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Roosevelt Elementary School is a public elementary school located in New Brunswick, New Jersey, serving 609 students from kindergarten to 5th grade. The school is part of the New Brunswick School District, which is ranked 588 out of 615 school districts in the state and is rated 0 stars out of 5 by SchoolDigger.
Roosevelt Elementary School faces significant challenges in terms of academic performance, chronic absenteeism, and the socioeconomic status of its student population. The school consistently ranks among the lowest-performing elementary schools in New Jersey, with only 15.3% of 3rd-grade students proficient or better in English Language Arts, compared to the state average of 42%. In mathematics, the performance is even lower, with only 8.2% of 3rd-grade students, 4.5% of 4th-grade students, and 5.4% of 5th-grade students achieving proficiency or better, compared to the state averages of 45.9%, 44.3%, and 40.1%, respectively. The school's performance on science assessments is also very low, with only 3.1% of 5th-grade students achieving proficiency or better, compared to the state average of 26.8%. Additionally, Roosevelt Elementary School has experienced a significant increase in chronic absenteeism, from 4.4% in the 2017-2018 school year to 16.7% in the 2021-2022 school year, which is higher than the state and district averages.
Interestingly, while the nearby schools within the New Brunswick School District, such as Paul Robeson Community School for the Arts, Lincoln Elementary School, and Mckinley Community School, also perform poorly on academic measures and have high rates of chronic absenteeism, some nearby schools in other districts, such as Bartle Elementary School in Highland Park and Pine Grove Manor School in Franklin Township, demonstrate significantly higher academic performance and lower rates of chronic absenteeism, despite serving student populations with similar socioeconomic backgrounds.
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