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What's the biggest difference between Roosevelt Elem and what you expected?
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Enrollment
420
Elementary
DISTRICT 357 · STATE 313
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·HAYS·NCES 200702001324
Roosevelt Elem
2000 MacArthur, Hays, KS 67601 · (785) 623-2520 · Ellis County
GRADES KG–05ELEMENTARY33-TOWNTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL420 STUDENTS
B-
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 54% of Kansas public elementary schools
- BTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- B-Beats 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
14.7:1
29 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 14.7:1 · STATE 13.2:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
41%
174 students
DISTRICT 43% · STATE 51%
Community
4
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Kindergarten | 74 | 18% |
| Grade 1 | 69 | 16% |
| Grade 2 | 66 | 16% |
| Grade 3 | 67 | 16% |
| Grade 4 | 75 | 18% |
| Grade 5 | 69 | 16% |
This year's kindergarten class (74) is 7% larger than its 5th grade class (69).
Student demographics
32%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 33% · 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 Hays. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
KAP 2024-25 . % Meeting + ExceedingEnglish Language Arts
50.0%
KS avg 44.5%
Math
51.7%
KS avg 38.8%
What this means: On the KAP, Kansas's statewide test, about 50 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 52 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 | 50.0% | 51.7% |
| 2023-24 | 44.8% | 48.2% |
% 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
47.7%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
42.4%
based on KS schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+5.3pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 48% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 42% 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 (47.7% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 3 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Roosevelt Elem this school | 420 | 41.4% | 47.7% |
| Union Valley Elem Hutchinson | 435 | 40.5% | 44.8% |
| Southwest Elem Pratt | 462 | 43.7% | 44.8% |
| Mulvane Elem W D Munson Mulvane | 406 | 40.1% | N/A |
| Sabetha Elementary School Sabetha | 401 | 39.9% | 53.5% |
| Cottonwood Elem Paola | 379 | 41.4% | N/A |
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 Ellis County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 47.7% | #249 of 625 | #6 of 6 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 51.7% | #192 of 625 | #3 of 6 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 50.0% | #311 of 625 | #6 of 6 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 420 | #158 of 714 | #1 of 6 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 14.7:1 | #397 of 539 | N/A |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 32.3% | #386 of 540 | N/A |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 41.4% | #457 of 658 | #3 of 6 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +9.9% | #74 of 151 | N/A |
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
420
+14 (+3%) vs 2020
-1% since 1990-91, when it was 423
Student : Teacher
14.7:1
was 15.6:1
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 | 420 | 28.5 | 14.7:1 | 41% (174) |
| 2023-24 | 395 | 29.5 | 13.4:1 | 38% (151) |
| 2022-23 | 385 | 23.5 | 16.4:1 | 41% (159) |
| 2020-21 | 406 | 26 | 15.6:1 | 40% (163) |
| 2017-18 | 382 | 28 | 13.6:1 | 38% (147) |
| 2015-16 | 411 | 27 | 15.2:1 | 45% (185) |
| 2010-11 | 399 | 25 | 16.0:1 | 44% (175) |
| 2000-01 | 397 | 29 | 13.7:1 | 30% (118) |
| 1990-91 | 423 | 25 | 16.9:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Roosevelt Elem.
Since 2017-18: students up 10% (382 to 420); teachers up 2% (28 to 28.5).
About Roosevelt Elem
Roosevelt Elem is a mid-sized elementary school found in Hays, Kansas. The school covers kindergarten through 5 and reported 420 students in 2024-25. That puts enrollment 34% larger than the 313-student average for elementary schools in Kansas.
Roosevelt Elem is part of Hays, where 7 schools serve 3,434 students.
A large majority of enrollment at Roosevelt Elem is White, at 81%. It is also 12% Hispanic and 5% multiracial. On the diversity index, which measures the chance that two random students are from different groups, Roosevelt Elem scores 32%.
Roosevelt Elem reports a ratio of 14.7 students per teacher, from 28.5 full-time-equivalent teachers. The gap from the 13.2:1 average for elementary schools in Kansas is 1.6 students per teacher. Student poverty is often measured by lunch eligibility; at Roosevelt Elem, 41% qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. The figure for public schools in Ellis County is close, at 41%.
Roosevelt Elem holds a B- allk12 Grade, placing it above 54% of Kansas public elementary schools.
On the allk12 BeatsExpectations measure, Roosevelt Elem is 5.3 points above the average proficiency rate across its state test results predicted for its free or reduced-price lunch share: 47.7% actual, 42.4% predicted. That is outside both the top and bottom 10% in Kansas.
The school is in Ellis County, where the median household earns about $63,084 a year, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 39% of adults, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 11%. Roosevelt Elem shares Ellis County with 10 other public schools.
Hays High sits about 0.8 miles from Roosevelt Elem. Around the school, 6 other public schools are within five miles. Roosevelt Elem places 5th of 8 on proficiency among the closest schools that report scores.
For locale, NCES codes Roosevelt Elem as Town: Remote.
Over the 4 years from 2020-21 to 2024-25, enrollment increased 3%.
Anyone can start a thread about athletics, class schedules, and weather closures at Roosevelt Elem. Teachers and staff are welcome to share updates too.
Ellis County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
28,920
Census ACS
Median income
$63,084
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
39%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
11%
Below federal line
Schools in county
11
4,040 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Hays
- Hays HighHigh · 1,017 students
- Hays Middle SchoolMiddle · 726 students
- Kathryn O'Loughlin McCarthy ElemElementary · 371 students
- Woodrow Wilson ElemElementary · 364 students
- Lincoln ElemElementary · 274 students
- Hays Virtual SchoolCombined · 262 students
Other schools in Hays
- Hays HighHigh · 1,017 students
- Hays Middle SchoolMiddle · 726 students
- Kathryn O'Loughlin McCarthy ElemElementary · 371 students
- Woodrow Wilson ElemElementary · 364 students
- Lincoln ElemElementary · 274 students
- Hays Virtual SchoolCombined · 262 students
Other Roosevelt Elementary schools
91 other US public schools in 22 states are named Roosevelt Elementary. Roosevelt Elem is the 37th largest of the 92.
- Roosevelt ElemMcPherson, KS · 269 students
- Roosevelt ElemArkansas City, KS · 219 students
- Roosevelt ElementaryHoisington, KS · 155 students
- Roosevelt ElementaryLong Beach, CA · 785 students
- Roosevelt Elementary SchoolAllentown, PA · 631 students
Nearby schools
- Hays High0.8 mi · 1,017
- Woodrow Wilson Elem1.0 mi · 364
- Lincoln Elem1.1 mi · 274
- Hays Middle School1.2 mi · 726
- Hays Virtual School1.3 mi · 262
- Kathryn O'Loughlin McCarthy Elem1.6 mi · 371
Frequently asked questions
About Roosevelt ElemHow large is Roosevelt Elem?
Roosevelt Elem enrolls approximately 420 students in grades KG-05.
What age range does Roosevelt Elem serve?
Roosevelt Elem serves students from grade KG through grade 05.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Roosevelt Elem?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Roosevelt Elem is approximately 14.7:1 (29 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at Roosevelt Elem?
At Roosevelt Elem, the student body is approximately 81% White, 12% Hispanic, 1% Black, 0% Asian, 5% Two or more.
Who oversees Roosevelt Elem?
Roosevelt Elem is overseen by Hays in Ellis County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.