Original Research by School Decision on Roosevelt High
Roosevelt High is a regular public high school serving grades nine through twelve in St. Louis. It sits within the St. Louis City school district. The enrollment is on the smaller side for a four-year high school, and every student in the reported data qualifies for free or reduced-price meals. The student body is predominantly Black, with a sizable Hispanic representation and smaller shares of White, Asian, and other groups. Information on students with disabilities and English learners was not available, so a reader would need to ask the school directly about special education and language support programs.
The only academic assessment data available is a single year of English language arts proficiency, which shows a very small share of students meeting the state’s proficiency benchmark. No results for math, science, or other subjects were reported. Because there is only one year of data, there is no trend to examine. The school’s graduation rate and chronic absenteeism rate were also absent from the data. A parent or guardian looking for a fuller picture of how students perform over time and whether they graduate on time would need to seek that information from the school or district. This kind of gap is unusual for a regular high school, and it is worth noting that the absence of these metrics limits what can be said about academic outcomes.
No information about course offerings, advanced placement, dual-credit, or career programs was provided. The school’s staffing, discipline rates, and attendance patterns were also missing. Without these, it is difficult to describe the day-to-day learning environment or whether students have access to accelerated pathways.
The community context is St. Louis itself, an independent city with a mix of residential neighborhoods and commercial districts. Its economy draws on service, manufacturing, trade, transportation, and aviation, and it hosts major employers such as the Federal Reserve Bank, the U.S. Department of Agriculture, the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency, and Barnes-Jewish Hospital. Research universities including Washington University, Saint Louis University, and the University of Missouri–St. Louis also anchor the local economy. Cultural and civic anchors include the Gateway Arch, Forest Park, the Saint Louis Zoo, the City Museum, the Missouri Botanical Garden, the Science Center, and the Art Museum. The city’s political boundaries were fixed when it separated from St. Louis County, and its population has shifted over time.
Housing in the school’s zip code shows home values that have eased recently, while rents have edged up. Compared to national benchmarks, home values in this area are lower, and the estimated cost of renting moderately exceeds the estimated cost of a mortgage on a median-priced home. These conditions may matter to families deciding where to live.
The St. Louis City district did not have any publicly reported recent changes lasting enough to describe here. No strategic priorities, boundary shifts, or program launches were found.
When placed against other districts in St. Louis city, the comparison metrics were not applicable because proficiency, graduation, and attendance data were missing for the school. This means a relative performance ranking cannot be offered.
Roosevelt High is a school with a high-poverty student body and very limited published performance data. Families who want to understand its academic trajectory, graduation outcomes, and course offerings will need to do additional research directly with the school.
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