Enrollment
295
Elementary
DISTRICT 165 · STATE 405
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·LYNDHURST PUBLIC SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 340921000580
Roosevelt School
530 STUYVESANT AVE, LYNDHURST, NJ 07071 · (201) 896-2068 · Bergen County
GRADES 03–05ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBREGULAR SCHOOL295 STUDENTS
C+
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 40% of New Jersey public elementary schools
- B-Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- CBeats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- ·Three-year trend Not available for this school, so the grade uses the other parts.
Grades compare a school only with schools in the same state, because every state gives its own test. How grades work · Top-graded New Jersey public elementary schools
Student : Teacher
13.7:1
22 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 15.0:1 · STATE 11.4:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
35%
102 students
DISTRICT 33% · STATE 41%
Community
0
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other elementary schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Grade 3 | 115 | 39% |
| Grade 4 | 82 | 28% |
| Grade 5 | 98 | 33% |
Student demographics
59%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 60% · STATE 71% · US 70%
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. District, state, and US figures are each group's share of all public school students in that area (US excludes territories). Very small groups may be suppressed in the source, so categories do not always sum exactly to total enrollment.
Gender split
School pathway
Students here typically continue to
Based on grade levels within Lyndhurst Public School District. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
NJSLA 2024-25 . % Meeting or Exceeding ExpectationsEnglish Language Arts
55.2%
NJ avg 53.1% . +0.4pp since 2023
Math
47.5%
NJ avg 41.6% . +8.9pp since 2023
What this means: On the NJSLA, New Jersey's statewide test, about 55 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 48 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all New Jersey schools, those numbers are about 53 and 42. Reading and writing scores have held steady since 2023, while math scores are up about 9 points.
NJSLA results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 55.2% | 47.5% |
| 2023-24 | 54.8% | 38.6% |
% Meeting or Exceeding Expectations, all students and all tested grades.
Source: NJSLA. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyTier
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
44.4%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
47.2%
based on NJ schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-2.9pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 44% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 47% typical for New Jersey schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations measures results against demographically similar schools rather than by raw scores, and this school falls within the typical range, neither among New Jersey's top nor bottom 10%.
BeatsExpectations runs a per-state regression of proficiency on free/reduced-lunch share, then scores each school by residual. How this is calculated →
Schools most like Roosevelt School
Roosevelt School's state test result (44.4% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 4 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Roosevelt School this school | 295 | 34.6% | 44.4% |
| Durban Avenue Elementary School Hopatcong | 286 | 33.6% | N/A |
| Franklin School SADDLE BROOK | 328 | 34.1% | 34.5% |
| George Washington Elementary School North Arlington | 335 | 37.9% | 45.2% |
| Nixon Elementary School LANDING | 261 | 37.2% | 40.3% |
| Normandy Park School MORRISTOWN | 371 | 33.7% | 59.3% |
Matched among New Jersey elementary schools on enrollment, the share of students from low-income families (eligible for free or reduced-price lunch), and racial and ethnic makeup. Proficient is the average share of students meeting the state standard across all of the school's state tests in 2023-24 and 2024-25, the same combined score our test-score rankings use. Online schools and schools serving specialized populations are not matched.
Where Roosevelt School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In New Jersey | In Bergen County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 44.4% | #651 of 1,290 | #121 of 137 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 47.5% | #638 of 1,319 ▲ 129 | #125 of 149 ▲ 12 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 55.2% | #589 of 1,319 ▼ 10 | #124 of 149 ▼ 2 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 295 | #1,126 of 1,562 | #119 of 173 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 13.7:1 | #1,198 of 1,390 | #136 of 151 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 58.8% | #547 of 1,392 | #74 of 151 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 34.6% | #780 of 1,481 | #58 of 154 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -26.3% | #75 of 798 | #9 of 85 |
Ranked against other public elementary schools. Online schools are left out of every list, and test-score lists leave out schools that serve specialized populations. Each rank links to the full list. Arrows under a test-score rank show places moved since the prior test year, among schools tested both years.
4-year change
SY 2020-21 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
295
0 (0%) vs 2020
-14% since 1990-91, when it was 345
Student : Teacher
13.7:1
was 12.3:1
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
Enrollment and staffing by year
| School year | Students | Teachers (FTE) | Students per teacher | Free and reduced lunch |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 295 | 21.5 | 13.7:1 | 35% (102) |
| 2023-24 | 297 | 22 | 13.5:1 | 30% (89) |
| 2022-23 | 315 | 24 | 13.1:1 | 20% (62) |
| 2020-21 | 295 | 24 | 12.3:1 | 22% (65) |
| 2017-18 | 400 | 27.5 | 14.6:1 | 19% (75) |
| 2015-16 | 401 | 27 | 14.8:1 | 13% (52) |
| 2010-11 | 444 | 21 | 21.1:1 | 14% (60) |
| 2000-01 | 390 | 21 | 18.6:1 | 10% (40) |
| 1990-91 | 345 | 19 | 18.2:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Roosevelt School.
