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Teachers: what resource would make the biggest difference at Roosevelt Elementary School this year?
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Enrollment
597
Elementary
DISTRICT 524 · STATE 405
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·NEW BRUNSWICK SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 341122003472
Roosevelt Elementary School
83 LIVINGSTON AVE, NEW BRUNSWICK, NJ 08901 · (732) 745-5300 · Middlesex County
GRADES KG–05ELEMENTARY13-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL597 STUDENTS
C-
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Scored higher than 16% of New Jersey public elementary schools
- DTest 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
10.0:1
60 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 9.7:1 · STATE 11.4:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
97%
579 students
DISTRICT 92% · 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 | 80 | 13% |
| Grade 1 | 99 | 17% |
| Grade 2 | 91 | 15% |
| Grade 3 | 102 | 17% |
| Grade 4 | 103 | 17% |
| Grade 5 | 122 | 20% |
This year's kindergarten class (80) is 34% smaller than its 5th grade class (122).
Student demographics
11%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 14% · 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
Test scores
NJSLA 2024-25 . % Meeting or Exceeding ExpectationsEnglish Language Arts
20.0%
NJ avg 53.1% . +1.0pp since 2023
Math
16.0%
NJ avg 41.6% . +4.0pp since 2023
What this means: On the NJSLA, New Jersey's statewide test, about 20 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 16 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 1 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 4 points.
NJSLA results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 20.0% | 16.0% |
| 2023-24 | 19.0% | 12.0% |
% 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
14.2%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
13.1%
based on NJ schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+1.1pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 14% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 13% 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 (14.2% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Roosevelt Elementary School this school | 597 | 97.0% | 14.2% |
| Daniel F. Ryan Elementary School No. 19 Passaic | 590 | 99.8% | 19.6% |
| Paul Robeson Community School for the Arts NEW BRUNSWICK | 624 | 93.4% | 21.5% |
| Public School Number Five WEST NEW YORK | 570 | 94.2% | 31.9% |
| Sonia Sotomayor School #21 Passaic | 499 | 100.0% | 11.0% |
| Sonia Sotomayor School No 25 ELIZABETH | 591 | 90.5% | 22.2% |
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 Middlesex County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 14.2% | #1,212 of 1,290 | #110 of 111 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 16.0% | #1,202 of 1,319 ▲ 23 | #107 of 111 ▲ 2 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 20.0% | #1,227 of 1,319 ▼ 5 | #107 of 111 ▲ 1 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 597 | #232 of 1,562 | #25 of 130 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 10.0:1 | #346 of 1,390 | #32 of 120 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 11.5% | #1,361 of 1,392 | #114 of 121 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 97.0% | #17 of 1,481 | #2 of 128 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -22.7% | #128 of 798 | #23 of 84 |
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
597
-93 (-13%) vs 2020
-10% since 1990-91, when it was 664
Student : Teacher
10.0:1
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 | 597 | 59.5 | 10.0:1 | 97% (579) |
| 2023-24 | 620 | 65 | 9.5:1 | 73% (453) |
| 2022-23 | 609 | 62 | 9.8:1 | 78% (472) |
| 2020-21 | 690 | 60 | 11.5:1 | 98% (673) |
| 2017-18 | 772 | 66.1 | 11.7:1 | 56% (433) |
| 2015-16 | 895 | 70 | 12.8:1 | 62% (557) |
| 2010-11 | 803 | 59 | 13.6:1 | 93% (750) |
| 2000-01 | 713 | 55 | 13.0:1 | 81% (577) |
| 1990-91 | 664 | 47 | 14.1:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Roosevelt Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students down 23% (772 to 597); teachers down 10% (66.1 to 59.5).
About Roosevelt Elementary School
Roosevelt Elementary School is a medium-sized elementary school serving families in NEW BRUNSWICK, New Jersey. The school's enrollment of 597 students covers kindergarten through 5. Statewide, elementary schools in New Jersey average about 405 students each.
The 13 schools in New Brunswick School District enroll 8,337 students altogether, Roosevelt Elementary School among them.
