Enrollment
337
Elementary
DISTRICT 372 · STATE 405
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·WEEHAWKEN PUBLIC SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 341731002932
Theodore Roosevelt School
1 LOUISA PLACE, WEEHAWKEN, NJ 07086 · (201) 422-6140 · Hudson County
GRADES 03–06ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL337 STUDENTS
B-
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 49% 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.
- BBeats 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
9.0:1
38 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 9.0:1 · STATE 11.4:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
49%
165 students
DISTRICT 49% · 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 | 93 | 28% |
| Grade 4 | 75 | 22% |
| Grade 5 | 90 | 27% |
| Grade 6 | 79 | 23% |
Student demographics
63%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 63% · 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
Theodore Roosevelt School→Weehawken High School
Feeds from
Based on grade levels within Weehawken Public School District. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
NJSLA 2024-25 . % Meeting or Exceeding ExpectationsEnglish Language Arts
67.1%
NJ avg 53.1% . +19.6pp since 2023
Math
37.7%
NJ avg 41.6% . +3.6pp since 2023
What this means: On the NJSLA, New Jersey's statewide test, about 67 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 38 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 20 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 4 points.
NJSLA results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 67.1% | 37.7% |
| 2023-24 | 47.5% | 34.1% |
% 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
42.7%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
39.4%
based on NJ schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+3.3pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 43% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 39% 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 Theodore Roosevelt School
Theodore Roosevelt School's state test result (42.7% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Theodore Roosevelt School this school | 337 | 49.0% | 42.7% |
| Mercerville Elementary School HAMILTON | 350 | 47.4% | 38.9% |
| Woodland Intermediate School Middlesex | 317 | 43.5% | 37.0% |
| Beatrice Gilmore School Woodland Park | 359 | 47.9% | 38.3% |
| McKenzie School EAST RUTHERFORD | 369 | 47.2% | 47.8% |
| School #2 CLIFTON | 401 | 46.1% | 46.2% |
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 Theodore Roosevelt School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In New Jersey | In Hudson County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 42.7% | #689 of 1,290 | #26 of 84 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 37.7% | #844 of 1,319 ▲ 2 | #33 of 84 no change |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 67.1% | #334 of 1,319 ▲ 391 | #14 of 84 ▲ 22 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 337 | #958 of 1,562 | #73 of 88 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 9.0:1 | #128 of 1,390 | #6 of 87 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 63.4% | #370 of 1,392 | #33 of 87 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 49.0% | #602 of 1,481 | #74 of 88 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -12.0% | #358 of 798 | #40 of 61 |
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
337
-35 (-9%) vs 2020
+10% since 1990-91, when it was 305
Student : Teacher
9.0:1
was 8.3:1
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 | 337 | 37.6 | 9.0:1 | 49% (165) |
| 2023-24 | 328 | 38.6 | 8.5:1 | 26% (84) |
| 2022-23 | 347 | 44 | 7.9:1 | 42% (147) |
| 2020-21 | 372 | 45 | 8.3:1 | 42% (155) |
| 2017-18 | 383 | 34.8 | 11.0:1 | 34% (129) |
| 2015-16 | 393 | 34 | 11.6:1 | 41% (161) |
| 2010-11 | 346 | 26 | 13.3:1 | 52% (179) |
| 2000-01 | 406 | 28 | 14.5:1 | 66% (268) |
| 1990-91 | 305 | 21 | 14.5:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Theodore Roosevelt School.
Since 2017-18: students down 12% (383 to 337); teachers up 8% (34.8 to 37.6).
About Theodore Roosevelt School
Theodore Roosevelt School is a low-enrollment elementary school. Its address is in WEEHAWKEN, New Jersey. The school reports 337 students in grades 3 through 6.
Theodore Roosevelt School belongs to Weehawken Public School District, a district of 3 schools and 1,347 students.
The most common group at Theodore Roosevelt School is Hispanic students, at 43%. After that, the student body is 41% White, 8% Asian, 5% Black, and 2% multiracial. That is close to the 41% Hispanic share among all Hudson County residents. The school's diversity index is 63%, meaning two students picked at random have a 63% chance of belonging to different racial or ethnic groups.
Teachers at Theodore Roosevelt School total 37.6 full-time equivalents, and the ratio is 9.0:1. That is 2.5 students per teacher below the 11.4:1 average for elementary schools in New Jersey. Federal records put free or reduced-price lunch eligibility at 49%. That is 19 points below the 68% average for public schools in Hudson County.
allk12 grades Theodore Roosevelt School a B-. The grade compares the school only with New Jersey public elementary schools, because each state gives its own test.
Theodore Roosevelt School's actual average proficiency rate on state tests (42.7%) and its predicted rate (39.4%) put it outside the top and bottom 10% of New Jersey schools.
According to the American Community Survey, in Hudson County, the median household income is $91,795, 49% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 11% of people live in poverty. Theodore Roosevelt School is one of 130 public schools in the county.
Nearby, Weehawken High School is about 0.3 miles away. Within five miles of Theodore Roosevelt School, there are at least 8 other public schools. The average proficiency across nearby scored schools is 34.7%; Theodore Roosevelt School's is 42.7%, ranking 1st of 8.
For locale, NCES codes Theodore Roosevelt School as Suburb: Large.
Compared with 2020-21, the school had 35 fewer students in 2024-25.
Parents and students can post about sports tryouts, band and choir, and theater at Theodore Roosevelt School. Alumni can share how the school prepared them.
Hudson County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
718,323
Census ACS
Median income
$91,795
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
49%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
11%
Below federal line
Schools in county
130
86,216 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Weehawken Public School District
- Weehawken High SchoolHigh · 604 students
- Daniel Webster SchoolElementary · 406 students
Other schools in WEEHAWKEN
- Weehawken High SchoolHigh · 604 students
- Daniel Webster SchoolElementary · 406 students
Other Theodore Roosevelt schools
5 other US public schools in 4 states are named Theodore Roosevelt. Theodore Roosevelt School is the 3rd largest of the 6.
- Theodore RooseveltParamount, CA · 491 students
- THEODORE ROOSEVELT SCHOOLBINGHAMTON, NY · 352 students
- THEODORE ROOSEVELT SCHOOLCHEEKTOWAGA, NY · 312 students
- THEODORE ROOSEVELT SCHOOLOYSTER BAY, NY · 308 students
- Theodore Roosevelt SchoolFt. Apache, AZ · 149 students
Nearby schools
- Weehawken High School0.3 mi · 604
- Theodore Roosevelt Elementary School0.3 mi · 871
- Public School Number Two0.4 mi · 621
- Early Childhood School0.4 mi · 395
- Union Hill Middle School0.4 mi · 865
- Memorial High School0.5 mi · 2,345
Frequently asked questions
About Theodore Roosevelt SchoolHow large is Theodore Roosevelt School?
Theodore Roosevelt School enrolls approximately 337 students in grades 03-06.
Is Theodore Roosevelt School an elementary, middle, or high school?
Theodore Roosevelt School is an elementary school covering grades 03-06.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Theodore Roosevelt School?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Theodore Roosevelt School is approximately 9.0:1 (38 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at Theodore Roosevelt School?
At Theodore Roosevelt School, the student body is approximately 41% White, 43% Hispanic, 5% Black, 8% Asian, 2% Two or more.
Is Theodore Roosevelt School public or private?
Theodore Roosevelt School is a public K-12 school, overseen by Weehawken Public School District.
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