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Does Roosevelt Elementary School have enough mental health and stress support?
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Enrollment
521
Elementary
DISTRICT 346 · STATE 405
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·HAWTHORNE PUBLIC SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 340699004812
Roosevelt Elementary School
50 ROOSEVELT AVENUE, HAWTHORNE, NJ 07506 · (973) 423-6485 · Passaic County
GRADES KG–05ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL521 STUDENTS
B-
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Scored higher than 53% of New Jersey public elementary schools
- B-Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- B-Beats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
Grades compare a school only with schools in the same state, because every state gives its own test. How grades work · Top-graded New Jersey public elementary schools
Student : Teacher
10.1:1
52 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 10.5:1 · STATE 11.4:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
42%
221 students
DISTRICT 41% · STATE 41%
Community
1
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Kindergarten | 78 | 15% |
| Grade 1 | 82 | 16% |
| Grade 2 | 97 | 19% |
| Grade 3 | 84 | 16% |
| Grade 4 | 97 | 19% |
| Grade 5 | 83 | 16% |
This year's kindergarten class (78) is 6% smaller than its 5th grade class (83).
Student demographics
58%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 59% · STATE 71% · 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
School pathway
Students here typically continue to
Based on grade levels within Hawthorne Public School District. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
NJSLA 2024-25 . % Meeting or Exceeding ExpectationsEnglish Language Arts
58.8%
NJ avg 53.1% . +1.6pp since 2023
Math
49.8%
NJ avg 41.6% . +11.4pp since 2023
What this means: On the NJSLA, New Jersey's statewide test, about 59 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 50 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all New Jersey schools, those numbers are about 53 and 42. Reading and writing scores are up about 2 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 11 points.
NJSLA results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 58.8% | 49.8% |
| 2023-24 | 57.2% | 38.4% |
% Meeting or Exceeding Expectations, all students and all tested grades.
Source: NJSLA. 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
45.9%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
42.9%
based on NJ schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+2.9pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 46% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 43% typical for New Jersey 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 New Jersey'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 School
Roosevelt Elementary School's state test result (45.9% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Roosevelt Elementary School this school | 521 | 42.4% | 45.9% |
| Keyport Central School KEYPORT | 605 | 47.3% | 40.5% |
| Carlstadt Public School CARLSTADT | 478 | 43.5% | 49.1% |
| Mansfield Township Elementary PORT MURRAY | 570 | 46.0% | 38.4% |
| Francis A. Desmares Elementary School FLEMINGTON | 421 | 45.1% | 50.7% |
| Roosevelt Elementary School KEARNY | 428 | 50.2% | 45.1% |
Matched among New Jersey 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 School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In New Jersey | In Passaic County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 45.9% | #620 of 1,290 | #25 of 87 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 49.8% | #587 of 1,319 ▲ 182 | #25 of 87 ▲ 8 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 58.8% | #513 of 1,319 ▲ 13 | #20 of 87 ▼ 1 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 521 | #360 of 1,562 | #23 of 100 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 10.1:1 | #364 of 1,390 | #16 of 89 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 58.4% | #565 of 1,392 | #22 of 89 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 42.4% | #700 of 1,481 | #66 of 97 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -1.3% | #763 of 798 | #64 of 66 |
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
521
+10 (+2%) vs 2020
+38% since 1990-91, when it was 378
Student : Teacher
10.1:1
was 11.6:1
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 | 521 | 51.7 | 10.1:1 | 42% (221) |
| 2023-24 | 539 | 51.1 | 10.6:1 | 31% (169) |
| 2022-23 | 545 | 52.2 | 10.4:1 | 32% (175) |
| 2020-21 | 511 | 44 | 11.6:1 | 29% (147) |
| 2017-18 | 528 | 43 | 12.3:1 | 25% (131) |
| 2015-16 | 558 | 40 | 13.9:1 | 24% (136) |
| 2010-11 | 592 | 32 | 18.5:1 | 18% (109) |
| 2000-01 | 464 | 24 | 19.3:1 | 11% (50) |
| 1990-91 | 378 | 22 | 17.2:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Roosevelt Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students down 1% (528 to 521); teachers up 20% (43 to 51.7).