Hispanic students are the large majority at Roosevelt Elementary School, with 94% of enrollment. Enrollment also includes 5% Black. Among people living in Middlesex County, the Hispanic share is about 24%. Roosevelt Elementary School has a diversity index of 11%, compared with 70% for all US public school students.
The ratio of students to teachers is 10.0:1, with 59.5 full-time-equivalent teachers on staff. The 11.4:1 average for elementary schools in New Jersey is higher than this school's figure. Lunch subsidy eligibility at Roosevelt Elementary School is 97%. The gap from the 42% average for public schools in Middlesex County is 55 points.
Measured against New Jersey public elementary schools, Roosevelt Elementary School receives a C-. 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 sits between the top and bottom 10% of New Jersey schools on BeatsExpectations, with an actual average proficiency rate on state tests of 14.2% and a predicted 13.1%.
Middlesex County has about 871,290 residents, and median household income is about $111,549, 46% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 6% of people live in poverty. The public schools of Middlesex County number 214 and enroll about 129,255.
The nearest other public school, New Brunswick Adult High School, is about 0.3 miles away. In all, at least 8 other public schools sit within five miles of Roosevelt Elementary School. Among the 8 closest schools with test data, this one included, Roosevelt Elementary School ranks 7th on average proficiency.
Roosevelt Elementary School is inside a principal city with a population under 100,000, a location NCES labels City: Small.
Enrollment was 690 in 2020-21 and 597 in 2024-25, a decrease of 93 students. Federal data show the ratio falling from 11.5:1 to 10.0:1.
Discussion on this page can cover school safety, transportation, and start times. Reviews and ratings from people who know the school are welcome.
Middlesex County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
871,290
Census ACS
Median income
$111,549
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
46%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
6%
Below federal line
Schools in county
214
129,255 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in New Brunswick School District
- New Brunswick High SchoolHigh · 2,443 students
- New Brunswick Middle SchoolMiddle · 829 students
- Blanquita B. Valenti Community SchoolElementary · 810 students
- A Chester Redshaw SchoolElementary · 678 students
- Paul Robeson Community School for the ArtsElementary · 624 students
- Mckinley Community SchoolElementary · 524 students
Other schools in NEW BRUNSWICK
- New Brunswick High SchoolHigh · 2,443 students
- New Brunswick Middle SchoolMiddle · 829 students
- Blanquita B. Valenti Community SchoolElementary · 810 students
- A Chester Redshaw SchoolElementary · 678 students
- Paul Robeson Community School for the ArtsElementary · 624 students
- Mckinley Community SchoolElementary · 524 students
Other Roosevelt Elementary schools
91 other US public schools in 22 states are named Roosevelt Elementary. Roosevelt Elementary School is the 7th largest of the 92.
- Roosevelt Elementary SchoolRAHWAY, NJ · 608 students
- Roosevelt Elementary SchoolHAWTHORNE, NJ · 521 students
- Roosevelt Elementary SchoolSOUTH PLAINFIELD, NJ · 472 students
- Roosevelt Elementary SchoolKEARNY, NJ · 428 students
- Roosevelt Elementary SchoolRIDGEFIELD PARK, NJ · 334 students
Nearby schools
- New Brunswick Adult High School0.3 mi · 85
- Lord Stirling Community School0.4 mi · 436
- A Chester Redshaw School0.4 mi · 678
- Livingston Elementary School0.5 mi · 342
- Blanquita B. Valenti Community School0.5 mi · 810
- Paul Robeson Community School for the Arts0.5 mi · 624
Frequently asked questions
About Roosevelt Elementary SchoolHow many students attend Roosevelt Elementary School?
Roosevelt Elementary School enrolls approximately 597 students in grades KG-05.
What grades does Roosevelt Elementary School serve?
Roosevelt Elementary School serves grades KG-05.
How many students per teacher at Roosevelt Elementary School?
Approximately 10.0:1 students per teacher at Roosevelt Elementary School.
What is the student diversity at Roosevelt Elementary School?
Student demographics at Roosevelt Elementary School are roughly 1% White, 94% Hispanic, 5% Black, 0% Two or more.
Who oversees Roosevelt Elementary School?
Roosevelt Elementary School is overseen by New Brunswick School District in Middlesex County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.