Roosevelt Elementary School

Roosevelt Elementary School, a low-enrollment primary school in RIDGEFIELD PARK, New Jersey, part of Ridgefield Park Public School District, serves 334 students, covering grades pre-K through 6.

Across the 4 schools in Ridgefield Park Public School District (2,067 students total), Roosevelt Elementary School accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

For racial and ethnic makeup, Roosevelt Elementary School shows that 64% of the student body identifies as Hispanic; the rest consists of 19% White, 9% Asian, 4% multiracial, 4% Black. The wider county runs roughly 23% Hispanic, putting the school's mix considerably more Hispanic than the area baseline.

On the income-and-resources front, Staff filings list 34 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 9.8:1 students per teacher. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 11.4:1 average. An estimated 49% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy. By comparison, Bergen County runs at roughly 28%, so the school's eligibility rate is somewhat above the surrounding baseline.

After controlling for student poverty, Roosevelt Elementary School performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 39.5%, the actual is 46.9%, a residual of +7.4 points.

Across the wider county, Bergen County reports that the typical household earns roughly $124,884 per year, 53% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 5%. Roosevelt Elementary School is one of 291 public schools in Bergen County (combined enrollment of about 133,883 students).

Nearest neighbor: Ridgefield Park Jr Sr High School, around 0.3 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Roosevelt Elementary School. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Roosevelt Elementary School at 5th of 9; the average score across the group is 44.6%.

Roosevelt Elementary School operates from a suburban location.

Trend over the last 7 years. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Roosevelt Elementary School has increased 5%, going from 318 students in 2018 to 334 in 2025. The White share of enrollment declined from 27% to 19% over that span. Class-load math has tightened: from 14.4:1 in 2018 to 9.8:1 in 2025.

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