Is Roosevelt Middle School a good school?

Roosevelt Middle School ranks in the bottom 14.7% of Illinois middle schools.

How many students attend Roosevelt Middle School?

In the 2023-24 school year, 626 students attended Roosevelt Middle School.

What is the racial makeup of Roosevelt Middle School?

Students at Roosevelt Middle School are 52% Hispanic, 45% African American, 2% Two or more races.

What high school do graduates of Roosevelt Middle School attend?

Students who attend Roosevelt Middle School usually go on to attend Proviso East High School

Roosevelt Middle School

Summary:

Roosevelt Middle School is a public middle school located in Bellwood, Illinois, serving grades 6-8 with a total enrollment of 695 students. The school is part of the Bellwood School District 88, which is ranked 782 out of 813 districts in Illinois and has a 0-star rating from SchoolDigger. Roosevelt Middle School has consistently been ranked in the bottom quarter of Illinois middle schools, with a 1-star rating from SchoolDigger for the past several years.

Roosevelt Middle School's academic performance is significantly below the state averages across all grade levels and subject areas. In the 2023-2024 school year, only 18.9% of students were proficient or better in English Language Arts, compared to the state average of 41.2%. In Mathematics, the proficiency rate was just 7.6%, compared to the state average of 28.4%. The school's performance in Science is also low, with only 27.4% of students proficient or better, compared to the state average of 53.2%. Additionally, Roosevelt Middle School has consistently high rates of chronic absenteeism, ranging from 37.6% to 45.9% over the past few years, significantly higher than the state average. The school also has an extremely high percentage of students (over 99%) who qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, indicating a high level of economic disadvantage among the student population.

When comparing Roosevelt Middle School to nearby middle schools, the academic performance gap is quite stark. For example, Roosevelt School in the neighboring River Forest School District 90 has significantly higher proficiency rates in both English Language Arts (77.6%) and Mathematics (66.5%) compared to Roosevelt Middle School. Despite the high per-student spending at Roosevelt Middle School, the academic outcomes remain poor, indicating that simply increasing funding may not be the sole solution to improving the school's performance. Targeted interventions, increased family and community engagement, and a focus on improving teaching and learning practices may be necessary to drive meaningful improvements at Roosevelt Middle School.

Detail:

Public 6-8

2500 Oak St
Bellwood, IL 60104-1525

(708) 410-3900

District: Bellwood School District 88

SchoolDigger Rank:
1162^nd of 1,363 Illinois Middle Schools

Per Pupil Expenditures: $24,064

Students who attend Roosevelt Middle School usually attend:

High:	Proviso East High School
	Proviso Math and Science Academy
	Proviso West High School

Feeder schools for Roosevelt Middle School:

Elementary:	Grant Elementary School
	Grant Primary
	Lincoln Elementary School
	McKinley Elementary School
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	Thurgood Marshall Elementary School

Student/teacher ratio: 14.5

Number of students: 626

Racial breakdown:

Hispanic:

52.2%

African American:

45.2%

Two or more races:

1.9%

Free/discounted lunch recipients: 99.5%

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Performance Trends

Compare Details Roosevelt Middle School ranks worse than 85.3% of middle schools in Illinois. (See more...)

Compare Details In 2024 the calculated Average Standard Score was 17.75. (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 (52.2%), African American (45.2%), two or more races (1.9%). (See more...)

Compare Details 99.5% of students are receiving a free or discounted lunch. (See more...)

Teachers

Compare Details The student/teacher ratio at Roosevelt Middle School is 14.5. (See more...)

Compare Roosevelt Middle School employs 43 full-time teachers.

Finance

Compare Details The average total spent per student at Roosevelt Middle School is $24,064.

Schooldigger 2024 Rankings:

Roosevelt Middle School:

SchoolDigger ranks Roosevelt Middle School 1162^nd of 1363 Illinois public middle schools. (See Roosevelt Middle School in the ranking list.)

Middle School Test Score Ratings by Student Subgroup:

English Language Learner students:

Special Education students:

Low Socio Economic Status students:

Female students:

Disabled students:

Male students:

African American students:

Hispanic students:

Bellwood School District 88:

SchoolDigger ranks Bellwood School District 88 782^nd of 813 Illinois school districts. (See district ranking list.)

