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Parents: what's one thing you'd want the Roosevelt Elementary administration to hear?
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Enrollment
396
Elementary
DISTRICT 281 · STATE 323
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·WAUWATOSA SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 551599002087
Roosevelt Elementary
2535 N 73rd St, Wauwatosa, WI 53213 · (414) 773-1600 · Milwaukee County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBREGULAR SCHOOL396 STUDENTS
A+
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Scored higher than 96% of Wisconsin public elementary schools
- ATest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- ABeats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- ·Three-year trend Not available for this school, so the grade uses the other parts.
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
13.4:1
30 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 13.9:1 · STATE 14.7:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
26%
104 students
DISTRICT 23% · STATE 42%
Community
1
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 | 43 | 11% |
| Kindergarten | 40 | 10% |
| Grade 1 | 56 | 14% |
| Grade 2 | 55 | 14% |
| Grade 3 | 67 | 17% |
| Grade 4 | 68 | 17% |
| Grade 5 | 67 | 17% |
This year's kindergarten class (40) is 40% smaller than its 5th grade class (67).
Student demographics
49%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 61% · 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
73.8%
WI avg 53.1% . -5.9pp since 2023
Math
75.4%
WI avg 54.8% . -1.8pp since 2023
What this means: On the Forward Exam, Wisconsin's statewide test, about 74 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 75 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Wisconsin schools, those numbers are about 53 and 55. Reading and writing scores are down about 6 points since 2023, while math scores are down about 2 points.
Forward Exam results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 73.8% | 75.4% |
| 2023-24 | 79.7% | 77.2% |
% 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
OUTPERFORMING
Top 10% of WI schools after controlling for student poverty
Actual proficiency
77.6%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
61.5%
based on WI schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+16.1pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 78% of students here test proficient in math and reading, well above the roughly 62% typical for Wisconsin schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations ranks schools against others at the same poverty level, not by raw scores, so a school can post high scores and still fall short of its prediction, or post lower scores and still beat it. This school clears its prediction by about 16 points, placing it in Wisconsin's top 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 (77.6% proficient) is higher than 5 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Roosevelt Elementary this school | 396 | 26.3% | 77.6% |
| Prairie Lane Elementary Pleasant Prairie | 451 | 28.4% | 76.9% |
| Maryland Montessori Milwaukee | 470 | 24.9% | 63.5% |
| Sandhill Elementary Stoughton | 411 | 29.4% | 66.0% |
| Summit View Elementary Waukesha | 449 | 29.4% | 69.6% |
| Prairie Elementary Waukesha | 348 | 28.7% | 70.4% |
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 Milwaukee County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 77.6% | #60 of 982 | #5 of 171 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 75.4% | #121 of 992 ▼ 14 | #10 of 174 ▼ 2 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 73.8% | #96 of 992 ▼ 60 | #11 of 174 ▼ 5 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 396 | #357 of 1,157 | #62 of 180 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 13.4:1 | #486 of 901 | #37 of 158 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 49.5% | #322 of 901 | #78 of 158 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 26.3% | #794 of 1,064 | #150 of 174 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +0.8% | #223 of 240 | #32 of 33 |
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
396
+6 (+2%) vs 2020
-21% since 1990-91, when it was 502
Student : Teacher
13.4:1
was 15.0:1
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 | 396 | 29.6 | 13.4:1 | 26% (104) |
| 2023-24 | 406 | 29.6 | 13.7:1 | 27% (110) |
| 2022-23 | 414 | 28.4 | 14.6:1 | 22% (93) |
| 2020-21 | 390 | 26 | 15.0:1 | 24% (94) |
| 2017-18 | 393 | 24.4 | 16.1:1 | 16% (64) |
| 2015-16 | 432 | 26 | 16.6:1 | 25% (108) |
| 2010-11 | 491 | 29 | 16.9:1 | 18% (90) |
| 2000-01 | 433 | 27 | 16.0:1 | 8% (34) |
| 1990-91 | 502 | 30 | 16.7:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Roosevelt Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students up 1% (393 to 396); teachers up 21% (24.4 to 29.6).
