Is Roosevelt Elementary School a good school?

Roosevelt Elementary School ranks 1099 th of 2067 Illinois elementary schools. SchoolDigger rates this school 2 stars out of 5.

How many students attend Roosevelt Elementary School?

In the 2022-23 school year, 356 students attended Roosevelt Elementary School.

What is the racial makeup of Roosevelt Elementary School?

Students at Roosevelt Elementary School are 75% Hispanic, 20% African American, 3% White, 2% Two or more races.

What schools do graduates of Roosevelt Elementary School attend?

Students who attend Roosevelt Elementary School usually go on to attend: High : Bloom High School

Roosevelt Elementary School

Summary:

Roosevelt Elementary School is a public elementary school serving 356 students in grades K-5 in Chicago Heights, Illinois, which is part of the Chicago Heights School District 170. The school has consistently been ranked in the bottom half of Illinois elementary schools over the past decade, with a current ranking of 1099 out of 2067 schools and a 2-star rating.

Roosevelt Elementary School faces significant challenges in academic performance, with only 35.2% of students proficient or better in ELA and just 18.2% proficient in math, well below state averages. The school also struggles with high chronic absenteeism rates, reaching 54.2% in the 2021-2022 school year. While the school performs relatively well for its African American and English Language Learner students, its performance for other subgroups, such as female and male students, is below average. Despite the school's challenges, it spends a relatively high amount per student, with $17,371 spent per student in the 2022-2023 school year, which is higher than the state average.

When comparing Roosevelt Elementary School to other nearby schools in the Chicago Heights School District 170, it generally performs better than Wilson Elementary School but lags behind Washington-McKinley Elementary School and Kennedy Elementary School in academic proficiency rates. The school's strong performance for African American and English Language Learner students, relative to the state, is an interesting bright spot that could provide insights into effective instructional practices or support services that could be replicated for other student subgroups.

Detail:

Public K-5

1345 Sunnyside Ave
Chicago Heights, IL 60411-2571

(708) 756-4836

District: Chicago Heights School District 170

SchoolDigger Rank:
1099^th of 2,067 Illinois Elementary Schools

Per Pupil Expenditures: $19,375

Students who attend Roosevelt Elementary School usually attend:

High:

Bloom High School

Student/teacher ratio: 16.9

Number of students: 356

Racial breakdown:

Hispanic:

74.7%

African American:

19.9%

White:

2.8%

Free/discounted lunch recipients: 99.4%

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Performance Trends

Compare Details Roosevelt Elementary School ranks worse than 53.2% of elementary schools in Illinois. It also ranks 5^th among 9 ranked elementary schools in the Chicago Heights School District 170. (See more...)

Compare Details In 2024 the calculated Average Standard Score was 42.64. (See more...)

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Compare Details In 2015 the calculated Average Standard Score was 15.04. (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

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Finance

Compare Details The average total spent per student at Roosevelt Elementary School is $19,375, which is the lowest among 9 elementary schools in the Chicago Heights School District 170!

Schooldigger 2024 Rankings:

Roosevelt Elementary School:

SchoolDigger ranks Roosevelt Elementary School 1099^th of 2067 Illinois public elementary schools. (See Roosevelt Elementary School in the ranking list.)

Elementary School Test Score Ratings by Student Subgroup:

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African American students:

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Chicago Heights School District 170:

SchoolDigger ranks Chicago Heights School District 170 602^nd of 813 Illinois school districts. (See district ranking list.)

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Rank History for all elementary school students at Roosevelt Elementary School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	IL State Percentile
2003	8.94	1802^nd	2020	10.8%
2004	20.59	1700^th	2030	16.3%
2005	20.24	1725^th	2022	14.7%
2006	19.85	1788^th	2086	14.3%
2007	21.38	1791^st	2095	14.5%
2008	19.89	1782^nd	2092	14.8%
2009	8.47	1977^th	2120	6.7%
2010	11.29	1957^th	2139	8.5%
2011	7.95	2030^th	2147	5.4%
2012	21.67	1823^rd	2166	15.8%
2013	18.60	1831^st	2167	15.5%
2014	15.60	1840^th	2093	12.1%
2015	12.80	1912^th	2052	6.8%
2016	20.79	1673^rd	2046	18.2%
2017	21.74	1637^th	2044	19.9%
2018	15.05	1820^th	2037	10.7%
2019	14.37	1896^th	2086	9.1%
2021	26.01	1385^th	1948	28.9%
2022	35.81	1254^th	2082	39.8%
2023	38.30	1200^th	2077	42.2%
2024	42.64	1099^th	2067	46.8%

