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What's the biggest difference between ROOSEVELT EL and what you expected?
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Enrollment
357
Elementary
DISTRICT 496 · STATE 519
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·MCALLEN ISD·NCES 482967005549
Roosevelt Elementary School
4801 S 26TH ST, MCALLEN, TX 78503 · (956) 971-4424 · Hidalgo County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY12-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL357 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
12.1:1
30 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 14.7:1 · STATE 15.1:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
94%
336 students
DISTRICT 75% · STATE 65%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Pre-K | 38 | 11% |
| Kindergarten | 29 | 8% |
| Grade 1 | 49 | 14% |
| Grade 2 | 54 | 15% |
| Grade 3 | 59 | 17% |
| Grade 4 | 60 | 17% |
| Grade 5 | 68 | 19% |
This year's kindergarten class (29) is 57% smaller than its 5th grade class (68).
Student demographics
14%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 12% · STATE 63% · 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
STAAR 2025-26 . % Meets Grade Level or AboveReading
43.0%
TX avg 54.5% . +23.0pp since 2020
Mathematics
35.0%
TX avg 45.3% . +20.0pp since 2020
What this means: On the STAAR, Texas's statewide test, about 43 of every 100 students at this school read at grade level and about 35 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Texas schools, those numbers are about 55 and 45. Reading scores are up about 23 points since 2020, while math scores are up about 20 points.
Performance levels, 2025-26
| Subject | Masters Grade Level | Meets Grade Level | Approaches Grade Level | Did Not Meet Grade Level |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reading | 19.0% | 24.0% | 31.0% | 26.0% |
| Mathematics | 12.0% | 23.0% | 26.0% | 39.0% |
Share of tested students at each STAAR level. Each student counts in one level, so a row adds to about 100%.
STAAR results by year
| School year | Reading | Mathematics |
|---|---|---|
| 2025-26 | 43.0% | 35.0% |
| 2024-25 | 49.0% | 41.0% |
| 2023-24 | 52.0% | 42.0% |
| 2022-23 | 43.0% | 47.0% |
| 2021-22 | 44.0% | 39.0% |
| 2020-21 | 20.0% | 15.0% |
% Meets Grade Level or Above, all students and all tested grades.
Source: STAAR. 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
40.2%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
33.5%
based on TX schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+6.7pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 40% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 34% typical for Texas 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 Texas'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 Elementary School
Roosevelt Elementary School's state test result (40.2% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Roosevelt Elementary School this school | 357 | 94.1% | 40.2% |
| Margaret B Henderson Elementary School DALLAS | 337 | 93.5% | 52.6% |
| Fannin Elementary School CORPUS CHRISTI | 339 | 92.0% | 40.1% |
| Sullivan Environmental Science Academy SAN BENITO | 367 | 92.6% | 36.3% |
| Alton Elementary School ALTON | 337 | 93.5% | 36.4% |
| Houston Elementary School CORPUS CHRISTI | 356 | 95.2% | 40.9% |
Matched among Texas 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 Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Texas | In Hidalgo County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 40.2% | #2,558 of 4,401 | #116 of 181 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 35.0% | #3,468 of 4,466 ▼ 863 | #164 of 183 ▼ 51 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 43.0% | #3,375 of 4,466 ▼ 753 | #151 of 183 ▼ 37 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest drop first | -6.0pp | #607 of 3,998 | #20 of 180 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 357 | #3,824 of 4,938 | #164 of 192 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 12.1:1 | #368 of 4,622 | #2 of 185 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 14.0% | #3,960 of 4,628 | #12 of 185 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 94.1% | #612 of 4,789 | #51 of 190 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -33.6% | #353 of 2,838 | #18 of 128 |
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
357
-82 (-19%) vs 2020
-54% since 1990-91, when it was 773
Student : Teacher
12.1:1
was 12.9:1
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 | 357 | 29.6 | 12.1:1 | 94% (336) |
| 2023-24 | 409 | 35.8 | 11.4:1 | 95% (390) |
| 2022-23 | 433 | 29.5 | 14.7:1 | 96% (415) |
| 2020-21 | 439 | 34 | 12.9:1 | 98% (431) |
| 2017-18 | 538 | 34 | 15.8:1 | 94% (504) |
| 2015-16 | 592 | 35 | 16.9:1 | 93% (549) |
| 2010-11 | 688 | 37 | 18.6:1 | 0% (0) |
| 2000-01 | 820 | 49 | 16.7:1 | 85% (699) |
| 1990-91 | 773 | 50 | 15.5:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Roosevelt Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students down 34% (538 to 357); teachers down 13% (34 to 29.6).
