Is Roosevelt Elementary a good school?

Roosevelt Elementary ranks in the bottom 13.0% of California elementary schools.

How many students attend Roosevelt Elementary?

In the 2023-24 school year, 453 students attended Roosevelt Elementary.

What is the racial makeup of Roosevelt Elementary?

Students at Roosevelt Elementary are 76% Hispanic, 15% White, 4% Two or more races, 3% Asian, 1% Pacific Islander.

What schools do graduates of Roosevelt Elementary attend?

Students who attend Roosevelt Elementary usually go on to attend: Middle : John F. Kennedy Middle High : Sequoia High

Roosevelt Elementary

Summary:

Roosevelt Elementary is a public K-8 school in Redwood City, California, serving a student population of 529. The school is part of the Redwood City Elementary School District, which is ranked 875 out of 1,568 districts in the state and has a 2-star rating.

Roosevelt Elementary has seen a significant decline in its statewide ranking, dropping from a 3-star rating in 2017-2018 to a 1-star rating in 2023-2024. This is largely due to the school's high chronic absenteeism rates, which have risen from 9.5% in 2018-2019 to 31.0% in 2021-2022, notably higher than the district average. Additionally, Roosevelt Elementary consistently underperforms the district and state in both English Language Arts and Mathematics proficiency, with only 16.26% of students proficient or better in ELA and proficiency rates ranging from 6.25% in 8th grade to 35.09% in 3rd grade in Mathematics.

Compared to nearby schools in the Redwood City Elementary district, such as Clifford Elementary and Roy Cloud Elementary, Roosevelt Elementary's performance is significantly lower across various metrics, including test scores and student-teacher ratios. The school's high rates of free and reduced-price lunch, ranging from 59.05% to 71.27%, may be contributing factors to its academic challenges. Addressing these issues through targeted interventions and community engagement will be crucial for Roosevelt Elementary to improve its standing and provide a high-quality education for its students.

Detail:

Public K-8

2223 Vera Ave.
Redwood City, CA 94061-1361

(650) 482-2413

District: Redwood City Elementary

SchoolDigger Rank:
5101^st of 5,862 California Elementary Schools

Students who attend Roosevelt Elementary usually attend:

Middle:	John F. Kennedy Middle
High:	Sequoia High

Student/teacher ratio: 20.1

Number of students: 453

Racial breakdown:

Hispanic:

75.9%

White:

15.2%

Two or more races:

4.0%

Free/discounted lunch recipients: 69.1%

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Performance Trends

Compare Details Roosevelt Elementary ranks worse than 87% of elementary schools in California. It also ranks 6^th among 9 ranked elementary schools in the Redwood City Elementary School District. (See more...)

Compare Details In 2024 the calculated Average Standard Score was 17.13. (See more...)

Compare Details Roosevelt Elementary ranks worse than 96.2% of middle schools in California. (See more...)

Compare Details In 2024 the calculated Average Standard Score was 9.57. (See more...)

Chronic absenteeism in a school refers to a situation where students repeatedly miss school, with the threshold often defined as missing 10% or more of school days for any reason, excused or unexcused.

Student Body

Compare Details Racial makeup is: Hispanic (75.9%), White (15.2%), two or more races (4%). (See more...)

Compare Details 69.1% of students are receiving a free or discounted lunch. (See more...)

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Teachers

Compare Details The student/teacher ratio at Roosevelt Elementary is 20.1. 6 elementary schools in the Redwood City Elementary School District have better student/teacher ratios. (See more...)

Compare Roosevelt Elementary employs 22.4 full-time teachers.

Schooldigger 2024 Rankings:

Roosevelt Elementary:

SchoolDigger ranks Roosevelt Elementary 5101^st of 5862 California public elementary schools. (See Roosevelt Elementary in the ranking list.)

Elementary School Test Score Ratings by Student Subgroup:

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SchoolDigger ranks Roosevelt Elementary 2672^nd of 2777 California public middle schools. (See Roosevelt Elementary in the ranking list.)

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Redwood City Elementary:

SchoolDigger ranks Redwood City Elementary 875^th of 1568 California school districts. (See district ranking list.)

