Roosevelt School

Roosevelt School operates as a minimally staffed K-5 school in LODI, New Jersey, operated by Lodi School District. Current enrollment sits at 148 students spanning grades pre-K through 5. That puts it 63% leaner than the typical public school in New Jersey, which averages around 405 students.

Roosevelt School is one of 7 schools operated by Lodi School District, a district that teaches 3,082 students overall.

On demographics, Roosevelt School reports that Hispanic students make up the majority at 61%. Other groups include 30% White, 7% Black. That is visibly more Hispanic than the county at large, where the share is closer to 23%.

On the resource side, On paper, Roosevelt School has 13 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 11.4:1. That tracks the state average closely. An estimated 69% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. Set against Bergen County (around 28%), the school's rate is somewhat above typical.

After controlling for student poverty, Roosevelt School 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 28.4%; this one delivers 54.1%, a residual of +25.7 points.

Around the school, census data for Bergen County shows median household income runs about $124,884, 53% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and roughly 5% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Across Bergen County's 291 public schools (combined enrollment of about 133,883 students), Roosevelt School is one campus in the mix.

Thomas Jefferson Middle School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.2 miles from this campus. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. On composite proficiency, Roosevelt School comes 3rd of 8 in the immediate cluster, above the nearby-schools average of 52.9%.

Geographically, the school is in a residential area.

Five-year trend. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Roosevelt School has edged down 16%, going from 177 students in 2018 to 148 in 2025. Over the same period, the Hispanic share edged up from 53% to 61%. Class-load math has narrowed: from 16.1:1 in 2018 to 11.4:1 in 2025.

Within the allk12 community for this school, members of the Roosevelt School community share and discuss science fair prep, picture-day reminders, and bus-route questions. Posting is open to anyone connected to the school.