Enrollment
219
Elementary
DISTRICT 232 · STATE 313
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·ARKANSAS CITY·NCES 200345001237
Roosevelt Elem
300 North B, Arkansas City, KS 67005 · (620) 441-2070 · Cowley County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY32-TOWNTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL219 STUDENTS
C-
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Scored higher than 22% of Kansas public elementary schools
- C-Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- CBeats 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 Kansas public elementary schools
Student : Teacher
11.9:1
18 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 14.2:1 · STATE 13.2:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
74%
162 students
DISTRICT 66% · STATE 51%
Community
0
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other elementary schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Pre-K | 23 | 11% |
| Kindergarten | 30 | 14% |
| Grade 1 | 36 | 16% |
| Grade 2 | 27 | 12% |
| Grade 3 | 30 | 14% |
| Grade 4 | 36 | 16% |
| Grade 5 | 37 | 17% |
This year's kindergarten class (30) is 19% smaller than its 5th grade class (37).
Student demographics
60%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 59% · STATE 58% · 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
Students here typically continue to
Based on grade levels within Arkansas City. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
KAP 2024-25 . % Meeting + ExceedingEnglish Language Arts
34.9%
KS avg 44.5%
Math
29.1%
KS avg 38.8%
What this means: On the KAP, Kansas's statewide test, about 35 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 29 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Kansas schools, those numbers are about 45 and 39.
KAP results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 34.9% | 29.1% |
| 2023-24 | 23.2% | 29.4% |
% Meeting + Exceeding, all students and all tested grades. Kansas set new KAP cut scores in spring 2025, so results from 2023-24 and earlier are not comparable with later years.
Source: KAP. 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
28.9%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
26.8%
based on KS schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+2.1pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 29% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 27% typical for Kansas 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 Kansas'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 Elem
Roosevelt Elem's state test result (28.9% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Roosevelt Elem this school | 219 | 74.0% | 28.9% |
| Park Elem Great Bend | 304 | 73.4% | 29.0% |
| Frances Willard Elem Arkansas City | 281 | 77.2% | 17.0% |
| Adams Elem Arkansas City | 306 | 75.8% | 23.6% |
| Elkhart Elem Elkhart | 171 | 76.6% | 36.3% |
| Logan Ave Elem Emporia | 208 | 74.0% | 17.9% |
Matched among Kansas elementary 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 Elem ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Kansas | In Cowley County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 28.9% | #501 of 625 | #9 of 13 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 29.1% | #472 of 625 | #9 of 13 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 34.9% | #505 of 625 | #10 of 13 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 219 | #514 of 714 | #6 of 13 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 11.9:1 | #107 of 539 | #1 of 8 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 59.5% | #158 of 540 | #3 of 8 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 74.0% | #147 of 658 | #4 of 13 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -9.5% | #256 of 377 | #4 of 6 |
Ranked against other public elementary 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
219
+20 (+10%) vs 2020
+56% since 1990-91, when it was 140
Student : Teacher
11.9:1
was 12.4:1
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 | 219 | 18.4 | 11.9:1 | 74% (162) |
| 2023-24 | 218 | 14 | 15.6:1 | 79% (173) |
| 2022-23 | 208 | 15 | 13.9:1 | 80% (167) |
| 2020-21 | 199 | 16 | 12.4:1 | 77% (153) |
| 2017-18 | 242 | 16.6 | 14.6:1 | 70% (170) |
| 2015-16 | 249 | 16 | 15.6:1 | 76% (190) |
| 2010-11 | 273 | 15 | 18.2:1 | 71% (193) |
| 2000-01 | 278 | 17 | 16.4:1 | 41% (115) |
| 1990-91 | 140 | 7 | 20.0:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Roosevelt Elem.
Since 2017-18: students down 10% (242 to 219); teachers up 11% (16.6 to 18.4).
