Enrollment
195
Elementary
DISTRICT 571 · STATE 323
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·RACINE UNIFIED SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 551236001637
Roosevelt Elementary
915 Romayne Ave, Racine, WI 53402 · (262) 664-8300 · Racine County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY13-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL195 STUDENTS
C-
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Scored higher than 18% of Wisconsin public elementary schools
- DTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- C+Beats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
Grades compare a school only with schools in the same state, because every state gives its own test. How grades work · Top-graded Wisconsin public elementary schools
Student : Teacher
10.5:1
19 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 13.6:1 · STATE 14.7:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
79%
154 students
DISTRICT 62% · STATE 42%
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 | 24 | 12% |
| Kindergarten | 35 | 18% |
| Grade 1 | 21 | 11% |
| Grade 2 | 29 | 15% |
| Grade 3 | 21 | 11% |
| Grade 4 | 31 | 16% |
| Grade 5 | 34 | 17% |
This year's kindergarten class (35) is about the same size as its 5th grade class (34).
Student demographics
72%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 72% · STATE 54% · 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
Forward Exam 2024-25 . % Meeting or AdvancedEnglish Language Arts
37.7%
WI avg 53.1% . +6.2pp since 2023
Math
22.1%
WI avg 54.8% . +0.6pp since 2023
What this means: On the Forward Exam, Wisconsin's statewide test, about 38 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 22 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Wisconsin schools, those numbers are about 53 and 55. Reading and writing scores are up about 6 points since 2023, while math scores have held steady.
Forward Exam results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 37.7% | 22.1% |
| 2023-24 | 31.5% | 21.5% |
% Meeting or Advanced, all students and all tested grades.
Source: Forward Exam. 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
29.6%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
29.2%
based on WI schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+0.4pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 30% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 29% typical for Wisconsin 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 Wisconsin'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
Roosevelt Elementary's state test result (29.6% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 4 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Roosevelt Elementary this school | 195 | 79.0% | 29.6% |
| Trowbridge Street School of Great Lakes Studies Milwaukee | 228 | 82.9% | 30.4% |
| Grant Elementary Kenosha | 289 | 73.7% | 28.9% |
| Jefferson Head Start Learning Center Green Bay | 161 | 83.9% | N/A |
| Pershing Elementary West Milwaukee | 250 | 74.8% | 32.0% |
| Alcott Elementary Milwaukee | 264 | 74.2% | 26.8% |
Matched among Wisconsin 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 ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Wisconsin | In Racine County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 29.6% | #845 of 982 | #22 of 32 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 22.1% | #880 of 992 ▲ 8 | #23 of 32 ▼ 1 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 37.7% | #765 of 992 ▲ 53 | #20 of 32 ▲ 1 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 195 | #914 of 1,157 | #30 of 35 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 79.0% | #126 of 1,064 | #6 of 34 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -41.6% | #24 of 664 | #3 of 13 |
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
195
-65 (-25%) vs 2020
-54% since 1990-91, when it was 428
Student : Teacher
10.5:1
was 11.3:1
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 | 195 | 18.7 | 10.5:1 | 79% (154) |
| 2023-24 | 219 | 23.2 | 9.5:1 | 79% (172) |
| 2022-23 | 215 | 22.5 | 9.5:1 | 84% (180) |
| 2020-21 | 260 | 23 | 11.3:1 | 83% (217) |
| 2017-18 | 334 | 26.3 | 12.7:1 | 77% (257) |
| 2015-16 | 348 | 26 | 13.4:1 | 78% (272) |
| 2010-11 | 353 | 23 | 15.3:1 | 78% (274) |
| 2000-01 | 491 | 26 | 18.9:1 | 33% (162) |
| 1990-91 | 428 | 27 | 15.8:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Roosevelt Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students down 42% (334 to 195); teachers down 29% (26.3 to 18.7).
About Roosevelt Elementary
Roosevelt Elementary is a public low-enrollment elementary school in Racine, Wisconsin. There are 195 students enrolled, covering pre-K through 5. On average, elementary schools in Wisconsin enroll around 323, and this school is 40% below that mark.