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

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	IL State Percentile
2018	20.39	688^th	718	4.2%
2019	28.71	635^th	743	14.5%
2021	49.11	179^th	537	66.7%
2022	59.29	192^nd	768	75.0%
2023	58.40	215^th	788	72.7%
2024	59.41	206^th	826	75.1%

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Rank History for elementary school Special Education students at Roosevelt Elementary School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	IL State Percentile	SchoolDigger Rating
2019	35.78	712^th	1194	40.4%

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

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	IL State Percentile
2018	24.20	1472^nd	1765	16.6%
2019	23.23	1563^rd	1816	13.9%
2021	44.48	751^st	1514	50.4%
2022	60.16	550^th	1763	68.8%
2023	61.46	530^th	1808	70.7%
2024	64.95	443^rd	1793	75.3%

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Rank History for elementary school Female students at Roosevelt Elementary School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	IL State Percentile
2018	13.89	1795^th	1964	8.6%
2019	15.52	1807^th	2019	10.5%
2021	30.13	1142^nd	1680	32.0%
2022	37.73	1140^th	1970	42.1%
2023	39.32	1116^th	1957	43.0%
2024	45.57	972^nd	1942	49.9%

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Rank History for elementary school Male students at Roosevelt Elementary School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	IL State Percentile
2018	18.48	1693^rd	1972	14.1%
2019	15.60	1815^th	2019	10.1%
2021	19.60	1412^th	1707	17.3%
2022	32.00	1265^th	1977	36.0%
2023	34.43	1224^th	1984	38.3%
2024	36.58	1157^th	1959	40.9%

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Rank History for elementary school African American students at Roosevelt Elementary School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	IL State Percentile
2018	40.53	365^th	698	47.7%
2019	39.50	406^th	711	42.9%
2022	27.35	571^st	684	16.5%
2023	77.21	69^th	692	90.0%
2024	59.70	171^st	655	73.9%

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Rank History for elementary school Hispanic students at Roosevelt Elementary School

Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Elementary Schools	IL State Percentile
2018	21.08	839^th	938	10.6%
2019	18.95	885^th	955	7.3%
2021	46.99	326^th	742	56.1%
2022	57.30	318^th	954	66.7%
2023	57.10	321^st	970	66.9%
2024	57.89	305^th	959	68.2%

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Data source: test scores: Illinois State Board of Education, rankings: SchoolDigger.com

Rank History for Roosevelt Elementary School

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Year	Avg Standard Score	Statewide Rank	Total # Ranked Middle Schools	IL State Percentile
2003	37.61	797^th	1185	32.7%
2004	28.49	906^th	1204	24.8%
2005	20.96	964^th	1209	20.3%
2006	25.21	1015^th	1272	20.2%
2007	30.06	989^th	1287	23.2%
2008	39.26	884^th	1293	31.6%
2009	29.17	1022^nd	1318	22.5%
2010	24.31	1080^th	1327	18.6%
2011	19.43	1156^th	1344	14.0%
2012	24.96	1111^th	1365	18.6%
2013	27.88	1048^th	1367	23.3%
2014	23.62	1062^nd	1322	19.7%
2015	15.04	1165^th	1302	10.5%

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Data source: test scores: Illinois State Board of Education, rankings: SchoolDigger.com

Data source: Illinois State Board of Education

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by a student
Friday, January 13, 2012

Roosevelt Elementary School is a great school all the students always have fun the school does alot of activities alot of them are to reward the students for their achivments thats why its a good school to me as a student there. Close Quote

