Roosevelt Elem School

Roosevelt Elem School is an elementary school of modestly sized scale in Dolton, Illinois, one of the schools within Dolton SD 148, enrolling 248 students in grades K through 6. Enrollment runs roughly 35% below the state mean of about 381.

Within Dolton SD 148, which oversees 10 schools and 2,077 students, Roosevelt Elem School is one campus in the system.

On the student-mix side, Roosevelt Elem School lists that the student body is overwhelmingly Black (96%). The remainder comes out to 3% Hispanic. The wider county runs roughly 22% Black, putting the school's mix noticeably more Black than the area baseline.

On the income-and-resources front, Roosevelt Elem School reports 19 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 13.3:1. That tracks the state average closely. Around 100% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, often used as a Title I proxy. That share is above Cook County's rate of about 66%.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, Roosevelt Elem School tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 13.8% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 15.0%.

Around the school, census data for Cook County shows median household earnings sit near $83,498, roughly 43% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and the poverty rate sits near 10%. In all, Cook County runs 1406 public schools (combined enrollment of about 697,934 students), of which Roosevelt Elem School is one.

The closest other public school is Roosevelt Junior High School, roughly 0.0 miles away. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Roosevelt Elem School. Among the 8 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Roosevelt Elem School ranks 6th on composite proficiency, behind the local average of 20.9%.

The school occupies a residential site.

Trend over the last 7 years. Roosevelt Elem School's enrollment has shrank 24% since 2018, when it stood at 325 (now 248). The student-to-teacher ratio rose from 12.3:1 in 2018 to 13.3:1 today.

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