Franklin D. Roosevelt

Franklin D. Roosevelt is a modestly sized combined-grade school in Cleveland, Ohio, overseen by Cleveland Municipal. The school serves 371 students in grades pre-K through 9. By comparison, Ohio's public schools average about 712 students each, so Franklin D. Roosevelt sits 48% leaner than that benchmark.

Within Cleveland Municipal, which oversees 93 schools and 33,065 students, Franklin D. Roosevelt is one campus in the system.

On the student-mix side, Franklin D. Roosevelt logs that 93% of students identify as Black, making the school strongly Black-majority; the rest reads as 2% White, 2% multiracial. The wider county runs roughly 29% Black, putting the school's mix meaningfully more Black than the area baseline.

Looking at school resources, The school employs 17 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 21.8:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 25.8:1 average.

In the broader community, Cuyahoga County reports that median household income runs about $64,468, 37% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 12%. Across Cuyahoga County's 352 public schools (combined enrollment of about 155,924 students), Franklin D. Roosevelt is one campus in the mix.

The closest other public school is Glenville High School, roughly 0.3 miles away. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius.

Franklin D. Roosevelt operates from a city-core location.

Looking at the recent track record. Over the past 7-year window, the student count decreased 14%: 431 students in 2018 compared to 371 in 2025. Black enrollment moved from 100% to 93% across the same window. The student-to-teacher ratio grew from 14.4:1 in 2018 to 21.8:1 today.

In the discussion threads here, recent activity here tends to focus on pickup logistics, teacher feedback, and after-school programs. Members of the school community can share what they know.