Enrollment
340
Elementary
DISTRICT 329 · STATE 380
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·OLYMPIA SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 530618000934
Roosevelt Elementary School
1417 SAN FRANCISCO AVE NE, OLYMPIA, WA 98506 · (360) 596-6700 · Thurston County
GRADES KG–05ELEMENTARY13-CITYREGULAR SCHOOL340 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
12.9:1
26 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 16.0:1 · STATE 17.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
36%
121 students
DISTRICT 35% · 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Kindergarten | 41 | 12% |
| Grade 1 | 56 | 16% |
| Grade 2 | 48 | 14% |
| Grade 3 | 55 | 16% |
| Grade 4 | 65 | 19% |
| Grade 5 | 75 | 22% |
This year's kindergarten class (41) is 45% smaller than its 5th grade class (75).
Student demographics
48%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 60% · 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
60.3%
WA avg 58.4% . +0.3pp since 2014
Math
54.6%
WA avg 51.2% . -6.9pp since 2014
What this means: On the Smarter Balanced + WCAS, Washington's statewide test, about 60 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 55 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Washington schools, those numbers are about 58 and 51. Reading and writing scores have held steady since 2014, while math scores are down about 7 points.
Smarter Balanced + WCAS results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 60.3% | 54.6% |
| 2023-24 | 59.0% | 53.4% |
| 2022-23 | 53.2% | 50.5% |
| 2021-22 | 40.5% | 41.3% |
| 2018-19 | 74.7% | 71.7% |
| 2017-18 | 69.9% | 66.0% |
| 2016-17 | 71.4% | 67.7% |
| 2015-16 | 64.3% | 64.1% |
| 2014-15 | 60.0% | 61.5% |
% 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
58.0%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
56.3%
based on WA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+1.6pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 58% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 56% 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 (58.0% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 4 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Roosevelt Elementary School this school | 340 | 35.6% | 58.0% |
| Lowell Elementary School Bellingham | 338 | 34.3% | 58.9% |
| Maplewood Elementary Puyallup | 371 | 37.2% | 52.0% |
| White River Early Learning Center Buckley | 360 | 33.6% | N/A |
| Richard Gordon Elementary Kingston | 361 | 35.7% | 56.9% |
| Northern Heights Elementary Schl Bellingham | 396 | 35.9% | 52.0% |
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 Thurston County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 58.0% | #290 of 936 | #8 of 39 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 54.6% | #349 of 1,103 ▲ 22 | #8 of 39 ▲ 1 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 60.3% | #296 of 1,102 ▲ 21 | #6 of 39 ▲ 3 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +16.6pp | #16 of 928 | #1 of 39 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 340 | #825 of 1,268 | #32 of 43 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 12.9:1 | #60 of 1,085 | #1 of 40 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 48.4% | #804 of 1,088 | #33 of 39 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 35.6% | #859 of 1,169 | #33 of 43 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -17.1% | #376 of 778 | #11 of 27 |
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
340
-53 (-13%) vs 2020
-21% since 1990-91, when it was 428
Student : Teacher
12.9:1
was 14.0:1
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 | 340 | 26.3 | 12.9:1 | 36% (121) |
| 2023-24 | 396 | 26.8 | 14.8:1 | 37% (146) |
| 2022-23 | 382 | 29.3 | 13.0:1 | 41% (157) |
| 2020-21 | 393 | 28 | 14.0:1 | 33% (131) |
| 2017-18 | 410 | 25.2 | 16.3:1 | 41% (167) |
| 2015-16 | 402 | 21 | 19.1:1 | 44% (178) |
| 2010-11 | 427 | 21 | 20.3:1 | 41% (173) |
| 2000-01 | 309 | 17 | 18.2:1 | N/A |
| 1990-91 | 428 | 20 | 21.4:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Roosevelt Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students down 17% (410 to 340); teachers up 4% (25.2 to 26.3).
About Roosevelt Elementary School
Roosevelt Elementary School is a mid-sized elementary school in OLYMPIA, Washington, one of the schools in Olympia School District. In all, 340 students attend the school in kindergarten through 5.
Olympia School District counts 20 schools and 9,386 students, including Roosevelt Elementary School.
The share of White students at Roosevelt Elementary School is 66%, a majority. After that, the student body is 15% Hispanic, 9% multiracial, and 4% Asian. A diversity index of 48% means there is a 48% chance two randomly chosen students at Roosevelt Elementary School are from different groups.
The student-to-teacher ratio is 12.9:1. The school has 26.3 full-time-equivalent teachers. The gap from the 17.3:1 average for elementary schools in Washington is 4.4 students per teacher. In all, 36% of students qualify for free or reduced-price lunch.
Roosevelt Elementary School sits between the top and bottom 10% of Washington schools on BeatsExpectations, with an actual average proficiency rate across its state test results of 58.0% and a predicted 56.3%.
In Thurston County, where the school is located, median household income comes to about $96,563, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 39%, and about 6% of people live in poverty. There are 86 public schools in the county, enrolling about 44,412, Roosevelt Elementary School among them.
Roosevelt Elementary School's closest public school neighbor is Touchstone, about 0.4 miles away. Within five miles of Roosevelt Elementary School, there are at least 8 other public schools. On proficiency, Roosevelt Elementary School is ahead of the 49.1% nearby average, ranking 2nd of 6.
Its NCES locale code is City: Small: the school is inside a principal city with a population under 100,000.
Since 2020-21, enrollment has fallen 13%, from 393 to 340. Over the same period, the student-to-teacher ratio dropped to 12.9:1, from 14.0:1.
Parents, students, and staff can share information on athletics, class schedules, and weather closures here. Members of the school community can share what they know.
Thurston County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
299,067
Census ACS
Median income
$96,563
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
39%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
6%
Below federal line
Schools in county
86
44,412 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Olympia School District
- Olympia High SchoolHigh · 1,901 students
- Capital High SchoolHigh · 1,322 students
- Washington Middle SchoolMiddle · 702 students
- Thurgood Marshall Middle SchoolMiddle · 469 students
- Jefferson Middle SchoolMiddle · 462 students
- Centennial ElementaryElementary · 434 students
Other schools in OLYMPIA
- Olympia High SchoolHigh · 1,901 students
- Capital High SchoolHigh · 1,322 students
- Washington Middle SchoolMiddle · 702 students
- Griffin SchoolElementary · 585 students
- East Olympia ElementaryElementary · 579 students
- Thurgood Marshall Middle SchoolMiddle · 469 students
Other Roosevelt Elementary schools
91 other US public schools in 22 states are named Roosevelt Elementary. Roosevelt Elementary School is the 59th 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
- Touchstone0.4 mi · 2
- Reeves Middle School0.6 mi · 394
- Madison Elementary School0.9 mi · 203
- Avanti High School0.9 mi · 167
- Olympia Regional Learning Academy1.6 mi · 345
- Garfield Elementary School1.7 mi · 314
Frequently asked questions
About Roosevelt Elementary SchoolHow large is Roosevelt Elementary School?
Roosevelt Elementary School enrolls approximately 340 students in grades KG-05.
What age range does Roosevelt Elementary School serve?
Roosevelt Elementary School serves students from grade KG through grade 05.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Roosevelt Elementary School?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Roosevelt Elementary School is approximately 12.9:1 (26 FTE teachers).
What is the student diversity at Roosevelt Elementary School?
Student demographics at Roosevelt Elementary School are roughly 66% White, 15% Hispanic, 1% Black, 4% Asian, 9% Two or more.
What district is Roosevelt Elementary School in?
Roosevelt Elementary School is part of Olympia School District.
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