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Rank History for all elementary school students at Roosevelt Elementary

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	CA State Percentile
2004	36.77	2823^rd	4809	41.3%
2005	26.32	3529^th	4822	26.8%
2006	13.18	4453^rd	4818	7.6%
2007	20.17	4285^th	5113	16.2%
2008	19.98	4346^th	5113	15.0%
2009	33.90	3447^th	5193	33.6%
2010	21.92	4467^th	5314	15.9%
2011	20.00	4684^th	5377	12.9%
2012	34.21	3644^th	5390	32.4%
2013	31.95	3900^th	5530	29.5%
2015	31.16	3609^th	5611	35.7%
2016	36.49	3299^th	5614	41.2%
2017	38.68	3193^rd	5692	43.9%
2018	50.92	2523^rd	5662	55.4%
2019	48.81	2661^st	5789	54.0%
2022	22.88	4553^rd	5883	22.6%
2023	12.51	5525^th	5874	5.9%
2024	17.13	5101^st	5862	13.0%

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Rank History for elementary school English Language Learner students at Roosevelt Elementary

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	CA State Percentile
2018	39.91	1770^th	3246	45.5%
2019	51.26	1180^th	3275	64.0%
2022	35.37	2175^th	3311	34.3%
2023	20.83	3103^rd	3250	4.5%
2024	32.20	2400^th	3160	24.1%

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Rank History for elementary school Special Education students at Roosevelt Elementary

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	CA State Percentile	SchoolDigger Rating
2023	17.91	2333^rd	2420	3.6%

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Rank History for elementary school Low Socio Economic Status students at Roosevelt Elementary

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	CA State Percentile
2018	57.21	1899^th	5084	62.6%
2019	55.55	2031^st	5173	60.7%
2022	24.27	4306^th	5264	18.2%
2023	11.24	5245^th	5374	2.4%
2024	13.82	5211^th	5511	5.4%

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Rank History for elementary school Female students at Roosevelt Elementary

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	CA State Percentile
2018	58.13	2073^rd	5413	61.7%
2019	46.63	2692^nd	5492	51.0%
2022	25.29	4187^th	5635	25.7%
2023	11.58	5416^th	5617	3.6%
2024	13.62	5225^th	5605	6.8%

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Rank History for elementary school Disabled students at Roosevelt Elementary

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	CA State Percentile	SchoolDigger Rating
2022	24.03	1798^th	2227	19.3%

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Rank History for elementary school Male students at Roosevelt Elementary

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	CA State Percentile
2018	42.45	2892^nd	5431	46.8%
2019	50.26	2446^th	5510	55.6%
2022	22.03	4506^th	5663	20.4%
2023	15.05	5172^nd	5650	8.5%
2024	22.94	4449^th	5636	21.1%

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Rank History for elementary school Hispanic students at Roosevelt Elementary

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	CA State Percentile
2018	58.16	1721^st	4830	64.4%
2019	53.88	2048^th	4963	58.7%
2022	21.84	4371^st	5084	14.0%
2023	11.40	4977^th	5098	2.4%
2024	13.78	4830^th	5102	5.3%

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Rank History for elementary school White students at Roosevelt Elementary

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	CA State Percentile	SchoolDigger Rating
2019	56.73	1315^th	2834	53.6%
2022	23.70	2184^th	2726	19.9%

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Data source: test scores: California Department of Education, rankings: SchoolDigger.com

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Rank History for all middle school students at Roosevelt Elementary

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Middle Schools	CA State Percentile
2013	61.35	851^st	2379	64.2%
2015	38.24	1382^nd	2477	44.2%
2016	41.68	1326^th	2497	46.9%
2017	36.76	1490^th	2508	40.6%
2018	36.61	1467^th	2480	40.8%
2019	41.00	1413^th	2715	48.0%
2022	35.54	1600^th	2740	41.6%
2023	26.77	1965^th	2802	29.9%
2024	9.57	2672^nd	2777	3.8%

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Rank History for middle school English Language Learner students at Roosevelt Elementary

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Middle Schools	CA State Percentile
2018	42.39	569^th	1364	58.3%
2019	30.41	1098^th	1442	23.9%
2022	43.43	647^th	1540	58.0%
2024	29.65	1242^nd	1477	15.9%

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Rank History for middle school Special Education students at Roosevelt Elementary

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Middle Schools	CA State Percentile	SchoolDigger Rating
2023	39.95	773^rd	1538	49.7%
2024	24.98	1276^th	1550	17.7%

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Rank History for middle school Low Socio Economic Status students at Roosevelt Elementary

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Middle Schools	CA State Percentile
2018	36.84	1360^th	2230	39.0%
2019	40.69	1309^th	2369	44.7%
2022	40.94	1306^th	2458	46.9%
2023	30.88	1728^th	2549	32.2%
2024	11.86	2446^th	2575	5.0%

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Rank History for middle school Female students at Roosevelt Elementary

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Middle Schools	CA State Percentile
2018	39.09	1316^th	2262	41.8%
2019	48.52	1093^rd	2380	54.1%
2022	41.22	1303^rd	2509	48.1%
2023	20.80	2063^rd	2547	19.0%
2024	7.09	2518^th	2546	1.1%

