Original Research by School Decision on Roosevelt H S
Roosevelt High School serves students in grades 9 through 12 in Lubbock, a mixed-character city anchored by Texas Tech University, healthcare, and agriculture. The school sits in a district where enrollment is growing and change is underway.
The school's academic standing shows strength in core content knowledge. On state assessments, the vast majority of students approach proficiency or better in all tested subjects combined, with particularly strong performance in science, where most students met or exceeded the proficiency bar. Social studies and math also show high rates of students reaching the "approaches" level, indicating broad exposure to grade-level content. English language arts is the softer subject: fewer students reached the "meets" level there relative to math and science, and the rate of students mastering advanced content in ELA was notably lower. A parent may want to look into this further with the school if reading and writing support is a priority.
The student body is predominantly Hispanic, with a substantial share of white students. A large majority of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price lunch, reflecting the economic circumstances of the families Roosevelt serves. Enrollment spans the typical 9-12 distribution, with more students in the younger grades. The overall enrollment is small for a public high school.
Roosevelt ISD as a whole is in a moment of significant capital investment. In May 2025, voters approved a major bond package to build a new elementary school and auditorium and renovate the secondary campus, replacing facilities with portions dating to the 1930s and adding space for growing enrollment. This bond carries a property-tax impact that was partially offset by a new industrial employer, the Leprino Foods factory, which committed to paying a substantial share of the bond's costs over several years. For a family considering the area, this represents both modernization of learning spaces and a real change to the property-tax picture. The district sits in Lubbock, a city on steady moderate growth, with new residential development concentrated in newer suburban subdivisions on the south and southwest edges and, increasingly, in a downtown revitalization effort.
Data on graduation rates, four-year cohort outcomes, chronic absenteeism, and special education and English learner populations were not available for the school. Because Roosevelt is a regular public school serving high school grades, comparison metrics that would place the school among its county's districts could not be calculated from the data at hand.
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