Roosevelt Elementary School

Roosevelt Elementary School is one of the compact elementary campuss in Tacoma, Washington, overseen by Tacoma School District, with 270 students on its rolls from grades pre-K through 5. Compared to the state average of about 380 students per school, that is 29% below typical.

Tacoma School District runs 66 schools in total, collectively educating 28,900 students. Roosevelt Elementary School is one of those campuses.

On demographics, Roosevelt Elementary School shows that 33% of students identify as Hispanic, with the remaining enrollment distributed across several groups; the rest comes out to 20% Black, 15% multiracial, 13% White, 8% Pacific Islander. The wider county runs roughly 13% Hispanic, putting the school's mix noticeably more Hispanic than the area baseline.

On the resource side, The school lists 17 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 16.0:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 17.3:1 average. Roughly 76% of students at Roosevelt Elementary School qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. Set against Pierce County (around 50%), the school's rate is somewhat above typical.

With demographic context factored in, Roosevelt Elementary School performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 29.3%, the actual is 27.6%, a residual of -1.7 points.

Around the school, the surrounding county (Pierce County) logs that median household earnings sit near $99,564, 31% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 6%. In all, Pierce County runs 287 public schools (combined enrollment of about 138,462 students), of which Roosevelt Elementary School is one.

The closest other public school is Impact Public Schools, roughly 0.7 miles away. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Roosevelt Elementary School. Among the 8 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Roosevelt Elementary School ranks 7th on composite proficiency, below the local average of 31.8%.

Roosevelt Elementary School operates from a downtown location.

Looking at the recent track record. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Roosevelt Elementary School has ticked up 4%, going from 260 students in 2018 to 270 in 2025. Class-load math has widened: from 13.7:1 in 2018 to 16.0:1 in 2025.

On this page, members of the Roosevelt Elementary School community share and discuss enrollment questions, classroom assignments, and PTA news. The community welcomes input from current and former families.