Roosevelt Middle School

As a medium-sized middle-grades school in New Bedford, Massachusetts, Roosevelt Middle School instructs 759 students from grades 6 through 8, one of the schools within New Bedford. That puts it 39% above the typical public school in Massachusetts, which averages around 547 students.

New Bedford runs 24 schools in total, collectively educating 12,505 students. Roosevelt Middle School is one of those campuses.

On the student-mix side, Roosevelt Middle School lists that 50% of students identify as Hispanic, with the remaining enrollment distributed across several groups; the rest looks like 30% White, 16% Black, 4% multiracial. That is visibly more Hispanic than the county at large, where the share is closer to 10%.

In terms of school funding signals, Staff filings list 76 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 10.1:1 students per teacher. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 11.5:1 average.

Zooming out to the county, Bristol County reports that the typical household earns roughly $85,625 per year, 31% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 8%. In all, Bristol County runs 142 public schools (combined enrollment of about 80,897 students), of which Roosevelt Middle School is one.

The closest other public school is Irwin M. Jacobs Elementary School, roughly 0.2 miles away. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools.

The campus sits in a commuter-belt setting.

Five-year trend. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Roosevelt Middle School has edged down 6%, going from 805 students in 2018 to 759 in 2025. The Hispanic share of enrollment grew from 39% to 50% over that span. The student-to-teacher ratio fell from 12.2:1 in 2018 to 10.1:1 today.

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