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F. D. Roosevelt Elementary

Public Grades K-5
4685th
SchoolDigger Rank ?
of 5,804 California Elementary Schools
Better than 19% of California elementary schools
Summary

F. D. Roosevelt Elementary serves 396 students in kindergarten through fifth grade in Lawndale, in the Lawndale Elementary district. For 2025–26, SchoolDigger rated it at the 19th percentile in California with one star, compared with the district’s 66th percentile and three stars; among nearby schools with rank-history data, its percentile was lowest, with Purche Avenue Elementary next at 26. The most important finding for families is that the school’s proficiency results trail state, district and comparable nearby-school averages in all three tested subjects.

Science is the school’s relative bright spot, while math is furthest behind nearby schools. In 2025–26, proficiency was 30% in ELA, 22% in math and 21% in science. ELA was 19 percentage points below the state, 21 below the district and 22 below the nearby K–5 average; math was 17, 18 and 26 points below those comparisons, respectively. Science was 15 points below the state and district and 17 below nearby schools. The school scored below every nearby K–5 school in ELA and math, and below all but Purche in science. The grade pattern highlights a particular concern in math: proficiency fell from 32% in grade 3 to 17% in grade 4 and 15% in grade 5.

ELA and math have declined since 2022–23: ELA fell from 38% to 30%, and math from 27% to 22%; their gaps to the state widened by 10 and 9 percentage points, respectively. Science rose from 15% to 21%, though results fluctuated along the way. SchoolDigger’s overall percentile also dropped 20 points, from 39 in 2023–24 to 19 in 2025–26. In 2024–25, 90.7% of students were free/reduced lunch eligible, compared with a 73.1% nearby-school average; the school’s student-teacher ratio was 24.7, slightly above the nearby average of 23.7. SchoolDigger’s statewide measure of how well the school serves Special Education Students placed it at the 45th percentile, versus 19th overall, but that subgroup ranking fell from 65 the previous year. Its ranking for how well it serves African American Students fell from the 72nd percentile in 2023–24 to the 30th in 2025–26.

396
Students ?
24.7
Student/teacher ratio ?
$41,278
Per pupil spending ?
90.7%
Free/reduced lunch eligible (2024-25) ?
All students in California receive free school meals.
 3533 West Marine Blvd.
       Lawndale, CA  90260-2400

(310) 675-1121

District: Lawndale Elementary


Students who attend F. D. Roosevelt Elementary usually attend:

Middle:    Will Rogers Middle
High:    Hawthorne High
    Lawndale High
    Leuzinger High
Racial breakdown:

Hispanic:
71.5%
African American:
18.2%
Two or more races:
5.6%
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At a glance
▼ Ranking trend: Declining — 31st percentile in 2015 → 19th in 2026
Worth a look
!Test scores below the California average (25% vs 42% meeting standards)
!In the lower quartile statewide (19th percentile)
!Ranking has slipped — down 12 percentile points since 2015
Students meeting standards (2025-2026) ?
This school25%
District avg44%
California avg42%
4,685th of 5,804
California public elementary schools ?
Bottom 19%▼ down 35 pts since 2016
From top 45% (2016) to bottom 19% (2026)
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★★★★★
SchoolDigger rating ?
6th of 6Elementary Schools in the Lawndale Elementary
329th of 968Lawndale Elementary among California districts
Statewide rank percentile over time (100 = the top-ranked school in the state; click a legend item to add a student group)
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All Students

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankCalifornia percentileRating
202621.34685 of 580419.3%★☆☆☆☆
202523.54547 of 585722.4%★☆☆☆☆
202434.23587 of 586938.9%★★☆☆☆
202333.03643 of 585937.8%★★☆☆☆
202230.73822 of 588335.0%★★☆☆☆
201933.63650 of 578936.9%★★☆☆☆
201836.73363 of 566240.6%★★☆☆☆
201738.33216 of 569243.5%★★☆☆☆
201648.82552 of 561454.5%★★★☆☆
201528.13853 of 561131.3%★★☆☆☆
201331.93906 of 553029.4%★☆☆☆☆
201227.74113 of 539023.7%★☆☆☆☆
201134.13675 of 537731.7%★★☆☆☆
201032.33675 of 531430.8%★★☆☆☆
200923.54166 of 519319.8%★☆☆☆☆
200825.53930 of 511323.1%★☆☆☆☆
200726.83805 of 511325.6%★☆☆☆☆
200626.43565 of 481826.0%★☆☆☆☆
200518.14092 of 482215.1%★☆☆☆☆
200416.44232 of 480912.0%★☆☆☆☆

