Enrollment
348
Elementary
DISTRICT 344 · STATE 380
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·BELLINGHAM SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 530042000112
Roosevelt Elementary School
2900 Yew St, Bellingham, WA 98226 · (360) 676-6440 · Whatcom County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY13-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL348 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
14.3:1
24 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 15.9:1 · STATE 17.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
49%
172 students
DISTRICT 44% · STATE 51%
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Pre-K | 1 | 0% |
| Kindergarten | 67 | 19% |
| Grade 1 | 54 | 16% |
| Grade 2 | 48 | 14% |
| Grade 3 | 58 | 17% |
| Grade 4 | 59 | 17% |
| Grade 5 | 61 | 18% |
This year's kindergarten class (67) is 10% larger than its 5th grade class (61).
Student demographics
53%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 55% · STATE 68% · 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
Smarter Balanced + WCAS 2024-25 . % Met or Exceeded StandardEnglish Language Arts
40.2%
WA avg 58.4% . -9.5pp since 2014
Math
30.9%
WA avg 51.2% . -18.6pp since 2014
What this means: On the Smarter Balanced + WCAS, Washington's statewide test, about 40 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 31 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Washington schools, those numbers are about 58 and 51. Reading and writing scores are down about 10 points since 2014, while math scores are down about 19 points.
Smarter Balanced + WCAS results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 40.2% | 30.9% |
| 2023-24 | 38.3% | 33.9% |
| 2022-23 | 39.4% | 36.0% |
| 2021-22 | 44.0% | 36.9% |
| 2018-19 | 51.0% | 40.5% |
| 2017-18 | 43.2% | 37.4% |
| 2016-17 | 40.2% | 31.3% |
| 2015-16 | 37.1% | 27.7% |
| 2014-15 | 49.8% | 49.5% |
% Met or Exceeded Standard, all students and all tested grades.
Source: Smarter Balanced + WCAS. 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
37.2%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
47.0%
based on WA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-9.9pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 37% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 47% typical for Washington 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 Washington'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 (37.2% proficient) is higher than 0 of the 4 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Roosevelt Elementary School this school | 348 | 49.4% | 37.2% |
| Kapowsin Elementary Graham | 321 | 47.7% | 43.8% |
| Mill Pond Elementary School Yelm | 374 | 49.2% | 53.2% |
| McKenna Elementary McKenna | 418 | 49.3% | 51.1% |
| Burnt Bridge Creek Elementary Sch Vancouver | 312 | 51.3% | N/A |
| Mt. Stuart Elementary Ellensburg | 336 | 50.0% | 41.8% |
Matched among Washington 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 Washington | In Whatcom County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 37.2% | #679 of 936 | #24 of 30 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 30.9% | #862 of 1,103 ▼ 86 | #25 of 30 ▼ 1 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 40.2% | #741 of 1,102 ▲ 40 | #19 of 30 ▲ 4 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest drop first | -4.9pp | #147 of 928 | #4 of 30 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 348 | #802 of 1,268 | #18 of 42 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 14.3:1 | #187 of 1,085 | #6 of 31 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 53.1% | #695 of 1,088 | #18 of 31 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 49.4% | #650 of 1,169 | #20 of 34 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -8.2% | #596 of 778 | #12 of 20 |
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
348
-19 (-5%) vs 2020
-38% since 1990-91, when it was 562
Student : Teacher
14.3:1
was 13.6:1
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 | 348 | 24.3 | 14.3:1 | 49% (172) |
| 2023-24 | 373 | 25.4 | 14.7:1 | 55% (204) |
| 2022-23 | 374 | 27.3 | 13.7:1 | 55% (204) |
| 2020-21 | 367 | 27 | 13.6:1 | 43% (159) |
| 2017-18 | 379 | 23.3 | 16.3:1 | 54% (204) |
| 2015-16 | 417 | 26 | 16.0:1 | 58% (242) |
| 2010-11 | 414 | 21 | 19.7:1 | 42% (174) |
| 2000-01 | 600 | 31 | 19.4:1 | N/A |
| 1990-91 | 562 | 25 | 22.5:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Roosevelt Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students down 8% (379 to 348); teachers up 5% (23.3 to 24.3).
