Roosevelt Intermediate School

Roosevelt Intermediate School is a moderately sized middle-grades school in Westfield, New Jersey, one of the schools within Westfield Public School District. The school teaches 638 students in grades 6 through 8.

Across the 10 schools in Westfield Public School District (5,838 students total), Roosevelt Intermediate School accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

Demographically, Roosevelt Intermediate School reports that 80% of the student body identifies as White. The remainder looks like 7% Hispanic, 7% Asian, 5% multiracial. The wider county runs roughly 39% White, putting the school's mix considerably more White than the area baseline.

Looking at school resources, The school lists 62 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 10.2:1. That tracks the state average closely. Roughly 1% of students at Roosevelt Intermediate School qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. Set against Union County (around 52%), the school's rate is somewhat below typical.

After controlling for student poverty, Roosevelt Intermediate School sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 65.7%; this one delivers 65.5%.

Around the school, census data for Union County shows median household income runs about $103,202, roughly 39% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 7% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Roosevelt Intermediate School is one of 180 public schools in Union County (combined enrollment of about 99,046 students).

McKinley 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. Among the 7 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Roosevelt Intermediate School ranks 6th on composite proficiency, below the local average of 71.0%.

The school occupies a residential site.

Five-year trend. Over the past 7-year window, the student count contracted 18%: 780 students in 2018 compared to 638 in 2025. White enrollment moved from 86% to 80% across the same window. Class-load math has tightened: from 13.7:1 in 2018 to 10.2:1 in 2025.

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