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Rank History for middle school Disabled students at Roosevelt Elementary

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Middle Schools	CA State Percentile	SchoolDigger Rating
2018	43.43	614^th	1369	55.1%
2022	34.88	900^th	1531	41.2%

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Rank History for middle school Male students at Roosevelt Elementary

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Middle Schools	CA State Percentile
2018	33.77	1431^st	2273	37.0%
2019	32.99	1523^rd	2407	36.7%
2022	30.30	1636^th	2527	35.3%
2023	33.16	1558^th	2558	39.1%
2024	12.50	2390^th	2547	6.2%

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Rank History for middle school Hispanic students at Roosevelt Elementary

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Middle Schools	CA State Percentile
2018	35.15	1328^th	2072	35.9%
2019	46.25	1047^th	2213	52.7%
2022	37.67	1370^th	2359	41.9%
2023	29.26	1682^nd	2391	29.7%
2024	9.52	2316^th	2383	2.8%

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Data source: test scores: California Department of Education, rankings: SchoolDigger.com

As you review the school rankings data, please be aware that some of the information from certain demographics is missing. The reason for this omission is that the data has been redacted from the source data itself due to low population samples in these specific demographic groups.

Redacting data from low population samples is a necessary step to ensure the reliability and accuracy of the results, as small sample sizes may not be representative of the broader population. Additionally, this measure helps protect the privacy of individuals belonging to these demographic groups.

Data source: California Department of Education

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by a parent
Monday, April 29, 2019

My review is based mostly on the younger elementary classes as my oldest started in Kindergarten at Roosevelt and is now in second grade. My second child is also in TK this year.
In the 3 years we've been at Roosevelt, we have been very happy with the school and the PBL program. The students learn while answering a "burning question" about whatever topic they are studying, which allows them to dig deeper into subjects they are most interested in. What I like best is that they are learning how to learn-- researching and asking questions from the beginning, building skills I wasn't taught until high school. I'll never forget when my son came home from 1st grade and showed me how to to a Brain Storm-- and I told him I had done the same thing at work that day!
I also really love the community in the school. There is a great group of parents that are really invested in doing what they can to fund raise and bring in more programs and Principle Mercer has been removing any road block to help. The school garden has really blossomed over the last few years and on-site after school options extracurricular options have expanded this year to include chess, Spanish and coding.
We look forward to many more years at Roosevelt! Close Quote

Enrollment information for Roosevelt Elementary

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Year	White	African American	Asian	Hispanic	American Indian	Pacific Islander	Two or More Races	Not Specified	Total
1988	326	26	22	79	2	n/a	n/a	0	455
1989	323	27	25	92	9	n/a	n/a	0	476
1990	311	20	35	103	4	n/a	n/a	0	473
1991	320	15	34	104	1	n/a	n/a	0	474
1992	293	20	36	120	1	n/a	n/a	0	470
1993	296	16	37	133	2	n/a	n/a	0	484
1994	290	15	35	152	2	n/a	n/a	0	494
1995	255	11	29	171	2	n/a	n/a	0	468
1996	255	11	29	171	2	n/a	n/a	0	468
1997	216	10	34	208	5	n/a	n/a	0	473
1998	209	12	31	212	3	n/a	n/a	0	467
1999	184	35	38	247	3	n/a	n/a	6	513
2000	164	18	30	259	6	n/a	n/a	15	492
2001	150	13	34	305	0	n/a	n/a	17	519
2002	104	18	30	278	0	n/a	n/a	0	430
2003	104	18	30	278	0	n/a	n/a	0	430
2004	96	13	27	307	0	n/a	n/a	0	443
2005	77	11	21	327	1	n/a	n/a	0	437
2006	61	11	19	342	0	n/a	n/a	0	433
2007	40	7	17	323	2	n/a	n/a	0	389
2008	27	8	18	294	1	n/a	n/a	0	348
2009	38	10	11	299	1	8	9	0	376
2010	34	7	12	275	1	8	3	0	340
2011	53	8	13	289	1	6	9	0	379
2012	59	8	15	378	4	11	10	0	485
2013	72	12	13	434	2	10	10	0	553
2014	87	12	20	473	0	8	12	0	612
2015	102	9	19	503	0	12	13	0	658
2016	124	8	22	465	0	14	18	0	651
2017	122	6	22	459	1	13	23	0	646
2018	112	4	22	415	1	11	19	0	584
2019	125	5	21	378	1	10	15	0	555
2020	136	11	26	552	1	12	27	0	765
2021	118	11	21	530	0	8	30	0	718
2022	100	5	18	499	0	8	25	0	655
2023	66	3	14	415	0	5	25	1	529
2024	69	2	14	344	0	6	18	0	453

Data source: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Dept of Education.