Roosevelt Elementary is a school in Racine Unified School District. The district has 27 schools and 16,557 students.
Hispanic students make up 36% of enrollment at Roosevelt Elementary, the largest share of any group. Beyond that, enrollment is 31% Black, 18% White, and 15% multiracial. In Racine County overall, about 15% of residents are Hispanic. On a 0 to 100 scale, the school's diversity index is 72, compared with 70 nationally.
A staff of 18.7 full-time-equivalent teachers puts the student-to-teacher ratio at 10.5:1. The average for elementary schools in Wisconsin, 14.7:1, is higher. The share of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch is 79%. Among public schools in Racine County, the average eligibility rate is 48%.
On the allk12 Grade, Roosevelt Elementary lands at C-, ahead of 18% of Wisconsin public elementary schools.
Roosevelt Elementary's actual average proficiency rate across its state test results (29.6%) and its predicted rate (29.2%) put it outside the top and bottom 10% of Wisconsin schools.
The school is in Racine County, where the median household earns about $78,096 a year, about 28% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and roughly 7% of residents are in poverty. Across Racine County, 54 public schools serve about 25,901 students.
Red Apple School is about 0.7 miles away, making it the nearest public school. Roosevelt Elementary is one of several public schools in the area, with at least 8 others within five miles. Nearby schools average 23.5% on proficiency, and Roosevelt Elementary is above that at 29.6%.
NCES lists the school's locale as City: Small. That means it sits inside a principal city with a population under 100,000.
In 2024-25, the school enrolled 195, down from 260 in 2020-21.
This page is set up for the Roosevelt Elementary community to discuss homework, tutoring, and testing dates. Members of the school community can share what they know.
Racine County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
197,532
Census ACS
Median income
$78,096
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
28%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
7%
Below federal line
Schools in county
54
25,901 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Racine Unified School District
- Case HighHigh · 1,856 students
- Gifford SchoolElementary · 1,331 students
- Horlick HighHigh · 1,212 students
- Park HighHigh · 1,203 students
- Starbuck International SchoolElementary · 1,133 students
- Mitchell SchoolElementary · 1,040 students
Other schools in Racine
- Case HighHigh · 1,856 students
- Gifford SchoolElementary · 1,331 students
- Horlick HighHigh · 1,212 students
- Park HighHigh · 1,203 students
- Starbuck International SchoolElementary · 1,133 students
- Mitchell SchoolElementary · 1,040 students
Other Roosevelt Elementary schools
91 other US public schools in 22 states are named Roosevelt Elementary. Roosevelt Elementary is the 84th largest of the 92.
- Roosevelt ElementaryPlover, WI · 522 students
- Roosevelt ElementaryKenosha, WI · 491 students
- Roosevelt ElementaryJanesville, WI · 412 students
- Roosevelt ElementaryWauwatosa, WI · 396 students
- Roosevelt ElementaryOshkosh, WI · 235 students
Nearby schools
- Red Apple School0.7 mi · 354
- Jerstad-Agerholm School0.9 mi · 870
- Horlick High0.9 mi · 1,212
- DOC: Racine Youthful Offender Correction al Facility1.1 mi · 32
- Gilmore Fine Arts School1.1 mi · 737
- Wadewitz Elementary1.1 mi · 517
Frequently asked questions
About Roosevelt ElementaryHow many students attend Roosevelt Elementary?
Roosevelt Elementary enrolls approximately 195 students in grades PK-05.
What grades does Roosevelt Elementary serve?
Roosevelt Elementary serves grades PK-05.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Roosevelt Elementary?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Roosevelt Elementary is approximately 10.5:1 (19 FTE teachers).
What is the student diversity at Roosevelt Elementary?
Student demographics at Roosevelt Elementary are roughly 18% White, 36% Hispanic, 31% Black, 15% Two or more.
Who oversees Roosevelt Elementary?
Roosevelt Elementary is overseen by Racine Unified School District in Racine County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.