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Roosevelt Elementary School

Public Grades PK, KG-5
705th
SchoolDigger Rank ?
of 1,138 Washington Elementary Schools
Better than 38% of Washington elementary schools
Summary

Roosevelt Elementary School is a public PK–5 school in Bellingham, WA, serving 348 students at 2900 Yew Street in a residential area near other Sunnyland and Silver Beach elementary schools. It is part of the Bellingham School District, which ranks 83rd out of 238 Washington districts, while Roosevelt ranks in the 38th percentile statewide for 2025–2026. The school’s recent direction is encouraging, but its overall performance remains below the district’s.

Roosevelt’s clearest academic strength is science: 60.00% of students were proficient, compared with 58.34% districtwide and 50.95% statewide. Its ELA rate was 41.42% and its math rate was 36.14%, both below district and state results. Grade-level results point to a major challenge after third grade. Third graders reached 50.98% in ELA and 54.00% in math, but fourth-grade ELA and math were each 30.51%, and fifth-grade math fell to 26.32%. Fifth-grade science remained strong at 60.00%. Roosevelt performed better overall than nearby Cordata Elementary School and Birchwood Elementary School, but most other nearby schools posted stronger ELA and math results.

The school’s statewide ranking improved from the 27th percentile in 2024–2025 to the 38th percentile in 2025–2026, although it still ranked below schools such as Wade King Elementary School, Geneva Elementary School, and Silver Beach Elementary School. About 49.43% of students qualified for free or reduced-price lunch. Roosevelt also reported relatively favorable resources, including a 14.3 student-teacher ratio and $20,422 in spending per student. Its low-income-student effectiveness ranking rose sharply to the 53rd percentile, an encouraging sign. The main priorities appear to be strengthening literacy and math, especially during the fourth- and fifth-grade transition, while studying practices behind the school’s science and third-grade success.

348
Students ?
14.3
Student/teacher ratio ?
$20,422
Per pupil spending ?
49.4%
Free/discounted lunch ?
 2900 Yew St
       Bellingham, WA  98226-6127

(360) 676-6440

District: Bellingham School District


Students who attend Roosevelt Elementary School usually attend:

Middle:    Kulshan Middle School
Racial breakdown:

White:
63.8%
Hispanic:
23.3%
Two or more races:
8.0%
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At a glance
Ranking trend: Improving — 10th percentile in 2016 → 38th in 2026
Strengths
Ranking is trending up — up 28 percentile points since 2016
Worth a look
!Test scores below the Washington average (42% vs 48% meeting standards)
!Some student groups rank well below the school's overall statewide standing
!English Language Arts scores 11 pts below the Washington average
Students meeting standards (2025-2026) ?
This school42%
District avg52%
Washington avg48%
705th of 1,138
Washington public elementary schools ?
Bottom 38%▲ up 28 pts since 2016
From bottom 10% (2016) to bottom 38% (2026)
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SchoolDigger rating ?
10th of 13Elementary Schools in the Bellingham School District
83rd of 238Bellingham School District among Washington 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 rankWashington percentileRating
202638.1705 of 113838.0%★★☆☆☆
202528.1850 of 116026.7%★☆☆☆☆
202431.6799 of 116831.6%★★☆☆☆
202335.7743 of 116936.4%★★☆☆☆
202234.1768 of 116934.3%★★☆☆☆
202122.8848 of 110723.4%★☆☆☆☆
201933.9785 of 113030.5%★★☆☆☆
201824.1831 of 105421.2%★☆☆☆☆
201719.3887 of 105616.0%★☆☆☆☆
201613.8947 of 105310.1%★☆☆☆☆
201546.7578 of 106745.8%★★☆☆☆
201332.8805 of 110627.2%★☆☆☆☆
201241.5694 of 109736.7%★★☆☆☆
201127.3876 of 109219.8%★☆☆☆☆
201034.5769 of 108829.3%★☆☆☆☆
200928.9823 of 107223.2%★☆☆☆☆
200840.5673 of 106736.9%★★☆☆☆
200740.5676 of 106936.8%★★☆☆☆
200633.7753 of 105128.4%★☆☆☆☆
200529.1778 of 103124.5%★☆☆☆☆
200448.2545 of 102646.9%★★☆☆☆

