Roosevelt Community Middle, 1900 N. Australian Ave.: grades 6-8, 681 students on the district's Aug. 24 count and a B in Florida's 2026 grades.

Last checked Oct. 10, 2026. Sources: the school’s website, the School District of Palm Beach County’s Schools & Principals list, zone maps and feeder reports and start times, Palm Beach County’s address records, the Florida Department of Education’s 2026 school grades file and the federal NCES school directory.

Roosevelt Community Middle is the School District of Palm Beach County’s middle school for the neighborhoods north of downtown, on North Australian Avenue and inside West Palm Beach city limits, according to Palm Beach County’s municipal boundary map. The district’s school information lists the Maroon Devil as its mascot. With 681 students on Aug. 24 in a building rated for 1,590, it was at 43% of capacity, the lowest of the city’s middle schools.

Who to call
Address 1900 N. Australian Ave., West Palm Beach, FL 33407
Phone 561-822-0200
Grades 6 to 8
School day 7:35 a.m. to 2:35 p.m.
City limits Inside West Palm Beach
District School District of Palm Beach County

Principal

Principal Attallah McLawrence, according to the district’s Schools & Principals list, which the school’s website links from its menu.

Enrollment and teachers

  • District count: 681 students, 4 of them in pre-K, on the 11th day of the 2026-27 school year (Aug. 24, 2026). The district rates the building for 1,590, so it is at 3% of capacity, according to its 11th Day Enrollment Report.
  • Federal count: 807 students in the 2023-24 school year, with 55 full-time-equivalent teachers, according to the NCES directory. That works out to about 15 students per teacher.

State report card

Florida grades every public school A to F, from the share of possible points it earns on state test results, learning gains and middle school acceleration, the share of students passing high school level courses and industry certifications.

School year Grade
2025-26 B (57% of possible points)
2024-25 C
2023-24 C
2022-23 C (informational baseline)

From the state’s 2026 school grades file, the share of students scoring on grade level on the state tests in 2025-26:

  • English language arts: 50%
  • Math: 65%
  • Science: 41%
  • Social studies: 57%
  • Middle school acceleration: 70%

The full report card is on the state’s Florida school report cards site, an interactive dashboard; the figures above come from the downloadable file.

Attendance zone and feeder schools

Check any address with the district’s Find My School map or the Roosevelt Middle zone map (PDF). Matching the district’s boundary map against Palm Beach County’s address records, about 15% of the homes inside West Palm Beach city limits, roughly 9,300, are zoned for Roosevelt Middle. Our guides to Pleasant City, Old Northwood and Northwood Hills list the zoned schools street by street.

Under the district’s 2026-27 feeder report, Roosevelt Middle draws from 20 planning areas zoned for these elementary schools (number of areas in parentheses):

All of them go on to Palm Beach Lakes Community High.

The School Board’s only boundary change for 2026-27, Boundary Study RB-1, adopted March 11, 2026, redrew elementary zones in Riviera Beach, according to the district’s enrollment and boundaries page. It did not change Roosevelt Middle’s zone.

Calendar and bell times

From the district’s 2026-27 key dates:

  • Monday, Oct. 12: no school for students; the second quarter starts Tuesday, Oct. 13
  • Tuesday, Nov. 3: no school for students
  • Wednesday, Nov. 11: fall holiday
  • Nov. 23-27: Thanksgiving break
  • Dec. 21 to Jan. 1, 2027: winter break; Monday, Jan. 4, is also a day off for students

The district’s start and end times list Roosevelt Middle’s day as 7:35 a.m. to 2:35 p.m.

Programs

The district’s 2026-27 Choice and In-House Programs guide (PDF) lists six choice programs at Roosevelt Middle:

  • Biomedical Sciences (FAU College of Medicine), which requires a state test score of at least 3, an internal assessment, an essay and an interview
  • Environmental Science/GIS
  • Leadership Academy
  • Pre-Engineering
  • Pre-Medical Sciences
  • Technology

The guide says other middle school choice programs have no entry requirements beyond the lottery. Applications go through the district’s school choice office.

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Frequently asked questions

What grades does Roosevelt Community Middle serve?

Grades 6 through 8. It is a School District of Palm Beach County middle school at 1900 N. Australian Ave., inside West Palm Beach city limits.

What is Roosevelt Middle’s school grade?

Roosevelt Community Middle earned a B in Florida’s 2026 school grades, with 57% of possible points, up from a C in 2025 and 2024.

Which high school does Roosevelt Middle feed into?

Palm Beach Lakes Community High, for all 20 of its planning areas under the district’s 2026-27 feeder report.

What time does Roosevelt Middle start?

The district lists the school day as 7:35 a.m. to 2:35 p.m.