Roosevelt Middle School

Roosevelt Middle School operates as an intimate 6-8 campus in W ORANGE, New Jersey, overseen by West Orange Public Schools. Current enrollment sits at 457 students spanning grades 7 through 8. That puts it 21% leaner than the typical public school in New Jersey, which averages around 578 students.

Within West Orange Public Schools, which oversees 13 schools and 6,616 students, Roosevelt Middle School is one campus in the system.

Looking at the student body, Roosevelt Middle School shows that the most-represented group is Hispanic (38%), with the rest of the student body spread across multiple groups. Beyond that, the school logs 35% Black, 18% White, 6% multiracial. By comparison, Essex County as a whole is about 25% Hispanic, so the school skews noticeably more Hispanic than its surroundings.

On the income-and-resources front, The school reports having 56 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 8.2:1. The state averages around 10.9:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. Roughly 44% of students at Roosevelt Middle School qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. By comparison, Essex County runs at roughly 54%, so the school's eligibility rate is lower than the surrounding baseline.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), Roosevelt Middle School sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 42.2%; this one delivers 46.2%.

In the broader community, ACS estimates for Essex County put the typical household earns roughly $80,789 per year, about 39% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and roughly 11% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Roosevelt Middle School is one of 249 public schools in Essex County (combined enrollment of about 145,473 students).

Hazel Avenue Elementary School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.4 miles from this campus. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. On composite proficiency, Roosevelt Middle School comes 4th of 9 in the immediate cluster, above the nearby-schools average of 40.3%.

Roosevelt Middle School operates from a suburban location.

Five-year trend. Roosevelt Middle School's enrollment has decreased 15% since 2018, when it stood at 535 (now 457). Hispanic enrollment moved from 29% to 38% across the same window. Class-load math has pulled in: from 9.5:1 in 2018 to 8.2:1 in 2025.

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