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What's the biggest difference between Roosevelt Elementary School and what you expected?
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Enrollment
428
Elementary
DISTRICT 560 · STATE 405
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·KEARNY·NCES 340789002874
Roosevelt Elementary School
733 KEARNY AVE, KEARNY, NJ 07032 · (201) 955-5100 · Hudson County
GRADES PK–06ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL428 STUDENTS
B
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Scored higher than 59% 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.
- ·Three-year trend Not available for this school, so the grade uses the other parts.
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
10.7:1
40 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 10.4:1 · STATE 11.4:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
50%
215 students
DISTRICT 70% · 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Pre-K | 41 | 10% |
| Kindergarten | 43 | 10% |
| Grade 1 | 61 | 14% |
| Grade 2 | 60 | 14% |
| Grade 3 | 59 | 14% |
| Grade 4 | 48 | 11% |
| Grade 5 | 60 | 14% |
| Grade 6 | 56 | 13% |
This year's kindergarten class (43) is 23% smaller than its 6th grade class (56).
Student demographics
57%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 46% · 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 Kearny. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
NJSLA 2024-25 . % Meeting or Exceeding ExpectationsEnglish Language Arts
48.9%
NJ avg 53.1% . -0.9pp since 2023
Math
46.4%
NJ avg 41.6% . +4.7pp since 2023
What this means: On the NJSLA, New Jersey's statewide test, about 49 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 46 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all New Jersey schools, those numbers are about 53 and 42. Reading and writing scores have held steady since 2023, while math scores are up about 5 points.
NJSLA results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 48.9% | 46.4% |
| 2023-24 | 49.8% | 41.7% |
% 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
45.1%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
38.7%
based on NJ schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+6.5pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 45% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 39% 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 (45.1% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 3 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Roosevelt Elementary School this school | 428 | 50.2% | 45.1% |
| Charles Olbon School Woodland Park | 404 | 52.5% | N/A |
| Belmar Elementary BELMAR | 400 | 56.0% | 46.3% |
| Alfred Vail School MORRIS PLAINS | 342 | 49.1% | N/A |
| John F. Kennedy Elementary School JAMESBURG | 477 | 57.0% | 30.0% |
| School #5 CLIFTON | 398 | 53.5% | 32.9% |
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 Hudson County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 45.1% | #633 of 1,290 | #19 of 84 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 46.4% | #660 of 1,319 ▲ 54 | #21 of 84 no change |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 48.9% | #738 of 1,319 ▼ 65 | #37 of 84 ▼ 7 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 428 | #609 of 1,562 | #62 of 88 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 10.7:1 | #538 of 1,390 | #27 of 87 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 57.4% | #599 of 1,392 | #43 of 87 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 50.2% | #574 of 1,481 | #73 of 88 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -2.1% | #736 of 798 | #57 of 61 |
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
428
+49 (+13%) vs 2020
+27% since 1990-91, when it was 337
Student : Teacher
10.7:1
was 11.5:1
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 | 428 | 40 | 10.7:1 | 50% (215) |
| 2023-24 | 424 | 37 | 11.5:1 | 46% (193) |
| 2022-23 | 441 | 37 | 11.9:1 | 39% (170) |
| 2020-21 | 379 | 33 | 11.5:1 | 32% (120) |
| 2017-18 | 437 | 36.5 | 12.0:1 | 34% (150) |
| 2015-16 | 476 | 34 | 14.0:1 | 36% (171) |
| 2010-11 | 380 | 26 | 14.6:1 | 23% (87) |
| 2000-01 | 337 | 19 | 17.7:1 | 15% (49) |
| 1990-91 | 337 | 23 | 14.7:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Roosevelt Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students down 2% (437 to 428); teachers up 10% (36.5 to 40).
About Roosevelt Elementary School
KEARNY, New Jersey, is home to Roosevelt Elementary School, a medium-sized elementary school. The school's enrollment of 428 students covers pre-K through 6.
Kearny has 7 schools and 5,388 students, and Roosevelt Elementary School is one of those schools.