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For more information about how the Department of Education defines ethnicity, see Defining Race and Ethnicity Data, National Center for Education Statistics

Students eligible for free or discounted lunch at Roosevelt Elementary

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Year	# Students	Full-time Teachers	Student/Teacher ratio	% Free/Discounted Lunch
1988	455	19.6	23.2	n/a
1989	476	21.0	22.6	n/a
1990	473	24.0	19.7	n/a
1991	474	24.4	19.4	n/a
1992	470	24.8	18.9	16.2
1993	484	20.0	24.2	19.6
1994	494	20.5	24.1	20.6
1995	468	22.3	21.0	30.3
1996	468	22.3	21.0	30.3
1997	473	25.9	18.3	31.3
1998	467	28.5	16.4	42
1999	513	29.0	17.7	34.5
2000	492	31.0	15.9	37.7
2001	519	32.8	15.8	41.2
2002	430	26.7	16.1	54.7
2003	430	26.7	16.1	54.7
2004	443	29.0	15.3	57.6
2005	437	27.5	15.9	58.8
2006	433	27.0	16.0	68.1
2007	389	27.0	14.4	75.6
2008	348	22.0	15.8	72.1
2009	376	21.0	17.1	77.9
2010	340	18.0	18.8	75.6
2011	379	n/a	n/a	78.1
2012	485	20.0	24.2	n/a
2013	553	27.8	19.8	76.3
2014	612	26.0	23.5	68.1
2015	658	26.0	25.3	74.2
2016	651	26.0	25.0	58.8
2017	646	27.0	23.9	63.9
2018	584	25.0	23.3	51.9
2019	555	25.7	21.5	58.2
2020	765	n/a	n/a	65.1
2021	718	31.0	23.1	59.1
2022	655	31.7	20.6	61.2
2023	529	24.3	21.7	71.3
2024	453	22.4	20.1	69.1

Data source: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Dept of Education.

About Students eligible for discounted/free lunch:

The National School Lunch Program (NSLP) provides low-cost or free meals to students in U.S. public and nonprofit private schools based on household income. Those with incomes below 130% of the poverty line receive free lunch, while those between 130% and 185% qualify for reduced-price lunch. The percentage of students receiving free or reduced-price lunch serves as a marker for poverty, as it reflects the socioeconomic status of families in a given school or district. A higher FRPL rate typically indicates a higher concentration of low-income families, suggesting that the school or district may face additional challenges in providing adequate resources and support for student success.

Student/Teacher Ratio Roosevelt Elementary

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Year	# Students	Full-time Teachers	Student/Teacher ratio	% Free/Discounted Lunch
1988	455	19.6	23.2	n/a
1989	476	21.0	22.6	n/a
1990	473	24.0	19.7	n/a
1991	474	24.4	19.4	n/a
1992	470	24.8	18.9	16.2
1993	484	20.0	24.2	19.6
1994	494	20.5	24.1	20.6
1995	468	22.3	21.0	30.3
1996	468	22.3	21.0	30.3
1997	473	25.9	18.3	31.3
1998	467	28.5	16.4	42
1999	513	29.0	17.7	34.5
2000	492	31.0	15.9	37.7
2001	519	32.8	15.8	41.2
2002	430	26.7	16.1	54.7
2003	430	26.7	16.1	54.7
2004	443	29.0	15.3	57.6
2005	437	27.5	15.9	58.8
2006	433	27.0	16.0	68.1
2007	389	27.0	14.4	75.6
2008	348	22.0	15.8	72.1
2009	376	21.0	17.1	77.9
2010	340	18.0	18.8	75.6
2011	379	n/a	n/a	78.1
2012	485	20.0	24.2	n/a
2013	553	27.8	19.8	76.3
2014	612	26.0	23.5	68.1
2015	658	26.0	25.3	74.2
2016	651	26.0	25.0	58.8
2017	646	27.0	23.9	63.9
2018	584	25.0	23.3	51.9
2019	555	25.7	21.5	58.2
2020	765	n/a	n/a	65.1
2021	718	31.0	23.1	59.1
2022	655	31.7	20.6	61.2
2023	529	24.3	21.7	71.3
2024	453	22.4	20.1	69.1

Data source: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Dept of Education.

About Student-Teacher Ratio

Student/teacher ratio is calculated by dividing the total number of students by the total number of full-time equivalent teachers. Please note that a smaller student/teacher ratio does not necessarily translate to smaller class size. In some instances, schools hire teachers part time, and some teachers are hired for specialized instruction with very small class sizes. These and other factors contribute to the student/teacher ratio. Note: For private schools, Student/teacher ratio may not include Pre-Kindergarten.

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