About Roosevelt Elementary
This page covers Roosevelt Elementary, a mid-sized elementary school in Wauwatosa, Wisconsin. The school runs pre-K through 5 and enrolls 396 students. By comparison, elementary schools in Wisconsin enroll about 323 students on average.
The district, Wauwatosa School District, operates 17 schools serving 6,704 students.
Of every 100 students at Roosevelt Elementary, about 69 are White. Other reported shares: 15% Black, 8% Hispanic, and 7% multiracial. Milwaukee County's residents are about 51% White, 18 points below the school's share. Measured by the diversity index, the student body scores 49%.
The school had 29.6 full-time-equivalent teachers in 2024-25. Its student-to-teacher ratio is 13.4:1. Across elementary schools in Wisconsin, the average ratio is 14.7:1. The eligibility rate for free or reduced-price meals is 26%. The gap from the 64% average for public schools in Milwaukee County is 38 points.
On the allk12 Grade, Roosevelt Elementary lands at A+, ahead of 96% of Wisconsin public elementary schools.
Roosevelt Elementary scores 16.1 points above its predicted average proficiency rate across its state test results: 77.6% actual versus 61.5% predicted. That puts it in the top 10% of Wisconsin schools on BeatsExpectations.
For Milwaukee County, Census Bureau data show the median household earns about $64,435 a year, roughly 35% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 13%. Public schools in Milwaukee County number 284, with about 122,496 students.
About 0.3 miles separate Roosevelt Elementary from the closest public school, Longfellow Middle. The five-mile area around Roosevelt Elementary holds at least 8 other public schools. Ranking the closest schools with test data puts Roosevelt Elementary at 1st of 8.
The NCES locale for Roosevelt Elementary is Suburb: Large, which covers schools in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
In 2020-21, Roosevelt Elementary enrolled 390; in 2024-25, 396. Its ratio of students to teachers was 15.0:1 in 2020-21, and 13.4:1 in 2024-25.
The Roosevelt Elementary discussion page is a place for homework, tutoring, and testing dates. You can also rate the school on this page.
Milwaukee County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
926,331
Census ACS
Median income
$64,435
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
35%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
13%
Below federal line
Schools in county
284
122,496 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Wauwatosa School District
- East HighHigh · 1,043 students
- West HighHigh · 986 students
- Longfellow MiddleMiddle · 782 students
- Whitman MiddleMiddle · 570 students
- McKinley ElementaryElementary · 388 students
- Eisenhower ElementaryElementary · 373 students
Other schools in Wauwatosa
- East HighHigh · 1,043 students
- West HighHigh · 986 students
- Longfellow MiddleMiddle · 782 students
- Whitman MiddleMiddle · 570 students
- McKinley ElementaryElementary · 388 students
- Eisenhower ElementaryElementary · 373 students
Other Roosevelt Elementary schools
91 other US public schools in 22 states are named Roosevelt Elementary. Roosevelt Elementary is the 44th largest of the 92.
- Roosevelt ElementaryPlover, WI · 522 students
- Roosevelt ElementaryKenosha, WI · 491 students
- Roosevelt ElementaryJanesville, WI · 412 students
- Roosevelt ElementaryOshkosh, WI · 235 students
- Roosevelt ElementaryEau Claire, WI · 215 students
Nearby schools
- Longfellow Middle0.3 mi · 782
- Washington Elementary0.6 mi · 285
- Eighty-First Street Elementary0.7 mi · 357
- Lincoln Elementary0.8 mi · 336
- Wauwatosa Virtual Academy0.8 mi · 91
- East High0.8 mi · 1,043
Frequently asked questions
About Roosevelt ElementaryWhat is the total enrollment at Roosevelt Elementary?
Roosevelt Elementary enrolls approximately 396 students in grades PK-05.
Is Roosevelt Elementary an elementary, middle, or high school?
Roosevelt Elementary is an elementary school covering grades PK-05.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Roosevelt Elementary?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Roosevelt Elementary is approximately 13.4:1 (30 FTE teachers).
How diverse is Roosevelt Elementary?
Roosevelt Elementary reports a student body of 69% White, 8% Hispanic, 15% Black, 1% Asian, 7% Two or more.
Who oversees Roosevelt Elementary?
Roosevelt Elementary is overseen by Wauwatosa School District in Milwaukee County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.