Hispanic students account for 52% of enrollment at Roosevelt Elementary School. Other groups include 39% White, 4% multiracial, and 3% Asian. The county population is about 41% Hispanic. By the diversity index, Roosevelt Elementary School comes in at 57%.
The school has about 10.7 students per teacher and 40 full-time-equivalent teachers. The average ratio among elementary schools in New Jersey is 11.4:1, higher than at this school. About 50% of enrolled students meet the income rules for free or reduced-price lunch. That is 18 points below the 68% average for public schools in Hudson County.
Measured against New Jersey public elementary schools, Roosevelt Elementary School receives a B. The grade weighs proficiency most heavily, then how results compare with what the school's low-income share predicts, then the three-year change.
Roosevelt Elementary School's average proficiency rate on state tests of 45.1% is 6.5 points above the 38.7% the model predicts from its lunch-eligibility share.
Recent Census Bureau figures for Hudson County show that median household income is about $91,795, about 49% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and roughly 11% of residents are in poverty. Roosevelt Elementary School is one of 130 public schools in Hudson County, which together enroll about 86,216 students.
The nearest other public school, Schuyler Elementary School, is about 0.5 miles away. The count of other public schools within five miles is at least 8. On average proficiency, Roosevelt Elementary School is 4th of 8 nearby schools with test data.
The school is in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more, according to its NCES locale (Suburb: Large).
Between 2020-21 and 2024-25, the student count climbed from 379 to 428.
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Hudson County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
718,323
Census ACS
Median income
$91,795
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
49%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
11%
Below federal line
Schools in county
130
86,216 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Kearny
- Kearny High SchoolHigh · 1,825 students
- Franklin Elementary SchoolElementary · 950 students
- Lincoln Middle SchoolMiddle · 763 students
- Washington Elementary SchoolElementary · 557 students
- Schuyler Elementary SchoolElementary · 437 students
- Garfield Elementary SchoolElementary · 428 students
Other schools in KEARNY
- Kearny High SchoolHigh · 1,825 students
- Franklin Elementary SchoolElementary · 950 students
- Hudson Arts and Science Charter SchoolElementary · 848 students
- Lincoln Middle SchoolMiddle · 763 students
- Washington Elementary SchoolElementary · 557 students
- Schuyler Elementary SchoolElementary · 437 students
Other Roosevelt Elementary schools
91 other US public schools in 22 states are named Roosevelt Elementary. Roosevelt Elementary School is the 36th largest of the 92.
- Roosevelt Elementary SchoolRAHWAY, NJ · 608 students
- Roosevelt Elementary SchoolNEW BRUNSWICK, NJ · 597 students
- Roosevelt Elementary SchoolHAWTHORNE, NJ · 521 students
- Roosevelt Elementary SchoolSOUTH PLAINFIELD, NJ · 472 students
- Roosevelt Elementary SchoolRIDGEFIELD PARK, NJ · 334 students
Nearby schools
- Schuyler Elementary School0.5 mi · 437
- Hudson Arts and Science Charter School0.5 mi · 848
- Lincoln Middle School0.5 mi · 763
- Veterans Middle School0.5 mi · 426
- Susan B. Anthony Elementary School0.6 mi · 297
- Thomas Jefferson Elementary School0.7 mi · 164
Frequently asked questions
About Roosevelt Elementary SchoolHow many students attend Roosevelt Elementary School?
Roosevelt Elementary School enrolls approximately 428 students in grades PK-06.
What age range does Roosevelt Elementary School serve?
Roosevelt Elementary School serves students from grade PK through grade 06.
How many teachers does Roosevelt Elementary School have?
Roosevelt Elementary School employs 40 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 10.7:1.
What is the student diversity at Roosevelt Elementary School?
Student demographics at Roosevelt Elementary School are roughly 39% White, 52% Hispanic, 1% Black, 3% Asian, 4% Two or more.
What district is Roosevelt Elementary School in?
Roosevelt Elementary School is part of Kearny.
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