About Roosevelt Elementary School
Roosevelt Elementary School is a low-enrollment elementary school in MCALLEN, Texas. The school counted 357 students in 2024-25, covering pre-K through 5. It has 31% fewer students than the average for elementary schools in Texas (about 519).
The district, MCALLEN ISD, has 19,890 students enrolled across 31 schools.
Roughly 92% of students at Roosevelt Elementary School are Hispanic. Smaller groups are 7% White. Hidalgo County residents are about 92% Hispanic, a similar share. The diversity index for Roosevelt Elementary School is 14%. For US public schools as a whole it is 70%.
The school has 29.6 full-time-equivalent teachers and a ratio of 12.1 students per teacher. Statewide, elementary schools in Texas average 15.1:1. Of all students at Roosevelt Elementary School, 94% are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. Public schools in Hidalgo County average 85%.
Roosevelt Elementary School posts an average proficiency rate across its state test results of 40.2%, compared with a predicted 33.5%. It is not in the top or bottom 10% of Texas schools on BeatsExpectations.
Five-year Census Bureau estimates for Hidalgo County show that median household income comes to about $54,338, roughly 21% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and about 23% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Hidalgo County counts 364 public schools with about 212,859 students.
Houston Elementary School, about 0.5 miles away, is the closest public school. Within five miles of Roosevelt Elementary School, there are at least 8 other public schools. The average proficiency across nearby scored schools is 50.7%; Roosevelt Elementary School's is 40.2%, ranking 8th of 8.
The NCES locale for Roosevelt Elementary School is City: Mid-size, which covers schools inside a principal city with a population between 100,000 and 250,000.
Between 2020-21 and 2024-25, Roosevelt Elementary School had a net loss of 82 students, or 19%.
Use the discussion section to ask about homework, tutoring, and testing dates at Roosevelt Elementary School. You can also rate the school on this page.
Hidalgo County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
891,977
Census ACS
Median income
$54,338
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
21%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
23%
Below federal line
Schools in county
364
212,859 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in MCALLEN ISD
- McAllen High SchoolHigh · 2,134 students
- Memorial High SchoolHigh · 2,021 students
- Rowe High SchoolHigh · 1,905 students
- Morris Middle SchoolMiddle · 999 students
- Cathey Middle SchoolMiddle · 827 students
- Gonzalez Elementary SchoolElementary · 818 students
Other schools in MCALLEN
- McAllen High SchoolHigh · 2,134 students
- Memorial High SchoolHigh · 2,021 students
- Morris Middle SchoolMiddle · 999 students
- Cathey Middle SchoolMiddle · 827 students
- IDEA McAllen College PreparatoryHigh · 820 students
- Gonzalez Elementary SchoolElementary · 818 students
Other Roosevelt Elementary schools
91 other US public schools in 22 states are named Roosevelt Elementary. Roosevelt Elementary School is the 52nd largest of the 92.
- Roosevelt Elementary SchoolLUBBOCK, TX · 519 students
- Roosevelt Elementary SchoolHOUSTON, TX · 385 students
- Roosevelt Elementary SchoolSAN ANTONIO, TX · 155 students
- Roosevelt ElementaryLong Beach, CA · 785 students
- Roosevelt Elementary SchoolAllentown, PA · 631 students
Nearby schools
- Houston Elementary School0.5 mi · 397
- IDEA Los Encinos College Preparatory1.0 mi · 753
- IDEA Los Encinos Academy1.0 mi · 770
- Brown Middle School1.7 mi · 580
- Escandon Elementary School1.8 mi · 478
- Ruben Hinojosa Elementary School1.9 mi · 472
Frequently asked questions
About Roosevelt Elementary SchoolHow many students attend Roosevelt Elementary School?
Roosevelt Elementary School enrolls approximately 357 students in grades PK-05.
What age range does Roosevelt Elementary School serve?
Roosevelt Elementary School serves students from grade PK through grade 05.
How many students per teacher at Roosevelt Elementary School?
Approximately 12.1:1 students per teacher at Roosevelt Elementary School.
What is the student diversity at Roosevelt Elementary School?
Student demographics at Roosevelt Elementary School are roughly 7% White, 92% Hispanic, 0% Two or more.
Who oversees Roosevelt Elementary School?
Roosevelt Elementary School is overseen by MCALLEN ISD in Hidalgo County.
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