Roosevelt Middle School

Roosevelt Middle School is a medium-sized middle-grades school in Bellwood, Illinois, one of the schools within Bellwood SD 88. The school educates 614 students in grades 6 through 8. By comparison, Illinois's public schools average about 462 students each, so Roosevelt Middle School sits 33% above that benchmark.

Bellwood SD 88 runs 6 schools in total, collectively educating 1,998 students. Roosevelt Middle School is one of those campuses.

In terms of who attends, Roosevelt Middle School reports that the most-represented group is Hispanic (53%), with the rest of the student body spread across multiple groups; the rest reads as 44% Black, 2% multiracial. By comparison, Cook County as a whole is about 27% Hispanic, so the school skews noticeably more Hispanic than its surroundings.

On the resource side, Roosevelt Middle School logs 41 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 14.9:1. The state averages around 13.0:1, so this campus is higher than the state norm typical. Roughly 99% of students at Roosevelt Middle School qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. By comparison, Cook County runs at roughly 66%, so the school's eligibility rate is meaningfully above the surrounding baseline.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, Roosevelt Middle School sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 14.1%; this one delivers 16.8%.

Around the school, community-level numbers for Cook County indicate median household earnings sit near $83,498, 43% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 10%. Roosevelt Middle School is one of 1406 public schools in Cook County (combined enrollment of about 697,934 students).

The closest other public school is Thurgood Marshall Elem School, roughly 0.1 miles away. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Roosevelt Middle School. Among the 8 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Roosevelt Middle School ranks 8th on composite proficiency, behind the local average of 26.7%.

Roosevelt Middle School operates from a residential location.

Over the past 7-year window. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Roosevelt Middle School has decreased 13%, going from 709 students in 2018 to 614 in 2025.

In the discussion threads here, the feed for Roosevelt Middle School typically covers fundraisers, lost-and-found posts, and report-card season. Posting is open to anyone connected to the school.