Roosevelt School #7

Roosevelt School #7, a modestly sized primary school in GARFIELD, New Jersey, operated by Garfield Public School District, educates 282 students, covering grades pre-K through 5. Enrollment runs roughly 30% below the state mean of about 405.

Garfield Public School District comprises 11 schools with combined enrollment of 4,762 students; Roosevelt School #7 is among them.

On demographics, Roosevelt School #7 logs that 55% of students identify as Hispanic, with the remaining enrollment distributed across several groups. Other groups include 27% White, 15% Black, 2% Asian. That is noticeably more Hispanic than the county at large, where the share is closer to 23%.

On the resource side, On paper, Roosevelt School #7 has 22 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 12.6:1. The state averages around 11.4:1, so this campus is higher than the state norm typical. Around 60% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. That share is north of Bergen County's rate of about 28%.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, Roosevelt School #7 is in the OUTPERFORMING tier of the BeatsExpectations model, which fits a per-state line through proficiency and FRL share. Schools with this campus's poverty mix typically land near 33.5%; this one delivers 51.0%, a residual of +17.4 points.

In the area at large, census data for Bergen County shows the typical household earns roughly $124,884 per year, about 53% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 5%. In all, Bergen County runs 291 public schools (combined enrollment of about 133,883 students), of which Roosevelt School #7 is one.

Nearest neighbor: Bergen Arts and Sciences Charter School, around 0.3 miles off. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Roosevelt School #7 at 4th of 8; the average score across the group is 43.9%.

Geographically, the school is in a suburban area.

Five-year trend. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Roosevelt School #7 has edged down 26%, going from 382 students in 2018 to 282 in 2025.

In the discussion threads here, the feed for Roosevelt School #7 typically covers science fair prep, picture-day reminders, and bus-route questions. Contributors range from current parents to recent graduates and teachers.