Roosevelt Elementary School

Located at 517 N 17th St, in Council Bluffs, Iowa, Roosevelt Elementary School is an average-sized elementary school that educates 455 students (grades pre-K through 5), overseen by Council Bluffs Comm School District. Compared to the state average of about 325 students per school, that is 40% above typical.

Council Bluffs Comm School District comprises 15 schools with combined enrollment of 8,299 students; Roosevelt Elementary School is among them.

For racial and ethnic makeup, Roosevelt Elementary School records that 70% of the student body identifies as White. The remainder reads as 18% Hispanic, 5% multiracial, 5% Black. That is considerably less White than the county at large, where the share is closer to 88%.

On the resource side, Roosevelt Elementary School shows 34 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 13.3:1. That tracks the state average closely. Around 45% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment.

With demographic context factored in, On a poverty-adjusted basis, Roosevelt Elementary School sits in the bottom 10% statewide. Predicted proficiency from the FRL regression is roughly 69.6%; actual is 54.4%, a gap of -15.2 points.

In the area at large, Pottawattamie County reports that median household earnings sit near $73,602, roughly 24% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 8%. In all, Pottawattamie County runs 35 public schools (combined enrollment of about 15,270 students), of which Roosevelt Elementary School is one.

Nearest neighbor: Woodrow Wilson Middle School, around 0.3 miles off. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Roosevelt Elementary School at 7th of 8; the average score across the group is 58.2%.

The campus sits in a suburban setting.

Looking at the recent track record. Over the past 7-year window, the student count fell 7%: 487 students in 2018 compared to 455 in 2025. The student-to-teacher ratio narrowed from 15.7:1 in 2018 to 13.3:1 today.

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