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Rank History for Roosevelt Middle School

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Rank History for all students at Roosevelt Middle School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Middle Schools	IL State Percentile
2003	10.90	1039^th	1185	12.3%
2004	11.92	1039^th	1204	13.7%
2005	9.71	1067^th	1209	11.7%
2006	8.55	1161^st	1272	8.7%
2007	10.23	1161^st	1287	9.8%
2008	8.70	1189^th	1293	8.0%
2009	32.31	993^rd	1318	24.7%
2010	9.11	1227^th	1327	7.5%
2011	7.27	1284^th	1344	4.5%
2012	14.38	1218^th	1365	10.8%
2013	12.36	1239^th	1367	9.4%
2014	19.41	1113^th	1322	15.8%
2015	26.80	956^th	1302	26.6%
2016	17.11	1146^th	1294	11.4%
2017	16.89	1111^th	1293	14.1%
2018	17.06	1114^th	1293	13.8%
2019	14.98	1197^th	1356	11.7%
2022	19.92	1105^th	1369	19.3%
2023	19.79	1116^th	1367	18.4%
2024	17.75	1162^nd	1363	14.7%

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Rank History for English Language Learner students at Roosevelt Middle School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Middle Schools	IL State Percentile
2018	47.70	99^th	285	65.3%
2019	36.58	244^th	339	28.0%
2022	42.14	225^th	454	50.4%
2023	41.62	246^th	480	48.8%
2024	36.82	312^th	486	35.8%

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Rank History for Special Education students at Roosevelt Middle School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Middle Schools	IL State Percentile
2018	35.26	362^nd	602	39.9%
2019	27.92	642^nd	792	18.9%
2022	26.86	654^th	781	16.3%
2023	22.50	712^th	805	11.6%
2024	20.80	714^th	802	11.0%

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Rank History for Low Socio Economic Status students at Roosevelt Middle School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Middle Schools	IL State Percentile
2018	25.19	939^th	1161	19.1%
2019	21.74	1027^th	1217	15.6%
2022	30.08	886^th	1221	27.4%
2023	29.44	903^rd	1234	26.8%
2024	25.93	946^th	1219	22.4%

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Rank History for Female students at Roosevelt Middle School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Middle Schools	IL State Percentile
2018	15.82	1073^rd	1226	12.5%
2019	14.91	1139^th	1276	10.7%
2022	21.39	1025^th	1286	20.3%
2023	18.66	1059^th	1275	16.9%
2024	18.06	1054^th	1251	15.7%

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Rank History for Disabled students at Roosevelt Middle School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Middle Schools	IL State Percentile	SchoolDigger Rating
2023	32.28	449^th	674	33.4%
2024	30.21	467^th	639	26.9%

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Rank History for Male students at Roosevelt Middle School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Middle Schools	IL State Percentile
2018	19.46	1022^nd	1223	16.4%
2019	16.17	1137^th	1296	12.3%
2022	20.04	1041^st	1286	19.1%
2023	21.72	1034^th	1292	20.0%
2024	18.36	1069^th	1264	15.4%

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Rank History for African American students at Roosevelt Middle School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Middle Schools	IL State Percentile
2018	35.68	327^th	511	36.0%
2019	33.62	383^rd	565	32.2%
2022	32.22	396^th	573	30.9%
2023	36.75	341^st	569	40.1%
2024	35.28	353^rd	548	35.6%

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Rank History for Hispanic students at Roosevelt Middle School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Middle Schools	IL State Percentile
2018	21.16	518^th	590	12.2%
2019	16.27	600^th	639	6.1%
2022	29.52	486^th	662	26.6%
2023	27.38	508^th	661	23.1%
2024	22.39	537^th	643	16.5%

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Data source: test scores: Illinois State Board 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: Illinois State Board of Education

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Enrollment information for Roosevelt Middle School

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Year	White	African American	Asian	Hispanic	American Indian	Pacific Islander	Two or More Races	Not Specified	Total
1988	51	467	8	65	n/a	n/a	n/a	0	591
1989	44	509	8	78	n/a	n/a	n/a	0	639
1990	22	534	8	96	n/a	n/a	n/a	0	660
1991	29	505	5	105	0	n/a	n/a	0	644
1992	29	423	3	101	0	n/a	n/a	0	556
1993	15	414	0	114	1	n/a	n/a	0	544
1994	30	460	6	111	0	n/a	n/a	0	607
1995	18	438	6	139	0	n/a	n/a	0	601
1996	18	438	6	139	0	n/a	n/a	0	601
1997	11	423	7	136	0	n/a	n/a	0	577
1998	13	416	6	131	0	n/a	n/a	0	566
1999	14	402	9	131	0	n/a	n/a	0	556
2000	9	362	4	126	0	n/a	n/a	0	501
2001	12	371	7	125	0	n/a	n/a	0	515
2002	8	530	3	147	0	n/a	n/a	0	688
2003	8	530	3	147	0	n/a	n/a	0	688
2004	13	773	2	267	0	n/a	n/a	0	1055
2005	6	741	6	305	0	n/a	n/a	0	1058
2006	5	735	7	298	0	n/a	n/a	0	1045
2007	5	664	9	283	0	n/a	n/a	6	967
2008	8	673	1	360	0	n/a	n/a	6	1048
2009	4	433	4	210	0	n/a	n/a	2	653
2010	2	352	5	224	0	n/a	n/a	6	589
2011	1	359	1	194	0	0	5	0	560
2012	2	299	3	203	1	0	4	0	512
2013	0	304	1	228	1	1	0	0	535
2014	3	281	1	219	0	0	3	0	507
2015	0	276	4	210	0	0	1	0	491
2016	1	256	4	284	1	0	1	0	547
2017	2	378	8	349	1	0	0	0	738
2018	4	325	6	372	1	0	1	0	709
2019	5	326	7	390	2	0	3	0	733
2020	5	340	5	403	2	0	1	0	756
2021	5	385	5	392	3	0	1	0	791
2022	4	340	3	378	0	0	3	0	728
2023	3	330	2	358	1	0	1	0	695
2024	2	283	1	327	1	0	12	0	626

