Roosevelt Elementary, Spokane WA

Original Research by School Decision on Roosevelt Elementary

Roosevelt Elementary sits in the heart of Spokane as a regular public school serving pre-kindergarten through sixth grade. It is part of the Spokane School District, the city's public system and one of the largest employers in the region. The school itself is a community elementary with a student count that places it at a moderate size for its grade band. It is not a charter or magnet school.

The student population reflects the diversity of the surrounding neighborhood. The largest share of students is white, with smaller shares of students who identify as two or more races, Hispanic, Black, Asian, and Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander. A substantial share of students qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, which gives a sense of the economic mix of families the school serves. Data on the share of students with individualized education programs and the share who are English learners was not available; a parent may want to ask the school directly about special education and language support services.

On state assessments, Roosevelt students generally performed above the midpoint among the school districts in Spokane County, placing in the top quartile for overall proficiency across tested subjects and grades. In English language arts, results across grades three through five showed a solid majority of students meeting the state standard. Math results were more mixed, with the lower elementary grade testing lower than the upper grade. Science results, available only for fifth grade, were also fairly strong. Because the available testing data covers only a single school year, there is not yet a multi-year trend to show whether these results represent an established pattern or a recent shift. The school does not serve high school grades, so there is no graduation rate to report.

The school sits in the south part of Spokane, a city that anchors the Inland Northwest. The area around Roosevelt includes a mix of older residential streets and is close to the downtown core. The Spokane River runs through the city, and Riverfront Park is a short distance away. Housing values in the area are lower than the state average, which is typical for an urban neighborhood in a city that remains more affordable than Seattle's suburbs. The broader Spokane economy has moved away from its historic mining and timber base toward healthcare, government, and logistics, with Fairchild Air Force Base and Providence Health Care among the largest employers.

The Spokane School District has undertaken a major facility expansion in recent years, opening three new middle schools funded by a construction bond. This reshaped middle school feeder patterns across the city. For a family at Roosevelt, the transition to middle school runs through the district's newer configuration, but the specific middle school that Roosevelt feeds into was not listed in the available data.

Roosevelt Elementary offers a regular elementary program in a neighborhood setting with a tested record that is stronger than many schools in the county, especially in English language arts. The math scores in the early grades are an area a parent may want to discuss with the school. The school serves a community with moderate household incomes by national standards and housing that is attainable compared with the rest of the state. For a family looking at a solid-performing elementary in the Spokane Public Schools system, Roosevelt sits as a school to consider seriously, with the caveat that a clearer picture of special population support would come from a direct conversation with the school office.

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Academic performance

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

Math

Grade 352%

School 52% · District 49% · ▲ 3 pts above district

▲ 1 pts above state median · ▼ 3 pts below county median

Grade 447%

School 47% · District 55% · ▼ 9 pts below district

▼ 1 pts below state median · ▼ 3 pts below county median

Grade 557%

School 57% · District 38% · ▲ 19 pts above district

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

English language arts

Grade 357%

School 57% · District 47% · ▲ 10 pts above district

▲ 10 pts above state median · ▲ 7 pts above county median

Grade 465%

School 65% · District 46% · ▲ 19 pts above district

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

Grade 566%

School 66% · District 42% · ▲ 24 pts above district

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

Science

Grade 567%

School 67% · District 49% · ▲ 18 pts above district

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

This schoolSpokane 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-income37%Higher-income78%42 pp gap

Grade 4Lower-income50%Higher-income82%32 pp gap

Grade 5Lower-income42%Higher-income87%44 pp gap

Mathematics

Grade 3Lower-income21%Higher-income84%63 pp gap

Grade 4Lower-income31%Higher-income64%33 pp gap

Grade 5Lower-income31%Higher-income80%49 pp gap

Grade 6Lower-income18%Higher-income75%58 pp gap