About Roosevelt Elementary School
Roosevelt Elementary School is a mid-sized elementary school in Washington, located in Bellingham. It offers pre-K through 5 and has 348 students enrolled.
Bellingham School District enrolls 11,337 students, and its 25 schools include Roosevelt Elementary School.
About 64% of the student body at Roosevelt Elementary School is White. Other groups make up 23% Hispanic, 8% multiracial, and 3% Black. County-wide, 78% of Whatcom County residents are White. Its diversity index, the chance that two randomly chosen students belong to different racial or ethnic groups, is 53%.
Roosevelt Elementary School has a student-to-teacher ratio of 14.3:1, with 24.3 full-time-equivalent teachers. Compared with the 17.3:1 average for elementary schools in Washington, this school's ratio is lower. The school has 49% of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. The figure for public schools in Whatcom County is close, at 47%.
The school's average proficiency rate across its state test results is 37.2%. For its free or reduced-price lunch share, the predicted value is 47.0%.
The school's county is Whatcom County. According to Census Bureau estimates, the median household earns about $81,784 a year, roughly 39% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 7%. Roosevelt Elementary School shares Whatcom County with 77 other public schools.
Bellingham Re-Engagement Program, about 0.3 miles away, is the closest public school. Within five miles of Roosevelt Elementary School, there are at least 8 other public schools. Compared with its nearest neighbors, Roosevelt Elementary School ranks 5th of 6 on average proficiency.
Under the NCES locale system, Roosevelt Elementary School is City: Small.
A 5% drop took enrollment from 367 in 2020-21 to 348 in 2024-25.
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Whatcom County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
230,503
Census ACS
Median income
$81,784
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
39%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
7%
Below federal line
Schools in county
78
27,779 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Bellingham School District
- Squalicum High SchoolHigh · 1,273 students
- Bellingham High SchoolHigh · 1,165 students
- Sehome High SchoolHigh · 1,116 students
- Whatcom Middle SchoolMiddle · 637 students
- Shuksan Middle SchoolMiddle · 606 students
- Fairhaven Middle SchoolMiddle · 588 students
Other schools in Bellingham
- Squalicum High SchoolHigh · 1,273 students
- Bellingham High SchoolHigh · 1,165 students
- Sehome High SchoolHigh · 1,116 students
- Whatcom Middle SchoolMiddle · 637 students
- Shuksan Middle SchoolMiddle · 606 students
- Fairhaven Middle SchoolMiddle · 588 students
Other Roosevelt Elementary schools
91 other US public schools in 22 states are named Roosevelt Elementary. Roosevelt Elementary School is the 54th largest of the 92.
- Roosevelt ElementaryGranger, WA · 580 students
- Roosevelt Elementary SchoolVANCOUVER, WA · 543 students
- Roosevelt Elementary SchoolYakima, WA · 455 students
- Roosevelt Elementary SchoolPort Angeles, WA · 420 students
- Roosevelt ElementarySpokane, WA · 402 students
Nearby schools
- Bellingham Re-Engagement Program0.3 mi · 110
- Visions (Seamar Youth Center)0.5 mi · 11
- Sunnyland Elementary School1.0 mi · 288
- Silver Beach Elementary School1.2 mi · 357
- Squalicum High School1.4 mi · 1,273
- Options High School1.5 mi · 176
Frequently asked questions
About Roosevelt Elementary SchoolHow many students attend Roosevelt Elementary School?
Roosevelt Elementary School enrolls approximately 348 students in grades PK-05.
Is Roosevelt Elementary School an elementary, middle, or high school?
Roosevelt Elementary School is an elementary school covering grades PK-05.
How many teachers does Roosevelt Elementary School have?
Roosevelt Elementary School employs 24 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 14.3:1.
What is the racial breakdown of students at Roosevelt Elementary School?
At Roosevelt Elementary School, the student body is approximately 64% White, 23% Hispanic, 3% Black, 2% Asian, 8% Two or more.
Who oversees Roosevelt Elementary School?
Roosevelt Elementary School is overseen by Bellingham School District in Whatcom County.
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