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What's the most underrated thing about Roosevelt Elementary School that outsiders don't know?
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Enrollment
472
Elementary
DISTRICT 267 · STATE 405
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·SOUTH PLAINFIELD SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 341536003644
Roosevelt Elementary School
135 JACKSON AVENUE, SOUTH PLAINFIELD, NJ 07080 · (908) 754-4620 · Middlesex County
GRADES KG–04ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBREGULAR SCHOOL472 STUDENTS
B-
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Scored higher than 52% 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
10.4:1
46 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 13.5:1 · STATE 11.4:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
36%
168 students
DISTRICT 31% · 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 | 89 | 19% |
| Grade 1 | 93 | 20% |
| Grade 2 | 94 | 20% |
| Grade 3 | 92 | 19% |
| Grade 4 | 104 | 22% |
This year's kindergarten class (89) is 14% smaller than its 4th grade class (104).
Student demographics
70%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 73% · 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
Roosevelt Elementary School→Grant Elementary School→South Plainfield Middle School→South Plainfield High School
Based on grade levels within South Plainfield School District. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
NJSLA 2024-25 . % Meeting or Exceeding ExpectationsEnglish Language Arts
47.9%
NJ avg 53.1% . +4.2pp since 2023
Math
52.8%
NJ avg 41.6% . +4.7pp since 2023
What this means: On the NJSLA, New Jersey's statewide test, about 48 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 53 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 4 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 5 points.
NJSLA results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 47.9% | 52.8% |
| 2023-24 | 43.7% | 48.1% |
% 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
48.1%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
46.7%
based on NJ schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+1.4pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 48% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 47% 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 (48.1% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 4 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Roosevelt Elementary School this school | 472 | 35.6% | 48.1% |
| Greenbrook Elementary School KENDALL PARK | 392 | 35.2% | 46.7% |
| James Monroe Elementary School Edison | 537 | 34.6% | 51.2% |
| Knollwood Elementary School PISCATAWAY | 460 | 33.3% | 64.2% |
| Washington Elementary School EDISON | 630 | 41.1% | 48.7% |
| Piscataway Township Schools Children's Corner Piscataway | 616 | 36.2% | N/A |
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 | 48.1% | #569 of 1,290 | #56 of 111 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 52.8% | #541 of 1,319 ▲ 38 | #59 of 111 ▲ 3 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 47.9% | #766 of 1,319 ▲ 51 | #65 of 111 ▲ 6 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 472 | #479 of 1,562 | #52 of 130 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 10.4:1 | #445 of 1,390 | #40 of 120 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 69.9% | #156 of 1,392 | #37 of 121 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 35.6% | #766 of 1,481 | #67 of 128 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +14.6% | #158 of 545 | #8 of 30 |
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
472
+24 (+5%) vs 2020
+28% since 1990-91, when it was 369
Student : Teacher
10.4:1
was 12.4:1
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 | 472 | 45.6 | 10.4:1 | 36% (168) |
| 2023-24 | 475 | 50.6 | 9.4:1 | 30% (144) |
| 2022-23 | 475 | 45.7 | 10.4:1 | 26% (124) |
| 2020-21 | 448 | 36 | 12.4:1 | 25% (113) |
| 2017-18 | 412 | 31.9 | 12.9:1 | 21% (88) |
| 2015-16 | 394 | 33 | 11.9:1 | 27% (108) |
| 2010-11 | 400 | 26 | 15.4:1 | 20% (81) |
| 2000-01 | 427 | 23 | 18.6:1 | 15% (65) |
| 1990-91 | 369 | 18 | 20.5:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Roosevelt Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students up 15% (412 to 472); teachers up 43% (31.9 to 45.6).
About Roosevelt Elementary School
Roosevelt Elementary School is the name of a medium-sized elementary school in SOUTH PLAINFIELD, New Jersey. The grade span is kindergarten through 4, and enrollment is 472 students.
