The reported proficiency rate for English language arts is 30%.
Original Research by School Decision on Roosevelt School
Roosevelt School is a regular public elementary school in Yuma, Arizona, serving prekindergarten through fifth grade. It is part of the Yuma Elementary District. The school is located near the center of the city, within a short distance of the historic downtown area and the Colorado River corridor. Yuma itself is a mid-sized city that functions as the county seat and a regional hub for agriculture, military operations, and tourism. The Marine Corps Air Station and Yuma Proving Ground are major employers, and the city sees a significant seasonal influx of winter visitors. The broader housing market in the area reflects typical affordability for the region, with home values and rents that are moderate relative to national benchmarks. The city’s built environment is largely auto-oriented, though there is a historic downtown core with civic and cultural landmarks.
The school’s enrollment is small for an elementary school serving kindergarten through fifth grade. The student body is overwhelmingly Hispanic, with a very small share of students identifying as white, Black, American Indian, or Asian. Information on the share of students who qualify for free or reduced-price meals or who receive special education or English learner services was not available in the data, so a parent may want to ask the school directly about these supports.
State testing data for Roosevelt School is limited. For the most recent school year, proficiency results for third and fourth grade in both math and English language arts, as well as fifth-grade math and science, were suppressed by the state, meaning the numbers were not reported publicly. The one reported result was for fifth-grade English language arts, where a modest share of students scored at the proficient level or above. When all tested grades and subjects are combined into a single proficiency index, the school’s overall performance sits below the midpoint among districts in Yuma County. A multi-year trend line shows that when the school’s results are aggregated across all grades, the proficiency rate in English language arts was around a fifth of students, and in math it was slightly lower. This is a single point in time, and with most individual grade-level results suppressed, it is difficult to see patterns by grade. A parent may want to ask the school for more detail about how their child’s grade is performing and what academic supports are available.
Because Roosevelt School serves only elementary grades, there is no graduation rate to report. There is no information available on chronic absenteeism, discipline rates, or course access, as those data were not provided. The school’s website and directory information confirm it is a regular public school, not a charter, not a magnet, and its Title I status was not specified.
The district brief did not identify any recent major changes, such as boundary shifts, program overhauls, or leadership transitions, that would affect a family’s decision. The district itself is the elementary-only feeder for Yuma, meaning students move on to a separate district for middle and high school.
For a parent considering Roosevelt School, the picture is one of a small, predominantly Hispanic elementary school in a mid-sized agricultural and military city, where state testing results are largely obscured by suppression and the available data suggest academic performance that is below the county midpoint. The housing market is relatively affordable, and the city offers a mix of historic downtown and auto-oriented suburban development. The school’s academic pathway is limited to elementary grades, so a family would need to plan for the transition to a secondary district later. Without more detailed information on student support programs, staffing, and school climate, a parent may want to visit the school, speak with the principal, and ask about how the school addresses the needs of its students.
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