About Roosevelt Elem
Among the schools in Arkansas City, Kansas, is Roosevelt Elem, a small elementary school. Enrolled students number 219 students, in pre-K through 5. Statewide, elementary schools in Kansas average about 313 students each.
Arkansas City is responsible for 8 schools, Roosevelt Elem included, with 2,902 students in all.
The most common group at Roosevelt Elem is Hispanic students, at 47%. Other groups include 43% White, 5% multiracial, and 2% Pacific Islander. The county population is about 12% Hispanic. Roosevelt Elem's diversity index is 60%, against a US figure of 70%.
At Roosevelt Elem, 18.4 full-time-equivalent teachers work with students, a ratio of about 11.9:1. On average, elementary schools in Kansas have 13.2:1, compared with 11.9:1 here. Students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch make up 74% of enrollment. The rate at public schools in Cowley County averages 59%, lower than here.
allk12 grades Roosevelt Elem a C-. The grade compares the school only with Kansas public elementary schools, because each state gives its own test.
Roosevelt Elem sits between the top and bottom 10% of Kansas schools on BeatsExpectations, with an actual average proficiency rate on state tests of 28.9% and a predicted 26.8%.
Roosevelt Elem is located in Cowley County, where the median household income is $57,878, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 25%, and roughly 12% of residents are in poverty. Besides Roosevelt Elem, Cowley County has 21 other public schools.
The school nearest to Roosevelt Elem is Frances Willard Elem, at a distance of about 0.5 miles. A five-mile radius around the school includes 7 other public schools. Roosevelt Elem places 4th of 9 on proficiency among the closest schools that report scores.
Roosevelt Elem is in a town some distance from an urbanized area, a location NCES labels Town: Distant.
Enrollment is up 10% from 2020-21, when Roosevelt Elem had 199 students, to 2024-25, when it had 219.
Questions about enrollment questions, class placement, and PTA news can be posted here. Questions from prospective families are welcome too.
Cowley County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
34,411
Census ACS
Median income
$57,878
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
25%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
12%
Below federal line
Schools in county
22
5,714 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Arkansas City
- Arkansas City HighHigh · 885 students
- Arkansas City Middle SchMiddle · 628 students
- Adams ElemElementary · 306 students
- Frances Willard ElemElementary · 281 students
- Jefferson ElemElementary · 261 students
- I X L ElemElementary · 200 students
Other schools in Arkansas City
- Arkansas City HighHigh · 885 students
- Arkansas City Middle SchMiddle · 628 students
- Adams ElemElementary · 306 students
- Frances Willard ElemElementary · 281 students
- Jefferson ElemElementary · 261 students
- I X L ElemElementary · 200 students
Other Roosevelt Elementary schools
91 other US public schools in 22 states are named Roosevelt Elementary. Roosevelt Elem is the 80th largest of the 92.
- Roosevelt ElemHays, KS · 420 students
- Roosevelt ElemMcPherson, KS · 269 students
- Roosevelt ElementaryHoisington, KS · 155 students
- Roosevelt ElementaryLong Beach, CA · 785 students
- Roosevelt Elementary SchoolAllentown, PA · 631 students
Nearby schools
- Frances Willard Elem0.5 mi · 281
- Arkansas City Middle Sch0.9 mi · 628
- Jefferson Elem1.1 mi · 261
- Adams Elem1.1 mi · 306
- Arkansas City High1.8 mi · 885
- I X L Elem3.6 mi · 200
Frequently asked questions
About Roosevelt ElemHow many students attend Roosevelt Elem?
Roosevelt Elem enrolls approximately 219 students in grades PK-05.
What grades does Roosevelt Elem serve?
Roosevelt Elem serves grades PK-05.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Roosevelt Elem?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Roosevelt Elem is approximately 11.9:1 (18 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at Roosevelt Elem?
At Roosevelt Elem, the student body is approximately 43% White, 47% Hispanic, 2% Black, 5% Two or more.
Who oversees Roosevelt Elem?
Roosevelt Elem is overseen by Arkansas City in Cowley County.
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