Roosevelt Elementary School is part of a district of 9 schools: South Plainfield School District, with 3,767 students.
By race and ethnicity, the largest group at Roosevelt Elementary School is Asian (44%). Smaller groups are 29% Hispanic, 14% White, 8% Black, and 3% multiracial. For comparison, the population of Middlesex County is roughly 26% Asian. Roosevelt Elementary School has a diversity index of 70%, compared with 70% for all US public school students.
Teacher staffing is 45.6 full-time equivalents, or about 10.4 students per teacher. Among elementary schools in New Jersey, the typical ratio is 11.4:1. About 36% of students, or 168, qualify for free or reduced-price lunch.
allk12 grades Roosevelt Elementary School a B-. The grade compares the school only with New Jersey public elementary schools, because each state gives its own test.
Based on student poverty, the model expects 46.7% at Roosevelt Elementary School; the school's average proficiency rate on state tests is 48.1%.
In Middlesex County (population about 871,290), median household income is about $111,549, about 46% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and the poverty rate is about 6%. A total of 214 public schools operate in Middlesex County, serving about 129,255 students.
Roosevelt Preschool Annex is the nearest neighboring public school, less than a tenth of a mile away. A five-mile radius around the school includes at least 8 other public schools. Nearby schools average 44.0% on proficiency, and Roosevelt Elementary School is above that at 48.1%.
Under the NCES locale system, Roosevelt Elementary School is Suburb: Large.
Enrollment was 448 in 2020-21 and 472 in 2024-25, a gain of 24 students. The student-to-teacher ratio fell from 12.4:1 in 2020-21 to 10.4:1 in 2024-25.
The Roosevelt Elementary School community page is open for posts about enrollment questions, class placement, and PTA news. Anyone with firsthand experience at this school can post or comment.
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 South Plainfield School District
- South Plainfield High SchoolHigh · 1,044 students
- Grant Elementary SchoolMiddle · 568 students
- South Plainfield Middle SchoolMiddle · 553 students
- John E. Riley Elementary SchoolElementary · 367 students
- Franklin Elementary SchoolElementary · 270 students
- John F Kennedy Elementary SchoolElementary · 256 students
Other schools in SOUTH PLAINFIELD
- South Plainfield High SchoolHigh · 1,044 students
- Grant Elementary SchoolMiddle · 568 students
- South Plainfield Middle SchoolMiddle · 553 students
- John E. Riley Elementary SchoolElementary · 367 students
- Franklin Elementary SchoolElementary · 270 students
- John F Kennedy Elementary SchoolElementary · 256 students
Other Roosevelt Elementary schools
91 other US public schools in 22 states are named Roosevelt Elementary. Roosevelt Elementary School is the 31st 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 SchoolKEARNY, NJ · 428 students
- Roosevelt Elementary SchoolRIDGEFIELD PARK, NJ · 334 students
Nearby schools
- Roosevelt Preschool Annex0.0 mi · 92
- South Plainfield Middle School1.3 mi · 553
- South Plainfield High School1.3 mi · 1,044
- John F Kennedy Elementary School1.4 mi · 256
- Grant Elementary School1.4 mi · 568
- Riley Preschool Annex1.7 mi · 145
Frequently asked questions
About Roosevelt Elementary SchoolHow large is Roosevelt Elementary School?
Roosevelt Elementary School enrolls approximately 472 students in grades KG-04.
What grades does Roosevelt Elementary School serve?
Roosevelt Elementary School serves grades KG-04.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Roosevelt Elementary School?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Roosevelt Elementary School is approximately 10.4:1 (46 FTE teachers).
How diverse is Roosevelt Elementary School?
Roosevelt Elementary School reports a student body of 14% White, 29% Hispanic, 8% Black, 44% Asian, 3% Two or more.
Is Roosevelt Elementary School public or private?
Roosevelt Elementary School is a public K-12 school, overseen by South Plainfield School District.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.