African American

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankCalifornia percentileRating
202631.4353 of 50630.2%★★☆☆☆
202543.7281 of 56950.6%★★★☆☆
202462.8166 of 59372.0%★★★★☆
202359.1209 of 66168.4%★★★☆☆
202248.4278 of 66358.1%★★★☆☆
201955.4274 of 74763.3%★★★☆☆
201846.3334 of 70052.3%★★★☆☆

Disabled

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankCalifornia percentileRating
201824.31746 of 212818.0%★☆☆☆☆

English Language Learner

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankCalifornia percentileRating
202438.81907 of 316239.7%★★☆☆☆
202333.22297 of 324529.2%★☆☆☆☆
202235.12196 of 331133.7%★★☆☆☆
201971.4499 of 327584.8%★★★★☆
201861.3813 of 324675.0%★★★★☆

Female

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankCalifornia percentileRating
202623.84351 of 556921.9%★☆☆☆☆
202526.44125 of 559726.3%★☆☆☆☆
202434.43464 of 561238.3%★★☆☆☆
202330.33722 of 560933.6%★★☆☆☆
202231.93586 of 563536.4%★★☆☆☆
201934.93423 of 549237.7%★★☆☆☆
201838.23192 of 541341.0%★★☆☆☆

Hispanic

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankCalifornia percentileRating
202625.54059 of 508520.2%★☆☆☆☆
202532.63576 of 510730.0%★★☆☆☆
202447.52442 of 510752.2%★★★☆☆
202341.82767 of 508745.6%★★☆☆☆
202242.32725 of 508446.4%★★☆☆☆
201954.42011 of 496359.5%★★★☆☆
201858.91678 of 483065.3%★★★☆☆

Low Socio Economic Status

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankCalifornia percentileRating
202627.44140 of 541223.5%★☆☆☆☆
202530.93915 of 546028.3%★☆☆☆☆
202444.72765 of 551749.9%★★☆☆☆
202345.82648 of 536350.6%★★★☆☆
202243.32739 of 526448.0%★★☆☆☆
201947.62569 of 517350.3%★★★☆☆
201852.52202 of 508456.7%★★★☆☆

Male

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankCalifornia percentileRating
202621.24584 of 559018.0%★☆☆☆☆
202522.54513 of 562819.8%★☆☆☆☆
202434.33464 of 564338.6%★★☆☆☆
202337.13257 of 563842.2%★★☆☆☆
202230.23767 of 566333.5%★★☆☆☆
201933.93464 of 551037.1%★★☆☆☆
201836.93220 of 543140.7%★★☆☆☆

Special Education

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankCalifornia percentileRating
202638.01612 of 292044.8%★★☆☆☆
202552.4991 of 284765.2%★★★☆☆
202350.3911 of 242062.4%★★★☆☆
How student groups rank statewide ? (each group's percentile vs the same group at other schools — higher is better; the +/- beside each compares the group with this school's overall percentile)
Special Education (2026)45th percentile+26 vs school
English Language Learner (2024)40th percentile~ school
African American (2026)30th percentile+11 vs school
Low Socio Economic Status (2026)24th percentile+4 vs school
Female (2026)22nd percentile+3 vs school
Hispanic (2026)20th percentile~ school
Male (2026)18th percentile~ school
Disabled (2018)18th percentile-23 vs school
By subject vs California (2025-2026) ?
English Language Arts/Literacy30%-19 vs state
Mathematics22%-17 vs state
Science21%-15 vs state

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Frequently Asked Questions about F. D. Roosevelt Elementary

Students at F. D. Roosevelt Elementary are 71% Hispanic, 18% African American, 6% Two or more races, 3% Asian, 2% White.

Students who attend F. D. Roosevelt Elementary usually go on to attend:

Middle : Will Rogers Middle
High : Hawthorne High
High : Lawndale High
High : Leuzinger High

In the 2024-25 school year, 396 students attended F. D. Roosevelt Elementary.

F. D. Roosevelt Elementary ranks in the bottom 19.3% of California elementary schools.

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2025–26 attendance data, dropout rates & graduation ratesNewOct 15, 2026
2025–26 CAST, CSA Spanish & Smarter Balanced Assessments scoresNewOct 15, 2026
2024–25 school spending dataJul 1, 2026
2024–25 attendance dataMar 13, 2026


SchoolDigger data sources: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Department of Education, the U.S. Census Bureau and the California Department of Education.

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