Roosevelt Elementary School

Set in RAHWAY, New Jersey, Roosevelt Elementary School is a high-enrollment elementary-level community, run under Rahway Public School District. It teaches 608 students across grades pre-K through 6. Compared to the state average of about 405 students per school, that is 50% bigger than typical.

Roosevelt Elementary School is one of 6 schools operated by Rahway Public School District, a district that hosts 4,090 students overall.

On demographics, Roosevelt Elementary School shows that the largest single group is Hispanic at 50%, but no single group is in the majority. The remainder breaks down as 28% Black, 15% White, 4% multiracial, 2% Asian. That is considerably more Hispanic than the county at large, where the share is closer to 35%.

In terms of school funding signals, On paper, Roosevelt Elementary School has 54 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 11.4:1. That tracks the state average closely. An estimated 59% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, Roosevelt Elementary School performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 33.8%, the actual is 24.1%, a residual of -9.8 points.

Across the wider county, the surrounding county (Union County) records that the typical household earns roughly $103,202 per year, 39% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 7%. In all, Union County runs 180 public schools (combined enrollment of about 99,046 students), of which Roosevelt Elementary School is one.

Madison Elementary School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.5 miles from this campus. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Roosevelt Elementary School at 7th of 9; the average score across the group is 32.7%.

The campus sits in a suburban setting.

Looking at the recent track record. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Roosevelt Elementary School has showed little movement, going from 608 students in 2018 to 608 in 2025. Over the same period, the Hispanic share ticked up from 43% to 50%.

On the community side, recent activity here tends to focus on sports schedules, lunch menu changes, and school spirit week. Anyone with firsthand experience at this school can post or comment.