Bemiss Elementary vs Roosevelt Elementary

Bemiss Elementary and Roosevelt Elementary sit 3.7 miles apart in Spokane, Washington, yet they occupy meaningfully different positions in the state rankings. Roosevelt Elementary holds an overall rating of 8.8/10 and ranks #160 of 2,225 Washington schools, while Bemiss Elementary earns an 8.4/10 and ranks #274 of 2,225 — a gap of 0.4 rating points and 114 rank positions that places both schools comfortably in the top 15% statewide, with Roosevelt holding the edge.

The academic and growth scores tell two different stories. Bemiss Elementary leads on academic proficiency with a 9.7/10 versus Roosevelt Elementary's 8.9/10 — a meaningful 0.8-point gap that suggests Bemiss students are hitting grade-level benchmarks at a higher rate. Roosevelt flips that relationship on growth: its 9.4/10 growth score outpaces Bemiss Elementary's 7.9/10 by 1.5 points, indicating Roosevelt is accelerating student progress at an exceptional rate regardless of where students start. Families weighing current proficiency against year-over-year improvement will find genuine trade-offs between these two schools.

The demographic and classroom-environment differences are equally concrete. Bemiss Elementary serves 371 students with 85% qualifying for free or reduced-price lunch and a student-teacher ratio of 12.0:1 — the tightest ratio of the two. Roosevelt Elementary enrolls 431 students, with 56% on free or reduced-price lunch and a ratio of 13.5:1. The 29-percentage-point free/reduced-lunch gap signals substantially different socioeconomic compositions, and Bemiss Elementary's lower ratio means roughly two fewer students per teacher on average.

One structural distinction separates the schools at the grade level: Roosevelt Elementary extends through 6th grade while Bemiss Elementary tops out at 5th grade. Families with children who would otherwise face a middle-school transition after 5th grade may find Roosevelt's PK–06 span a meaningful continuity advantage, keeping students in a familiar environment one additional year.