Roosevelt Elementary School

Set in ZEELAND, Michigan, Roosevelt Elementary School is a modestly sized elementary-level community, one of the schools within Zeeland Public Schools. It educates 261 students across grades K through 5. Enrollment runs roughly 29% smaller than the state mean of about 369.

Roosevelt Elementary School is one of 12 schools operated by Zeeland Public Schools, a district that instructs 5,777 students overall.

For racial and ethnic makeup, Roosevelt Elementary School reports that White students make up the majority at 59%. The remainder reads as 30% Hispanic, 6% multiracial, 5% Asian. The wider county runs roughly 84% White, putting the school's mix meaningfully less White than the area baseline.

In terms of school funding signals, On paper, Roosevelt Elementary School has 22 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 12.0:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 15.8:1, putting Roosevelt Elementary School tighter than the state norm the norm. An estimated 43% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. That share is above Ottawa County's rate of about 34%.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, Roosevelt Elementary School sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 47.4%; this one delivers 50.7%.

In the area at large, community-level numbers for Ottawa County indicate median household income runs about $90,502, 39% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 4%. Across Ottawa County's 103 public schools (combined enrollment of about 42,894 students), Roosevelt Elementary School is one campus in the mix.

The closest other public school is Zeeland Quest, roughly 0.0 miles away. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Roosevelt Elementary School. On composite proficiency, Roosevelt Elementary School comes 6th of 6 in the immediate cluster, behind the nearby-schools average of 58.3%.

The campus sits in a residential setting.

Trend over the last 7 years. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Roosevelt Elementary School has declined 3%, going from 270 students in 2018 to 261 in 2025. The White share of enrollment contracted from 70% to 59% over that span. The student-to-teacher ratio fell from 13.3:1 in 2018 to 12.0:1 today.

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