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Enrollment
614
Middle
DISTRICT 333 · STATE 462
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·BELLWOOD SD 88·NCES 170576000253
Roosevelt Middle School
2500 Oak St, Bellwood, IL 60104 · (708) 410-3900 · Cook County
GRADES 06–08MIDDLE21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL614 STUDENTS
C-
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 21% of Illinois public middle schools
- FTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- BBeats 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 Illinois public middle schools
Student : Teacher
14.9:1
41 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 15.9:1 · STATE 13.0:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
99%
610 students
DISTRICT 99% · STATE 56%
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 | 208 | 34% |
| Grade 7 | 191 | 31% |
| Grade 8 | 215 | 35% |
Student demographics
52%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 53% · 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
School pathway
Feeds from
Based on grade levels within Bellwood SD 88. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
IAR + ISA 2024-25 . % Proficient (Levels 4-5)English Language Arts
22.9%
IL avg 51.0% . +4.0pp since 2023
Math
10.1%
IL avg 37.9% . +2.5pp since 2023
What this means: On the IAR + ISA, Illinois's statewide test, about 23 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 10 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 4 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 3 points.
IAR + ISA results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 22.9% | 10.1% |
| 2023-24 | 18.9% | 7.6% |
% 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
16.8%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
14.1%
based on IL schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+2.6pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 17% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 14% 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 Middle School
Roosevelt Middle School's state test result (16.8% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Roosevelt Middle School this school | 614 | 99.3% | 16.8% |
| Neal Math Science Academy North Chicago | 601 | 98.8% | 17.0% |
| Chicago Heights Middle School Chicago Hts | 872 | 92.1% | 26.1% |
| Dirksen Junior High School Joliet | 653 | 98.2% | 22.1% |
| Kankakee Junior High School Kankakee | 501 | 90.6% | 21.3% |
| Rosa L Parks Middle School Dixmoor | 320 | 91.3% | 12.0% |
Matched among Illinois 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 Illinois | In Cook County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 16.8% | #543 of 578 | #108 of 116 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 10.1% | #593 of 640 ▼ 23 | #134 of 146 ▼ 7 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 22.9% | #606 of 640 ▼ 25 | #143 of 146 ▼ 11 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 614 | #204 of 691 | #62 of 148 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 14.9:1 | #448 of 558 | #115 of 138 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 52.1% | #240 of 560 | #65 of 138 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 99.3% | #7 of 581 | #5 of 117 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -13.4% | #195 of 440 | #44 of 97 |
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
614
-177 (-22%) vs 2020
-5% since 1990-91, when it was 644
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 | 614 | 41.3 | 14.9:1 | 99% (610) |
| 2023-24 | 626 | 43 | 14.6:1 | 100% (623) |
| 2022-23 | 695 | 49 | 14.2:1 | 100% (694) |
| 2020-21 | 791 | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| 2017-18 | 709 | 51 | 13.9:1 | 99% (703) |
| 2015-16 | 547 | 29 | 18.9:1 | 49% (266) |
| 2010-11 | 560 | 32 | 17.5:1 | 0% (0) |
| 2000-01 | 515 | 24 | 21.5:1 | N/A |
| 1990-91 | 644 | 36 | 17.9:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Roosevelt Middle School.
Since 2017-18: students down 13% (709 to 614); teachers down 19% (51 to 41.3).
About Roosevelt Middle School
Roosevelt Middle School serves students in Bellwood, Illinois, as a mid-sized middle school. Its enrollment is 614 students, spread over grades 6 through 8. That compares with an average of about 462 students for middle schools in Illinois.
Bellwood SD 88 has 1,998 students in 6 schools, and Roosevelt Middle School is one of those schools.
More than half of enrollment at Roosevelt Middle School is Hispanic: 53%. Next come 44% Black and 2% multiracial. The county population is about 27% Hispanic. The diversity index for Roosevelt Middle School is 52%. For US public schools as a whole it is 70%.
Staffing at Roosevelt Middle School comes to 41.3 full-time-equivalent teachers, or 14.9:1. By comparison, the average for middle schools in Illinois is 13.0:1. Roosevelt Middle School counts 99% of students as eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. That rate is above the 66% average among public schools in Cook County.
Roosevelt Middle School holds a C- allk12 Grade, placing it above 21% of Illinois public middle schools.
Roosevelt Middle School sits between the top and bottom 10% of Illinois schools on BeatsExpectations, with an actual average proficiency rate across its state test results of 16.8% and a predicted 14.1%.
The county, Cook County, is where the school is located. Median household income comes to about $83,498, about 43% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and roughly 10% of residents are in poverty. The county has 1,406 public schools and about 697,934 students.
The closest school to Roosevelt Middle School is Thurgood Marshall Elementary School, located less than a tenth of a mile away. Roosevelt Middle School is one of several public schools in the area, with at least 8 others within five miles. Nearby schools average 26.7% on proficiency, and Roosevelt Middle School is below that at 16.8%.
The school's locale code, Suburb: Large, means it is in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
Since 2020-21, enrollment has fallen 22%, from 791 to 614.
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Cook County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
5,182,090
Census ACS
Median income
$83,498
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
43%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
10%
Below federal line
Schools in county
1,406
697,934 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Bellwood SD 88
- Grant Elementary SchoolElementary · 363 students
- Lincoln Elementary SchoolElementary · 310 students
- McKinley Elementary SchoolElementary · 304 students
- Thurgood Marshall Elementary SchoolElementary · 229 students
- Early Childhood CenterElementary · 178 students
- Grant PrimaryElementary
Other schools in Bellwood
- Jefferson Primary SchoolElementary · 380 students
- Lincoln Elementary SchoolElementary · 310 students
- McKinley Elementary SchoolElementary · 304 students
- Thurgood Marshall Elementary SchoolElementary · 229 students
- Early Childhood CenterElementary · 178 students
Other Roosevelt Middle schools
16 other US public schools in 15 states are named Roosevelt Middle. Roosevelt Middle School is the 8th largest of the 17.
- Roosevelt MiddleBLAINE, MN · 1,087 students
- Roosevelt MiddleOceanside, CA · 866 students
- Roosevelt Middle SchoolOklahoma City, OK · 858 students
- ROOSEVELT MIDDLE SCHOOLWEST PALM BEACH, FL · 793 students
- Roosevelt Middle SchoolNew Bedford, MA · 759 students
Nearby schools
- Thurgood Marshall Elementary School0.1 mi · 229
- McKinley Elementary School0.5 mi · 304
- Irving Middle School0.7 mi · 515
- Melrose Park Elementary School0.8 mi · 602
- Early Childhood Center0.9 mi · 178
- Washington Dual Language Academy0.9 mi · 346
Frequently asked questions
About Roosevelt Middle SchoolHow many students attend Roosevelt Middle School?
Roosevelt Middle School enrolls approximately 614 students in grades 06-08.
Is Roosevelt Middle School an elementary, middle, or high school?
Roosevelt Middle School is a middle school covering grades 06-08.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Roosevelt Middle School?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Roosevelt Middle School is approximately 14.9:1 (41 FTE teachers).
What is the student diversity at Roosevelt Middle School?
Student demographics at Roosevelt Middle School are roughly 0% White, 53% Hispanic, 44% Black, 2% Two or more.
Who oversees Roosevelt Middle School?
Roosevelt Middle School is overseen by Bellwood SD 88 in Cook County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.