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Enrollment
473
Elementary
DISTRICT 273 · STATE 344
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·FARIBAULT PUBLIC SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 271176002675
ROOSEVELT ELEMENTARY
925 PARSHALL ST, FARIBAULT, MN 55021 · (507) 333-6700 · Rice County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY32-TOWNTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL473 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
13.8:1
34 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 51.3:1 · STATE 13.7:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
73%
345 students
DISTRICT 69% · STATE 48%
Community
5
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 | 72 | 15% |
| Kindergarten | 85 | 18% |
| Grade 1 | 68 | 14% |
| Grade 2 | 67 | 14% |
| Grade 3 | 76 | 16% |
| Grade 4 | 48 | 10% |
| Grade 5 | 57 | 12% |
This year's kindergarten class (85) is 49% larger than its 5th grade class (57).
Student demographics
67%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 70% · STATE 60% · 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
Test scores
MCA 2024-25 . % Meets or Exceeds StandardsEnglish Language Arts
42.6%
MN avg 49.7%
Math
22.1%
MN avg 45.3%
What this means: On the MCA, Minnesota's statewide test, about 43 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 22 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Minnesota schools, those numbers are about 50 and 45.
Source: MCA. 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
32.2%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
25.9%
based on MN schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+6.4pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 32% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 26% typical for Minnesota 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 Minnesota'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 ELEMENTARY
ROOSEVELT ELEMENTARY's state test result (32.2% proficient) is higher than 5 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| ROOSEVELT ELEMENTARY this school | 473 | 72.9% | 32.2% |
| LINCOLN ELEMENTARY FARIBAULT | 391 | 75.2% | 21.1% |
| Kennedy Elementary WILLMAR | 672 | 68.5% | 28.9% |
| Sky Oaks Elementary BURNSVILLE | 524 | 74.0% | 22.4% |
| Lyndale Elementary MINNEAPOLIS | 466 | 79.2% | 27.9% |
| Lakeland Elementary School WILLMAR | 623 | 72.2% | 22.5% |
Matched among Minnesota 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 ELEMENTARY ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Minnesota | In Rice County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 32.2% | #648 of 844 | #6 of 9 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 22.1% | #739 of 844 | #6 of 9 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 42.6% | #548 of 844 | #6 of 9 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 473 | #340 of 1,130 | #3 of 12 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 13.8:1 | #409 of 769 | #6 of 8 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 66.9% | #185 of 796 | #3 of 8 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 72.9% | #140 of 942 | #3 of 10 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +3.1% | #192 of 244 | 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
473
+52 (+12%) vs 2020
-9% since 2000-01, when it was 517
Student : Teacher
13.8:1
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 | 473 | 34.3 | 13.8:1 | 73% (345) |
| 2023-24 | 418 | 35.9 | 11.7:1 | 79% (330) |
| 2022-23 | 425 | 32.2 | 13.2:1 | 78% (333) |
| 2020-21 | 421 | 34 | 12.4:1 | 73% (308) |
| 2017-18 | 459 | 37.3 | 12.3:1 | 74% (338) |
| 2015-16 | 502 | 43 | 11.7:1 | 67% (336) |
| 2010-11 | 590 | 39 | 15.1:1 | 63% (371) |
| 2000-01 | 517 | 29 | 17.8:1 | 34% (178) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for ROOSEVELT ELEMENTARY.
Since 2017-18: students up 3% (459 to 473); teachers down 8% (37.3 to 34.3).
About ROOSEVELT ELEMENTARY
Students in FARIBAULT, Minnesota, attend ROOSEVELT ELEMENTARY, a mid-sized elementary school. It enrolls 473 students in 2024-25. The grades offered are pre-K through 5. That puts enrollment 38% bigger than the 344-student average for elementary schools in Minnesota.
FARIBAULT PUBLIC SCHOOL DISTRICT has 10 schools and 3,106 students, and ROOSEVELT ELEMENTARY is one of those schools.
No group is above 50% at ROOSEVELT ELEMENTARY; the largest is Hispanic, at 45%. The school is also 31% White, 19% Black, and 5% multiracial. The Hispanic share of the county population is lower, at 11%. On the diversity index, which measures the chance that two random students are from different groups, ROOSEVELT ELEMENTARY scores 67%.
