ROOSEVELT ELEMENTARY SCHOOL Go back
801 MONTANA AVE
SANTA MONICA, CA 90403
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Phone: 310-395-0941
School Information
  • GreatSchools Rating: 10
  • Educational Climate: High
  • Technology Measure: Medium-low
  • Type: Public
  • Grades: Kindergarten - 5th Grade
  • District: Santa Monica - Malibu Unified Sd
  • Students/Teacher: 21
  • Students/Grade: 130.5
  • Number Students: 783
  • Number Teachers: 38
  • Number Classrooms: 37
  • Expense/Pupil: $5,900.00 - 6,299.99
  • Poverty Level: 6 - 15.9 PERCENT
  • Number Computers: 80
  • Number PCs: 0
  • Number Macs: 080
  • Principal: Ms Natalie Burton
  • CHARTER SCHOOL
  • GIFTED AND TALENTED PROGRAMS
  • ESL
  • SPECIAL EDUCATION
  • ADVANCED PLACEMENT
  • BEFORE AND AFTER SCHOOL PROGRAMS
  • ALTERNATIVE PROGRAMS
  • YEAR ROUND CLASSES
  • VOC-TECH
  • ADULT EDUCATION
  • NCLB SCHOOL
  • BLUE RIBBON SCHOOL
  • COALITION OF ESSENTIAL SCHOOLS
  • AYP SCHOOL
  • INTERNATIONAL BACCALAUREATE
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School Ratings & Reviews

School Ratings (62 ratings)
Maximum Rating: 5




    School Reviews (78 Reviews)
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    Parent Review | Rating:
    Posted 2013-02-07
    "Roosevelt is a really good community school that manages to be warm and inclusive with a very large and diverse student body. Are all the teacher great? No, but some of the best teachers you'll ever meet are here. It seems that some people have had problems with the administration--that has not been my experience. They've been very helpful and supportive when we needed it. We're very happy to have found this school and this community."
    Teacher Review | Rating:
    Posted 2013-02-02
    "20% of prime morning instructional time (Wednesday late start at 10:00) is sacrificed each week for teacher faculty meetings. As all educators know, teach and test before lunch. After lunch, students' motivation, focus, and productivity declines significantly. Faculty meetings could be held in the pm as in most other schools. In addition, children could be scheduled to have psychomotor time (PE) while teachers meet in afternoon. In addition, one conference scheduled a few weeks into the year is not adequate. Parents who know to ask for diagnostic and progress monitoring data to validate the grades can schedule a meeting to drag this information out of them; akin to getting blood from a stone. Teachers get an A+ for political correctness. Unfortunately, the teaching is very mediocre. The principal and assistant are rude, condescending, unapproachable and above all, arrogant."
    Parent Review | Rating:
    Posted 2012-09-26
    "Some parents joke that at Roosevelt it's "No child left behind AND no child gets ahead," meaning the teachers make painstaking efforts to help the slower students to catch up with the rest of the class while leaving the advanced ones alone, knowing they'll be "fine" on their own. This is more pathetically true than funny! The review on 9/2/12 said "The teacher outright refused to help challenge my child, who was ahead of the curriculum", it hits home with me. Routinely each school year the new teacher will ask parents to fill out a detailed questionnaire on your child to help her better understand and work with your child. I truthfully described my child's ability in reading as entering 1st grade this year she was able to read children's chapter books particularly many by Roald Dahl, thinking this would help teacher know her and challenge her accordingly. Little did I know I've actually placed my child in disadvantage with this info and hurt her chance of getting the attention and push she needs. Another mom I know said her child (another class) who was ahead as well was usually left alone in class and feeling bored because the teacher simply let her be as she didn't need "help.""
    Parent Review | Rating:
    Posted 2012-09-05
    "I have 2 children at Roosevelt and a third who has graduated. Our family has had an incredible experience at this school. The teachers are passionate and very well trained, the administration is engaged and caring and the parent community is low key and involved. My children are all 3 very different learners, but they have each been able to thrive at this community school. Roosevelt certainly has challenges due to its size (almost 800 students) and the State budget cuts, but the administration and parent leaders have helped the school navigate these difficult times."
    Parent Review | Rating:
    Posted 2012-09-02
    "The parent involvement at Roosevelt is good, compared with other schools, but it also depends on your child's classroom. Roosevelt is a HUGE school. There are now 7 kindergarten classrooms and we're up to 26-28 kids per class. Budget cuts are really hurting us, so there's a lot of pressure on us parents to cough up the requested $825 per family fee from the get go. Be forewarned, the principal will ALWAYS stick up for the teachers and justify their actions, I've seen and heard this from LOTS of other parents who have locked heads with her big time, absent you having proof. It's just the way it is. My kid's experience last year was bad in many ways, to the point where we were almost going to go the private school route. The teacher outright refused to help challenge my child, who was ahead of the curriculum and was frustrated most of the year. Teacher was rude and treated me like I was a 5 year old. There's more to this. Hopefully this year will be a much better one- this teacher seems to have a much better attitude and genuinely seems to want to be a teacher for all the right reasons. Now only if we can get past the budget cutbacks!"
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