Roosevelt Elementary, San Leandro CA

Original Research by School Decision on Roosevelt Elementary

Roosevelt Elementary serves kindergarten through fifth grade in San Leandro, a mixed-use East Bay city with a long manufacturing heritage and growing technology sectors anchored by the Kaiser Permanente medical center. The school sits on Dowling Boulevard in the 94577 zip code, in a region where housing prices reflect the broader Bay Area market and where transit-oriented development is reshaping neighborhoods around the two local BART stations.

The enrollment is small for the grade band, with a mix across all grades from kindergarten through fifth. Demographically the school draws from a diverse student body: about a third of the school identifies as Hispanic, a quarter as white, with substantial representation from Asian, multiracial, and Black students. A significant share of students qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, indicating a community with mixed economic circumstances. Data on the share of English learners and students receiving special education services was not available.

On state testing, Roosevelt's performance sits above the midpoint among Alameda County's elementary and middle schools, according to the overall proficiency index. In English language arts across the tested grades, students show stronger results, with proficiency rates generally in the middle-to-upper range. In mathematics, proficiency is lower across all tested grade levels, with the notable exception of third grade, where results are comparably stronger. Fourth grade shows the softest math results of any tested grade. Fifth-grade science proficiency falls in the lower-to-middle range. The school has only one year of data available, so no trend information is present to show whether these patterns are recent shifts or longer-term characteristics. A parent may want to look into what the school identifies as priorities for math instruction, particularly at the fourth and fifth grade levels, and how the school is working with students who need additional support.

San Leandro Unified, the parent district, recently saw voters approve Measure J, a general obligation bond that extends the current property tax rate and funds modernized classrooms, seismic and accessibility upgrades, and notably the construction of affordable rental housing for teachers and staff. The district also undertook a multi-year adoption of new high school math materials designed to better serve multilingual learners and align with the California Math Framework. These are district-wide developments that shape the school environment and the district's instructional direction.

Roosevelt Elementary sits in a city actively planning its growth around transit corridors and the two BART stations, with downtown San Leandro functioning as a civic anchor containing the library, parks, and city center within walking distance of transit. The broader housing market in the 94577 zip code reflects Bay Area pricing, with modest recent year-over-year movement. The school serves a neighborhood in an evolving urban context where families often commute to multiple employment centers but where local transit anchors are shaping long-term residential patterns.

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Academic performance

How students perform on state tests, by grade, set against the district.

Math

Grade 357%

School 57% · District 39% · ▲ 18 pts above district

▲ 14 pts above state median · ▲ 2 pts above county median

Grade 439%

School 39% · District 32% · ▲ 7 pts above district

▲ 2 pts above state median · ▼ 11 pts below county median

Grade 542%

School 42% · District 33% · ▲ 9 pts above district

▲ 12 pts above state median · even with county median

English language arts

Grade 366%

School 66% · District 37% · ▲ 28 pts above district

▲ 25 pts above state median · ▲ 16 pts above county median

Grade 451%

School 51% · District 38% · ▲ 14 pts above district

▲ 9 pts above state median · ▼ 2 pts below county median

Grade 566%

School 66% · District 47% · ▲ 19 pts above district

▲ 21 pts above state median · ▲ 9 pts above county median

Science

Grade 543%

School 43% · District 27% · ▲ 16 pts above district

▲ 15 pts above state median · ▲ 4 pts above county median

This schoolSan Leandro Unified, same grade

Graduation rate (ACGR) reflects the federally published Adjusted Cohort Graduation Rate for the most recent year available. We refresh this data annually at the close of each academic year in June. The federal source publishes a banded rate (for example, "90-94%") instead of an exact number for cohorts small enough to risk identifying individual students. The state distribution chart, where shown, plots every school in the state with a published rate or band; schools whose rate is federally suppressed are excluded. Where the federal source publishes a band rather than an exact rate, the school is placed within its band using a stable, ID-derived offset, so its position is consistent across visits.

Proficiency by household income

English language arts

Grade 3Lower-income48%Higher-income80%33 pp gap

Grade 4Lower-income32%Higher-income72%40 pp gap

Grade 5Lower-income53%Higher-income84%31 pp gap

Mathematics

Grade 3Lower-income34%Higher-income76%42 pp gap

Grade 4Lower-income24%Higher-income54%29 pp gap

Grade 5Lower-income31%Higher-income58%27 pp gap