Female

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankWashington percentileRating
202633.7714 of 102030.0%★★☆☆☆
202524.3861 of 109221.2%★☆☆☆☆
202436.6688 of 109337.1%★★☆☆☆
202343.5602 of 109445.0%★★☆☆☆
202241.8621 of 110043.5%★★☆☆☆
202130.4687 of 100831.8%★★☆☆☆
201941.0666 of 106837.6%★★☆☆☆
201827.2772 of 100423.1%★☆☆☆☆

Hispanic

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankWashington percentileRating
202214.7666 of 6944.0%☆☆☆☆☆
201927.1549 of 69721.2%★☆☆☆☆

Low Socio Economic Status

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankWashington percentileRating
202652.5478 of 100852.6%★★★☆☆
202516.2922 of 10139.0%☆☆☆☆☆
202422.2880 of 102414.1%★☆☆☆☆
202322.9865 of 101314.6%★☆☆☆☆
202232.1746 of 101926.8%★☆☆☆☆
202122.4728 of 85414.8%★☆☆☆☆
201934.6701 of 97928.4%★☆☆☆☆
201832.8614 of 83526.5%★☆☆☆☆

Male

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankWashington percentileRating
202646.3588 of 105944.5%★★☆☆☆
202531.4764 of 109830.4%★★☆☆☆
202427.6812 of 109926.1%★☆☆☆☆
202331.5764 of 109930.5%★★☆☆☆
202228.3814 of 111326.9%★☆☆☆☆
202124.4780 of 102523.9%★☆☆☆☆
201932.8747 of 107530.5%★★☆☆☆
201822.8810 of 99918.9%★☆☆☆☆

Multi-racial

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankWashington percentileRating
202526.1170 of 19713.7%★☆☆☆☆

Special Education

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankWashington percentileRating
201928.9415 of 56626.7%★☆☆☆☆
201829.4476 of 63725.3%★☆☆☆☆

White

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankWashington percentileRating
202655.5397 of 90155.9%★★★☆☆
202535.2676 of 100732.9%★★☆☆☆
202433.3707 of 100929.9%★★☆☆☆
202338.9632 of 101137.5%★★☆☆☆
202241.4613 of 103140.5%★★☆☆☆
202119.6799 of 94315.3%★☆☆☆☆
201939.2691 of 102732.7%★★☆☆☆
201826.1663 of 83320.4%★☆☆☆☆
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)
White (2026)56th percentile+18 vs school
Low Socio Economic Status (2026)53rd percentile+15 vs school
Male (2026)44th percentile+6 vs school
Female (2026)30th percentile-8 vs school
Special Education (2019)27th percentile-4 vs school
Multi-racial (2025)14th percentile-13 vs school
Hispanic (2022)4th percentile-30 vs school
By subject vs Washington (2025-2026) ?
Science60%+9 vs state
English Language Arts41%-11 vs state
Math36%-7 vs state

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Students who attend Roosevelt Elementary School usually go on to attend:

Middle : Kulshan Middle School

In the 2024-25 school year, 348 students attended Roosevelt Elementary School.

Roosevelt Elementary School ranks 705th of 1138 Washington elementary schools. SchoolDigger rates this school 2 stars out of 5.

Students at Roosevelt Elementary School are 64% White, 23% Hispanic, 8% Two or more races, 3% African American, 2% Asian.

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Latest Washington data All new data »
2025–26 SBAC & WCAS test scoresNewSep 10, 2026
2024–25 dropout rates & graduation ratesJan 8, 2026
2022–23 through 2023–24 school spending dataJan 6, 2026
2024–25 SBAC & WCAS test scoresSep 10, 2025


SchoolDigger data sources: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Department of Education, the U.S. Census Bureau, the Washington State Department of Health and the Washington Office of Superindentent of Public Instruction.

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