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Which teacher or staff member at Roosevelt Intermediate School deserves more recognition?
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Enrollment
638
Middle
DISTRICT 719 · STATE 578
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·WESTFIELD PUBLIC SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 341776005766
Roosevelt Intermediate School
301 Clark Street, Westfield, NJ 07090 · (908) 789-4560 · Union County
GRADES 06–08MIDDLE21-SUBURBREGULAR SCHOOL638 STUDENTS
A-
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Scored higher than 77% of New Jersey public middle schools
- ATest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- BBeats 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 middle schools
Student : Teacher
10.2:1
62 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 10.5:1 · STATE 10.9:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
1%
6 students
DISTRICT 2% · STATE 41%
Community
1
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other middle schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Grade 6 | 222 | 35% |
| Grade 7 | 217 | 34% |
| Grade 8 | 199 | 31% |
Student demographics
35%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 44% · 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 Intermediate School→Westfield Senior High School
Based on grade levels within Westfield Public School District. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
NJSLA 2024-25 . % Meeting or Exceeding ExpectationsEnglish Language Arts
75.1%
NJ avg 53.1% . -0.9pp since 2023
Math
72.6%
NJ avg 41.6% . +1.3pp since 2023
What this means: On the NJSLA, New Jersey's statewide test, about 75 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 73 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all New Jersey schools, those numbers are about 53 and 42. Reading and writing scores have held steady since 2023, while math scores are up about 1 points.
NJSLA results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 75.1% | 72.6% |
| 2023-24 | 76.0% | 71.3% |
% 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
65.5%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
65.7%
based on NJ schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-0.1pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 66% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 66% 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 Intermediate School
Roosevelt Intermediate School's state test result (65.5% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Roosevelt Intermediate School this school | 638 | 0.9% | 65.5% |
| Dwight D. Eisenhower Middle School WYCKOFF | 607 | 0.5% | 61.9% |
| Haddonfield Middle School HADDONFIELD | 631 | 1.6% | 69.4% |
| Henry B. Whitehorne Middle School VERONA | 702 | 1.9% | 58.1% |
| Orange Avenue School CRANFORD | 750 | 0.8% | 70.0% |
| West Essex Middle School NORTH CALDWELL | 558 | 4.8% | 58.6% |
Matched among New Jersey middle 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 Intermediate School ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In New Jersey | In Union County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 65.5% | #54 of 433 | #8 of 25 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 72.6% | #41 of 437 ▼ 7 | #3 of 25 ▼ 1 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 75.1% | #95 of 437 ▼ 24 | #9 of 25 ▼ 1 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 638 | #158 of 445 | #15 of 26 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 10.2:1 | #141 of 417 | #4 of 25 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 35.1% | #361 of 419 | #23 of 25 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 0.9% | #427 of 436 | #24 of 25 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -18.2% | #70 of 282 | #2 of 13 |
Ranked against other public middle 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
638
-46 (-7%) vs 2020
+23% since 1990-91, when it was 519
Student : Teacher
10.2:1
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 | 638 | 62.4 | 10.2:1 | 1% (6) |
| 2023-24 | 668 | 62.1 | 10.8:1 | 1% (4) |
| 2022-23 | 658 | 61.6 | 10.7:1 | 1% (5) |
| 2020-21 | 684 | 64 | 10.7:1 | 0% (3) |
| 2017-18 | 780 | 57 | 13.7:1 | 1% (9) |
| 2015-16 | 734 | 57 | 12.9:1 | 1% (7) |
| 2010-11 | 740 | 42 | 17.6:1 | 1% (9) |
| 2000-01 | 687 | 53 | 13.0:1 | 0% (3) |
| 1990-91 | 519 | 42 | 12.4:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Roosevelt Intermediate School.
Since 2017-18: students down 18% (780 to 638); teachers up 9% (57 to 62.4).
About Roosevelt Intermediate School
Roosevelt Intermediate School is a medium-sized middle school in Westfield, New Jersey. The school had 638 students in grades 6 through 8 in 2024-25.
Westfield Public School District is made up of 10 schools with 5,838 students in all.
Roughly 80% of students at Roosevelt Intermediate School are White. The rest of enrollment is 7% Hispanic, 7% Asian, and 5% multiracial. Among all residents of Union County, the White share is about 39%. The school's diversity index is 35%, meaning two students picked at random have a 35% chance of belonging to different racial or ethnic groups.
Its teaching staff equals 62.4 full-time positions, a ratio of 10.2:1. For comparison, middle schools in New Jersey average 10.9:1. Around 1% of the school's students qualify for free or reduced-price meals. That rate is below the 52% average among public schools in Union County.
allk12 grades Roosevelt Intermediate School an A-. The grade compares the school only with New Jersey public middle schools, because each state gives its own test.
Based on student poverty, the model expects 65.7% at Roosevelt Intermediate School; the school's average proficiency rate on state tests is 65.5%.
Union County has about 579,290 residents, and the median household income is $103,202, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 39%, and about 7% of people live in poverty. Besides Roosevelt Intermediate School, Union County has 179 other public schools.
The nearest public school is McKinley Elementary School, at about 0.5 miles. Around the school, at least 8 other public schools are within five miles. On state test proficiency, Roosevelt Intermediate School ranks 6th in a group of 7 nearby schools.
Federal records code the school's setting as Suburb: Large.
Over 4 years, Roosevelt Intermediate School's enrollment declined 7%, to 638.
Discussion on this page can cover enrollment questions, class placement, and PTA news. Posting is open to anyone connected to the school.
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 Westfield Public School District
- Westfield Senior High SchoolHigh · 1,776 students
- Thomas Edison Intermediate SchoolMiddle · 800 students
- Franklin Elementary SchoolElementary · 509 students
- Jefferson Elementary SchoolElementary · 467 students
- Tamaques Elementary SchoolElementary · 427 students
- Wilson Elementary SchoolElementary · 362 students
Other schools in Westfield
- Westfield Senior High SchoolHigh · 1,776 students
- Thomas Edison Intermediate SchoolMiddle · 800 students
- Franklin Elementary SchoolElementary · 509 students
- Jefferson Elementary SchoolElementary · 467 students
- Tamaques Elementary SchoolElementary · 427 students
- Wilson Elementary SchoolElementary · 362 students
Nearby schools
- McKinley Elementary School0.5 mi · 291
- Franklin Elementary School0.5 mi · 509
- Westfield Senior High School0.6 mi · 1,776
- Hillcrest Academy-North1.0 mi · 74
- Wilson Elementary School1.0 mi · 362
- Lincoln Early Childhood Center1.0 mi · 268
Frequently asked questions
About Roosevelt Intermediate SchoolHow many students attend Roosevelt Intermediate School?
Roosevelt Intermediate School enrolls approximately 638 students in grades 06-08.
What grades does Roosevelt Intermediate School serve?
Roosevelt Intermediate School serves grades 06-08.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Roosevelt Intermediate School?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Roosevelt Intermediate School is approximately 10.2:1 (62 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at Roosevelt Intermediate School?
At Roosevelt Intermediate School, the student body is approximately 80% White, 7% Hispanic, 1% Black, 7% Asian, 5% Two or more.
What district is Roosevelt Intermediate School in?
Roosevelt Intermediate School is part of Westfield Public School District.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.