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Alumni: what's one memory from Roosevelt School that still sticks with you?
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Enrollment
474
Elementary
DISTRICT 586 · STATE 405
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·RIVER EDGE SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 341389000794
Roosevelt School
711 SUMMIT AVE, RIVER EDGE, NJ 07661 · (201) 261-1546 · Bergen County
GRADES KG–06ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBREGULAR SCHOOL474 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
14.9:1
32 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 13.4:1 · STATE 11.4:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
1%
3 students
DISTRICT 1% · STATE 41%
Community
1
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Kindergarten | 49 | 10% |
| Grade 1 | 68 | 14% |
| Grade 2 | 66 | 14% |
| Grade 3 | 70 | 15% |
| Grade 4 | 66 | 14% |
| Grade 5 | 86 | 18% |
| Grade 6 | 69 | 15% |
This year's kindergarten class (49) is 29% smaller than its 6th grade class (69).
Student demographics
65%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 68% · 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
Test scores
NJSLA 2024-25 . % Meeting or Exceeding ExpectationsEnglish Language Arts
83.5%
NJ avg 53.1% . +4.3pp since 2023
Math
76.0%
NJ avg 41.6% . -0.3pp since 2023
What this means: On the NJSLA, New Jersey's statewide test, about 84 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 76 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all New Jersey schools, those numbers are about 53 and 42. Reading and writing scores are up about 4 points since 2023, while math scores have held steady.
NJSLA results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 83.5% | 76.0% |
| 2023-24 | 79.2% | 76.3% |
% 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
76.6%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
65.8%
based on NJ schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+10.8pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 77% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 66% 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 (76.6% proficient) is higher than 5 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Roosevelt School this school | 474 | 0.6% | 76.6% |
| Liberty Corner School Liberty Corner | 429 | 3.7% | 75.3% |
| Cedar Hill School Basking Ridge | 568 | 3.5% | 75.4% |
| Edward H. Bryan CRESSKILL | 555 | 1.1% | 75.9% |
| Woodmont School PINE BROOK | 366 | 3.3% | 71.8% |
| Hamilton Primary School Basking Ridge | 462 | 4.8% | 70.4% |
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 | 76.6% | #63 of 1,290 | #16 of 137 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 76.0% | #148 of 1,319 ▼ 37 | #45 of 149 ▼ 12 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 83.5% | #59 of 1,319 ▲ 38 | #18 of 149 ▲ 10 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 474 | #476 of 1,562 | #27 of 173 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 14.9:1 | #1,298 of 1,390 | #143 of 151 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 65.2% | #305 of 1,392 | #35 of 151 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 0.6% | #1,477 of 1,481 | #154 of 154 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -1.9% | #747 of 798 | #83 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
474
-25 (-5%) vs 2020
+43% since 1990-91, when it was 332
Student : Teacher
14.9:1
was 13.9:1
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 | 474 | 31.9 | 14.9:1 | 1% (3) |
| 2023-24 | 490 | 35 | 14.0:1 | N/A |
| 2022-23 | 478 | 37.8 | 12.7:1 | 1% (3) |
| 2020-21 | 499 | 36 | 13.9:1 | 1% (4) |
| 2017-18 | 483 | 30.3 | 15.9:1 | 0% (0) |
| 2015-16 | 503 | 27 | 18.6:1 | 0% (0) |
| 2010-11 | 474 | 27 | 17.6:1 | 0% (0) |
| 2000-01 | 468 | 29 | 16.1:1 | 1% (4) |
| 1990-91 | 332 | 23 | 14.4:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Roosevelt School.
Since 2017-18: students down 2% (483 to 474); teachers up 5% (30.3 to 31.9).
About Roosevelt School
Roosevelt School is a medium-sized elementary school with an address in RIVER EDGE, New Jersey. It covers kindergarten through 6, with a total enrollment of 474 students.
River Edge School District, which runs Roosevelt School, has 2 schools and 1,171 students.
White students form the largest group at Roosevelt School, 48% of enrollment. Next come 31% Asian, 14% Hispanic, and 7% multiracial. By the diversity index, Roosevelt School comes in at 65%.
Staffing totals 31.9 full-time-equivalent teachers, and the student-to-teacher ratio is 14.9:1. 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 1%. The 28% average for public schools in Bergen County is 27 points higher.
On the allk12 BeatsExpectations measure, Roosevelt School is 10.8 points above the average proficiency rate on state tests predicted for its free or reduced-price lunch share: 76.6% actual, 65.8% predicted. That is outside both the top and bottom 10% in New Jersey.
Among Bergen County residents, median household income is about $124,884, 53% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 5% of people live in poverty. Federal data list 291 public schools in Bergen County, with a combined enrollment of about 133,883.
River Dell Middle School is the public school closest to Roosevelt School, about 0.4 miles away. Inside a five-mile radius, there are at least 8 other public schools. Roosevelt School is 1st of 9 nearby schools by average proficiency rate.
Federal records code the school's setting as Suburb: Large.
A comparison of 2020-21 and 2024-25 shows enrollment down 5%, from 499 to 474. The school's ratio rose from 13.9:1 to 14.9:1 between 2020-21 and 2024-25.
If you have questions about sports schedules, lunch menus, and spirit week at Roosevelt School, you can post them here. 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 River Edge School District
- Cherry Hill SchoolElementary · 697 students
Other schools in RIVER EDGE
- Cherry Hill SchoolElementary · 697 students
- River Dell Middle SchoolMiddle · 573 students
Other Roosevelt schools
10 other US public schools in 7 states are named Roosevelt. Roosevelt School is the 4th largest of the 11.
- Roosevelt SchoolLYNDHURST, NJ · 295 students
- Roosevelt SchoolManville, NJ · 213 students
- Roosevelt SchoolLODI, NJ · 148 students
- Roosevelt SchoolRiver Forest, IL · 625 students
- RooseveltWorcester, MA · 604 students
Nearby schools
- River Dell Middle School0.4 mi · 573
- River Dell Regional High School0.7 mi · 1,025
- Berkley Street School0.7 mi · 415
- New Milford High School0.8 mi · 584
- Cherry Hill School0.9 mi · 697
- Parkway Elementary School1.1 mi · 297
Frequently asked questions
About Roosevelt SchoolHow many students attend Roosevelt School?
Roosevelt School enrolls approximately 474 students in grades KG-06.
What grades does Roosevelt School serve?
Roosevelt School serves grades KG-06.
How many students per teacher at Roosevelt School?
Approximately 14.9:1 students per teacher at Roosevelt School.
How diverse is Roosevelt School?
Roosevelt School reports a student body of 48% White, 14% Hispanic, 0% Black, 31% Asian, 7% Two or more.
What district is Roosevelt School in?
Roosevelt School is part of River Edge School District.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.