ROOSEVELT ELEMENTARY

As a medium-sized elementary campus in MANKATO, Minnesota, ROOSEVELT ELEMENTARY teaches 302 students from grades K through 5, one of the schools within MANKATO PUBLIC SCHOOL DISTRICT.

Across the 22 schools in MANKATO PUBLIC SCHOOL DISTRICT (8,219 students total), ROOSEVELT ELEMENTARY accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

On the student-mix side, ROOSEVELT ELEMENTARY shows that 69% of the student body identifies as White. Beyond that, the school shows 15% Black, 9% Hispanic, 5% multiracial. That is visibly less White than the county at large, where the share is closer to 85%.

In terms of school funding signals, On paper, ROOSEVELT ELEMENTARY has 23 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 13.4:1. The state averages about 13.7:1, putting this campus right in line with peers. About 39% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, ROOSEVELT ELEMENTARY sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 44.2%; this one delivers 56.7%.

Zooming out to the county, census data for Blue Earth County shows the typical household earns roughly $74,477 per year, about 34% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 7%. Across Blue Earth County's 31 public schools (combined enrollment of about 9,034 students), ROOSEVELT ELEMENTARY is one campus in the mix.

Nearest neighbor: MANKATO WEST SENIOR HIGH, around 0.2 miles off. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Among the 5 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), ROOSEVELT ELEMENTARY ranks 2nd on composite proficiency, above the local average of 56.6%.

Geographically, the school is in a high-density area.

Trend over the last 7 years. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at ROOSEVELT ELEMENTARY has edged down 27%, going from 412 students in 2018 to 302 in 2025. The White share of enrollment ticked down from 77% to 69% over that span. The student-to-teacher ratio fell from 14.5:1 in 2018 to 13.4:1 today.

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