The school has 34.3 full-time-equivalent teachers and a ratio of 13.8 students per teacher. The average ratio among elementary schools in Minnesota is similar, at 13.7:1. Of all students at ROOSEVELT ELEMENTARY, 73% are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. That is higher than the 46% average for public schools in Rice County.
A school with ROOSEVELT ELEMENTARY's lunch-eligibility share in Minnesota is predicted to score 25.9%. ROOSEVELT ELEMENTARY scores 32.2%, 6.4 points above that line.
In the surrounding county, Rice County, median household income comes to about $83,181, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 30% of adults, and the poverty rate is about 7%. The county has 40 public schools and about 8,301 students.
ROOSEVELT ELEMENTARY is about 0.4 miles from Minnesota State Academy for Deaf, its nearest public school. Within five miles are at least 8 other public schools. Its average proficiency rate of 32.2% is above the 22.7% average for nearby schools.
NCES lists the school's locale as Town: Distant. That means it sits in a town some distance from an urbanized area.
Enrollment in 2024-25 stood at 473, compared with 421 in 2020-21. Federal data show the ratio rising from 12.4:1 to 13.8:1.
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Rice County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
67,917
Census ACS
Median income
$83,181
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
30%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
7%
Below federal line
Schools in county
40
8,301 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in FARIBAULT PUBLIC SCHOOL DISTRICT
- FARIBAULT SENIOR HIGHHigh · 956 students
- FARIBAULT MIDDLEMiddle · 594 students
- LINCOLN ELEMENTARYElementary · 391 students
- JEFFERSON ELEMENTARYElementary · 389 students
- FARIBAULT AREA LEARNING CENTERHigh · 118 students
- EARLY CHILDHOOD SPECIAL EDUCATIONElementary · 78 students
Other schools in FARIBAULT
- FARIBAULT SENIOR HIGHHigh · 956 students
- FARIBAULT MIDDLEMiddle · 594 students
- LINCOLN ELEMENTARYElementary · 391 students
- JEFFERSON ELEMENTARYElementary · 389 students
- CANNON RIVER STEM SCHOOLElementary · 224 students
- FARIBAULT AREA LEARNING CENTERHigh · 118 students
Other Roosevelt Elementary schools
91 other US public schools in 22 states are named Roosevelt Elementary. ROOSEVELT ELEMENTARY is the 29th largest of the 92.
- Roosevelt ElementaryWILLMAR, MN · 580 students
- ROOSEVELT ELEMENTARYDETROIT LAKES, MN · 562 students
- ROOSEVELT ELEMENTARYMANKATO, MN · 302 students
- Roosevelt ElementaryLong Beach, CA · 785 students
- Roosevelt Elementary SchoolAllentown, PA · 631 students
Nearby schools
- Minnesota State Academy for Deaf0.4 mi · 88
- Discovery Public School - Faribault0.5 mi · 45
- Minnesota State Academy for Blind1.0 mi · 46
- CANNON RIVER STEM SCHOOL1.0 mi · 224
- McKinley PreK1.1 mi · 36
- Surad Academy1.5 mi · 77
Frequently asked questions
About ROOSEVELT ELEMENTARYHow large is ROOSEVELT ELEMENTARY?
ROOSEVELT ELEMENTARY enrolls approximately 473 students in grades PK-05.
Is ROOSEVELT ELEMENTARY an elementary, middle, or high school?
ROOSEVELT ELEMENTARY is an elementary school covering grades PK-05.
What is the student-teacher ratio at ROOSEVELT ELEMENTARY?
The student-to-teacher ratio at ROOSEVELT ELEMENTARY is approximately 13.8:1 (34 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at ROOSEVELT ELEMENTARY?
At ROOSEVELT ELEMENTARY, the student body is approximately 31% White, 45% Hispanic, 19% Black, 1% Asian, 5% Two or more.
Is ROOSEVELT ELEMENTARY public or private?
ROOSEVELT ELEMENTARY is a public K-12 school, overseen by FARIBAULT PUBLIC SCHOOL DISTRICT.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.