SchoolElementary · 542 students
- Union Elementary SchoolElementary · 432 students
- West Jr High SchoolMiddle · 364 students
- Westhaven ElementaryElementary · 313 students
- Central Jr High SchoolMiddle · 308 students
- Jefferson Elementary SchoolElementary · 293 students
Other schools in Belleville
- Belleville High School-EastHigh · 2,600 students
- Belleville High School-WestHigh · 2,118 students
- Belle Valley SchoolElementary · 997 students
- Whiteside Elementary SchoolElementary · 680 students
- Abraham Lincoln Elementary SchoolElementary · 542 students
- Whiteside Middle SchoolMiddle · 475 students
Other Roosevelt Elementary schools
91 other US public schools in 22 states are named Roosevelt Elementary. Roosevelt Elementary School is the 69th largest of the 92.
- Roosevelt Elementary SchoolMoline, IL · 384 students
- Roosevelt Elementary SchoolChicago Heights, IL · 353 students
- Roosevelt Elementary SchoolBroadview, IL · 345 students
- Roosevelt Elementary SchoolDolton, IL · 248 students
- Roosevelt ElementaryLong Beach, CA · 785 students
Nearby schools
- Henry Raab Elementary School0.7 mi · 154
- Washington School0.9 mi · 192
- Franklin Elementary School0.9 mi · 172
- Westhaven Elementary1.2 mi · 313
- Central Jr High School1.3 mi · 308
- Douglas Elementary School1.7 mi · 233
Frequently asked questions
About Roosevelt Elementary SchoolWhat is the total enrollment at Roosevelt Elementary School?
Roosevelt Elementary School enrolls approximately 272 students in grades KG-06.
What age range does Roosevelt Elementary School serve?
Roosevelt Elementary School serves students from grade KG through grade 06.
How many students per teacher at Roosevelt Elementary School?
Approximately 14.6:1 students per teacher at Roosevelt Elementary School.
What is the student diversity at Roosevelt Elementary School?
Student demographics at Roosevelt Elementary School are roughly 40% White, 10% Hispanic, 38% Black, 1% Asian, 10% Two or more.
Who oversees Roosevelt Elementary School?
Roosevelt Elementary School is overseen by Belleville SD 118 in St. Clair County.
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