About Roosevelt Elementary School
Roosevelt Elementary School is a mid-sized elementary school in Hawthorne Public School District, located in HAWTHORNE, New Jersey. It had 521 students in 2024-25, spanning kindergarten through 5. By comparison, elementary schools in New Jersey enroll about 405 students on average.
The district for Roosevelt Elementary School is Hawthorne Public School District, with 5 schools and 2,129 students.
About 49% of students at Roosevelt Elementary School are Hispanic, the largest single group. It is also 42% White, 4% multiracial, 3% Black, and 3% Asian. On a 0 to 100 scale, the school's diversity index is 58, compared with 70 nationally.
Its ratio of 10.1:1 is based on 51.7 full-time-equivalent teachers. Statewide, elementary schools in New Jersey average 11.4:1. The share of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch is 42%. Public schools in Passaic County average 61%.
On the allk12 Grade, Roosevelt Elementary School lands at B-, ahead of 53% of New Jersey public elementary schools.
Roosevelt Elementary School sits between the top and bottom 10% of New Jersey schools on BeatsExpectations, with an actual average proficiency rate across its state test results of 45.9% and a predicted 42.9%.
The school's county is Passaic County. According to Census Bureau estimates, the median household earns about $87,522 a year, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 31% of adults, and the poverty rate is about 11%. Roosevelt Elementary School shares Passaic County with 154 other public schools.
Thomas Jefferson Elementary School is the nearest public school to Roosevelt Elementary School, about 0.4 miles away. Other public schools within five miles number at least 8. The nearest schools with test data average 53.8%, higher than Roosevelt Elementary School's 45.9%.
The federal government classifies Roosevelt Elementary School's location as Suburb: Large.
Enrollment at Roosevelt Elementary School was 511 in 2020-21 and 521 in 2024-25, a change of less than 3%. The number of students per teacher dropped from 11.6 to 10.1 over 4 years.
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Passaic County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
521,012
Census ACS
Median income
$87,522
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
31%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
11%
Below federal line
Schools in county
155
83,237 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Hawthorne Public School District
- Hawthorne High SchoolHigh · 569 students
- Lincoln Middle SchoolMiddle · 522 students
- Thomas Jefferson Elementary SchoolElementary · 264 students
- Washington Elementary SchoolElementary · 253 students
Other schools in HAWTHORNE
- Hawthorne High SchoolHigh · 569 students
- Lincoln Middle SchoolMiddle · 522 students
- Thomas Jefferson Elementary SchoolElementary · 264 students
- Washington Elementary SchoolElementary · 253 students
Other Roosevelt Elementary schools
91 other US public schools in 22 states are named Roosevelt Elementary. Roosevelt Elementary School is the 20th largest of the 92.
- Roosevelt Elementary SchoolRAHWAY, NJ · 608 students
- Roosevelt Elementary SchoolNEW BRUNSWICK, NJ · 597 students
- Roosevelt Elementary SchoolSOUTH PLAINFIELD, NJ · 472 students
- Roosevelt Elementary SchoolKEARNY, NJ · 428 students
- Roosevelt Elementary SchoolRIDGEFIELD PARK, NJ · 334 students
Nearby schools
- Thomas Jefferson Elementary School0.4 mi · 264
- Hawthorne High School0.9 mi · 569
- Lincoln Middle School1.0 mi · 522
- Richard E Byrd School1.0 mi · 246
- Calvin Coolidge Elementary School1.2 mi · 316
- Memorial Elementary School1.5 mi · 349
Frequently asked questions
About Roosevelt Elementary SchoolWhat is the total enrollment at Roosevelt Elementary School?
Roosevelt Elementary School enrolls approximately 521 students in grades KG-05.
What age range does Roosevelt Elementary School serve?
Roosevelt Elementary School serves students from grade KG through grade 05.
How many students per teacher at Roosevelt Elementary School?
Approximately 10.1:1 students per teacher at Roosevelt Elementary School.
What is the racial breakdown of students at Roosevelt Elementary School?
At Roosevelt Elementary School, the student body is approximately 42% White, 49% Hispanic, 3% Black, 3% Asian, 4% Two or more.
Who oversees Roosevelt Elementary School?
Roosevelt Elementary School is overseen by Hawthorne Public School District in Passaic County.
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