Roosevelt Middle: Two in five kids exceed the standard. But this year's 8th graders test below its 6th graders.
Roosevelt is one of the strongest middle schools in San Francisco by raw achievement. The catch worth understanding: the cohort doesn't gain ground year-over-year.
| Scope | % Exceeded | % Met+ | Growth | Absence | Suspension | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| This school | 66 | 40% | 71% | -6.4 | 9.6% | 1.1% |
| CA average · Middle School | 43 | 17% | 39% | +1.5 | 18.5% | 3.7% |
Roosevelt Middle scores 66 of 100 on SchoolScope's Scope Score — the 91st percentile of 2,238 California middle schools (CDE CAASPP 2025).
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Most rating sites would stop at “71% proficient” and call it done. Roosevelt deserves a closer read. The school sits in San Francisco, where two in five students qualify for free or reduced lunch — and reading the numbers without that context misreads the school.
Roosevelt's low-income kids hit 65.7% proficiency in ELA — a number the same group reaches at 38.2% statewide. If you're trying to read past zip-code-driven test scores, that's the signal worth weighing.
The seven-year arc
Has held the 91st-percentile line every tested year since 2019.
This school hasn't fully recovered from the pandemic: 71% meet the standard today, versus 75% in 2019 — a gap worth asking about on a visit.
| Grade | 2019 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Grade 6 | 78% | 69% | 78% | 71% | 78% |
| Grade 7 | 78% | 67% | 81% | 84% | 80% |
| Grade 8 | 79% | 76% | 65% | 69% | 73% |
| Grade | 2019 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Grade 6 | 67% | 45% | 59% | 57% | 67% |
| Grade 7 | 75% | 52% | 66% | 67% | 69% |
| Grade 8 | 74% | 59% | 55% | 61% | 60% |
The story this school is actually telling
of students scored in the top band on the state test. The California average is 16.8%.
proficiency runs 72% in this year's grade 6 against 66% in its grade 8. The state average falls by −0.5pp over the same span.
The school, grade by grade
ELA · CAASPP 2024–25Different students, same year — each bar is one grade's proficiency mix.
The honest read: the share exceeding falls 14.4pp across grades; the floor slips 5.6pp. The state average falls 0.5pp over the same span. The school's 8th graders aren't posting a wider lead than its 6th graders. One question worth asking on a tour: are the strongest students being pushed, or coasting? A school visit and conversation with teachers will tell you more than this number.
Roosevelt's most underrated number
65.7% of low-income students met the ELA standard — versus 38.2% for the same group statewide. That's the strongest kind of signal a school can post: it holds across income lines.
The 6 things our score weighs
Ask the principal what changes between grade 6 and grade 8. Ask who teaches the older grades, and what the school does when a child starts falling behind.
- Ask what changes between grade 6 and grade 8 here, and who teaches the older kids.
- Ask whether extra support — tutoring, counseling, small groups — reaches kids across income lines, not just the students already ahead.
- Ask which schools families here actually choose next — the zoned path is only the default.
- Ask whether the tour can step into a working classroom — watch how the teacher handles a student who's stuck.
- Ask to tour while school's in session, and notice how hallways and transitions feel — culture shows up between classes, not just in them.
- Ask how the school communicates with families when a child starts to struggle.
How every group of students does here
At Roosevelt Middle in San Francisco, 65.7% of low-income students met or exceeded the ELA standard in 2025, compared to 38.8% district-wide and 38.2% statewide. Roosevelt Middle outperforms its district average for low-income students by 26.9 percentage points in ELA. Other subgroups: Low-Income students (55.5% Math proficient); Asian students (78.0% ELA proficient). The largest proficiency gap is 48.3 percentage points for disabilities students. Data source: California Department of Education, CAASPP 2024-25. 246 students tested.
Change in proficiency from the lowest tested grade — which groups gain ground the longer they stay. Groups with fewer than 10 tested students per grade are not shown.
Low-income student ELA proficiency falls by 5.5pp from grade 6 to grade 8 at this school. District average: +1.2pp.
Showing up, and staying in class
Where the path goes
The zoned path continues to Marshall (Thurgood) High, which scores 43 points lower than this school — worth weighing alongside everything above. Families here often look at charter or magnet options for high school.
