Roosevelt Elementary School

These teachers and so-called helpers were so quick to tell on my child when he is fighting in school, but my son told me some of those kids were actually hitting him first, and there was one incident when my son told me another student did tried to do something to him and he told the teacher but they never mentioned it to me. i do not care for this school at all and i agree with the other parents don't send your child to this school, and another thing i may add is agree with what the one parent say. i do not like the way that lunch lady talk to them she talks to them down those kids in a demeaning way. it was one time i was there, and she yelled at the kids because they didn't want their baked beans and fries all piled on top of the hot dog. who eats like that ?they are not dogs they are kids. i wouldn't even eat my food like that. Are you kidding me? - Parent

We have had now three children in this School. Our last is in 6th grade now and doing fine. Back in 2003 I started a job with the City of Cleveland and was required to live inside the City of Cleveland. That was repealed a few years back, We and many of my neighbors havent left. We could but we have seen no reason to. This school is a gem in the rough. Test scores consistently are better than the Parochial schools and the class size in Riverside is 15 students to a teacher whereas if you look at the Parochial school offerings, they are 25-30 students per teacher. This building has Air Conditioning. The other schools dont. Riverside is a brand new building (The old one was fine in my opinion. Our first was in that School for 2 years) The other schools in the area are ancient. Dont fall for the trap of thinking that if you pay a lot of money for something it is better. This school is one of three in the Cleveland School system that consistently shine. Be really careful with really bad reviews of this school. "All the teachers, All the Staff and All the parents are bad" I wrote this review as a counter to that review. I think we found one of the problem kids parents that were removed from this school. Do your research! Dont pay more for something that is inferior. You will have to figure out something better for High School if you live in this neighborhood. John Marshall is a joke even the teachers agree on that. (That School was renovated too but the quality of student there by in large is horrible) So the good time ends at grade 9.

One of the worst schools I have ever been to. So messy and there were so many mean kids there. The only thing I liked there was the food, but it still wasn't very good. I would never recommend this school to anyone.

Wonderfully positive, diverse school community here. Ms. Crawford is a fabulous principal, the teachers are highly experienced, and having a global perspective is a core value. (Note: Harrison’s test scores may be lower on average because English is not the first language of many students.)