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How has Roosevelt Elementary School changed in the last five years, for better or worse?
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Enrollment
608
Elementary
DISTRICT 526 · STATE 405
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·RAHWAY PUBLIC SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 341353005646
Roosevelt Elementary School
811 ST GEORGE AVE, RAHWAY, NJ 07065 · (732) 396-1060 · Union County
GRADES PK–06ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL608 STUDENTS
D
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 9% of New Jersey public elementary schools
- C-Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- DBeats 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
11.4:1
54 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 12.3:1 · STATE 11.4:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
59%
359 students
DISTRICT 62% · 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 | 44 | 7% |
| Kindergarten | 80 | 13% |
| Grade 1 | 86 | 14% |
| Grade 2 | 77 | 13% |
| Grade 3 | 82 | 13% |
| Grade 4 | 81 | 13% |
| Grade 5 | 83 | 14% |
| Grade 6 | 75 | 12% |
This year's kindergarten class (80) is 7% larger than its 6th grade class (75).
Student demographics
65%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 64% · 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 Rahway Public School District. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
NJSLA 2024-25 . % Meeting or Exceeding ExpectationsEnglish Language Arts
35.4%
NJ avg 53.1% . -2.0pp since 2023
Math
14.5%
NJ avg 41.6% . -5.0pp since 2023
What this means: On the NJSLA, New Jersey's statewide test, about 35 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 15 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all New Jersey schools, those numbers are about 53 and 42. Reading and writing scores are down about 2 points since 2023, while math scores are down about 5 points.
NJSLA results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 35.4% | 14.5% |
| 2023-24 | 37.4% | 19.5% |
% 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
24.1%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
33.8%
based on NJ schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-9.8pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 24% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 34% 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 (24.1% proficient) is higher than 0 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Roosevelt Elementary School this school | 608 | 59.0% | 24.1% |
| Fairmount HACKENSACK | 621 | 56.4% | 31.8% |
| Fairview Elementary School Bloomfield | 499 | 50.1% | 42.2% |
| Nellie K. Parker HACKENSACK | 589 | 63.0% | 41.2% |
| Frank R Conwell School JERSEY CITY | 605 | 56.5% | 43.7% |
| Clementon Elementary School CLEMENTON | 586 | 70.6% | 42.0% |
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 Union County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 24.1% | #1,066 of 1,290 | #72 of 92 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 14.5% | #1,227 of 1,319 ▼ 121 | #92 of 93 ▼ 21 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 35.4% | #1,022 of 1,319 ▼ 87 | #67 of 93 ▼ 8 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 608 | #214 of 1,562 | #27 of 108 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 11.4:1 | #708 of 1,390 | #28 of 103 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 64.8% | #332 of 1,392 | #13 of 103 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 59.0% | #471 of 1,481 | #56 of 105 |
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
608
+30 (+5%) vs 2020
+3% since 1990-91, when it was 589
Student : Teacher
11.4:1
was 10.7:1
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 | 608 | 53.5 | 11.4:1 | 59% (359) |
| 2023-24 | 581 | 48.2 | 12.1:1 | 57% (330) |
| 2022-23 | 573 | 50.7 | 11.3:1 | 51% (294) |
| 2020-21 | 578 | 54 | 10.7:1 | 47% (271) |
| 2017-18 | 608 | 51 | 11.9:1 | 49% (295) |
| 2015-16 | 619 | 51 | 12.1:1 | 47% (290) |
| 2010-11 | 669 | 41 | 16.3:1 | 58% (390) |
| 2000-01 | 615 | 35 | 17.6:1 | 36% (222) |
| 1990-91 | 589 | 37 | 15.9:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Roosevelt Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students unchanged (608 to 608); teachers up 5% (51 to 53.5).
About Roosevelt Elementary School
Among the schools in RAHWAY, New Jersey, is Roosevelt Elementary School, a high-enrollment elementary school. Its 608 students are spread across pre-K through 6. The typical figure for elementary schools in New Jersey is about 405 students.
Roosevelt Elementary School belongs to Rahway Public School District, a district of 6 schools and 4,090 students.
Hispanic students form the largest group at Roosevelt Elementary School, 50% of enrollment. Enrollment also includes 28% Black, 15% White, 4% multiracial, and 2% Asian. Among people living in Union County, the Hispanic share is about 35%. Roosevelt Elementary School has a diversity index of 65%, compared with 70% for all US public school students.
Staffing totals 53.5 full-time-equivalent teachers, and the student-to-teacher ratio is 11.4:1. Elementary schools in New Jersey have a similar average ratio of 11.4:1. Around 59% of the school's students qualify for free or reduced-price meals.
allk12 grades Roosevelt Elementary School a D. The grade compares the school only with New Jersey public elementary schools, because each state gives its own test.
On a poverty-adjusted basis, Roosevelt Elementary School falls in the middle 80% of New Jersey schools: 24.1% actual against 33.8% predicted.
Roosevelt Elementary School is located in Union County, where median household income is about $103,202, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 39%, and about 7% of people live in poverty. Roosevelt Elementary School is one of 180 public schools in Union County, which together enroll about 99,046 students.
Nearest public school: Madison Elementary School, about 0.5 miles away. Other public schools within five miles: at least 8. Ranked by average proficiency, Roosevelt Elementary School places 7th out of 9 schools in its immediate area.
Roosevelt Elementary School is coded as Suburb: Large in federal locale data.
The 2024-25 enrollment of 608 was 5% higher than in 2020-21, when it was 578.
Threads on this page can be about enrollment questions, class placement, and PTA news. Alumni can share how the school prepared them.
Union County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
579,290
Census ACS
Median income
$103,202
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
39%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
7%
Below federal line
Schools in county
180
99,046 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Rahway Public School District
- Rahway High SchoolHigh · 1,286 students
- Rahway 7th & 8th Grade AcademyMiddle · 701 students
- Franklin Elementary SchoolElementary · 658 students
- Grover Cleveland Elementary SchoolElementary · 453 students
- Madison Elementary SchoolElementary · 384 students
Other schools in RAHWAY
- Rahway High SchoolHigh · 1,286 students
- Rahway 7th & 8th Grade AcademyMiddle · 701 students
- Franklin Elementary SchoolElementary · 658 students
- Grover Cleveland Elementary SchoolElementary · 453 students
- Madison Elementary SchoolElementary · 384 students
Other Roosevelt Elementary schools
91 other US public schools in 22 states are named Roosevelt Elementary. Roosevelt Elementary School is the 4th largest of the 92.
- Roosevelt Elementary SchoolNEW BRUNSWICK, NJ · 597 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
- Madison Elementary School0.5 mi · 384
- Rahway High School0.5 mi · 1,286
- Rahway 7th & 8th Grade Academy0.8 mi · 701
- Franklin Elementary School1.0 mi · 658
- Woodbine Avenue Elementary School1.1 mi · 401
- Avenel Middle School1.1 mi · 629
Frequently asked questions
About Roosevelt Elementary SchoolHow large is Roosevelt Elementary School?
Roosevelt Elementary School enrolls approximately 608 students in grades PK-06.
What grades does Roosevelt Elementary School serve?
Roosevelt Elementary School serves grades PK-06.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Roosevelt Elementary School?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Roosevelt Elementary School is approximately 11.4:1 (54 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at Roosevelt Elementary School?
At Roosevelt Elementary School, the student body is approximately 15% White, 50% Hispanic, 28% Black, 2% Asian, 4% Two or more.
What district is Roosevelt Elementary School in?
Roosevelt Elementary School is part of Rahway Public School District.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.