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

About Enrollment/Ethnicity

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 Middle School

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Year	# Students	Full-time Teachers	Student/Teacher ratio	% Free/Discounted Lunch
1988	591	35.0	16.8	n/a
1989	639	35.0	18.2	n/a
1990	660	37.0	17.8	n/a
1991	644	36.0	17.8	n/a
1992	556	35.0	15.8	n/a
1993	544	32.9	16.5	n/a
1994	607	31.0	19.6	n/a
1995	601	37.0	16.2	n/a
1996	601	37.0	16.2	n/a
1997	577	29.0	19.9	n/a
1998	566	31.0	18.3	n/a
1999	556	23.0	24.2	n/a
2000	501	21.0	23.9	n/a
2001	515	24.0	21.5	n/a
2002	688	25.0	27.5	63.4
2003	688	25.0	27.5	63.4
2004	1055	47.0	22.4	47.2
2005	1058	40.0	26.5	66.9
2006	1045	46.0	22.7	79.5
2007	967	45.0	21.5	72.7
2008	1048	39.0	26.9	47.8
2009	653	37.0	17.6	88.9
2010	589	41.0	14.3	92.6
2011	560	32.0	17.5	0
2012	512	36.1	14.1	98.4
2013	535	49.1	10.8	99.3
2014	507	38.0	13.3	99.2
2015	491	30.0	16.3	63.3
2016	547	30.0	18.2	48.6
2017	738	49.0	15.0	98.6
2018	709	51.0	13.9	99.2
2019	733	48.0	15.2	99.3
2020	756	62.8	12.0	99.2
2021	791	n/a	n/a	n/a
2022	728	52.0	14.0	99.7
2023	695	49.0	14.1	99.9
2024	626	43.0	14.5	99.5

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 Middle School

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Year	# Students	Full-time Teachers	Student/Teacher ratio	% Free/Discounted Lunch
1988	591	35.0	16.8	n/a
1989	639	35.0	18.2	n/a
1990	660	37.0	17.8	n/a
1991	644	36.0	17.8	n/a
1992	556	35.0	15.8	n/a
1993	544	32.9	16.5	n/a
1994	607	31.0	19.6	n/a
1995	601	37.0	16.2	n/a
1996	601	37.0	16.2	n/a
1997	577	29.0	19.9	n/a
1998	566	31.0	18.3	n/a
1999	556	23.0	24.2	n/a
2000	501	21.0	23.9	n/a
2001	515	24.0	21.5	n/a
2002	688	25.0	27.5	63.4
2003	688	25.0	27.5	63.4
2004	1055	47.0	22.4	47.2
2005	1058	40.0	26.5	66.9
2006	1045	46.0	22.7	79.5
2007	967	45.0	21.5	72.7
2008	1048	39.0	26.9	47.8
2009	653	37.0	17.6	88.9
2010	589	41.0	14.3	92.6
2011	560	32.0	17.5	0
2012	512	36.1	14.1	98.4
2013	535	49.1	10.8	99.3
2014	507	38.0	13.3	99.2
2015	491	30.0	16.3	63.3
2016	547	30.0	18.2	48.6
2017	738	49.0	15.0	98.6
2018	709	51.0	13.9	99.2
2019	733	48.0	15.2	99.3
2020	756	62.8	12.0	99.2
2021	791	n/a	n/a	n/a
2022	728	52.0	14.0	99.7
2023	695	49.0	14.1	99.9
2024	626	43.0	14.5	99.5

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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