Roosevelt Elementary

Roosevelt Elementary operates as an intimate K-5 school in Racine, Wisconsin, overseen by Racine Unified School District. Current enrollment sits at 195 students spanning grades pre-K through 5. By comparison, Wisconsin's public schools average about 323 students each, so Roosevelt Elementary sits 40% leaner than that benchmark.

Roosevelt Elementary is one of 27 schools operated by Racine Unified School District, a district that teaches 16,557 students overall.

On demographics, Roosevelt Elementary records that 36% of students identify as Hispanic, with the remaining enrollment distributed across several groups. Other groups include 31% Black, 18% White, 15% multiracial. That is considerably more Hispanic than the county at large, where the share is closer to 15%.

On the resource side, Roosevelt Elementary reports 19 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 10.5:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 14.7:1, putting Roosevelt Elementary tighter than the state norm the norm. About 79% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. Set against Racine County (around 48%), the school's rate is somewhat above typical.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, Roosevelt Elementary performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 29.2%, the actual is 29.6%, a residual of +0.4 points.

Zooming out to the county, the surrounding county (Racine County) shows that median household earnings sit near $78,096, roughly 28% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 7% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Across Racine County's 54 public schools (combined enrollment of about 25,901 students), Roosevelt Elementary is one campus in the mix.

The closest other public school is Red Apple School, roughly 0.7 miles away. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. On composite proficiency, Roosevelt Elementary comes 3rd of 7 in the immediate cluster, above the nearby-schools average of 23.5%.

The school occupies a high-density site.

Over the past 7-year window. Over the past 7-year window, the student count contracted 42%: 334 students in 2018 compared to 195 in 2025. Over the same period, the White share fell from 29% to 18%. Class-load math has narrowed: from 12.7:1 in 2018 to 10.5:1 in 2025.

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