Roosevelt Elementary School, Olympia WA

Original Research by School Decision on Roosevelt Elementary School

Roosevelt Elementary School serves students from pre-kindergarten through fifth grade in Olympia, Washington. It is a regular public school within the Olympia School District. The school is located in a residential area of the city on the northeast side.

Olympia itself is the state capital, a city that blends government operations with a residential character and a countercultural and arts history, particularly in music. State government is the dominant employer, while The Evergreen State College adds a college-town dimension. The city has grown steadily in population and remains the anchor of the South Puget Sound region. Downtown Olympia has a historic core, and Intercity Transit provides fare-free bus service across the area. The surrounding housing market commands a substantial home value and monthly rent that are above national benchmarks, a context that affects families shopping for the school zone.

Enrollment at Roosevelt is larger than what many elementary schools hold, a sizable number of students spread across grades. A substantial share of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price lunch. Racially, the school is predominantly white, with a sizable Hispanic population and smaller shares of students who identify as two or more races or as Asian; the Black and Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander populations are very small. Data on students receiving special education services or classified as English learners was not reported.

State assessment results from the most recent testing year are available for math, English language arts, and fifth-grade science. In math, proficiency rates across grades three through five cluster around the middle of the range. In English language arts, the school’s combined proficiency is moderately higher than its math showing, and fourth and fifth graders performed noticeably more strongly than third graders. Science results for fifth graders are the school’s highest single subject score. When compared with schools across other districts in Thurston County, Roosevelt’s overall proficiency sits in the top quartile, a position of relative strength.

Because the school serves only early and elementary grades, there is no graduation rate, and the data we looked for on chronic absenteeism and discipline was not available. Similarly, there is no information on course access, staffing ratios, or program offerings such as music, art, or language for this school. The Olympia School District’s parent-relevant changes in recent years were not found in the available search results.

For a family considering Roosevelt, the academic picture is one of generally solid tested performance, especially in science and upper-elementary English language arts, with room for improvement in elementary math. The school serves a diverse-by-income student body in a capital city with strong state government employment and free public transit. A parent who wants to understand the full set of enrichment and support offerings at Roosevelt may need to reach out to the school directly, as that information was not captured here.

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Academic performance

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

Math

Grade 356%

School 56% · District 53% · ▲ 4 pts above district

▲ 6 pts above state median · even with county median

Grade 452%

School 52% · District 51% · ▲ 2 pts above district

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

Grade 558%

School 58% · District 44% · ▲ 14 pts above district

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

English language arts

Grade 351%

School 51% · District 55% · ▼ 4 pts below district

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

Grade 467%

School 67% · District 60% · ▲ 7 pts above district

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

Grade 564%

School 64% · District 61% · ▲ 3 pts above district

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

Science

Grade 566%

School 66% · District 61% · ▲ 5 pts above district

▲ 14 pts above state median · ▲ 10 pts above county median

This schoolOlympia School District, 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-income25%Higher-income66%41 pp gap

Grade 4Lower-income46%Higher-income80%34 pp gap

Grade 5Lower-income42%Higher-income76%34 pp gap

Mathematics

Grade 3Lower-income25%Higher-income74%49 pp gap

Grade 4Lower-income21%Higher-income72%51 pp gap

Grade 5Lower-income17%Higher-income78%61 pp gap