Roosevelt School

Roosevelt School is one of the low-enrollment elementary schools in LYNDHURST, New Jersey, operated by Lyndhurst Public School District, with 295 students on its rolls from grades 3 through 5. Enrollment runs roughly 27% leaner than the state mean of about 405.

Lyndhurst Public School District comprises 9 schools with combined enrollment of 2,606 students; Roosevelt School is among them.

Demographically, Roosevelt School shows that the largest single group is White at 48%, but no single group is in the majority. Beyond that, the school reports 42% Hispanic, 5% multiracial, 3% Asian.

In terms of school funding signals, On paper, Roosevelt School has 22 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 13.7:1. That figure is higher than the state norm's 11.4:1 average. About 35% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, Roosevelt School performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 47.2%, the actual is 44.4%, a residual of -2.9 points.

In the surrounding community, census data for Bergen County shows median household earnings sit near $124,884, about 53% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and roughly 5% of residents live below the federal poverty line. In all, Bergen County runs 291 public schools (combined enrollment of about 133,883 students), of which Roosevelt School is one.

Lyndhurst High School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.3 miles from this campus. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Among the 6 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Roosevelt School ranks 4th on composite proficiency, below the local average of 46.3%.

Geographically, the school is in a suburban area.

Trend over the last 7 years. Roosevelt School's enrollment has fell 26% since 2018, when it stood at 400 (now 295). Over the same period, the White share declined from 64% to 48%.

On the community side, recent activity here tends to focus on fundraisers, lost-and-found posts, and report-card season. Contributors range from current parents to recent graduates and teachers.