Roosevelt Elementary, 1220 15th St.: grades pre-K-5, 329 students on the district's Aug. 24 count and a C 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 Elementary is a School District of Palm Beach County elementary school on 15th Street, just north of downtown and inside West Palm Beach city limits, according to Palm Beach County’s municipal boundary map. More of the city’s homes are zoned for Roosevelt than for any other elementary school, and our downtown guide puts most downtown homes in its zone. The district’s school information lists it as opened in 1957, with the Rockets as its mascot. It had 329 students on Aug. 24, 44% of the building’s capacity.
Who to call
- Front office: 561-653-5100, 1220 15th St., West Palm Beach, FL 33401
- School website: rvte.palmbeachschools.org
- Enrolling a new student: the district’s student registration page; district main line 561-434-8000
- Buses: the district’s Transportation Call Center, 561-357-1110
| Address | 1220 15th St., West Palm Beach, FL 33401 |
| Phone | 561-653-5100 |
| Grades | Pre-K to 5 |
| School day | 8 a.m. to 2:35 p.m. |
| City limits | Inside West Palm Beach |
| District | School District of Palm Beach County |
Principal
Principal Jatara Simmons, according to the district’s Schools & Principals list, which the school’s website links from its menu.
Enrollment and teachers
- District count: 329 students, 19 of them in pre-K, on the 11th day of the 2026-27 school year (Aug. 24, 2026). The district rates the building for 741, so it is at 44% of capacity, according to its 11th Day Enrollment Report.
- Federal count: 353 students in the 2023-24 school year, with 21 full-time-equivalent teachers, according to the NCES directory. That works out to about 17 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 in English, math and science and on learning gains, including the gains of the lowest-scoring quarter of students.
| School year | Grade |
|---|---|
| 2025-26 | C (46% of possible points) |
| 2024-25 | C |
| 2023-24 | D |
| 2022-23 | F (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: 33%
- Third-grade English language arts: 22%
- Math: 40%
- Science (fifth grade): 34%
- Learning gains: 58% in English and 57% in math
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 Elementary zone map (PDF). Matching the district’s boundary map against Palm Beach County’s address records, about 17% of the homes inside West Palm Beach city limits, roughly 10,900, are zoned for Roosevelt Elementary. Our guides to downtown and the Northwest neighborhood list the zoned schools street by street.
Under the district’s 2026-27 feeder report, Roosevelt Elementary’s 17 planning areas split this way:
| Middle school | High school | Planning areas |
|---|---|---|
| Conniston Community Middle | Forest Hill Community High | 8 |
| Bear Lakes Middle | Palm Beach Lakes Community High | 4 |
| Roosevelt Community Middle | Palm Beach Lakes Community High | 4 |
| Conniston Community Middle | Palm Beach Lakes Community High | 1 |
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 Elementary’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 Elementary’s day as 8 a.m. to 2:35 p.m.
Programs
The district’s 2026-27 Choice and In-House Programs guide (PDF) lists a Math, Science, and Technology choice program at Roosevelt.
The district says elementary choice programs have no entry requirements except the International Spanish Academy and Spanish Dual Language programs, which assess Spanish. Applications go through its school choice office.
More on West Palm Beach schools
- The school’s website
- The district’s Schools & Principals list, with the school’s district listing
- Every public school in West Palm Beach
- Our West Palm Beach schools guide for registration, the School Board and the full calendar
Frequently asked questions
What grades does Roosevelt Elementary serve?
Pre-kindergarten through fifth grade. It is a School District of Palm Beach County school at 1220 15th St., inside West Palm Beach city limits.
What is Roosevelt Elementary’s school grade?
Roosevelt Elementary earned a C in Florida’s 2026 school grades, with 46% of possible points. It earned a C in 2025 and a D in 2024.
Which middle and high school does Roosevelt Elementary feed into?
It depends on the address. Of Roosevelt Elementary’s 17 planning areas, the district’s 2026-27 feeder report sends them to Conniston Community Middle (9) and Bear Lakes Middle (4) and Roosevelt Community Middle (4) for middle school, then Palm Beach Lakes Community High (9) and Forest Hill Community High (8) for high school.
What time does Roosevelt Elementary start?
The district lists the school day as 8 a.m. to 2:35 p.m.
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