Roosevelt Children's Academy Charter School, Roosevelt NY

Original Research by School Decision on Roosevelt Children's Academy Charter School

Roosevelt Children's Academy Charter School serves kindergarten through eighth grade on Long Island's South Shore in the hamlet of Roosevelt, a dense, car-oriented residential community with a long history of integration. The school enrolls a student body that is nearly equally Black and Hispanic/Latino, with a substantial share qualifying for free or reduced-price lunch, reflecting the economic conditions of the Roosevelt area.

The school underwent SUNY charter renewal in early 2025, which secured its continued operation. For a charter school, renewal is the decisive institutional event; a parent reading this can rely on the school's legal standing to remain open and operating under state authorization for the foreseeable future.

Academically, the school shows a mixed picture across tested grades. In the lower grades, third and fourth graders demonstrate solid proficiency in math and reading. Third-grade math results are above the midpoint for the county; fourth-grade math is noticeably stronger. However, performance weakens substantially as students move into the middle grades. In grades five and six, proficiency rates across both math and reading drop sharply. Seventh and eighth graders show some recovery in reading but remain below proficiency targets in math. Science results follow a similar pattern: fifth-grade science proficiency is quite low, while eighth-grade science rebounds to about midpoint. When proficiency is averaged across all tested subjects and grades, the school sits in the bottom quartile relative to other districts in Nassau County.

A parent may want to look into this further with the school. The data does not explain whether the decline in the middle grades reflects cohort effects, instructional transitions between elementary and middle school structures, or other factors. The school serves a population with real economic challenges, and one useful question is what specific academic supports or interventions the school is putting in place for students in grades five through seven, where the proficiency gap appears most pronounced.

The school has grown somewhat; it enrolls students across all grades from kindergarten through eighth, with larger classes in the younger grades. Kindergarten through fourth grade are each substantially enrolled. The upper middle grades are smaller, which may reflect attrition, enrollment choices, or cohort flow.

Roosevelt itself is a working residential community with small businesses along Nassau Road but no walkable downtown. The public library serves as a civic anchor, and a county park offers recreation. There is no LIRR station in the hamlet; residents commute via nearby stations or car. Housing values have appreciated modestly in the broader regional market.

For families seeking a free, state-authorized public school of choice in a diverse, integrated setting on Long Island, this charter school offers that pathway. Its charter status is stable as of the 2025 renewal. For families prioritizing strong academic outcomes in the middle grades, or seeking a school with higher overall proficiency rates than the county average, this school's data suggests there may be better fits elsewhere in the county. The school's own website and a conversation with school leadership about middle-grade instruction and support would give a parent a much sharper picture of what is driving the performance pattern and what the school's plans are to strengthen results in those grades.

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Academic performance

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

Math

Grade 363%

School 63% · district not reported

▲ 4 pts above state median · ▼ 12 pts below county median

Grade 479%

School 79% · district not reported

▲ 20 pts above state median · ▲ 1 pts above county median

Grade 524%

School 24% · district not reported

▼ 27 pts below state median · ▼ 48 pts below county median

Grade 621%

School 21% · district not reported

▼ 24 pts below state median · ▼ 49 pts below county median

Grade 739%

School 39% · district not reported

▼ 14 pts below state median · ▼ 29 pts below county median

Grade 829%

School 29% · district not reported

▼ 8 pts below state median · ▼ 10 pts below county median

English language arts

Grade 357%

School 57% · district not reported

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

Grade 446%

School 46% · district not reported

▼ 7 pts below state median · ▼ 22 pts below county median

Grade 530%

School 30% · district not reported

▼ 24 pts below state median · ▼ 40 pts below county median

Grade 638%

School 38% · district not reported

▼ 7 pts below state median · ▼ 25 pts below county median

Grade 736%

School 36% · district not reported

▼ 11 pts below state median · ▼ 23 pts below county median

Grade 848%

School 48% · district not reported

▼ 1 pts below state median · ▼ 9 pts below county median

Science

Grade 525%

School 25% · district not reported

▼ 17 pts below state median · ▼ 35 pts below county median

Grade 849%

School 49% · district not reported

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

Social studies

Grade 5100%

School 100% · district not reported

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

Grade 884%

School 84% · district not reported

▲ 6 pts above state median · ▼ 10 pts below county median

This schoolDistrict average, 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-income56%Higher-income60%4 pp gap

Grade 4Lower-income48%Higher-income39%9 pp gap

Grade 5Lower-income35%Higher-income8%27 pp gap

Grade 6Lower-income31%Higher-income60%29 pp gap

Grade 7Lower-income33%Higher-income50%17 pp gap

Grade 8Lower-income46%Higher-income50%4 pp gap

Mathematics

Grade 3Lower-income61%Higher-income75%15 pp gap

Grade 4Lower-income81%Higher-income69%11 pp gap

Grade 5Lower-income26%Higher-income17%9 pp gap

Grade 6Lower-income16%Higher-income36%19 pp gap

Grade 7Lower-income40%Higher-income33%7 pp gap

Grade 8Lower-income29%Higher-income27%2 pp gap