Enrollment information for Roosevelt Elementary School

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Year	White	African American	Asian	Hispanic	American Indian	Pacific Islander	Two or More Races	Not Specified	Total
1988	126	117	1	26	n/a	n/a	n/a	0	270
1989	138	136	n/a	25	n/a	n/a	n/a	0	299
1990	145	136	n/a	31	n/a	n/a	n/a	0	312
1991	149	124	0	31	0	n/a	n/a	0	304
1992	126	133	1	41	1	n/a	n/a	0	302
1993	113	127	0	31	0	n/a	n/a	0	271
1994	101	139	0	48	0	n/a	n/a	0	288
1995	89	142	0	52	0	n/a	n/a	0	283
1996	89	142	0	52	0	n/a	n/a	0	283
1997	97	66	0	61	1	n/a	n/a	0	225
1998	99	92	3	66	0	n/a	n/a	0	260
1999	99	100	0	79	0	n/a	n/a	0	278
2000	91	124	0	114	0	n/a	n/a	0	329
2001	84	148	0	136	0	n/a	n/a	0	368
2002	75	158	0	211	0	n/a	n/a	0	444
2003	75	158	0	211	0	n/a	n/a	0	444
2004	54	171	5	256	1	n/a	n/a	0	487
2005	43	154	1	282	0	n/a	n/a	10	490
2006	37	117	0	254	0	n/a	n/a	10	418
2007	36	158	0	263	0	n/a	n/a	16	473
2008	34	162	0	260	0	n/a	n/a	16	472
2009	37	152	2	334	0	n/a	n/a	18	543
2010	33	130	1	305	0	n/a	n/a	16	485
2011	35	134	1	332	0	0	14	0	516
2012	36	100	0	327	0	0	5	0	468
2013	27	95	0	357	0	0	3	0	482
2014	28	94	0	359	0	0	7	0	488
2015	30	98	0	374	0	0	4	0	506
2016	25	88	0	378	0	0	5	0	496
2017	25	103	0	386	0	0	14	0	528
2018	20	109	0	360	0	1	18	0	508
2019	15	111	0	338	0	1	18	0	483
2020	15	100	1	345	0	1	15	0	477
2021	9	75	2	244	0	0	12	0	342
2022	5	67	2	270	0	0	15	0	359
2023	10	71	2	266	0	0	7	0	356

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 Elementary School

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Year	# Students	Full-time Teachers	Student/Teacher ratio	% Free/Discounted Lunch
1988	270	15.0	18.0	n/a
1989	299	13.0	23.0	n/a
1990	312	15.0	20.8	n/a
1991	304	15.0	20.2	n/a
1992	302	14.0	21.5	n/a
1993	271	14.0	19.4	n/a
1994	288	14.0	20.6	n/a
1995	283	11.0	25.7	n/a
1996	283	11.0	25.7	n/a
1997	225	11.0	20.5	n/a
1998	260	13.0	20.0	n/a
1999	278	15.0	18.5	n/a
2000	329	18.0	18.3	n/a
2001	368	18.0	20.4	n/a
2002	444	23.0	19.3	73.2
2003	444	23.0	19.3	73.2
2004	487	25.0	19.5	63.9
2005	490	25.0	19.6	85
2006	418	21.2	19.7	84.8
2007	473	21.0	22.5	82.9
2008	472	23.0	20.5	85.1
2009	543	24.0	22.6	83.2
2010	485	23.0	21.0	94.2
2011	516	24.0	21.5	93.6
2012	468	24.1	19.4	92.3
2013	482	26.0	18.5	93.4
2014	488	21.0	23.2	94.9
2015	506	26.0	19.4	94.1
2016	496	27.0	18.3	42.5
2017	528	30.0	17.6	99.4
2018	508	31.0	16.3	99.4
2019	483	27.0	17.8	99.6
2020	477	24.0	19.8	98.7
2021	342	n/a	n/a	n/a
2022	359	21.0	17.0	100
2023	356	21.0	16.9	99.4

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 School

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Year	# Students	Full-time Teachers	Student/Teacher ratio	% Free/Discounted Lunch
1988	270	15.0	18.0	n/a
1989	299	13.0	23.0	n/a
1990	312	15.0	20.8	n/a
1991	304	15.0	20.2	n/a
1992	302	14.0	21.5	n/a
1993	271	14.0	19.4	n/a
1994	288	14.0	20.6	n/a
1995	283	11.0	25.7	n/a
1996	283	11.0	25.7	n/a
1997	225	11.0	20.5	n/a
1998	260	13.0	20.0	n/a
1999	278	15.0	18.5	n/a
2000	329	18.0	18.3	n/a
2001	368	18.0	20.4	n/a
2002	444	23.0	19.3	73.2
2003	444	23.0	19.3	73.2
2004	487	25.0	19.5	63.9
2005	490	25.0	19.6	85
2006	418	21.2	19.7	84.8
2007	473	21.0	22.5	82.9
2008	472	23.0	20.5	85.1
2009	543	24.0	22.6	83.2
2010	485	23.0	21.0	94.2
2011	516	24.0	21.5	93.6
2012	468	24.1	19.4	92.3
2013	482	26.0	18.5	93.4
2014	488	21.0	23.2	94.9
2015	506	26.0	19.4	94.1
2016	496	27.0	18.3	42.5
2017	528	30.0	17.6	99.4
2018	508	31.0	16.3	99.4
2019	483	27.0	17.8	99.6
2020	477	24.0	19.8	98.7
2021	342	n/a	n/a	n/a
2022	359	21.0	17.0	100
2023	356	21.0	16.9	99.4

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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