Roosevelt Middle School

At 119 Frederick Street in New Bedford, Massachusetts, Roosevelt Middle School operates as a medium-sized middle school. Students in grades 6 through 8 attend the school, which enrolls 759 students. For comparison, middle schools in Massachusetts average about 547 students.

Roosevelt Middle School reports to New Bedford, which has 24 schools and 12,505 students.

Roosevelt Middle School's enrollment has no majority group, and Hispanic students are the largest at 50%. The rest of enrollment is 30% White, 16% Black, and 4% multiracial. Among all residents of Bristol County, the Hispanic share is about 10%. By the diversity index, Roosevelt Middle School comes in at 64%.

Staffing totals 75.5 full-time-equivalent teachers, and the student-to-teacher ratio is 10.1:1. That ratio is under the 11.5:1 average for middle schools in Massachusetts.

allk12 grades Roosevelt Middle School a D. The grade compares the school only with Massachusetts public middle schools, because each state gives its own test.

Roosevelt Middle School is located in Bristol County, where median household income is about $85,625, 31% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 8% of people live in poverty. Federal data list 142 public schools in Bristol County, with a combined enrollment of about 80,897.

The nearest other public school, Irwin M. Jacobs Elementary School, is about 0.2 miles away. The count of other public schools within five miles is at least 8.

Roosevelt Middle School is in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population between 100,000 and 250,000, a location NCES labels Suburb: Mid-size.

Roosevelt Middle School had 886 students in 2020-21 and 759 in 2024-25, a 14% decrease. The ratio was 11.8:1 in 2020-21 and 10.1:1 in 2024-25.

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