Roosevelt Elementary

Set in Granger, Washington, Roosevelt Elementary is an expansive K-5 school, overseen by Granger School District. It enrolls 580 students across grades pre-K through 4. By comparison, Washington's public schools average about 380 students each, so Roosevelt Elementary sits 53% larger than that benchmark.

Granger School District runs 3 schools in total, collectively educating 1,438 students. Roosevelt Elementary is one of those campuses.

Demographically, Roosevelt Elementary shows that 96% of students identify as Hispanic, making the school strongly Hispanic-majority. Beyond that, the school records 2% Native American. By comparison, Yakima County as a whole is about 52% Hispanic, so the school skews visibly more Hispanic than its surroundings.

In terms of school funding signals, Roosevelt Elementary shows 35 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 16.5:1. The state averages around 17.3:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. Roughly 88% of students at Roosevelt Elementary qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. Set against Yakima County (around 77%), the school's rate is somewhat above typical.

With demographic context factored in, Roosevelt Elementary tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 21.3% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 20.0%.

Zooming out to the county, Yakima County reports that median household earnings sit near $70,656, about 19% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and roughly 12% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Roosevelt Elementary is one of 119 public schools in Yakima County (combined enrollment of about 52,145 students).

Nearest neighbor: Granger Middle School, around 0.0 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 4 other public schools cluster around Roosevelt Elementary. Among the 8 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Roosevelt Elementary ranks 8th on composite proficiency, below the local average of 30.9%.

Roosevelt Elementary operates from a rural location.

Over the past 7-year window. Roosevelt Elementary's enrollment has stayed largely flat since 2018, when it stood at 590 (now 580). Class-load math has narrowed: from 18.7:1 in 2018 to 16.5:1 in 2025.

On the community side, the page collects discussion, questions, and updates around open house dates, ride-share offers, and field-trip permission slips. Contributors range from current parents to recent graduates and teachers.