Roosevelt Elem School, Belleville IL

Original Research by School Decision on Roosevelt Elem School

Roosevelt Elementary is a regular public school serving kindergarten through sixth grade in Belleville, a county seat and St. Louis suburb anchored by a historic downtown core and residential neighborhoods. The school enrolls a student body that is roughly balanced between white and Black students, with smaller populations of multiracial, Hispanic, and Asian students.

The school's recent state assessment results show uneven performance across grades and subjects. In English language arts, fourth and fifth graders are performing at roughly the midpoint of proficiency, while third and sixth graders are below. Math results are more fragmented: fourth grade is doing well, but third, fifth, and sixth grades are all at lower proficiency rates. Fifth-grade science sits at about the midpoint. These results place Roosevelt above the midpoint for overall proficiency when compared to other districts in St. Clair County, though the county comparison itself includes a wide range of performance. A parent may want to ask the school directly about what grade-to-grade instruction looks like, especially in math, where performance varies sharply by year.

The school's enrollment is small, around a couple hundred students across seven grades, with the largest grades in the lower elementary range. State testing data was not available for seventh and eighth grades; the school profile lists it as serving through sixth grade, so those grades either do not exist at this building or may be served elsewhere in the district. Free-and-reduced-price lunch eligibility data were not available, so there is no public information about economic need in the student population. Special education and English learner enrollment counts were similarly absent from the available data.

Belleville itself is undergoing gradual change. The city's population has been roughly flat, but the housing market has tightened recently, with median home values rising and homes selling faster than in the prior year. The county real estate market has more inventory available than it did a year ago, though it remains a buyer's market. Downtown Belleville has a preserved historic character with independent shops and restaurants on Main Street, and three MetroLink light rail stations connect the city to St. Louis. The local economy is anchored by Scott Air Force Base, healthcare, and education, so the city draws a stable workforce tied to those sectors.

The district itself is benefiting from a reported surge in property values that is allowing it to lower tax rates while maintaining operational revenue, a meaningful consideration for families weighing relocation. No recent enrollment trends or major facility changes were reported for the district.

Roosevelt is a neighborhood elementary school in a stable, modest-cost community with solid state assessment standing among its county peers, though grade-level performance is uneven and warrants direct conversation with school leadership if you are considering enrollment.

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Academic performance

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

Math

Grade 333%

School 33% · District 33%

▼ 13 pts below state median · ▼ 8 pts below county median

Grade 471%

School 71% · District 36% · ▲ 35 pts above district

▲ 35 pts above state median · ▲ 35 pts above county median

Grade 547%

School 47% · District 22% · ▲ 25 pts above district

▲ 17 pts above state median · ▲ 23 pts above county median

Grade 629%

School 29% · District 30% · ▼ 1 pts below district

▲ 5 pts above state median · ▲ 3 pts above county median

English language arts

Grade 333%

School 33% · District 32% · ▲ 2 pts above district

▼ 11 pts below state median · ▼ 6 pts below county median

Grade 476%

School 76% · District 50% · ▲ 26 pts above district

▲ 28 pts above state median · ▲ 23 pts above county median

Grade 569%

School 69% · District 53% · ▲ 16 pts above district

▲ 17 pts above state median · ▲ 13 pts above county median

Grade 650%

School 50% · District 55% · ▼ 5 pts below district

even with state median · ▼ 8 pts below county median

Science

Grade 551%

School 51% · District 34% · ▲ 17 pts above district

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

This schoolBelleville SD 118, 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.