Feeder patterns derived from NCES attendance boundary data. Boundaries are approximate and may have changed — verify with your school district for current assignments.
The people teaching here
Pay is set by the district, not the school.
What gets spent here
The district's current expense of education per student, from CDE's annual SACS filing — the freshest district spending figure the state publishes.
District-level, from the district's own SACS general-ledger filing — school-by-school breakdowns aren't published by the state.
Source: NCES F-33 · Full district breakdown →
The neighborhood it serves
Source: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-year estimates (2024) · ZIP-level
On the state's science test (CAST), 61% met or exceeded the standard — science is tested in grades 5 and 8 but never enters the Scope Score.
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Every number on this page
Score factors, grade-level breakdowns, subgroup proficiency, and peer comparisons.
| ELA | Tested | EXC | MET | NEAR | NOT | MET+ | +/CA |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Grade 6 | 201 | 47% | 31% | 15% | 7% | 78% | +32 |
| Grade 7 | 206 | 41% | 39% | 14% | 7% | 80% | +32 |
| Grade 8 | 204 | 32% | 40% | 19% | 9% | 73% | +26 |
| Math | Tested | EXC | MET | NEAR | NOT | MET+ | +/CA |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Grade 6 | 199 | 40% | 27% | 19% | 14% | 67% | +32 |
| Grade 7 | 208 | 42% | 27% | 20% | 11% | 69% | +35 |
| Grade 8 | 203 | 40% | 20% | 23% | 17% | 60% | +27 |
| Science (CAST) | Tested | EXC | MET | NEAR | NOT |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Grade 5/8/11 | 203 | 26% | 35% | 38% | 1% |
CAST is tested in grades 5, 8, and once in high school — not annually. Not part of the Scope Score.
| Subgroup · ELA | Tested | MET+ | vs district | vs CA |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Socioeconomically Disadvantaged | 246 | 65.7% | +27 | +28 |
| Asian | 305 | 78.0% | +8 | +4 |
| White | 119 | 88.2% | +13 | +26 |
| School | Dist | Scope | EXC | MET+ | Growth | Susp |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Roosevelt Middle ← | — | 66 | 40.4% | 71.0% | −6.4 | 1.1% |
| Presidio Middle | 1.7 mi | 65 | 34.3% | 63.2% | −5.7 | 2.5% |
| Giannini (A.P.) Middle | 3 mi | 65 | 39.2% | 71.0% | +0.8 | 0.4% |
| Hoover (Herbert) Middle | 2.6 mi | 53 | 25.4% | 54.6% | +2.1 | 3.8% |
| California average | — | 43 | 16.8% | 39.3% | +1.5 | 3.7% |
| Year | Scope | Pctile | Rank | Exc | Met+ | Absent | Susp | Growth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2019 | 72 | 95 | #94 | 45.3% | 75.2% | 5.6% | 2.1% | +4.0pp |
| 2022 | 65 | 91 | #185 | 29.9% | 61.2% | 14.2% | 1.1% | +11.2pp |
| 2023 | 63 | 88 | #268 | 35.7% | 67.2% | 13.6% | 2.6% | -8.7pp |
| 2024 | 67 | 92 | #188 | 37.5% | 68.1% | 9.2% | 2.1% | +0.5pp |
| 2025 | 66 | 91 | #204 | 40.4% | 71.0% | 9.6% | 1.1% | -6.4pp |
| Group | 2019 | 2025 | Δ |
|---|---|---|---|
| Female | 5.6% | 9.6% | +4.0pp |
| Male | 5.6% | 9.1% | +3.5pp |
| Asian | 2.1% | 2.5% | +0.4pp |
| Black/African American | 26.7% | 42.9% | +16.2pp |
| Filipino | 10.5% | 12.5% | +2.0pp |
| White | 0.0% | 21.4% | +21.4pp |
| Hispanic/Latino | 9.3% | 21.4% | +12.1pp |
| Two or More Races | 7.8% | 9.2% | +1.4pp |
| Students with Disabilities | 21.1% | 26.3% | +5.2pp |
| English Learners | 0.0% | 9.7% | +9.7pp |
| Homeless | 0.0% | 73.7% | +73.7pp |
| Socioeconomically Disadvantaged | 7.7% | 13.9% | +6.2pp |
| All Students | 5.6% | 9.4% | +3.8pp |
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