Roosevelt Elem School

Roosevelt Elem School is a K-5 school of medium-sized scale in Chicago Heights, Illinois, one of the schools within Chicago Heights SD 170, caters to 353 students in grades pre-K through 5.

Chicago Heights SD 170 runs 10 schools in total, collectively educating 2,674 students. Roosevelt Elem School is one of those campuses.

On demographics, Roosevelt Elem School shows that Hispanic students make up the majority at 80%. Other groups include 16% Black, 3% White. By comparison, Cook County as a whole is about 27% Hispanic, so the school skews meaningfully more Hispanic than its surroundings.

On the income-and-resources front, On paper, Roosevelt Elem School has 24 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 14.7:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 13.9:1, putting Roosevelt Elem School higher than the state norm the norm. Roughly 99% of students at Roosevelt Elem School qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. Set against Cook County (around 66%), the school's rate is noticeably above typical.

With demographic context factored in, Roosevelt Elem School ranks in the top 10% of Illinois public schools. The BeatsExpectations model, a per-state regression of composite proficiency on FRL share, predicts schools with this student profile to land around 14.4%; Roosevelt Elem School posts 33.6%, +19.2 points above that line.

Around the school, ACS estimates for Cook County put the typical household earns roughly $83,498 per year, 43% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 10%. In all, Cook County runs 1406 public schools (combined enrollment of about 697,934 students), of which Roosevelt Elem School is one.

Nearest neighbor: Chicago Heights Middle School, around 0.5 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Roosevelt Elem School. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Roosevelt Elem School at 2nd of 8; the average score across the group is 28.7%.

The campus sits in a residential setting.

Over the past 7-year window. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Roosevelt Elem School has decreased 31%, going from 508 students in 2018 to 353 in 2025. Hispanic enrollment moved from 71% to 80% across the same window. Class-load math has tightened: from 16.4:1 in 2018 to 14.7:1 in 2025.

On the community side, posts here usually surface around school events, parent volunteer needs, and clubs. The community welcomes input from current and former families.