Since 2017-18: students down 26% (400 to 295); teachers down 22% (27.5 to 21.5).
About Roosevelt School
A small elementary school in LYNDHURST, New Jersey, Roosevelt School is part of Lyndhurst Public School District. It covers grades 3 through 5, with a total enrollment of 295 students. Statewide, elementary schools in New Jersey average about 405 students each.
Lyndhurst Public School District counts 9 schools and 2,606 students, including Roosevelt School.
White students form the largest group at Roosevelt School, 48% of enrollment. The next largest groups are 42% Hispanic, 5% multiracial, and 3% Asian. The chance that two students picked at random at Roosevelt School belong to different racial or ethnic groups, known as the diversity index, is 59%.
Staffing totals 21.5 full-time-equivalent teachers, and the student-to-teacher ratio is 13.7:1. For comparison, elementary schools in New Jersey average 11.4:1. A measure often used for student poverty, free or reduced-price lunch eligibility, stands at 35%.
allk12 grades Roosevelt School a C+. The grade compares the school only with New Jersey public elementary schools, because each state gives its own test.
On the allk12 BeatsExpectations measure, Roosevelt School is 2.9 points below the average proficiency rate on state tests predicted for its free or reduced-price lunch share: 44.4% actual, 47.2% predicted. That is outside both the top and bottom 10% in New Jersey.
Within Bergen County, median household income is about $124,884, about 53% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and roughly 5% of residents are in poverty. Federal data list 291 public schools in Bergen County, with a combined enrollment of about 133,883.
The closest public school, Lyndhurst High School, is about 0.3 miles from Roosevelt School. Around the school, at least 8 other public schools are within five miles. By average proficiency, Roosevelt School is 4th among 6 schools close by.
NCES describes the area around Roosevelt School as Suburb: Large, meaning in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
Over 4 years, enrollment stayed close to where it was, going from 295 to 295. By 2024-25, the school had 13.7 students per teacher, compared with 12.3 in 2020-21.
Conversations here can range across science fairs, picture day, and bus routes. Posting is open to anyone connected to the school.
Bergen County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
962,316
Census ACS
Median income
$124,884
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
53%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
5%
Below federal line
Schools in county
291
133,883 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Lyndhurst Public School District
- Lyndhurst High SchoolHigh · 841 students
- Lyndhurst Middle SchoolMiddle · 610 students
- Jefferson SchoolElementary · 256 students
- Franklin SchoolElementary · 196 students
- Washington SchoolElementary · 162 students
- Columbus SchoolElementary · 102 students
Other schools in LYNDHURST
- Lyndhurst High SchoolHigh · 841 students
- Lyndhurst Middle SchoolMiddle · 610 students
- Jefferson SchoolElementary · 256 students
- Franklin SchoolElementary · 196 students
- Washington SchoolElementary · 162 students
- Columbus SchoolElementary · 102 students
Other Roosevelt schools
10 other US public schools in 7 states are named Roosevelt. Roosevelt School is the 8th largest of the 11.
- Roosevelt SchoolRIVER EDGE, NJ · 474 students
- Roosevelt SchoolManville, NJ · 213 students
- Roosevelt SchoolLODI, NJ · 148 students
- Roosevelt SchoolRiver Forest, IL · 625 students
- RooseveltWorcester, MA · 604 students
Nearby schools
- Lyndhurst High School0.3 mi · 841
- Franklin School0.3 mi · 196
- Washington School0.6 mi · 162
- Lyndhurst Middle School0.6 mi · 610
- Memorial School0.7 mi · 94
- Jefferson School0.8 mi · 256
Frequently asked questions
About Roosevelt SchoolHow large is Roosevelt School?
Roosevelt School enrolls approximately 295 students in grades 03-05.
Is Roosevelt School an elementary, middle, or high school?
Roosevelt School is an elementary school covering grades 03-05.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Roosevelt School?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Roosevelt School is approximately 13.7:1 (22 FTE teachers).
What is the student diversity at Roosevelt School?
Student demographics at Roosevelt School are roughly 48% White, 42% Hispanic, 2% Black, 3% Asian, 5% Two or more.
What district is Roosevelt School in?
Roosevelt School is part of Lyndhurst Public School District.
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